Visible Hands

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VCMatch tracks Visible Hands as an investor focused on Enterprise SaaS, Developer Tools, and Data Infrastructure companies, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds, New York, Boston, and Tulsa markets, and $5m to $10m check sizes. Upload your deck to compare your startup against the full private matching profile.

Check Size

$5m to $10m

Stages

Pre-Seed, Seed

Focus Areas

Enterprise SaaS, Developer Tools, Data Infrastructure

Geography

New York, Boston, and Tulsa

Investment Thesis

Visible Hands invests in visionary founders before the crowd recognizes their potential, with a specific focus on underrepresented populations including women, people of color, and other overlooked founders. They believe that founders who have faced institutional barriers possess unique entrepreneurial resilience and learning that translates to exceptional returns. Their approach is explicitly equity-focused, designed to prevent founder over-dilution in future rounds and to recognize that diverse teams and resilient founders drive superior performance.

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Investment Focus

Who should take a closer look

Visible Hands is most relevant for founders raising Pre-Seed and Seed rounds in Enterprise SaaS, Developer Tools, Data Infrastructure, and Fintech, especially across New York, Boston, and Tulsa, with public check-size signals around $5m to $10m.

Focus statement

Visible Hands is a pre-seed VC firm that funds and empowers underrepresented founders launching high-growth, tech and tech-enabled startups. They invest in startups with post-money valuations under $10M, targeting 5-10% ownership, specifically with teams founded by BIPOC, women, and overlooked founders.

Value Add

Bespoke backing approach - they diagnose exactly what founders need (branding, sales coaching, childcare, etc.) rather than applying one-size-fits-all curriculum
Reputation for seeing exceptional founders early - sourced through competitive grant partnerships (Meta, AWS), Google summits (2,000 applications for 20 spots), and 10,000+ network of repeat builders
Equitable investment structure by design to prevent founder over-dilution in future rounds
Focus on earliest stages where institutional funding is most lacking for underrepresented founders
Long-term founder support through Visionaries Alumni Network providing stage-responsive support beyond program graduation
Non-dilutive grant funding ($5K-$10K) combined with potential follow-on investments