WillowTree Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm partnering with AI-first founders at the intersection of autonomous intelligence, financial services, and commerce. The firm invests $1M–$3M at pre-seed through Series A and is led by a team that previously built American Express Ventures.
60% of their portfolio is in AI. They made 1 investment in the last 12 months. Their most common stage is seed (60% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $9.6M (across 5 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
5
Fund Size
$75M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
1
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
5 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Valence AI | Seed | $5M | Jun 2026 |
 Mindgard | Seed | $8M | Jan 2024 |
 RapidFire.AI | Pre-Seed | $4M | — |
| GGable Ai | Series A | $20M | — |
 Distributional | Seed | $11M | — |
Top Co-Investors
.406 Ventures2 shared
Atlantic Bridge1 shared
Lakestar1 shared
IQ Capital1 shared
Valor Atreides AI Fund1 shared
GG11 shared
Fund+1 shared
Osage University Partners1 shared
Differential Ventures1 shared
Zetta Venture Partners1 shared
Crane Venture Partners1 shared
Roosh1 shared
Essence1 shared
B Capital1 shared
Databricks Ventures1 shared
Capital One Ventures1 shared
Andreessen Horowitz1 shared
Operator Stack1 shared
Two Sigma Ventures1 shared
Last updated: 19 September 2026