60 VC Firms Open to Cold Pitches in 2025 + Contact Emails
If you're raising capital right now and don’t have a warm intro to every investor under the sun—good news: you don’t need one.
More VCs than ever are open to cold outreach, especially at the earliest stages. Many of them even say they prefer hearing directly from founders instead of sifting through secondhand intros or pitch platforms.
That said, not all cold outreach is created equal—and not every investor is open to it. That’s why we’ve put together this list of 60 venture firms open to cold pitches, with details like check size, stage focus, sectors, and—yes—direct contact emails.
Study each fund's focus areas. Read what the partners have written or tweeted. See what companies they’ve backed. Then craft a thoughtful email that clearly signals why you’re a fit.
Done well, cold emails can open serious doors. This list is here to help you knock.
Let’s get into it.
1. 100Unicorns
Check Size: $250K – $2M
Preferred Stage: Seed, Pre-seed, Series A
Website: 100unicorns.in
Investor: Rajesh Mane
Contact Email: rajesh@100unicorns.in
2. 468 Capital
Check Size: $100K – $2M
Preferred Stage: Idea/first check, Pre-seed, Seed
Website: 468cap.com
Investor: Alexander Kudlich
Contact Email: alexander@468cap.com
3. 1517 Fund
Check Size: Typically $250K; sometimes $50K
Preferred Stage: Idea/first check, Pre-seed
Website: 1517fund.com
Investor: Danielle Strachman
Contact Email: dstrachman@1517fund.com
4. 2048 Ventures
Check Size: $300,000 – $500,000
Preferred Stage: Pre-seed, Seed
Website: 2048.vc
Investor: Alex Iskold
Contact Email: alex@2048.vc
5. AC Ventures
Check Size: $0.5M – $2.5M
Preferred Stage: Seed, Series A
Website: acv.vc
Investor: Pandu Sjahrir
Contact Email: pandu@danantaraindonesia.com
6. Acquired Wisdom Fund
Check Size: $25K – $75K
Preferred Stage: Pre-seed
Website: awf.vc
Investor: Mendel Chuang
Contact Email: mendel@awf.vc
7. Acronym Venture Capital
Check Size: $500K
Preferred Stage: Series A
Website: acronym.vc
Investor: Joshua B Siegel
Contact Email: joshua@acronymvc.com
8. Adapt Ventures
Check Size: $25,000K – $250,000K
Preferred Stage: Idea/first check, Pre-seed, Seed, Series A
Website: adaptvc.com
Investor: Mohammed Amdani
Contact Email: mo@adaptvc.co
9. Alchemy
Check Size: $10K – $500K
Preferred Stage: Pre-seed, Seed
Website: alchemy.com/ventures
Investor: Nikil Viswanathan
Contact Email: nikil.viswanathan@alchemyapi.io
10. AlleyCorp
Check Size: $500K – $3M
Preferred Stage: Pre-seed, Seed
Website: alleycorp.com
Investor: Kevin Ryan
Contact Email: kevin.ryan@alleycorp.com
11. Allied Venture Partners
Check Size: $100K – $350K
Preferred Stage: Pre-seed, Seed, Series A
Website: allied.vc
Investor: Matt Wilson
Contact Email: matt@allied.vc
12. Amplifier
Check Size: €250K – €2.5M
Preferred Stage: Seed, Series A
Website: amplifierlab.io
Investor: Henry Palmer
Contact Email: hp@amplifierlab.io
13. Andreessen Horowitz
Check Size: $50K – $2M
Preferred Stage: Pre-seed, Seed
Website: a16z.com
Investor: Blake Kim
Contact Email: bkim@a16z.com
14. ANIMO Ventures
Check Size: $500K – $2M
Preferred Stage: Idea/first check, Seed, Pre-seed
Website: animo.vc
Investor: Nico Berardi
Contact Email: nico@agpmiami.com
15. Antler
Check Size: $200,000
Preferred Stage: Pre-seed, Idea/first check, Seed
Website: antler.co
Investor: Andrea Hajdu-Howe
Contact Email: andrea@antler.co
16. Athera Venture Partners
Check Size: $1.5M – $5M
Preferred Stage: Series A
Website: atheravp.com
Investor: Samir Kumar
Contact Email: samir@atheravp.com
17. Basecamp Fund
Check Size: $100K – $500K
Preferred Stage: Pre-seed, Seed
Website: basecampfund.com
Investor: Keiran Simunovic
Contact Email: keiran@10kentrepreneurs.org
18. Begin Capital
Check Size: $100K – $3M
Preferred Stage: Seed, Series A
Website: begincl.com
Investor: Alex Menn
Contact Email: alex@begincl.com
19. Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments
Check Size: $100K – $5M
Preferred Stage: Seed, Series A, Series B
Website: bdmifund.com
Investor: Urs Cete
Contact Email: urs@bdmifund.com
20. Bessemer Venture Partners
Check Size: $1M – $100M
Preferred Stage: Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Taking it to IPO
Website: bvp.com
Investor: Kent Bennett
