28 Pre-Seed Deep Tech investors
As of October 16, 2026, DryPowder lists 28 pre-seed Deep Tech venture funds. Their median published check range is $250K–$1.5M (18 of 28 funds publish one). 1 has filed an SEC Form D in the last 90 days: Catapult Ventures (Oct 13, 2026).
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- funds listed
- 28
- median check (18 of 28 publish one)
- $250K–$1.5M
- filed an SEC Form D in the last 90 days
- 1
- last updated, 2026
- Oct 16
Filed a Form D in the last 90 days
- $80M offeringFORM D
All 28 Pre-Seed Deep Tech funds
- HAXNewark$550KSeedPre-Seed
HAX backs pre-seed startups solving hard industrial-scale challenges using innovative hard tech (plasma, physical AI, advanced chemistry) in energy,…
2 partners listed - Boost VCSan Francisco$500KSeedPre-Seed
Invest first in founders making mutants a reality by reimagining the universe. Generalist investors backing companies that make 1 billion lives…
8 partners listed - $250K–$1.5MSeedPre-Seed
Europe's largest pre-seed fund focused on backing founders with conviction at the concept stage, tailoring support based on founder experience level…
2 partners listed - Inception Studio CapitalSan Francisco$100K–$1.5MSeedPre-Seed
Experienced founders (particularly serial/exit founders) win 22x more often. Zero-equity retreats attract elite repeat founders who avoid traditional…
Partners not yet listed - OverlineAtlanta$250K–$1.5MSeedPre-SeedSeries A
Invest from inception through seed in founders building across the Southeast, providing first checks before the deck is polished and before anyone…
Partners not yet listed - Global BrainTokyo$380KSeedPre-SeedSeries A
Global Brain brings new industries to society through extensive hands-on support for startups and open innovation with large corporations, helping…
Partners not yet listed - $250K–$1.5MSeedPre-Seed
Panache Ventures backs visionary founders from day one with conviction and courage, providing hands-on support from pre-seed through Series A with…
Partners not yet listed - Scribble VenturesSan Francisco$750K–$1.5MSeedPre-Seed
Back the world's best AI native founders at pre-seed and seed stages with product and go-to-market expertise from OpenAI, Meta, Twitter, and a16z to…
Partners not yet listed - $250K–$1.5MSeedPre-Seed
Europe's largest pre-seed fund backing founders with conviction from concept stage. Invests up to $1.5m in first rounds, tailoring support for…
Partners not yet listed - LocalGlobeLondon$100K–$2MSeedPre-SeedGrowth
Partner with exceptional people to help them realize their full potential across pre-seed, seed, growth, and public market stages through long-term…
Partners not yet listed - $250K–$550KSeedPre-Seed
Deep tech and hardware-focused accelerator investing in frontier technologies with global reach
Partners not yet listed - $100K–$500KSeedPre-Seed
Biotechnology acceleration and early-stage investing in synthetic biology, life sciences, and food/agriculture innovation
Partners not yet listed - $25K–$2MSeedPre-SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
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Partners not yet listed - $100K–$2MSeedPre-SeedSeries A
Lemnos focuses on engineering, manufacturing, marketing, and financial capital; turning great ideas into successful hardware companies. We draw from…
Partners not yet listed We fund bold founders with disruptive ideas in AI, robotics, automation, IoT, and embedded systems that challenge the status quo in massive markets…
2 partners listed- $150K–$13MSeedPre-SeedSeries A
Earlybird backs Pre-Seed to Series A founders in emerging tech from fintech to nuclear fusion, providing financial resources, strategic support, and…
2 partners listed - Behind Genius VenturesSan Francisco$250K+SeedPre-Seed
Investing in the best technical storytellers at preseed and seed stage. The fund focuses on founders who can effectively communicate complex…
1 partner listed - Project A VenturesBerlin$1.1M–$6.6MSeedPre-Seed
Early-stage VC for entrepreneurs building the next generation of European icons, partnering with founding teams at pre-seed and seed stages across…
1 partner listed - Redbud VCColumbiaSeedPre-Seed
Partnering with founders at the earliest stages (first check to pre-seed) building massive tech companies globally, regardless of pedigree or intro…
Partners not yet listed - SeedPre-SeedSeries A
MaRS helps innovators build a better world by providing startups and scale-ups with commercialization support, connections to capital, customers and…
Partners not yet listed - Kindred CapitalLondonSeedPre-Seed
Equitable venture capital model where every founder backed becomes a co-owner of the fund. Early-stage investments in mission-driven, pre-seed and…
Partners not yet listed - Schematic VenturesSan FranciscoSeedPre-SeedSeries A
Investing in technology companies within supply chain, manufacturing, and software infrastructure that makes and moves the world.
