Allison Pickens Ventures
Venture capitalWayne · Seed–Series A · 1 people tracked
Investment thesis
The firm is a solo-GP vehicle focused on early-stage AI companies, primarily seed-stage AI applications and data infrastructure, with occasional Series A participation through an opportunity fund. Beyond capital, the GP supports founders as a COO-style thought partner on go-to-market strategy, category creation, and broader business-scaling challenges, drawing on prior operating experience scaling a SaaS company from $1M to $85M ARR. The fund succeeds an earlier rolling fund and continues to back AI-native applications and infrastructure startups.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 1 people
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What they invest in
from 6 of 8 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×5Enterprise Software ×3SaaS ×3Data & Infrastructure ×2LegalTech ×2Marketing Tech ×2Developer Tools ×1Healthtech ×1
HQs:United States×3
Who they back
founder profiles across 6 portfolio companiesWhere their founders worked beforefrom 16 founders with career history
Optimizely ×3
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 8 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathdbt Labs provides a data transformation platform used by teams to organize, catalog, and manage data in their warehouses.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Tristan Handy(Founder & CEO)inDrew Banin(Co-Founder)inConnor McArthur(Co-Founder)
Co-investorsAmplify PartnersAndreessen HorowitzCoatue ManagementFirebolt Ventures Management Company, LlcICONIQSalesforce Ventures+4 more
EvenUp provides an AI-powered claims intelligence platform for personal injury law firms to draft, review, and strengthen cases.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTech
Rami Karabibar(Chief Executive Officer)inRaymond Mieszaniec(Chief Operating Officer)inSaam Mashhad(Chief of Product & Legal Operations)in
Co-investors137 VenturesB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBain Capital VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersBroadLight Capital+11 more
Gamma is an AI design tool that generates presentations, websites, and other content from prompts without requiring coding or design skills.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Grant Lee(Founder)inJon Noronha(Founder)inJames Fox(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelSapphire VenturesScript CapitalSouth Park CommonsSuperCharger VenturesUncork Capital
Hightouch builds a data activation platform that integrates with existing enterprise data infrastructure to enable marketing and business teams to activate customer data at scale.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSan Francisco, US
Kashish Gupta(Founder)inTejas Manohar(Founder)inJoshua Curl(Founder)in
Co-investorsAmplify PartnersDash VCDorm RoomEarl Grey CapitalGeodesic CapitalHubSpot Ventures+16 more
Norm Ai builds AI agents that automate legal and compliance tasks for large institutions, along with a verification layer for AI agents and an affiliated AI-native law firm.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechNew York, US
John Nay(Founder)inMike Schmidtberger(Chairman and Partner, Norm Law)
Co-investorsCoatue ManagementCraft VenturesKhosla VenturesBain CapitalBain Capital VenturesBlackstone+5 more
Tennr provides an AI-powered platform for pre-visit patient processing and healthcare referral management that integrates with EHR systems and reduces patient delays and denials.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaSNew York City, US
Trey Holterman(Founder)inDiego Baugh(Founder)inTyler Johnson(Founder)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzFoundation CapitalGV (Google Ventures)ICONIQIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Lightspeed Venture Partners+2 more
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Norm Ai · fintech.global · Jul 8, 2026
dbt Labs · techfundingnews.com · Jul 7, 2026
Tennr · app.fundz.net · Jan 6, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Allison Pickens Ventures made?
- Allison Pickens Ventures has 8 tracked investments.
- What stage does Allison Pickens Ventures invest at?
- Allison Pickens Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Allison Pickens Ventures's typical check size?
- Allison Pickens Ventures typically writes checks of $250K – $1M.
- What sectors does Allison Pickens Ventures focus on?
- Allison Pickens Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- Where is Allison Pickens Ventures located?
- Allison Pickens Ventures is headquartered in Wayne, US.
- Does Allison Pickens Ventures lead rounds?
- Allison Pickens Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Allison Pickens Ventures co-invest with?
- Allison Pickens Ventures most often shares deals with Amplify Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners, among 49 tracked co-investors.
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Co-investors · 76
BCV Labs is the platform and hands-on support arm of Bain Capital Ventures, providing portfolio founders with go-to-market strategy, brand development, hiring assistance, and customer introductions.
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.
Lightspeed is a global venture capital firm that has spent over two decades backing innovative companies as an early and first investor.
Coatue Management is a technology-focused investment firm that invests in innovation across both public and private markets with responsible risk management.
Amplify Partners is a venture capital firm that backs technical founders — engineers, researchers, and scientists — building companies across AI/ML, data infrastructure, developer tools, and life sciences.
Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies.
GV (Google Ventures) is a venture capital firm that has invested in artificial intelligence and machine learning since its early days, building a global portfolio of more than 100 AI companies across infrastructure, life sciences, and applications.
Craft Ventures is a venture capital firm run by a team of former founders, operators, and investors who partner closely with founders to help build and scale technology companies.
Bessemer Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs across enterprise, consumer, and healthcare sectors from early stages through growth.
Foundation Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that commits to founders at the idea stage and maintains long-term relationships with portfolio companies through their growth journey.
IVP (Institutional Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm that backs breakout companies at critical inflection points, helping them grow into enduring market leaders.
DCM Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that leads rounds and partners with a small number of companies each year, backing innovative founders with a global, cross-border team.
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Firms observed investing alongside Allison Pickens Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Allison Pickens Ventures's recorded portfolio.
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