Vertical AI Seed Funds
Seed funds whose stated focus includes vertical or applied AI, ranked by profile quality.
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What seed-stage VCs look for
Seed rounds typically fund companies with an early product and initial traction — a few hundred users, early revenue, or strong letters of intent. Check sizes vary widely by fund size, and some multi-stage funds participate with larger checks. At this stage, investors are primarily betting on the founding team and the size of the market opportunity.
Expect 6–12 investor meetings, 3–6 months to close, and term sheets that include pro-rata rights and a board seat or observer role. Many seed funds make decisions within 2–4 weeks once interested. Many seed investors prefer a warm introduction, though some accept cold outreach or direct applications.
Funds (12)
Thesis-driven early-stage firm backing visionary founders building technologies of the future in Vertical AI, Deep Tech, Health, and Bio with strong data moats and Systems of Recor…
SignalFire is a VC firm built like a tech company that combines AI tools, data infrastructure, and deep sector expertise with portfolio support to help founders scale faster. The f…
Early-stage investor in category-defining enterprise technology companies led by visionary entrepreneurs, with focus on applied AI, logistics and supply chain, vertical solutions, …
GC backs founders who venture beyond, partnering with leading entrepreneurs to build toward global resiliency and applied AI. We are an investment and transformation company.
Back bold European entrepreneurs building global category leaders through a combination of patient capital, operational support, and deep entrepreneurial expertise. Focus on Applie…
Support first-time founders building with AI across vertical AI, devtools & infrastructure, and digital health sectors.
Investing in technology companies within supply chain, manufacturing, and software infrastructure that makes and moves the world.
Gradient is a seed fund designed for founders in AI, providing founder-centric support through mentorship, collaboration, and championing of disruptive AI ideas.
Capria Ventures is a Global South specialist VC investing in Applied AI, helping tech founders with limitless aspirations disrupt traditional sectors and propel economic growth acr…
Back exceptional founders building a better future by investing early with outlier founders with potential to build something meaningful and enduring. The fund looks for the weird,…
Fund breakthrough scientific startups with physics-based inventions and deep tech that revolutionize critical industries through hard science and engineering.
Work alongside exceptional founders for the long term with market foresight and deep operator experience across infrastructure, digital assets, healthcare AI, battery technology, a…
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Frequently asked questions
Which seed vertical AI investors are listed on DryPowder?
DryPowder lists 12 seed-stage funds whose stated sectors or thesis include vertical AI. The first 5 by profile quality are 2048 Ventures, SignalFire, Tech Square Ventures, General Catalyst and Serena Ventures.
How does DryPowder decide a fund invests in vertical AI?
A fund is listed here only if it is tagged for Seed rounds and its stored sectors (for example "Vertical AI") or its stated thesis mention vertical AI. Generalist AI funds without that focus are on the broader Seed AI investors page.
What check size do seed vertical AI investors write?
Among the 6 listed funds that publish a check size, the median minimum and median maximum checks give a range of $500K–$6.5M. Individual funds sit outside it; each fund profile shows its own range.
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