Slow Ventures
San Francisco · Pre-Seed–Seed · 6 people tracked
Investment thesis
Slow Ventures operates as a generalist firm backing founders in the earliest rounds across diverse sectors including security, fintech, SaaS, crypto, consumer, healthcare, and the creator economy. The firm's investment philosophy emphasizes conviction-driven decision making, questioning whether founders should start a company rather than merely whether they can. Key investment theses include growth buyouts in software, creator-backed entrepreneurship, private practice healthcare models, SMB acceleration, and emerging opportunities in franchising and blockchain infrastructure.
Source: firm website, verified Jul 17, 2026.
Team · 6 people
from the firm's websiteFormer General Counsel at Facebook and early employee. Leads Slow Ventures as Managing Director.
Former Vice President of Product at Facebook and co-founder of Fin Analytics and Drop.io. Also contributed to The Information as an intern.
General Partner with previous experience as a Partner at Industry Ventures.
Forward deployed partner focused on crypto, previously worked at Colosseum, 0x, and Square.
Leads the Creator Fund at Slow Ventures with previous experience at Olive and L Catterton.
Partner at Slow Ventures with prior experience at Tusk Ventures.
Investments · 60 tracked
- Airtable
- Aleo
- Algorand
- Allbirds
- Ampleforth
- Amplio
- Area 2 Farms
- Astra
- Atomic
- Authentic
- Avian Labs
- BarkBox
- Birchbox
- Birdies
- Brightside
- Casper
- Chia
- Citizen
- Common
- Craftwork
- Diem
- Domino Data Lab
- Dub
- Eco
- Embark
- Even
- Fairsquare Medical
- Flossy
- Fold Wallet
- Frontapp
- Good Dog
- Gusto
- Hamlet
- Heave
- Hipcamp
- HM Bradley
- Human
- Human Interest
- Klaytn
- Lightning Labs
- Livongo Health
- Meroka
- Metropolis
- Narrative
- Nextdoor
- OpenPhone
- Otter
- Outtake
- Pearpop
- Phoebe
- PillPack
- Plume
- Portal Labs
- Postmates
- River
- Ro
- Robinhood
- Running Tide
- Slack
- Solana
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Slow Ventures invest at?
- Slow Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does Slow Ventures focus on?
- Slow Ventures focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Slow Ventures located?
- Slow Ventures is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
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