No revenue, users, or even a product...
These 10 funds will still write you a cheque (yes, you read it right):
1. Afore Capital (
@AforeVC) - a $500M fund that only does pre-seed. Backs you before traction, even before a company
2. Kima Ventures (
@2lr) - Xavier Niel's fund. 2 startups a week, ~100 new deals a year
3. Pareto Holdings (
@edwardlando) - invests only its own money. Edward has been early in 35+ unicorns
4. Precursor Ventures (
@chudson) - often your first institutional cheque, before the product even exists
5. Village Global (
@villageglobal) - pre-seed network backed by Bezos, Gates and Zuckerberg
6. Pear VC (
@pearvc) - pre-seed + seed, runs PearX, cheques from $250K
7. Boldstart (
@Boldstartvc) - "the inception fund". First cheque for technical founders in dev tools, security + AI infra
8. Kindred Ventures (
@stevejang) - Steve was early in Uber, Coinbase and Perplexity
9. Unshackled Ventures (
@UnshackledVC) - pre-seed for immigrant founders, with visa support
10. Inflection Point Ventures (
@ipventures_in) - 21,000+ angels, 250+ startups funded 🇮🇳
At pre-seed, nobody buys your numbers; they bet on you.
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