Contact Email: kent@bvp.com
21. Beta Boom
Check Size: $150K – $500K
Preferred Stage: Pre-seed, Seed
Website: betaboom.com
Investor: Kimmy Paluch
Contact Email: kimmy@betaboom.com
22. Betaworks Ventures
Check Size: $100,000 – $500,000
Preferred Stage: Pre-seed, Seed
Website: betaworks.com
Investor: John Borthwick
Contact Email: john@betaworks.com
23. Bethnal Green Ventures
Check Size: £30K at programme stage; £50K–£100K in follow-ons
Preferred Stage: Idea/first check, Pre-seed
Website: bethnalgreenventures.com
Investor: Paul Miller
Contact Email: paul@bethnalgreenventures.com
24. Better Tomorrow Ventures
Check Size: $500,000 – $1,000,000
Preferred Stage: Idea/first check, Pre-seed, Seed
Website: btv.vc
Investor: Jake Gibson
Contact Email: jake@btv.vc
25. Big Idea Ventures
Check Size: $125K accelerator checks + $1M–$5M Seed/Series A
Preferred Stage: Idea/first check, Pre-seed, Seed, Series A
Website: bigideaventures.com
Investor: Bill Arnold
Contact Email: projektyle@gmail.com
26. BIP Capital
Check Size: $100K – $10M
Preferred Stage: Seed, Series A
Website: bipventures.vc
Investor: Mark Buffington
Contact Email: mbuffington@bip-capital.com
27. Bloom Venture Partners
Check Size: $25K – $250K (Typically $25K – $50K)
Preferred Stage: Pre-seed, Seed, Series A
Website: bloomventurepartners.com
Investor: Brain Miller
Contact Email: brian@bloomventurepartners.com
28. Blossom Street Ventures
Check Size: $500K – $1.5M
Preferred Stage: Series A, Series B, Series C
Website: blossomstreetventures.com
Investor: Sammy Abdullah
Contact Email: sammy@blossomstreetventures.com
29. Blue Collective
Check Size: $250,000 – $2,000,000
Preferred Stage: Idea/first check, Pre-seed, Seed
Website: bluecollective.com
Investor: JJ Kasper
Contact Email: jjkasper@blue.xyz
30. Brooklyn Bridge Ventures
Check Size: $250,000 – $400,000
Preferred Stage: Idea/first check, Pre-seed, Seed
Website: brooklynbridge.vc
Investor: Charlie O'Donnell
Contact Email: charlie@brooklynbridge.vc
31. Buckhill Capital LP
Check Size: $1M+
Preferred Stage: Series A, Series B
Website: buckhillcapital.com
Investor: Ash Shrivastav
Contact Email: ash@buckhillcapital.com
32. California Crescent Fund
Check Size: $40K
Preferred Stage: Idea/first check, Pre-seed
Website: cacrescentfund.com
Investor: Harrison Berger
Contact Email: harrison.berger@stepstonegroup.com
33. Canaan Partners
Check Size: $5M – $15M
Preferred Stage: Series A
Website: canaan.com
Investor: Brendan Dickinson
Contact Email: bdickinson@canaan.com
34. Cathexis
Check Size: < $20K
Preferred Stage: Pre-seed
Website: cathexis.ventures
Investor: Mark Friday
Contact Email: mfriday@cathexis.com
35. Cats VC
Check Size: €200K – €1M
Preferred Stage: Seed, Series A
Website: cats.vc
Investor: Max Chebotarev
Contact Email: maxim@cats.vc
36. CentreGold Capital / CG Angels
Check Size: $25K – $1M
Preferred Stage: Pre-seed, Seed
Website: centregoldcap.com
Investor: Qidong (Qi) Jia
Contact Email: qidong@celticvc.com
37. Charge Ventures
Check Size: $250K – $750K
Preferred Stage: Pre-seed, Seed
Website: charge.vc
Investor: Brett Martin
Contact Email: brett@charge.vc
38. Charged Ventures
Check Size: $10K – $100K
Preferred Stage: Idea/first check, Pre-seed, Seed
Website: chargedventures.io
Contact Email: info@chargedventures.io
39. Chicago Booth Angel Network Silicon Valley (CBANSV)
Check Size: $10K – $50K (individual), Up to $200K (syndicate)
Preferred Stage: Seed
Website: cbansv.com
Investor: Kathy Le
Contact Email: kathyle@yelp.com
40. Chicago Ventures
Check Size: $500K – $2.5M
Preferred Stage: Pre-seed, Seed
Website: chicagoventures.com
Investor: Rob Chesney
Contact Email: robchesney@gmail.com
41. City Light Capital
Check Size: $50,000 seed, $2M–$3M Series A
Preferred Stage: Seed, Series A
Website: citylight.vc
Investor: Josh Cohen
Contact Email: josh@citylight.vc
42. Civilization Ventures
Check Size: $100K – Millions
Preferred Stage: Idea/first check, Seed, Series A
Website: civilizationventures.com
Investor: Shahram Seyedin-Noor
Contact Email: shahram@civilizationventures.com
43. Coatue
Check Size: $50K to tens of millions
Preferred Stage: Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Taking it to IPO
Website: coatue.com
Investor: Lucas Swisher
Contact Email: lswisher@coatue.com
