Vertical Venture Partners

VVP is an early-stage venture capital firm investing exclusively in specific industry verticals. Our sole mission is to generate outstanding returns for our investors who entrust us with their capital and, in so doing, create wealth for the founders and employees of the companies we back. As long as we do this in a way that is consistent with our values, nothing else matters. We focus on early-stage software and deep-tech companies that are US-based. Within this framework, the most important criterion is that the founders have a deep understanding of the industry sector or “vertical” they are addressing with their product. Most often, founders of the companies we back have direct, personal experience with the problem they are solving and the customers they are selling to. We focus on Seed, Seed+, and Series A rounds as entry points. Pre-product investments are rare for us, but we will invest pre-revenue, with the distinction being that pre-revenue companies often have a product and some early-access customers in a pilot program. We will invest anywhere in the US, and despite being based in Palo Alto, we actively seek investments located outside of the Bay Area in markets where access to capital is more constrained. Our first checks range from $500K – $2.5M for Seed and Seed+ investments and $3M – $4M for Series A investments. We always reserve a significant amount of capital for follow-on investments in later rounds.