18 Seed Investors in Seattle

It can be hard find local investors that back companies at your stage. In person meetings (still) matter, and you want to exhaust your local options before searching for investors outside of your city. Here are 18 investors based in Seattle that invest at Seed.

1) Alita Carbone

  • Fund: 3×5 Partners
  • Title: Senior Associate
  • Location: Seattle, WA
  • Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: Clean Tech, Internet of Things

2) 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

3) 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

4) Jonathan Azoff

  • Fund: SNร˜CAP
  • 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

5) 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

6) 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

7) 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

8) 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

9) 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

10) 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

11) 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

12) 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

13) 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

14) Timothy Chen

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

15) 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

16) 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

17) 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

18) 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