7 Pre-Seed Investors in Menlo Park

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 7 investors based in Menlo Park that invest at Pre-Seed.

1) Danielle Jing

  • Fund: Pear VC
  • Title: Chief of Staff
  • Location: Menlo Park, CA
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Sectors: AR/VR, Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, Internet of Things, Clean Tech, Cloud, Communications, Web3, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Electronics, Entertainment, Fintech, eSports, Government Tech, DEI, Recruiting, Hospitality, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Consumer, Enterprise, Other Tech, Parenting, Professional or Technical Services, Food Services, Robotics, Sales Tech, Space

2) Jane Lippencott

  • Fund: Andreessen Horowitz
  • Title: Partner
  • Location: Menlo Park, CA
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: AI, Cosmetics, Fashion, Communications, Web3, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Entertainment, Fintech, eSports, DEI, Recruiting, Insurtech, Marketplaces, Media, Consumer, Other Tech, Parenting, Professional or Technical Services, Food Services, Sales Tech, Sex, Social Impact

3) Jourdain Bell

  • Fund: Alumni Ventures
  • Title: Sr. Community Manager
  • Location: Menlo Park, CA
  • Stages: Series B, Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Sectors: Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, AR/VR, Cannabis, Internet of Things, Cosmetics, Art, Communications, Cloud, Fashion, Clean Tech, Digital Health and Wellness, Developer Tools, Cybersecurity, Web3, Hospitality, Recruiting, Government Tech, eSports, Food and Beverage, Fintech, Entertainment, Electronics, EdTech, E-Commerce, Future of Work, Other Tech, Enterprise, Consumer, Media, Chemicals, Marketplaces, Manufacturing, Logistics, Legal, Internet of Things, Insurtech, DEI, Other, Travel, Transportation, Space, Social Impact, Sex, Sales Tech, Robotics, Food Services, Quantum Computing, Proptech, Professional or Technical Services, Parenting

4) Keith Bender

  • Fund: Pear VC
  • Title: Principal
  • Location: Menlo Park, CA
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Sectors: AR/VR, Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, Art, Cosmetics, Internet of Things, Clean Tech, Cloud, Communications, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Entertainment, Fintech, Food and Beverage, eSports, Government Tech, DEI, Recruiting, Hospitality, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Chemicals, Media, Other, Consumer, Enterprise, Other Tech, Parenting, Professional or Technical Services, Proptech, Quantum Computing, Food Services, Robotics, Sales Tech, Sex, Social Impact, Space, Transportation, Travel

5) Matthew Harper

  • Fund: Riverwood Capital
  • Title: Associate
  • Location: Menlo Park, CA
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Sectors: AI, Clean Tech, Cloud, Web3, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Fintech, Insurtech, Logistics, Enterprise

6) Neha Dalal

  • Fund: Jasper Ridge Partners, L.P.
  • Title: Vice President Philanthropic & Impact Advisory
  • Location: Menlo Park, CA
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Sectors: Agriculture Tech, Internet of Things, Clean Tech, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, EdTech, Fintech, Food and Beverage, Government Tech, Food Services, Social Impact, Transportation

7) Ravi Patel

  • Fund: Parade Ventures
  • Title: Investor
  • Location: Menlo Park, CA
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Sectors: AI, Cloud, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Fintech, DEI, Insurtech, Marketplaces, Consumer, Enterprise, Other Tech, 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