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title: "633 Pre-seed AI Investors (Nov 2026)"
last_updated: "2026-11-09"
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source: "SEC Form D filings and our own research"
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# 633 pre-seed AI investors

We list 633 pre-seed AI investors as of November 2026: 408 have an SEC filing on file and 225 were checked on the firm's own website or an official register, and the list was last checked on 9 Nov 2026. The states with the most are California (166), New York (59) and Massachusetts (31).

- 633 investors
- 331 with a fund filing or dated deal in the last 12 months
- $50M median fund size on file (SEC Form D, 329 firms)
- 2,914 named decision-makers on file

## First 25 of 633 pre-seed AI investors

| Investor | Type | HQ | Stages (our research) | Focus (our research) | Latest fund or deal | Fund size | Checked | Profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quiet Capital | VC firm | San Francisco, CA | Pre-seed | AI, SaaS, Fintech, Consumer | New fund, Nov 2026 | $500M (SEC Form D, 2021) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/quiet-capital/ |
| Transpose Platform | VC firm | Houston, TX | Pre-seed | AI, Biotech, Generalist | New fund, Sep 2026 | $500M (SEC Form D, 2026) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/transpose-platform/ |
| Protagonist | VC firm | Bay Harbor Islands, FL | Pre-seed | AI, Industrial Tech, Energy, Semiconductor | New fund, Aug 2026 | $150M (SEC Form D, 2026) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/protagonist/ |
| Avid Ventures | VC firm | New York, NY | Pre-seed | AI, Fintech, Healthtech, SaaS | Portfolio news, Oct 2026 | $75M (SEC Form D, 2021) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/avid-ventures/ |
| Tectonic Ventures | VC firm | Newton, MA | Pre-seed | AI, B2B, SaaS | New fund, Aug 2026 | $87M (SEC Form D, 2021) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/tectonic-ventures/ |
| Meridian Street | VC firm | New York, NY | Pre-seed | AI, Healthtech, Fintech, Logistics | New fund, Aug 2026 | $85M (SEC Form D, 2026) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/meridian-street/ |
| 1517 Fund | VC firm | Telluride, CO | Pre-seed | AI, Edtech, Deep Tech, SaaS | New fund, Sep 2026 | $43M (SEC Form D, 2025) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/1517-fund/ |
| Incisive VC | VC firm | Seattle, WA | Pre-seed | AI, Media, B2B, SaaS | New fund, Sep 2026 | $25M (SEC Form D, 2026) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/incisive-vc/ |
| Redbud VC | VC firm | Columbia, MO | Pre-seed | AI, Healthtech, Agritech, Climate Tech | New fund, Sep 2026 | $25M (SEC Form D, 2025) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/redbud-vc/ |
| Paradigm | VC firm | San Francisco, CA | Pre-seed | AI, Crypto and Web3, Robotics, Fintech | New deal, Jul 2026 | $1.1B (SEC Form D, 2021) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/paradigm/ |
| South Park Commons | Accelerator | San Francisco, CA | Pre-seed, Seed | AI, Developer Tools, Edtech, SaaS | New fund, Oct 2026 | $500M (SEC Form D, 2025) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/south-park-commons/ |
| True Ventures | VC firm | Palo Alto, CA | Pre-seed, Seed | AI, Fintech, Deep Tech, Consumer | New fund, Sep 2026 | $800M (SEC Form D, 2022) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/true-ventures/ |
| Breed | VC firm | Coral Gables, FL | Pre-seed | AI, Crypto and Web3, Fintech, Developer Tools | New fund, Sep 2026 | $14M (SEC Form D, 2024) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/breed/ |
| UVC Partners | VC firm | Garching, Germany | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A | AI, Deep Tech, Climate Tech, Mobility | New deal, Sep 2026 | €800M (own site) | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/unternehmertum-venture-capital-partners-gmbh-2/ |
| LYVA Labs | Government or university fund | Liverpool, United Kingdom | Pre-seed | AI, Healthtech, Biotech, Climate Tech | Portfolio news, Oct 2026 | £7M (own site) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/lyva-labs/ |
| Initialized | VC firm | San Francisco, CA | Pre-seed, Seed | AI, Generalist, Fintech, Defense Tech | New fund, Sep 2026 | $520M (SEC Form D, 2021) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/initialized/ |
| Wave Ventures | VC firm | Helsinki, Finland | Pre-seed | AI, Generalist, Climate Tech | Portfolio news, Oct 2026 | €10M (own site) | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/wave-ventures-oy/ |
| Electric Capital | VC firm | Palo Alto, CA | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A | AI, Crypto and Web3, Fintech, Healthtech | New fund, Sep 2026 | $532M (SEC Form D, 2021) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/electric-capital/ |
| New Vista Capital | VC firm | Washington, DC | Pre-seed | AI, Defense Tech, Space, Industrial Tech | New fund, Oct 2026 | $20M (SEC Form D, 2025) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/new-vista-capital/ |
| Pear Ventures | VC firm | Menlo Park, CA | Pre-seed, Seed | AI, Fintech, Healthtech, Consumer | New fund, Oct 2026 | $410M (SEC Form D, 2022) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/pear-ventures/ |
| New Stack | VC firm | Chicago, IL | Pre-seed, Seed | AI, Fintech, Healthtech, Industrial Tech | New fund, Sep 2026 | $125M (SEC Form D, 2024) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/new-stack/ |
| Kindred Ventures | VC firm | San Francisco, CA | Pre-seed, Seed | AI, Crypto and Web3, Fintech, Healthtech | New fund, Sep 2026 | $230M (SEC Form D, 2025) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/kindred-ventures/ |
| Fuel Ventures | SEIS/EIS fund | London, United Kingdom | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A | AI, Fintech, SaaS, Marketplace | New deal, Oct 2026 | £280M (own site) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/fuel-ventures/ |
| Graduate Ventures | VC firm | Netherlands | Pre-seed, Seed | AI, Deep Tech, Healthtech, Climate Tech | New fund, Oct 2026 | €125M (own site) | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/graduate-ventures-pre-seed/ |
| Glasswing Ventures | VC firm | Boston, MA | Pre-seed | AI, Future of Work, Cybersecurity, Logistics | New deal, Jun 2026 | $203M (SEC Form D, 2024) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/glasswing-ventures/ |

