Act One Ventures is a community-focused, early-stage venture capital firm leading pre-seed and seed rounds in AI-native enterprise software, vertical SaaS, and compliance. Founded in 2016 and based in Los Angeles, the firm created the Diversity Rider and backs founders transforming how modern businesses operate in the AI economy.
Their most common stage is seed (45% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $7.5M (across 28 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
27
Fund Size
$73M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
2
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
29 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Logcat AI | Pre-Seed | $2.5M | Jul 2026 |
| Logcat AI | Pre-Seed | — | Jan 2026 |
| CChord | Seed | $5.5M | Mar 2025 |
 GAIL | Seed | $8.2M | Jan 2025 |
 Heard | Series A | $15M | Jun 2023 |
 Cartwheel | Seed | $3M | Apr 2022 |
 GroWrk Remote | Seed | $500K | Jan 2022 |
 Dragonboat | Series A | $12M | Dec 2021 |
 Camlist | Pre-Seed | $1.3M | Nov 2021 |
 Clovers | Seed | $15M | Sep 2021 |
 Tapcart | Series B | $50M | Jun 2021 |
 Veryfi | Series A | $12M | Apr 2021 |
| Veryfi | Series A | $12M | Jan 2021 |
 Blutag | Unknown | $2.5M | Jan 2021 |
 Replenish | Seed | $1.5M | Aug 2020 |
 Dray Alliance | Series A | $10.2M | Feb 2020 |
 Camera IQ | Seed | $2.3M | Sep 2017 |
 Silversheet | Series A | $5M | Aug 2017 |
 Bloomlife | Seed | $4M | Aug 2016 |
 Kriptos | Seed | $1.3M | — |
 Worknet | Seed | $5.5M | — |
 Afterparty | Unknown | $5M | — |
 Lapzo | Seed | $125K | — |
 Blaze | Series A | $8M | — |
| TTapcart Inc. | Seed | $4M | — |
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Top Co-Investors
Y Combinator6 shared
Founders' Co-op3 shared
Greycroft3 shared
Techstars3 shared
M132 shared
Amplify.LA2 shared
NewView Capital2 shared
Delta Emerald Ventures2 shared
Alumni Ventures2 shared
Shorewind Capital2 shared
Act One2 shared
GingerBread Capital1 shared
Trimble Ventures1 shared
Blume Ventures1 shared
Insight Partners1 shared
GGV Capital1 shared
Footwork1 shared
Headline1 shared
Heron Rock1 shared
Craft Ventures1 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026