For AI founders
Fund your AI startup.
You shipped the product. The capital you need is for distribution. Match against the investors who back AI companies at pre-seed and seed, with the partner contact and a drafted first email.
Start with your deck. Free, about 30 seconds.
Counts run live against the investor database and refresh daily.
Who is actually in the base
A sample of firms whose stated thesis names AI, with companies they have backed. 1,359 firms in the AI segment carry a recorded portfolio.
Where they invest
Where they sit
3,692 sit in the United States. The rest are spread across 55 other countries, led by Israel, United Kingdom, Germany.
If you are building outside the US, the local pool is larger than your timeline suggests.
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Raising for an AI startup
Who invests in AI startups at pre-seed and seed?
Three groups, and they behave differently. Specialist AI funds lead rounds and want a technical edge. Generalist seed funds with an AI thesis follow fast once someone credible leads. Angels and operator syndicates write the smallest and quickest cheques, often before there is revenue. VC Boom holds 7,251 investors tagged AI, of which 6,617 invest at pre-seed or seed, across 56 countries.
Can I raise for an AI product if I am a solo founder with no team?
Yes, and the cheque size is the thing to get right. 4,240 of the AI investors in the base have a minimum cheque at or below $250k, which is the range a solo founder raising for distribution actually needs. Pitching a $3M seed to a fund whose minimum is $3M wastes both sides' time.
What do AI investors want to see instead of a big team?
Evidence that you can get users cheaply and keep them. For an AI product that usually means retained weekly usage, a clear wedge, and why your data or distribution compounds. A demo that works beats a roadmap slide.
Is raising for marketing and distribution a credible ask?
It is, if you can show the unit economics behind it. Investors fund distribution when acquisition cost and retention are already measured on real users. Name the channel, the current cost per user, and what the capital changes.
How does VC Boom match my AI startup to investors?
Upload your deck and it is scored across the dimensions investors read for. The score produces a profile, which is matched against the investor base on vertical, stage, cheque size and thesis fit, then ranked. You see partner contacts and a drafted first email for each match.
Start with the deck.
Free score, then your ranked AI investor list.
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