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Active Seed Ai / Ml Investors (2026)

18 investors currently writing seed checks in AI / ML. Synthesized from live platform activity · updated August 2026.

The AI and Machine Learning sector is seeing unprecedented capital deployment. However, investors are increasingly looking past thin wrapper applications toward companies developing proprietary foundational models or highly defensible vertical AI solutions. At the seed stage, investors expect to see early product-market fit, a live product, and initial signs of repeatable traction or revenue.
Sector: AI / ML Stage: Seed + Geography + Check size
Lisheng Wang
Lisheng Wang
AI / ML · $250K-$3M
TSVC is a seed-stage venture capital firm founded in 2010 that identifies forward-thinking entrepreneurs
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Chris Anderson
AI / ML · Seed-stage investments
A2Z Venture is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in and partners with founders to create market-leading healthcare service busi...
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Sanjay Nath
AI / ML · $100K–$500K
Blume Ventures, co-founded by Sanjay Nath in 2010, bridges angel networks and institutional venture capital to back early-stage founders acr...
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Finian Tan
AI / ML
Vickers Venture Partners, founded by Dr. Finian Tan in 2005, invests in early-stage deep-tech companies and life sciences ventures globally...
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Allison Pickens
Allison Pickens
AI / ML · $250K–$1,000K
Allison Pickens invests in early-stage B2B AI and data infrastructure companies, positioning herself as a fractional COO and go-to-market ar...
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Erik Bruckner
Erik Bruckner
AI / ML · $10K–$250K
Bruckner Ventures targets early-stage founders disrupting enormous market opportunities in frontier technology capable of generating outsize...
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Jason McBride
Jason McBride
AI / ML · $750K–$3,000K
AIX Ventures, where Jason McBride is a Partner, invests exclusively in AI-native companies where artificial intelligence serves as the core...
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Aneel Ranadive
Aneel Ranadive
AI / ML · $100K–$2,000K
Soma Capital invests in technical founders building innovative companies across all sectors at the seed stage, with a focus on exceptional f...
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Michael Murphy
Michael Murphy
AI / ML
Rosecliff backs early-stage and innovative businesses with substantial growth potential, with Murphy emphasizing angel investing and long-te...
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Vaibhav Nadgauda
AI / ML
Moneta Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in technology and healthcare businesses in Northern California. As Manag...
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Benjamin Levy
Benjamin Levy
AI / ML · $100K–$6,000K
Benjamin Levy co-leads BootstrapLabs, an AI-first venture capital firm acquired by Ares Management in 2024 that has invested in Applied Arti...
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Johanne Lim
AI / ML
MFI Ventures turns ideas into revenue in emerging markets by leveraging cutting-edge product design, robust data architecture, and disruptiv...
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Dan Siazon
AI / ML · $100K–$5,000K
Kickstart Ventures invests in early-to-growth-stage tech startups across the Philippines and globally, seeking unique enabling technologies...
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Deborah Marr
Deborah Marr
AI / ML
Debbie Marr leads AheadComputing, a semiconductor startup focused on designing and developing open-specification RISC-V CPU core IP for AI a...
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Aneel Ranadive
Aneel Ranadive
AI / ML · $1M - $5M
Soma Capital is a founder-friendly seed investor backing software and AI builders globally. The firm invests early in brilliant entrepreneur...
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Thomas Hendrix
AI / ML · $500K–$1,000K
Thomas Hendrix invests in critical dual-use technologies for defense, energy, space, and infrastructure at early stages (seed through Series...
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Tom Williams
Tom Williams
AI / ML · Up to $250K pre-investment threshold
Tom Williams founded Heron Rock Capital as an exclusively first-check investor platform backing exceptional founders and difficult ideas bef...
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Nichola Eliovits
Nichola Eliovits
AI / ML · $0.4M deployed (per profile metadata)
Invests in early-stage AI and cybersecurity infrastructure companies. The fund focuses on pre-seed stage investments in artificial intellige...
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