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Seed education and work investors in California

15 of 20 seed education and work firms that report a preference say they can lead. 3 active since September.

Can leadMostly followsNot reportedRecently active
Reach CapitalActive Sep 22
California · Fund $265 (2023)
Esteban Sosnik, Jennifer Carolan+6 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsEducation and work +1
$1M to $10MCan lead
Spero VenturesActive Sep 29
California
Andrew Parker, Sara Eshelman+3 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsHealthtech +2
$1M to $10MCan lead
Capital FActive Sep 22
California
Dawn Dobras, Margaret Coblentz
Pre-seedSeedHealthtech +3
Check size not reportedLead not reported
Acumen America
California
Amon Anderson, Catherine Casey Nanda+4 on the team
Pre-seedSeedLeadsHealthtech +2
$250K to $500KCan lead
Better Ventures
California · Fund $108M
Rick Moss, Wes Selke+1 on the team
Pre-seedSeedLeadsClimate +5
$500K to $1MCan lead
GSV Ventures
California
Adam Freed, Deborah Quazzo+7 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsEducation and work
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
Learn Capital
California
Don Burton, Greg Mauro+4 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsEducation and work
Check size not reportedCan lead
Obvious Ventures
California · Fund $360.36M Fund V (2026)
Andrew Beebe, James Joaquin+4 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsHealthtech +5
$3M to $30MCan lead
Owl Ventures
California
Amit A. Patel, Ian Chiu+6 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsEducation and workConfirmed by the firm
$3M to $30MCan lead
Roble Ventures
California
Sergio Monsalve, David Perez-Hernandez
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsEducation and workConfirmed by the firm
$250K to $500KCan lead
SemperVirens Venture Capital
California · Fund $141M Core Fund III
Allison Baum Gates, Colin Tobias+3 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsVertical AI +3
Check size not reportedCan lead
Urban Innovation Fund
California · Fund $121M latest fund
Clara Brenner, Julie Lein+2 on the team
Pre-seedSeedLeadsClimate +5
$500K to $10MCan lead
VamosVentures
California · Fund $50M
Marcos Gonzalez, Ashley Ryder+4 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsHealthtech +3
$500K to $3MCan lead
Vertical Venture Partners
California · Fund $100M
Brad Corona, David C. Schwab+1 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsVertical AI +8Confirmed by the firm
$250K to $10MCan lead
WndrCo
California
Anthony Saleh, Chenli Wang+4 on the team
SeedLeadsEducation and work +3
Check size not reportedCan lead
Autodesk Foundation
California
Jean Shia, Joe Speicher+7 on the team
SeedSeries AClimate +4
$100K to $1MMostly follows
Behind Genius Ventures
California
Paige Finn Doherty, Andy Sran+1 on the team
Pre-seedSeedEducation and workConfirmed by the firm
$100K to $250KMostly 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
How Women Invest
California · Fund $20M
Julie Castro Abrams, Aury Cifuentes+4 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BClimate +2
$100K to $500KMostly follows
Triple Impact Capital
California
Bennett Thomas, Justin Smithline
Pre-seedSeedClimate +2
Check size not reportedLead not reported
Wedbush Ventures
California
Petra Stuhmeier Griffith
Pre-seedSeedFintech +3Confirmed by the firm
$100K to $500KMostly follows
Worklife
California
Brianne Kimmel
SeedSeries AEducation and work +1
Check size not reportedMostly follows
Yellow Rocks!
California
Sergei, Roman+2 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries AEducation and work +3
Check size not reportedLead not reported

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Questions

How many seed education and work investors in california are there?

Mode VC tracks 24 firms on this list as of 2026-10-15. 3 have been active since September 2026.

What check size do seed education and work investors in california write?

The most reported band is $250K to $500K, reported by 7 firms on this list.

Which seed education and work investors in california lead rounds?

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