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Adverb Ventures

HQ · California
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Adverb Ventures is a sector-agnostic early-stage firm backing founders with distinctive insight into a market, audience, or problem. It invests $500K–$5M from pre-seed through Series A and provides operator-led support as companies move from idea toward product-market fit.

Stage focus
Pre-Seed / InceptionSeedSeries A
Lead / follow
Can Lead
Check size
$500k-1m$1-3m$3M - $10M
Generalist / Specialist

Generalist

Latest fund size

$75M

Latest fund vintage

2023

Investing team
  • April Underwood, Co-founder & Managing DirectorApril UnderwoodCo-founder & Managing Director
  • Gary Pesola, InvestorGary PesolaInvestor
  • Jessica Verrilli, Co-founder & Managing DirectorJessica VerrilliCo-founder & Managing Director
Notable investments

Cove, Granola, Particle, Piramidal, Linum, Alpaca Health, Hero, SPIRL, Arcade AI, Outset

Sources
adverb.vc/portfolio ↗adverb.vc/our-team ↗adverb.substack.com/p/fall-happenings-with-adverb-ventures ↗cooley.com/news/coverage/2023/2023-07-11-women-founded-adverb-ventures-closes-75-million-debut-fund ↗

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