Motivate Ventures

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VCMatch tracks Motivate Ventures as an investor focused on Enterprise SaaS, Fintech, and AI/ML companies, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds, United States and Canada markets, and $250k to $3m check sizes. Upload your deck to compare your startup against the full private matching profile.

Check Size

$250k to $3m

Stages

Pre-Seed, Seed

Focus Areas

Enterprise SaaS, Fintech, AI/ML

Geography

United States and Canada

Investment Thesis

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.

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Investment Focus

Who should take a closer look

Motivate Ventures is most relevant for founders raising Pre-Seed and Seed rounds in Enterprise SaaS, Fintech, AI/ML, and Data Infrastructure, especially across United States and Canada, with public check-size signals around $250k to $3m.

Focus statement

Early 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.

Value Add

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