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Vertical AI specialist VCs
These specialist venture firms explicitly focus on AI-native products built for specific industries, professions or domain workflows. Generalist firms that simply back AI companies are excluded, keeping the list focused on investors with a stated Vertical AI mandate.
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| 1984 Ventures1984.vc | Can Lead | Up to $1MStated investment range · Official website · https://1984.vc/about | — | Specialist | Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Vertical AI, Healthtech / Digital Health | California | — | — | Ramy Adeeb, Samit Kalra, Mark Percival, Farzad Soleimani | team@1984.vc | |
| 25madison25madison.com | Mostly Lead | — | — | Specialist | Enterprise Software, Healthtech / Digital Health, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Industrial / Manufacturing, Vertical AI | New York | — | — | Steven Price, Grant Silow, Merrill Anovick, Jamie Brown, Jaja Liao, Tom Kenny, Emma Biancheri, Avery Hill, Cindy Xiong, Ben Goldstein, Tan K. Torun, Charlotte Meyers, Calista Reyes | thomas@25madison.com | |
| Armory Square Venturesarmorysv.com | Mostly Lead | $500k – $3m$500k-1m · $1-3m | — | Specialist | Enterprise Software, Commerce / Marketplaces, Vertical AI | New York | — | — | Somak Chattopadhyay, Neenah Jain, Michael Kopelman, Anthony Santaro | — | |
| Benhamou Global Venturesbenhamouglobalventures.com | Mostly Lead | $1m – $10m$1-3m · $3M - $10M | — | Specialist | Enterprise Software, Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Vertical AI | California | $110M Fund IV | 2021 | Eric Benhamou, Eric Buatois, Anik Bose, Yashwanth Hemaraj, Sarah Benhamou, Masaru Sakamoto, Barak Ben-Avinoam, Ziv Elul, Robert Pincas, Eitan Efron, Ekaterina Evchenko, Etienne Arsac | info@benhamouglobalventures.com | |
| BluePointe Venturesbluepointe.vc | Mostly Follow | $100k – $3m$100-250k · $250-500k · $500k-1m · $1-3m | 5–12%5-7% · 7-10% · 10-12% | Specialist | Enterprise Software, Vertical AI | California | — | — | Sandeep Sardana, Sarin Devraj, Sameer Bopardikar, Saanya Sardana | info@bluepointeventures.com | |
| Boreal Venturesboreal.vc | — | — | — | Specialist | Enterprise Software, Vertical AI, Industrial / Manufacturing, Fintech, Healthtech / Digital Health | Quebec | $60M target Fund II; $43M first close | 2026 | David Charbonneau, Charles Lespérance, Étienne Lavoie, Camille Venne, Alexandre Mayrand | — | |
| Breakwater Venturesbreakwater.vc | — | — | — | Specialist | Industrial / Manufacturing, Aerospace / Defense, Food / Agriculture, Fintech, Enterprise Software, Vertical AI | Washington | — | — | — | — | |
| Cathay Innovationcathayinnovation.com | Can Lead | $3m – $30m+$3M - $10M · $10M - $30M · >$30M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Vertical AI, Healthtech / Digital Health, Fintech, Consumer, Climate / Energy, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility | California | €2.5B AUM; $1B Fund III | 2025 | Mingpo Cai, Denis Barrier, Jacky Abitbol, Lanchun Duan, Daniel Balmisse, Nicolas Du Cray, Bruno Delahaye, Rajive Keshup, Simon Wu, Maoxiang Li, Li Zhang, Jing Zhao, Costanza Carissimo, Marion Gregoire, Marguerite de Tavernost, Shui Hong, Rose Yuan, Federico Gomez Romero, Romain Dufourcq, Beth Faus, Zihan Lin, Elijah Yi, Katharina Schild, Shengdong Nie, Paul Pouyanne, Alban Vendeuvre, Jonathan Healy, Colombe Moinet, Ana Rocha, Louis Conchon | contact@cathayinnovation.com | |
