13 Pre-Seed Investors in WA

Sometimes you should prioritize investors in your own state before searching outside state lines. Investors like backing local talent, and your odds of securing funding are higher from local investors than they are from investors outside of your state. Here are 13 investors based in Washington that invest at Pre-Seed.

1) David Zager

Fund: Pioneer Square Labs
Title: Partner & Chief Design Officer
Location: Seattle, WA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors: Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, AR/VR, Art, Cosmetics, Clean Tech, Fashion, Cloud, Communications, Web3, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Entertainment, Fintech, eSports, Government Tech, Recruiting, Hospitality, DEI, Insurtech, Legal, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Media, Consumer, Enterprise, Other Tech, Parenting, Professional or Technical Services, Proptech, Quantum Computing, Food Services, Sales Tech, Sex, Social Impact, Travel, Other

2) Jonathan Azoff

Fund: SNØCAP
Title: Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Location: Seattle, WA
Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Sectors: Agriculture Tech, Internet of Things, Clean Tech, Web3, Fintech, Food and Beverage, Chemicals

3) Ken Horenstein

Fund: Pack Ventures
Title: Founder & Partner
Location: Seattle, WA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors: AI, Cloud, Developer Tools, Future of Work, E-Commerce, eSports, Marketplaces, Enterprise, Sales Tech

4) Ken Horenstein

Fund: Pack Ventures
Title: Founder & Partner
Location: Seattle, WA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors: Internet of Things, AR/VR, AI, Agriculture Tech, Marketing, Clean Tech, Cloud, Developer Tools, E-Commerce, Future of Work, Fintech, Food and Beverage, eSports, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Consumer, Enterprise, Robotics, Sales Tech, Space

5) Lowery Thomas

Fund: Lighter Capital
Title: Investment Director
Location: Seattle, WA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors: Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, AR/VR, Clean Tech, Cloud, Communications, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, EdTech, Electronics, Entertainment, Fintech, eSports, Government Tech, Recruiting, Hospitality, DEI, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Marketplaces, Media, Enterprise, Other Tech, Professional or Technical Services, Quantum Computing, Robotics, Sales Tech, Sex, Social Impact, Space, Transportation, Travel

6) Maria Gilfoyle

Fund: Madrona Venture Group
Title: Investor
Location: Seattle, WA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors: Cosmetics, Internet of Things, Clean Tech, Fashion, Communications, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Fintech, Government Tech, Recruiting, Insurtech, Logistics, Legal, Marketplaces, Consumer, Enterprise, Other Tech, Parenting, Social Impact

7) Martin Tobias

Fund: Incisive Ventures
Title: Managing Partner
Location: Spokane, WA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: AR/VR, AI, Clean Tech, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, Fintech, Recruiting, Internet of Things, Marketplaces, Consumer, Enterprise, Other Tech, Sales Tech

8) Peter Mueller

Fund: SeaChange Fund
Title: Partner
Location: Seattle, WA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors: AR/VR, Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, Art, Cosmetics, Internet of Things, Clean Tech, Fashion, Cloud, Communications, Web3, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Electronics, Entertainment, Fintech, Food and Beverage, eSports, Government Tech, DEI, Recruiting, Hospitality, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Chemicals, Media, Consumer, Enterprise, Other Tech, Parenting, Professional or Technical Services, Proptech, Quantum Computing, Food Services, Robotics, Sales Tech, Sex, Travel

9) Sean Sternbach

Fund: Community Access Fund
Title: Managing Partner
Location: Seattle, WA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors: Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, Internet of Things, Cannabis, Cloud, Communications, Web3, Developer Tools, E-Commerce, EdTech, Entertainment, Fintech, Legal, Marketplaces, Parenting, Proptech, Sales Tech

10) Timothy Chen

Fund: Essence VC
Title: Managing Partner
Location: Seattle, WA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors: AI, Cloud, Developer Tools

11) Vu Tran

Fund: Surf Club Ventures
Title: Managing Partner
Location: Seattle, WA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: Cloud, Social Impact, Developer Tools, Clean Tech

12) Will Finney

Fund: SeaChange Fund
Title: Co-Founder
Location: Seattle, WA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors: AR/VR, Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, Cosmetics, Internet of Things, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Fintech, Food and Beverage, eSports, Government Tech, Recruiting, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Chemicals, Other Tech, Proptech, Quantum Computing, Sales Tech, Space, Transportation

13) Yoko Okano

Fund: First Row Partners
Title: Founding Partner
Location: Seattle, WA
Stages: Pre-Seed
Sectors: AR/VR, AI, Art, Communications, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, Recruiting, Marketplaces, Media, Parenting, Sales Tech

Hopefully this list helps you find more local investors that invest in companies at your stage. If you’re looking to pitch these investors + the rest of the Confluence.VC investor network, make sure to check out Commonapp.VC