14 AI Investors Based in Seattle

Your odds of raising from local investors are better than trying to raise capital from outside your city. We put together this list to help Seattle-based founders connect with AI-based investors that write checks into AI companies. Here are 14 investors that match that criteria.

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) Eric Price

Fund: WestRiver Group
Title: Principal
Location: Seattle, WA
Stages: Seed, Series A
Sectors: AI, Marketing, Cloud, Communications, Web3, Cybersecurity, Fintech, Hospitality, Enterprise, Robotics, Proptech

3) Junjun Qian

Fund: ONELIN Capital Corporation
Title: Investor
Location: Seattle, WA
Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: AR/VR, Marketing, AI, Fashion, Communications, E-Commerce, Fintech, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Marketplaces, Proptech

4) Junjun Qian

Fund: ONELIN Capital Corporation
Title: Investor
Location: Seattle, WA
Stages: Seed, Series A
Sectors: Marketing, AI, AR/VR, Cloud, Web3, E-Commerce, Fintech, Insurtech

5) 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

6) 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

7) 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

8) Mark-Daniel Shelton

Fund: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Title: VC Associate
Location: Seattle, WA
Stages: Seed, Series A
Sectors: AI, Internet of Things, Clean Tech, Fintech, eSports, Government Tech, Robotics, Social Impact

9) 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

10) 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

11) Timothy Chen

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

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) Wyatt Dudgeon

Fund: WestRiver Group
Title: Investments Analyst
Location: Seattle, WA
Stages: Series A, Seed
Sectors: Marketing, AR/VR, Art, AI, Clean Tech, Internet of Things, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Fintech, Entertainment, Hospitality, DEI, Internet of Things, Logistics, Media, Marketplaces, Food Services, Sales Tech, Social Impact, Travel, Transportation, Food and Beverage

14) 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 in your sector. If you’re looking to pitch these investors + the rest of the Confluence.VC investor network, make sure to check out Commonapp.VC