Motivate Ventures
motivate.vcEarly stage seed-stage venture capital firm investing $250k-1M in pre-seed rounds and $1.5-3M in seed rounds. They are generalist investors with thematic beliefs about the future including democratization of information, data abundance, artificial intelligence, and longevity.
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Motivate Ventures invests in optimism, ingenuity, and humanity’s insatiable desire to creatively improve. As early-stage specialists with decades of founder and investor experience, they focus on backing incredible founders with strong domain knowledge who are tackling real, durable problems in large and growing markets. They believe in providing early access to capital to help founders prove out their thesis, find product-market fit, and achieve traction for subsequent funding rounds.
What Sets Them Apart
- Founder-led team with extensive personal early-stage investment experience (150+ direct investments, $40B+ total portfolio market cap)
- Deep expertise in new venture creation and co-creation with founders
- Active support of emerging VC funds at pre-seed and seed stages
- Hands-on approach with portfolio support while respecting founder autonomy
- 500+ co-investor and expert network for sourcing and evaluation
- Speed and flexibility in investment decisions
- Access to MVC Founders group for portfolio company networking
Portfolio Highlights
Fulcrum
Enterprise Software
Attain
Fintech
Lazarus AI
Ai Ml
Valiot
Ai Ml
Inca Digital
Fintech
ReloShare
Enterprise Software
Hallow
Consumer
Mesh
Fintech
+ 53 more companies in their portfolio
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