Investment Details
- Investment Amount
$150,000.00
Description
Not in the Valley? Works for us.
Seedstone Partners is a venture capital and private equity firm headquartered in New York, backing early-stage founders building outside Silicon Valley. Founded in 2020. We believe incredible visions come from everywhere. Our job is to bring them to the next level, and to open the doors that get them there.
Our thesis: tech left the Valley. So did we. Tech used to be an industry unto itself, driven entirely through Silicon Valley. That era is over. The industries being disrupted today — logistics, manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture, local commerce — are no longer exclusively in the Valley. And the founders who know them from the inside are everywhere too. We're heaviest in AI, the platform shift of this generation, but we're generalists at heart: if you're building something incredible, we want to see it.
Everything a first check should come with: — $150k capital. A real first check to get you from vision to traction, not a token amount. — $450k in perks. Credits and discounts across the tools you'd otherwise burn runway on. — Mentors. Hands-on guidance from operators and investors who've done it before. — Sales channels. Introductions that turn into customers, plus new channels for your product.
Your next round starts warm. A first check from Seedstone plugs you into a network of top venture firms across the US — coast to coast, not just one metro — plus relationships in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, and Tel Aviv. When it's time to raise again, we make the intros ourselves. Warm intros only. You'll never start a raise from a cold inbox.
How it works: one stone at a time. Apply, meet, build. One application, no warm intro required — we read everything that comes in.
Eligibility
Stage: early stage
Geography: the actual filter. They back founders building outside Silicon Valley — "your zip code isn't a risk factor," "we built Seedstone for everyone"
Sectors: AI is "our center of gravity," then Vertical SaaS, Fintech, Healthcare, Logistics, and "open to outliers." Generalists at heart — "if you're building something incredible, we want to see it"
Access: no warm intro required
Process
Three steps — "one stone at a time."
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Trailhead — Apply — One application. No warm intro required. "We read everything that comes in."
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The Climb — Meet — A direct conversation about your vision, your market, and why you're the one to build it.
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The Summit — Build — Capital wired, perks unlocked, mentors matched, doors opened.
What an Applicant can Obtain
150k capital — "a real first check to get you from vision to traction, not a token amount"
$450k in perks — credits and discounts across tools you'd otherwise burn runway on
Mentors — operators and investors who've built before
Sales channels — introductions that turn into customers, plus new channels for your product
The investor network — the piece they lead with hardest: top VCs coast to coast (New York, Chicago, Boston, SF, Austin, Miami) plus Middle East relationships in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, and Tel Aviv. "When it's time to raise again, we make the intros ourselves… Warm intros only. You'll never start a raise from a cold inbox."
