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Pre-seed proptech investors

20 of 27 pre-seed proptech firms that report a preference say they can lead. 3 active since September.

Can leadMostly followsNot reportedRecently active

Alpaca VCActive Sep 22

New York

Ryan Freedman, Aubrie Pagano+3 on the team

Pre-seedSeedLeadsProptech +5

$500K to $3MCan lead

Mercury FundActive Oct 14

Texas

Blair Garrou, Adrian Fortino+5 on the team

Pre-seedSeedLeadsVertical AI +10

$100K to $10MCan lead

Relay VenturesActive Oct 7

Toronto · Fund Approximately

Alex Baker, Irfhan Rawji+5 on the team

Pre-seedSeedLeadsLogistics and mobility +3

$500K to $10MCan lead

1Sharpe Ventures

California

Gregor Watson, Rob Bloemker+2 on the team

Pre-seedSeedLeadsFintech +3Confirmed by the firm

Up to $3MCan lead

Massachusetts

Dwight Poler, Ryan Macpherson+1 on the team

Pre-seedSeedLeadsClimate +3

Check size not reportedCan lead

Ontario · Fund $60M AUM

Courtney Cooper, Stephanie Wood

Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsProptech

$250K to $1MCan lead

Texas

Elisa Sepúlveda, Marcelo de la Garza

Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsFintech +5

$250K to $1MCan lead

California

Breton Birkhofer, Phoebe Zhang+1 on the team

Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsProptech

Check size not reportedCan lead

Great Wave Ventures

New York

Michael Palmer, Nobu Iguchi+1 on the team

Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsClimate +3Confirmed by the firm

$250K to $1MCan lead

Indiana

Ginger Rothrock, Ph.D, John Glushik+4 on the team

Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsClimate +4

$1M to $10MCan lead

Texas · Fund $100 million (2024)

Peter J. Holt, Ty Findley+3 on the team

Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsIndustrial +3

Check size not reportedCan lead

Kyber Knight Capital

California · Fund $120 (2023)

Linus Liang, Sunny Dhillon+1 on the team

Pre-seedSeedLeadsMarketplaces +2

$250K to $3MCan lead

Munich Re Ventures

California · Fund $500M (2025)

Alex Kamenetskiy, Oshri Kaplan+4 on the team

Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsFintech +6

$500K to $10MCan lead

New Stack Ventures

Illinois · Fund $42.6M Fund II

Nick Moran, Luke Skertich

Pre-seedSeedLeadsVertical AI +7

$500K to $3MCan lead

Sandalphon Capital

Illinois

Jonathan Ellis, Nevin Ramanujan

Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsEnterprise software +4

$100K to $3MCan lead

Shadow Ventures

Georgia · Fund $34M Seed Fund II (2024)

Kp Reddy, Matthew Ohlman+1 on the team

Pre-seedSeedLeadsProptech

Check size not reportedCan lead

California

Soso Sazesh

Pre-seedLeadsDefense and space +11Confirmed by the firm

Up to $500KCan lead

The 81 Collection

Illinois

Vijen Patel, Alex Kirshenbaum

Pre-seedSeedLeadsIndustrial +4Confirmed by the firm

$500K to $1MCan lead

Urban Innovation Fund

California · Fund $121M latest fund

Clara Brenner, Julie Lein+2 on the team

Pre-seedSeedLeadsClimate +5

$500K to $10MCan lead

California

Juan Nieto, Mauricio Tessi Weiss+8 on the team

Pre-seedSeedLeadsProptechConfirmed by the firm

$250K to $3MCan lead

American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact

Wisconsin

Dr. Joy Ippolito, Amber Porter+1 on the team

Pre-seedSeedSeries AProptech +1Confirmed by the firm

$250K to $1MMostly follows

Comcast Ventures

California

Allison Goldberg, Marc Silberman+2 on the team

Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BDev tools and infra +5

Check size not reportedLead not reported

Cybernetix Ventures

Massachusetts

Fady Saad, Mark Martin

Pre-seedSeedSeries ADeep tech +7

Check size not reportedLead not reported

Ecosphere Ventures

Texas

Adil Jafry

Pre-seedSeedClimate +4

Check size not reportedLead not reported

GroundBreak Ventures

Ontario

Scott Kaplanis, Navin Kaminoulu+3 on the team

Pre-seedSeedSeries AProptech +2

Check size not reportedMostly follows

Iron Prairie Ventures

Kansas · Fund $15 million (2025)

Maggie Kenefake

Pre-seedSeedIndustrial +2

Check size not reportedLead not reported

Nine Four Ventures

Illinois · Fund $69.6M

Jeffrey Elowe, Kurt Ramirez+2 on the team

Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BProptech

Check size not reportedMostly follows

Rock Yard Ventures

Texas

Daniel Dart

Pre-seedSeedIndustrial +5

Up to $100KMostly follows

Samvid Ventures

New York

Gemma Lenowitz Picot, Pia Desai

Pre-seedSeedEducation and work +3

$100K to $500KMostly follows

Second Century Ventures

Illinois

Dave Garland, Mark Birschbach+2 on the team

Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BProptech +1

Check size not reportedMostly follows

Stand Together Ventures Lab

Virginia

Jacob Rabinowitz, Jonathan Jou+2 on the team

Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BHealthtech +4

Check size not reportedLead not reported

California

Elizabeth Spears, Brent Celek+1 on the team

Pre-seedSeedGeneralist

Check size not reportedLead not reported

SuperAngel.Fund

New York

Ben Zises

Pre-seedSeedSeries AConsumer +2Confirmed by the firm

$25K to $500KMostly follows

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Questions

How many pre-seed proptech investors are there?

Mode VC tracks 33 firms on this list as of 2026-10-15. 3 have been active since September 2026.

What check size do pre-seed proptech investors write?

The most reported band is $500K to $1M, reported by 15 firms on this list.

Which pre-seed proptech investors lead rounds?

20 of 27 firms that report a preference say they can lead. Turn on "Leads rounds" to see only them.