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## Method and limits
- Source: 408 of the 633 rows carry an SEC filing (Form D or Form ADV). All 633 have a website we checked. Filing date and fund size are SEC data where a filing exists. Stage, sector and check size are our research.
- Inclusion rule: Organizations that back startups. Individuals, buyout funds and firms we found to be inactive are left out. Sector: the firm states AI as a focus on its own site, or we observed it in the firm's portfolio. Stage: the firm states that it invests at pre-seed.
- Order: Activity score out of 100: recency of the latest fund filing or dated deal (35: full marks within 3 months, then stepping down at 6, 12 and 24 months), share of the observed portfolio in this sector (25; half of that when the sector is stated only), stage focus (15: all of it when pre-seed is the only stage the firm states, split evenly when it states more), size of the fund on file on a log scale (15) and completeness of the public record (10). Stage focus is our research, not an SEC figure. It is a measure of activity and fit, not of quality or returns.
- Fill rates: Of 633 rows: stage 633, sector 633, fund size 428, website 633. In the paid file: named decision-makers on 595 rows, firm email on 262, LinkedIn page on 409, check size on 180.

## Questions
### How many pre-seed AI investors are there?
We list 633 as of November 2026. 331 of the 633 have a fund filing or a dated deal in the last 12 months.

### Which pre-seed AI investors raised a new fund in the last 12 months?
204 of the 633 have a fund filing dated in the last 12 months. The most recent on this list are Quiet Capital (Nov 2026), LightX Capital (Nov 2026) and 25Madison Ventures (Oct 2026).

### What is the typical fund size of pre-seed AI investors?
The median fund size on file for this list is $50M, across the 329 firms with a size on an SEC Form D. The fund on file is each firm's main fund, which is not always its newest. The other 304 do not disclose a size there.

### How do I contact pre-seed AI investors?
The paid file holds 2,914 named decision-makers across 595 of these 633 and a firm email for 262. We publish the address a firm lists itself, never a personal email. Each free row links to a profile with the firm's website.

### Where does the data on pre-seed AI investors come from?
408 of the 633 rows have an SEC filing on file (Form D or Form ADV) and 225 were checked on the firm's own website or an official register. Filing date and fund size come from the filing. Stage, sector and check size are our research. Rows on this list were last checked on 9 Nov 2026 at the latest. The whole file is re-verified twice a year.