Yes VC

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VCMatch tracks Yes VC as an investor focused on AI/ML, Enterprise SaaS, and Developer Tools companies and Pre-Seed and Seed rounds. Upload your deck to compare your startup against the full private matching profile.

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Stages

Pre-Seed, Seed

Focus Areas

AI/ML, Enterprise SaaS, Developer Tools

Geography

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Investment Thesis

Yes VC is an early-stage, founder-oriented investor that focuses on backing “amazing, category-defining” companies at the very beginning of their lifecycle. The firm emphasizes saying “yes” to ambitious, often hard-to-imagine opportunities across sectors (AI, climate & energy, space, biotech, consumer, infra/enterprise) and concentrates capital and attention on a small number of new companies each year (roughly 10), allowing hands-on support and conviction at Pre-Seed and Seed.

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Investment Focus

Who should take a closer look

Yes VC is most relevant for founders raising Pre-Seed and Seed rounds in AI/ML, Enterprise SaaS, Developer Tools, and Data Infrastructure.

Focus statement

"We invest in amazing*category defining *companies at the Pre-Seed and Seed stages." / "We fund great companies at the Pre-Seed and Seed stages." — a stage-focused mandate to back category-defining startups early.

Value Add

Founder-led brand and network: firm is "Yes VC, the firm of founder and venture investor Caterina Fake," leveraging Caterina’s founder / board experience (Flickr, Hunch, Etsy) and co-founder Jyri Engeström’s product/investing background.
High-conviction, concentrated pacing: "On average, we invest in 10 companies per year," signaling selective, focused deployment.
"Yes" ethos: an explicit cultural stance that privileges optimism and founder conviction — exemplified by the site's rallying quote about moving toward a "Yes."
Broad willingness to back ambitious, deep technical and mission-driven startups — portfolio includes cleantech and climate (Heirloom, UNDO, Steady Energy, Rewind, xFuel, H2U), aerospace/space (Boom Supersonic, NewOrbit, Hubble, Elroy Air), AI/ML and developer tools (Adept AI, Superhuman, OneSignal), biotech (HelixNano, Gameto), and consumer/marketplace (Lovevery, Public Goods, Hipcamp) — demonstrating sector-agnostic appetite for category potential.
Open sourcing / inbound-friendly: "Email us! We read everything, although we can’t respond to everything." — indicates an accessible intake posture toward founders.