| Cortical Venturescortical.vc | Mostly Lead | — | — | Specialist | Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Vertical AI, Industrial / Manufacturing | California | — | — | Igor Taber, Jeremy Achin, Misha Obolonskyi, Sheamus McGovern | founders@cortical.vc | |
| Euclid Venturesverifiedwww.euclid.vc | Mostly Lead | $500k-1m | 10–12%10-12% | Specialist | Vertical AI | California | — | — | Omar El-Ayat, Nic Poulos | hello@euclid.vc | |
| Firebolt Venturesfireboltventures.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Vertical AI, Infrastructure / Developer Tools | California | — | — | Cherian Mathew, Vineet Buch | — | |
| Forepont Capital Partnersforepont.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Life Sciences, Healthtech / Digital Health, Vertical AI | New York | — | — | Eric M. Attias, K. Alataris, Doug Siekierski, Frederic Batoua, Philippe Louisadat, Bruce Greenberg, Karine Montluc, Guillaume Bouyoux, Giulia Mortilla, Louis Moulin | — | |
| Great North Venturesgreatnorthventures.com | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | Vertical AI, Fintech | Minnesota | — | — | Robert Weber, Ryan Weber, Grant Gibson, Joseph Daher | https://greatnorthventures.com/about/ | |
| Informed Venturesinformedventures.com | Can Lead | — | — | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health, Fintech, Vertical AI | California | — | — | Richard Lim, Jefferson Chen, Sunny Kumar, Yuechen Zhao, Weili Tan, David Yin, Dennis Cong, Miranda Jiang | — | |
| Karman Ventureskarman.vc | Mostly Follow | up to $250kUp to $25k · $100-250k | — | Specialist | Vertical AI, Climate / Energy, Industrial / Manufacturing, Aerospace / Defense | California | — | — | William Barnes, Dave Clark, Amr Al-Shihabi | contact@movingcapital.com | |
| Knoll Venturesknollventures.com | Can Lead | $500K–$1MInitial check · Official website · https://www.knollventures.com/ | — | Specialist | Enterprise Software, Vertical AI, Infrastructure / Developer Tools | Georgia | — | — | Andrew Dorman, Richard Fraim | https://www.knollventures.com/contact | |
| Magnify Venturesmagnify.vc | Mostly Lead | $250k – $3m$250-500k · $500k-1m · $1-3m | — | Specialist | Vertical AI, Healthtech / Digital Health, Consumer | California | $46 million (Fund II) | 2026 | Joanna Drake, Julie Wroblewski | info@magnify.vc | |
| Mercury Fundmercuryfund.com | Mostly Lead | $100k – $10m$100-250k · $250-500k · $500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M | — | Specialist | Vertical AI, Crypto / Web3, Fintech, Healthtech / Digital Health, Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Industrial / Manufacturing, Commerce / Marketplaces, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Climate / Energy, PropTech / Construction, Aerospace / Defense | Texas | — | — | Blair Garrou, Adrian Fortino, Aziz Gilani, Samantha Lewis, Heath Butler, Aileen Allen, Alex Gras | info@mercuryfund.com | |
| New Stack Venturesnewstack.com | Mostly Lead | $500K–$1.5MStated investment range · Official website · https://www.newstack.com/ | — | Specialist | Vertical AI, Fintech, Healthtech / Digital Health, Industrial / Manufacturing, Climate / Energy, PropTech / Construction, Aerospace / Defense, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility | Illinois | $42.6M Fund II | — | Nick Moran, Luke Skertich | team@newstack.vc | |
| nvp capitalnvpcap.com | Mostly Lead | $25k – $3m$25-100k · $100-250k · $250-500k · $500k-1m · $1-3m | — | Specialist | Vertical AI | New York | $80M (Fund II) | 2025 | Dan Borok, Vaughn Crowe, Skylar Dorosin | info@nvpcap.com | |
