Notation Capital

notation.vc

Notation invests in product-obsessed teams at the pre-seed stage, typically leading the first round of financing and often investing as early as an idea. They are not thesis-driven but maintain evolving categories of interest across multiple sectors including blockchain, developer tools, health, infrastructure, and science.

Check Size

Not specified

Stages

Pre Seed, Seed

Focus Areas

Fintech, Payments, Blockchain Crypto

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Investment Thesis

Notation is a community-driven pre-seed fund based in Brooklyn that works directly with product-obsessed founders from day zero. They take a founder-centric approach, emphasizing collaboration across their entire network of founders, advisors, LPs, and community investors rather than traditional venture capital hierarchies. Their philosophy centers on identifying and supporting teams building fundamentally new customer experiences, with early engagement being critical to their value proposition.

What Sets Them Apart

First dedicated pre-seed fund in NYC, based in Brooklyn
Works with founders 'in the trenches on day 0:00' - extremely early stage involvement
Community-based model: 'When you work with Notation, you work with all of us' - portfolio includes 100+ community investors and advisors
Not thesis-driven but maintaining evolving category interests rather than rigid focus areas
Strong technical founding team with deep product and infrastructure expertise
Publicly available Operating Manual on GitHub demonstrating transparency and knowledge sharing