Capital that compounds with conviction.
Scale Ventures is a concentrated pre-seed and seed firm. We lead first rounds for operators turning deep technical edge into companies that matter — in AI, financial infrastructure, healthcare, and the energy transition.
- $420M
- AUM
- 58
- Companies
- 11
- Exits
- 3
- Funds
Three vectors, one conviction.
We back teams where deep technical edge meets a non-obvious go-to-market. The next decade will be won by companies that fuse breakthrough science with operational sophistication.
- 01
AI-native infrastructure
Compute, data, and tooling for the systems being rebuilt from first principles around foundation models.
- 02
Applied climate & energy
Industrial software and hardware that move atoms faster — grid, materials, supply chain, and decarbonization.
- 03
The modern financial stack
The next generation of APIs, risk systems, and consumer rails being written to replace a decades-old core.
Four disciplines, practiced without compromise.
We run the firm the way the best founders run their companies — small team, clear doctrine, long view.
- 01
Sourcing
We meet founders quietly, often years before a first round — through operators, researchers, and prior portfolio CEOs.
- 02
Conviction
Two-partner write-up, full-partnership debate, and a clean yes or a clear no — delivered in under two weeks.
- 03
Partnership
One board seat, taken seriously. Between meetings, the lead partner is reachable on a first-name basis.
- 04
Compounding
We back our winners through every subsequent round and stay on the cap table well past IPO.
Companies we're proud to back.
A selection of founders shaping markets across AI infrastructure, fintech, climate, and healthcare.
Operators turned investors.
Former founders and engineering leaders who have built, scaled, and exited the companies we now invest in.
- EC
Previously founded and exited Loom Systems ($220M). Ten years leading engineering at Stripe and Figma before investing.
- MD
Former VP Product at Plaid. Angel investor in 40+ companies across fintech and developer infrastructure.
- AR
PhD in machine learning. Led applied research at DeepMind before founding an AI tooling company acquired by NVIDIA.
- NB
Previously built climate analytics at Watershed. Focuses on energy, industrial software, and hard tech.
- PA
Founding engineer at Ramp. Invests across fintech infrastructure and the emerging treasury stack.
- SO
Former product lead at Databricks. Leads sourcing across data platforms, ML tooling, and devex.
Building something extraordinary?
We read every inbound. If you're a founder, share a deck and what you're building — we aim to respond within 72 hours.