44. Collaborative Fund
Check Size: $0.5M – $2M
Preferred Stage: Pre-seed, Seed
Website: collabfund.com
Investor: Craig Dalton
Contact Email: cdalton@collabfund.com
45. Colle Capital
Check Size: $500K+
Preferred Stage: Seed, Series A
Website: colle.vc
Investor: Victoria Grace
Contact Email: victoria@collecapital.com
46. Comeback Capital
Check Size: $100K – $250K
Preferred Stage: Pre-seed, Seed
Website: comeback.vc
Investor: Tony Olivito
Contact Email: tolivito@medicalingenuities.com
47. Conviction VC
Check Size: £100K – £2M
Preferred Stage: Seed, Series A
Website: conviction-vc.com
Investor: Andrew Jenkins
Contact Email: andrew@passioncapital.com
48. Costanoa Ventures
Check Size: $1M – $10M
Preferred Stage: Seed, Series A
Website: costanoa.vc
Investor: Amy Cheetham
Contact Email: amy@costanoavc.com
49. Cowboy Ventures
Check Size: $1M – $1.5M
Preferred Stage: Seed
Website: cowboy.vc
Investor: Aileen Lee
Contact Email: aileenlee@cowboy.vc
50. CreativeCo Capital
Check Size: $200K – $750K
Preferred Stage: Seed, Series A
Website: creative.co
Investor: Ashley Gautreaux
Contact Email: ashley.gautreaux@creative.co
51. Focal VC (formerly Darling Ventures)
Check Size: $250K – $500K
Preferred Stage: Idea/first check, Pre-seed, Seed
Website: focal.vc
Investor: Pascal Unger
Contact Email: pascal@focal.vc
52. DataPower Ventures
Check Size: $100K – $250K
Preferred Stage: Idea/first check, Pre-seed, Seed
Website: datapower.vc
Investor: David Yakobovitch
Contact Email: david@datapower.vc
53. Deep Future
Check Size: $250K
Preferred Stage: Idea/first check, Pre-seed
Website: deepfuture.tech
Investor: Pablos Holman
Contact Email: pablos@deepfuture.tech
54. Deep Ventures (syndicate)
Check Size: $100K – $200K
Preferred Stage: Pre-seed, Seed, Series A
Website: deepventures.io
Investor: Mike Chan
Contact Email: mike@deepventures.io
55. Defense Angels
Check Size: $10K – $250K
Preferred Stage: Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B
Website: defenseangels.com
Investor: Matt Prusak
Contact Email: mprusak@defenseangels.com
56. Detroit Venture Partners
Check Size: $100K – $5M
Preferred Stage: Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B
Website: detroit.vc
Investor: Lindsey Kilbride
Contact Email: lindsey@detroit.vc
57. Digitalis Ventures
Check Size: $0.5M – $5M
Preferred Stage: Seed, Series A
Website: digitalisventures.com
Investor: Ben Jacobs
Contact Email: bjacobs@digitalisventures.com
58. Distributed Ventures
Check Size: $250K – $10M
Preferred Stage: Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Idea/first check
Website: distributedvc.com
Investor: Shawn Ellis
Contact Email: shawn@distributedvc.com
59. Draper Associates
Check Size: $1M
Preferred Stage: Pre-seed, Seed, Series A
Website: draper.vc
Investor: Andy Tang
Contact Email: andy@draper.vc
60. Equal Ventures
Check Size: $1M – $1.5M
Preferred Stage: Seed
Website: equal.vc
Investor: Chelsea Zhang
Contact Email: chelsea@equal.vc
Investors on this list have funded companies that came in cold—and many expect founders to reach out directly.
But here’s the catch: they still expect you to do the work. That means:
- Make your subject line specific.
- Keep the body tight—who you are, what you're building, and why you're a fit.
- Show you've read up on their thesis and recent investments and tailor your pitch specifically around that thesis (this is critical, and will set you apart from the legions of non-targeted spammers…)
- And always attach a link to your deck (which you can host for free in Foundersuite.com) or a one-pager (bonus points if it's tailored).
Here’s a simple structure that works:
Subject: Seed round – AI/health startup based in Toronto
Hi [Investor Name],I'm [Your Name], co-founder of [Startup Name], and we're building [X for Y]. I saw you're investing in [sector/stage] and wanted to share a quick note in case it’s relevant.
We launched [timeframe], are seeing early traction with [customers/metrics], and are raising [round size] to [goals].
Here’s our [deck link] + [brief context if needed].
Would love to connect if it seems like a fit.
Do the research. Make it personal. And remember: a well-crafted cold email can go farther than a lukewarm intro ever will.
Good luck out there :)