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Seed industrial investors in California

37 of 54 seed industrial firms that report a preference say they can lead. 6 active since September.

Can leadMostly followsNot reportedRecently active
DCVCActive Oct 8
California · Fund Billions of dollars AUM
Ali Tamaseb, James Hardiman+15 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsDeep tech +4
$10M to $30M+Can lead
Eclipse VenturesActive Oct 7
California · Fund $1.3B (2026)
Lior Susan, Aidan Madigan-Curtis+6 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsIndustrial +3
$10M to $30M+Can lead
Hitachi VenturesActive Oct 15
California · Fund USD400M HV Fund IV
Pete Bastien, Stefan Gabriel+19 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsIndustrial +3
$1M to $30MCan lead
Intel CapitalActive Oct 14
California
Abdul Guefor, Andy Fligel+19 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsDeep tech +2
$1M to $30M+Can lead
Riot VenturesActive Oct 10
California
Stephen Marcus, Will Coffield+2 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsDefense and space +5
$1M to $30M+Can lead
The CouncilActive Oct 14
California
Amber Illig, Rachel Tsui
Pre-seedSeedHealthtech +4
Up to $100KMostly follows
ACME Capital
California · Fund $240M (2022)
Hany Nada, Scott Stanford+3 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsDeep tech +4
$1M to $30MCan lead
Airbus Ventures
California · Fund $155M (2024)
Thomas d'Halluin, Nicole Conner+3 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsDefense and space +2
$1M to $10MCan lead
Autotech Ventures
California · Fund $230M Fund III (2023)
Alexei Andreev, Burak Cendek+3 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsLogistics and mobility +1
$1M to $10MCan lead
Bow Capital
California · Fund $500M+ AUM
Murray Rode, Rafi Syed+4 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsDeep tech +5
Check size not reportedCan lead
Cortical Ventures
California
Igor Taber, Jeremy Achin+1 on the team
Pre-seedSeedLeadsDev tools and infra +2
Check size not reportedCan lead
Dell Technologies Capital
California
Daniel Docter, Deepak Jeevankumar+9 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsDev tools and infra +3
Check size not reportedCan lead
DNX Ventures
California
Akira Kurabayashi, Hiro Rio Maeda+13 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsEnterprise software +7
Check size not reportedCan lead
Embark Ventures
California
Peter Lee, Yipeng Zhao+1 on the team
Pre-seedSeedLeadsLife sciences +4
$100K to $3MCan lead
Flux Capital
California
Ari Stiegler, Mike Loretz+2 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsDeep tech +2
$250K to $10MCan lead
Fusion Fund
California
Lu Zhang, Shane Wall+8 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsHealthtech +1Confirmed by the firm
$500K to $3MCan lead
GFT Ventures
California
Jay Eum, Jeff Herbst+1 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsDeep tech +1
Check size not reportedCan lead
Hat-Trick Capital
California
Junguang (Peter) Pan, Gary Lin+1 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsConsumer +3
$500K to $3MCan lead
Ibex Investors
California
Justin Borus, Aaron Rinberg+10 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsLogistics and mobility +1Confirmed by the firm
$500K to $10MCan lead
Leap Forward Ventures
California
David Rusenko
Pre-seedSeedLeadsClimate +1
$100K to $3MCan lead
Morpheus Ventures
California · Fund More (2022)
Joseph Miller, Mark Dyne+4 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsFintech +3
$500K to $10MCan 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
Praxis
California
Matt Blodgett, Greg Ellson+1 on the team
Pre-seedSeedLeadsIndustrial
$1M to $3MCan lead
Quest Venture Partners
California
Andrew Ogawa, Maarten 't Hooft+2 on the team
Pre-seedSeedLeadsDeep tech +3
$100K to $3MCan lead
Radius Capital
California
Peter Shannon, Luka Tomljenovic
Pre-seedSeedLeadsDefense and space +2
$100K to $1MCan lead
Ravelin Capital
California
Lucas Vaz
Pre-seedSeedLeadsIndustrial +1Confirmed by the firm
$250K to $500KCan lead
Refactor Capital
California · Fund $50 (2026)
Zal Bilimoria
SeedLeadsDeep tech +4
$1M to $3MCan lead
Schematic Ventures
California
Julian Counihan
Pre-seedSeedLeadsLogistics and mobility +2Confirmed by the firm
$500K to $3MCan lead
SE Ventures
California · Fund €500M (2022)
Amit Chaturvedy, Carlos (CK) Kokron+6 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsClimate +3Confirmed by the firm
$100K to $250KCan lead
Starshot Capital
California · Fund $35M — Starshot Fund I
Jeremy Brewer, Sam Levac-Levey+4 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsClimate +3
Check size not reportedCan lead
The Production Board (TPB)
California
David Friedberg
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsFood and ag +4
Check size not reportedCan lead
The Westly Group
California · Fund $100M seed fund
Danny Cotter, Steve Westly+8 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsClimate +4
$500K to $30MCan lead
Toyota Ventures
California · Fund $150M (2024)
Jim Adler, Chris Abshire+2 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsDeep tech +2Confirmed by the firm
$500K to $3MCan lead
TSVC
California
Charles Shao, Chun Xia+4 on the team
Pre-seedSeedLeadsDeep tech +3
Check size not reportedCan lead
Undeterred Capital
California
Joe Wilson, Emily Lindberg+1 on the team
Pre-seedSeedLeadsLife sciences +2
$500K to $1MCan lead
UP Partners
California · Fund $230M
Adam Grosser, Ben Marcus+4 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsDefense and space +3
$1M to $10MCan lead
Valo Ventures
California · Fund $175M Fund I (2019)
Mona Elnaggar, Scott Tierney+3 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsClimate +2
$1M to $10MCan lead
Voyager Ventures
California · Fund $275M
Sierra Peterson, Sarah Sclarsic+5 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsClimate +2
Check size not reportedCan lead
Autodesk Foundation
California
Jean Shia, Joe Speicher+7 on the team
SeedSeries AClimate +4
$100K to $1MMostly follows
Blackwing
California
Chad Cazel, Pete DiSalvo
Pre-seedSeedSeries ADeep tech +3
Check size not reportedLead not reported

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Questions

How many seed industrial investors in california are there?

Mode VC tracks 67 firms on this list as of 2026-10-15. 6 have been active since September 2026.

What check size do seed industrial investors in california write?

The most reported band is $1M to $3M, reported by 23 firms on this list.

Which seed industrial investors in california lead rounds?

37 of 54 firms that report a preference say they can lead. Turn on "Leads rounds" to see only them.