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Root Ventures

San Francisco, California, United States · Seed → Series A

Their stated focus (public profile)

Root Ventures is a seed-stage firm run entirely by engineers and hardware hackers who explicitly underwrite 'engineering risk' in technically challenging areas — robotics, developer tools, manufacturing tech — that generalist funds avoid. They partner with technical founders at the earliest stages, acting as an 'invisible employee' by leveraging their own hands-on engineering expertise to de-risk product development and manufacturing. They hold back roughly two-thirds of each fund for follow-ons and bridges to support capital-intensive hard-tech companies across multiple rounds.

Stages: Seed → Series A

Sectors: Deep tech, Robotics, Developer tools, Infrastructure, AI / ML, Semiconductors

Check size: $1M–$3M first check (seed/pre-seed leads); ~$2M–$3M typical

Website: root.vc

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