Partners not yet listed - SeedPre-SeedSeries A
High-conviction, long-term partners to founders rewriting industries through AI applied to data, workflows, and physical infrastructure convergence.…
Partners not yet listed - SeedPre-SeedSeries A
We back the minds shaping the future from MIT and beyond, investing from pre-seed to A.
Partners not yet listed - Blueyard CapitalBerlinSeedPre-SeedSeries A
BlueYard invests in technologies that move toward utopia or hold the line against oblivion—applied computation enabling breakthrough technologies for…
Partners not yet listed - SeedPre-SeedSeries A
Back engineers and researchers surfing new computing waves (robotics, genomics/CRISPR, GenAI) as they transform massive industries. Computing keeps…
Partners not yet listed - SeedPre-Seed
Early-stage generalist investor (preseed/seed) focused on enterprise, fintech, frontier tech, and deep tech with fast commits, high conviction, and…
Partners not yet listed - Carbon13 VCCambridge$150K+SeedPre-Seed
We build and back ventures capable of mitigating at least 10M tonnes of CO2e per annum once at scale, selecting entrepreneurs to build climate-tech…
1 partner listed
How this list is built
DryPowder lists every fund with a public profile tagged Pre-Seed and Deep Tech. Funds whose largest published check is $5M or less come first; inside each group, funds with a verified SEC Form D in the last 30 days lead, then profile quality decides. Form D dates come from SEC EDGAR, and SPV and single-deal filings are dropped. Check sizes are what each fund publishes; the median uses only the 18 funds that publish one.
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Frequently asked questions
How many Pre-Seed Deep Tech VCs are there?
As of October 16, 2026, DryPowder lists 28 pre-seed Deep Tech venture funds with a public profile. The first 5 on this page are HAX, Boost VC, Concept Ventures, Inception Studio Capital and Overline.
Which Pre-Seed Deep Tech VCs are actively investing right now?
1 of the 28 filed a verified SEC Form D in the last 90 days, a sign of a new fund being raised: Catapult Ventures (Oct 13, 2026). Each filing links to its record on SEC EDGAR.
What check size do Pre-Seed Deep Tech VCs write?
The median published range is $250K–$1.5M, across the 18 of 28 funds that publish a check size. Published checks on this list run from $25K to $13M.
Where are Pre-Seed Deep Tech VCs based?
Of the 28 pre-seed Deep Tech venture funds, 5 are in San Francisco, 2 are in Berlin, 2 are in London and 1 is in Toronto. The rest are elsewhere or have no headquarters city on file.
How does DryPowder build this list?
A fund is listed when its public profile is tagged Pre-Seed and Deep Tech. Funds whose largest published check is $5M or less come first; within each group, funds that filed a Form D in the last 30 days lead, then profile quality decides. Form D dates come from SEC EDGAR, with SPVs excluded. Data as of October 16, 2026.
Sources
- SEC EDGAR: Form D, Catapult Ventures ($80M offering), filed
- Website: HAX website
- Website: Boost VC website
- Website: Concept Ventures website
- Website: Inception Studio Capital website
- Website: Overline website
- Website: Global Brain website
- Website: Panache Ventures website
- Website: Scribble Ventures website
- Method: How DryPowder builds its data
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