Stage Venture Partners

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Stage VP invests in emerging business-to-business software companies at pre-Seed and Seed stages (raising $1-3M) that target enterprise customers with high annual contract values and focus on recurring revenue models.

Check Size

$1M - $3M

Stages

Pre Seed, Seed

Focus Areas

Enterprise Saas, Ai Ml, Data Infrastructure

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Investment Thesis

Stage Venture Partners operates from a conviction-driven, founder-aligned investment philosophy centered on identifying and supporting entrepreneurs building cutting-edge enterprise software at the earliest stages. They explicitly state they are ‘not driven by thesis, geography, or sector,’ instead focusing on founders solving hard problems and defining new spaces. The firm emphasizes early conviction, often being ‘the first institutional investor on the cap table’ and ‘the first to identify new technological trends.’

What Sets Them Apart

First-mover conviction: 'We have the conviction to be first; we are often the first institutional investor on the cap table'
Agnostic to sector and geography: Portfolio ranges 'from St. Louis to Seattle' across sectors including e-commerce, government tech, aerospace, and health tech
Early trend identification: 'Focused on being the first to identify new technological trends'
Sector emergence focus: 'The Stage VP team is very excited by companies that are defining new spaces or working in spaces that are not particularly popular'
Deep founder support: 'We're experienced and have passion for supporting founders as they scale their impact and business'