Jason McBride
Partner, B2B AI Applications at AIX Ventures
· San Francisco, California
Check size
$750,000 - $3,000,000
Lead stage
pre-seed
Deals tracked
24
Sectors
AI, Enterprise Software
AI
Enterprise Software
Cybersecurity
Biotech
HealthTech
DevTools
pre-seed
seed
seed-plus
Series A
San Francisco Bay Area
United States
Global
About Jason
Jason McBride is a Partner at AIX Ventures, a San Francisco-based seed-stage venture capital firm founded in 2021 specializing in early-stage AI startups. He focuses on B2B AI applications and the application layer, bringing experience from prior roles as a Partner at M12 (Microsoft's venture fund) and as a Scout at Lightspeed Venture Partners. McBride holds a JD from UCLA Law and is a Stanford alumnus
Investment thesis
Partner at AIX Ventures investing in early-stage B2B Enterprise, Cyber, and AI startups
AIX Ventures, where Jason McBride is a Partner, invests exclusively in AI-native companies where artificial intelligence serves as the core product and competitive advantage. The fund targets early-stage companies across pre-seed, seed, seed-plus, and Series A stages, with particular focus on B2B enterprise applications, cybersecurity, and AI infrastructure. The firm deploys initial checks of $750,000 to $3 million with follow-on capacity up to $10 million, seeking 7–12% ownership stakes in founders solving real problems in healthcare, e-commerce, climate technology, and enterprise software through AI-first approaches
Investment philosophy
Jason McBride focuses on early-stage investments in vertical SaaS, cybersecurity, and AI-native applications, partnering with highly technical founders to build category-defining companies. He emphasizes thesis-driven investing in AI as a core product moat rather than a feature, supporting entrepreneurs with capital and access to industry leaders.
Investment focus
Early-stage B2B enterprise software, cybersecurity, and AI applications. McBride invests in vertical SaaS, AI-native platforms, and companies leveraging AI for commercial and legal applications at the seed and pre-seed stages
Areas of expertise
Notable portfolio
Provolut
Alignmt
You.com
Hugging Face
Weights & Biases
Chroma
Lovable
Alphabiome
Hypernatural
Coverflow
Therna AI
Greenshoe
Stately Bio
Wearlinq
Ataraxis
Notable deals
Perplexity – AI search and reasoning platform
Weights & Biases – ML operations and experiment tracking
Hugging Face – Open-source AI model hub
Windsurf – AI development tools
Adventr – AI-powered interactive video platform
Frequently asked
Does Jason McBride invest at pre-seed stage?
Yes. They invest at pre-seed, seed, seed-plus stage.
Their geographic focus includes San Francisco Bay Area, United States, Global.
What is their typical check size?
Jason McBride's typical check size is $750,000 - $3,000,000.
They currently invest through AIX Ventures.
What sectors does Jason McBride focus on?
Jason McBride primarily invests in AI, Enterprise Software, Cybersecurity, Biotech.
Similar AI investors
Aneel Ranadive
AI & Machine Learning · $100K – $2M
NT
Nina Tan
Semiconductors · Undisclosed
Jeff Ransdell
FinTech · $1M - $20M
TB
Taylor Barling
Artificial Intelligence · Undisclosed
Sign up for free to unlock similar investors
Are you a fit for Jason McBride?
See your match score free · under a minute