Incisive Ventures

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Early-stage B2B SaaS that reduces friction at scale, with particular emphasis on AI-enabled applications solving complex business logic problems. Writing $250k-$500k pre-seed checks to two-person founding teams with complementary skills and proven understanding of customer pain.

Check Size

$250K - $500K

Stages

Pre Seed, Seed

Focus Areas

Ai Ml, Enterprise Saas, Vertical Saas

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Investment Thesis

Incisive Ventures backs B2B software founders who solve previously impossible problems by reducing friction at scale. After 20 years and 300+ investments, Martin Tobias (solo GP) focuses on pre-seed investing as fundamentally about people and pattern recognition rather than spreadsheets—identifying founders who have viscerally lived their problem paired with technical builders who can ship. The firm believes AI applications, not infrastructure, will capture the majority of value creation.

What Sets Them Apart

Solo GP model allowing quick decision-making (typically 1-3 weeks, usually 2 weeks)
74% of portfolio companies raise subsequent seed rounds vs. 30% industry average
Deep focus on founder quality and pattern recognition over market projections
Emphasis on teams with prior working relationships and visceral problem understanding
Core thesis: AI applications will be 2-3x larger than AI infrastructure, similar to SaaS being 2-3x IaaS
Invests in founders turning 'previously impossible problems into tractable businesses' through new technical unlocks
Recognition: Business Insider's 100 Best Early-Stage VC Investors list