8 Seed Investors in San Mateo

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 8 investors based in San Mateo that invest at Seed.

1) Claire England

  • Fund: Portfolia
  • Title: LP Investor, FemTech II Fund
  • Location: San Mateo, CA
  • Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: Agriculture Tech, Clean Tech, Food and Beverage, Web3, Other, Logistics

2) Olivia Kim

  • Fund: GingerBread Capital
  • Title: Principal
  • Location: San Mateo, CA
  • Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: Cosmetics, E-Commerce, EdTech, Food and Beverage, Consumer, Parenting, Social Impact

3) Richard (Rickie) Koo

  • Fund: DNX Ventures
  • Title: Principal
  • Location: San Mateo, CA
  • Stages: Seed, Series A
  • Sectors: AI, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, Enterprise

4) Rishi Armstrong

  • Fund: BluePointe Capital
  • Title: Investor
  • Location: San Mateo, CA
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Sectors: Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, AR/VR, Internet of Things, Cannabis, Clean Tech, Cloud, Communications, Web3, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, E-Commerce, Future of Work, Fintech, Entertainment, eSports, Insurtech, Other Tech, Enterprise, Internet of Things, Logistics, Manufacturing, Sales Tech

5) Shikhin Garg

  • Fund: Inventus Capital Partners
  • Title: Chief of Staff
  • Location: San Mateo, CA
  • Stages: Seed, Series A
  • Sectors: Marketing, AI, AR/VR, Cosmetics, Internet of Things, Clean Tech, Cloud, Communications, Web3, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Electronics, Fintech, eSports, Recruiting, Internet of Things, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Media, Consumer, Professional or Technical Services, Food Services, Sales Tech, Social Impact

6) Suffiyan Malik

  • Fund: Draper University
  • Title: Head of Programs
  • Location: San Mateo, CA
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Sectors: Agriculture Tech, AI, AR/VR, Art, Cosmetics, Internet of Things, Marketing, Clean Tech, Fashion, Cloud, Communications, Web3, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Entertainment, Fintech, eSports, Recruiting, Hospitality, DEI, Food and Beverage, Electronics, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Marketplaces, Media, Consumer, Enterprise, Other Tech, Professional or Technical Services, Robotics, Sales Tech, Sex, Social Impact, Space, Transportation, Travel

7) Takako Kunz

  • Fund: DNX Ventures
  • Title: Platform Manager
  • Location: San Mateo, CA
  • Stages: Seed, Series A
  • Sectors: Cloud, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Future of Work, Fintech, Logistics, Marketplaces, Robotics, Sales Tech

8) Tej Kanani

  • Fund: Sierra Ventures
  • Title: VC
  • Location: San Mateo, CA
  • Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: AI, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Future of Work, E-Commerce, Fintech, Consumer, Enterprise

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