About Root Ventures

Root Ventures is a San Francisco-based deep tech seed fund. As engineers ourselves, we specialize in leading initial funding for founders tackling new technical opportunities. Our initial investments typically range from $3-5M. With a selective few new deals a year and 2/3 of our funds in reserve, we are committed to being a long-term partner.

Thesis
Investing at the earliest stages of technical founders taking engineering risk.
Mission
Seeding bold engineers
Fund size
$190M
Typical check
up to $5M
Stage
Seed, usually leading the initial round
Focus
deep tech, robotics, hardware, manufacturing, developer tools, machine learning, semiconductors, automation
Office
2670 Harrison St, San Francisco, CA 94110
Email
hello@root.vc

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