Sacramento · Pre-Seed–Seed · 4 people tracked
Investment thesis
The Pre-seed to Succeed program targets early-stage startups that already have a minimum viable product and first traction. It focuses on sectors including AI, B2B, SaaS, FinTech, Future of Work, productivity tools, Digital Health, and HR Tech, with a primary focus on the US market. The program was jointly launched by AltaIR Capital, Yellow Rocks, Smart Partnership Capital, and I2BF as a $50M initiative to support companies in their earliest stages.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 7, 2026.
Team · 4 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 24 of 44 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×12SaaS ×11Media & Entertainment ×7Fintech ×5Future of Work ×3HR Tech ×3EdTech ×2Enterprise Software ×2
HQs:United States×4United Kingdom×1Cayman Islands×1
Portfolio companies · 44 tracked
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Altair.vc presents a portfolio of technology companies spanning AI, fintech, crypto payments, digital identity, and collaboration software.
Sector Agnostic
Benzinga publishes financial news and market coverage, including company earnings, stock movements, and analyst commentary.
FintechMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsAdvance Venture PartnersBeringer Capital Partners Ltd.LightbankWorldQuant Ventures
Built In operates an AI-powered platform connecting employers and job candidates, offering job listings and company insights to help people find where to work.
Future of WorkHR TechMarketplaces
Co-investorsBonfire VenturesDeciensDundee Venture CapitalSteelSky VenturesUpdata Partners
Chatfuel provides AI agents that autonomously handle customer inquiries, booking management, advertising, and business strategy for small businesses and service-based companies.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Dmitrii Dumik(Founder/CEO)inArtem Ptashnik(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorYellow Rocks!
Datuum offers an AI-powered platform that automates data onboarding and integration, generating code and reducing manual tasks to shorten the time to onboard new clients and data sources.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSaaS
Co-investorsYellow Rocks!
Co-investorsSmart Partnership Capital
Co-investorsYellow Rocks!
EdCircuit is an online media publication covering education topics, publishing articles and commentary on teaching, EdTech, school leadership, STEM, and classroom practices for educators and school administrators.
EdTechMedia & Entertainment
The European Business Review is an online business publication that publishes articles, interviews, and analysis on management, leadership, AI, finance, and related business topics.
Media & Entertainment
Financial IT is an online media and publishing outlet covering financial technology topics such as payments, cryptocurrency, tokenization, AI, and banking through blog articles and news for the fintech industry.
FintechMedia & Entertainment
Flashpoint is a technology investment firm that backs founders through venture growth, growth debt, and secondary strategies.
Sector AgnosticLondon, GB
Co-investorsVershina Capital
A New York-based venture capital firm founded by immigrants that invests in immigrant entrepreneurs, providing capital and network connections.
Sector AgnosticNew York, US
Global Work AI is an AI-powered job application service that scans the market, matches job seekers to relevant roles, and submits personalized applications on their behalf under user control.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkHR Tech
Co-investorsYellow Rocks!
Group 11 is a venture capital firm that invests in and backs founders and their startups.
Fintech
Co-investorsInvariantes Fund
Indicator Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in founders at the idea and pre-seed stage, before a Series A round.
Sector Agnostic
Jupid is an AI-powered bookkeeping tool that automatically categorizes bank transactions and maps them to IRS Schedule C lines to keep books tax-ready year-round.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Co-investorsYellow Rocks!
LETA Capital is a geographically agnostic venture capital firm managing three funds, focused primarily on B2B software and IT solutions built on deep R&D, including AI, big data, business analytics, and process automation.
Sector Agnostic
Litero AI is an AI-assisted writing platform that helps users research, draft, cite, and check content, with tools including an outline builder, autosuggestions, a citation finder across academic sources, a plagiarism checker, and an AI-content detector.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaS
Co-investorsMyAsiaVCYellow Rocks!
Lovon is an AI-powered therapy app that lets users talk by voice to process emotions, cope with everyday mental health struggles, and get emotional support.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthMental Health
Co-investorsHeartfelt CapitalYellow Rocks!
FuseBase (Nimbus Web) is an AI-native client portal and collaboration platform that lets service businesses create branded, external client-facing workspaces alongside internal team workspaces, with tools for file sharing, CRM, e-signatures, meeting notes, and custom app building.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaS
Co-investorsYellow Rocks!
Noxus builds AI "co-workers" that map operational processes into agentic workflows and execute them directly inside a company's existing systems (SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, Zendesk, ServiceNow, Microsoft 365), handling tasks such as document processing, refunds, approvals, and ERP updates.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsYellow Rocks!
Resolv is a back-office platform for contractors, especially HVAC installers, that finds and files energy rebates, files building and mechanical permits, and registers equipment warranties automatically.
AI & Machine LearningEnergySaaS
Co-investorsYellow Rocks!Redbud VC
Retail Technology Innovation Hub (RTIH) is a news and editorial publication covering retail technology, including digital retail, point-of-sale, supply chain tech, funding, and industry appointments.
Media & EntertainmentRetail Tech
Co-investorsAI FundSamos Investments
Early-stage venture fund backed by 150+ founders and investors, focused on US and European tech startups from Pre-Seed to Series A.
Co-investorsD&FG ElementsRaison
Somersault Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in software and marketplace startups across North America and Europe.
MarketplacesSaaS
Stayf is an employee wellbeing and engagement app that rewards staff for over 20 sports and wellness activities as well as customizable challenges, converting participation into points ('charges') redeemable in a rewards shop.
HR TechSaaSWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsSmart Partnership CapitalYellow Rocks!
Edda is an end-to-end software platform for venture capital and private equity firms that centralizes the investment process from deal origination to exit, combining dealflow and portfolio management.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Co-investorsEIT Urban Mobility AcceleratorPanache VenturesRadix VenturesSagona Capital, Inc.SatganaTLcom Capital+1 more
Native Commerce provides a unified platform combining e-commerce, operations, and logistics for retail businesses to launch, scale, and run online stores, mobile apps, and delivery operations.
E-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainRetail Tech
Co-investorsYellow Rocks!
Unite.AI is an online media outlet publishing news, interviews, and product reviews focused on artificial intelligence, covering topics such as AI models, cybersecurity, funding, robotics, healthcare AI, and AI ethics.
AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment
Antoine Tardif(CEO & Founder)
Marketing TechPittsburgh, US
Alex Malashkevychin
Co-investorsSmart Partnership CapitalTechstarsYellow Rocks!
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesChatfuel · chatbotscape.com · May 26, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Pre-Seed to Succeed made?
- Pre-Seed to Succeed has 44 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Pre-Seed to Succeed invest at?
- Pre-Seed to Succeed invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Pre-Seed to Succeed's typical check size?
- Pre-Seed to Succeed typically writes checks of $50M.
- What sectors does Pre-Seed to Succeed focus on?
- Pre-Seed to Succeed focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Digital Health, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Future of Work, HR Tech, SaaS.
- Where is Pre-Seed to Succeed located?
- Pre-Seed to Succeed is headquartered in Sacramento, US.
- Does Pre-Seed to Succeed lead rounds?
- Yes, Pre-Seed to Succeed leads investment rounds.
- Who does Pre-Seed to Succeed co-invest with?
- Pre-Seed to Succeed most often shares deals with Yellow Rocks!, Smart Partnership Capital, Samos Investments, among 42 tracked co-investors.
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