| OMERS Venturesomersventures.com | Mostly Lead | $3m – $30m$3M - $10M · $10M - $30M | No targetNo Target | Specialist | Enterprise Software, Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Fintech, Vertical AI | Ontario | $1.7B AUM | — | Robbie Freund, Henry Gladwyn, Brian Kobus, Eugene Lee, Laura Lenz, Jeff Liebovitz, Marissa Moore, Taku Murahwi, Julianna Vitolo | info@omersventures.com | |
| SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)sav.vc | Mostly Follow | $100k – $30m$100-250k · $250-500k · $500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M · $10M - $30M | — | Specialist | Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, Life Sciences, Deep Tech, Vertical AI | California | — | — | Wally Wang, Kay Mok, Michael Cho, Ben Eum, Noriaki Hyuga | back-office@sav.vc | |
| SeedToB Capitalseedtob.com | Mostly Follow | $500k – $3m$500k-1m · $1-3m | — | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health, Vertical AI | Georgia | — | — | Shantanu Nigam, Ritesh Sharma, Vikrant Vaid | contact@seedtob.com | |
| SemperVirens Venture Capitalsempervirensvc.com | Can Lead | — | — | Specialist | Vertical AI, Healthtech / Digital Health, Fintech, Education / Future of Work | California | — | — | Robby Peters, Greg Golub, Allison Baum Gates, Colin Tobias, Raquel Scott, Amanda Paolino, CC Golub | info@SemperVirensVC.com | |
| Social Leveragesocialleverage.com | Mostly Lead | $500k – $3m$500k-1m · $1-3m | 10–12%10-12% | Specialist | Fintech, Vertical AI | Arizona | $300M+ AUM | — | Howard Lindzon, Tom Peterson, Gary Benitt, Matt Ober | info@socialleverage.com | |
| Spider Capitalspidercapital.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Vertical AI, Enterprise Software, Industrial / Manufacturing | California | — | — | Michael Neril, Minsoo Chi, Philippe Suchet, Matt Fisher | contact@spidercapital.com | |
| Staley Capitalstaleycapital.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Vertical AI, Enterprise Software | Wisconsin | — | — | — | jduncan@staleycapital.com | |
| The Councilthecouncil.co | Mostly Follow | up to $100kUp to $25k · $25-100k | — | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health, Fintech, Enterprise Software, Industrial / Manufacturing, Vertical AI | California | — | — | Amber Illig, Rachel Tsui | community@thecouncil.co | |
| TheFounderVCthefounder.vc | Mostly Follow | $100-250k | — | Specialist | Vertical AI | Washington | — | — | Mia Lewin, Paul Longhenry, Shail Kaveti | team@thefounder.vc | |
| Timber Grove Venturestimbergrovevc.com | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | Vertical AI | New York | — | — | Dan Fleischmann, Jeff Safferman | info@timbergrovevc.com | |
| TipTop VCverifiedtiptop.vc | Mostly Follow | $100k – $500k$100-250k · $250-500k | < 5%< 5% | Specialist | Vertical AI | Texas | — | — | Nick Tippmann, Scott Leese, Ershad Jamil | nick@tiptop.vc | |
| TIRTA Venturestirta.io | — | — | — | Specialist | Vertical AI, Gaming / Media / Sports, Consumer | New York | — | — | Ben Feder, Justin Yuan, Keizac Lee, Tyler Matses | — | |
| Trajectory CapitalTrajectoryCapital.com | Can Lead | — | — | Specialist | Enterprise Software, Vertical AI, Infrastructure / Developer Tools | New York | — | — | Paul Sethi, Michael Frankel, Peter Bordes | info@trajectorycapital.com | |
| Transcend.transcend.fund | Mostly Lead | — | — | Specialist | Vertical AI, Gaming / Media / Sports | California | — | — | Shanti Bergel, Andrew Sheppard, Brett Krause, Sikander Chahal, Lirui Ding | info@transcend.fund | |
| Turing Venture Capitalturingventurecapital.com | Can Lead | $100K–$500KInitial check · Official website · https://turingventurecapital.com/thesis | — | Specialist | Vertical AI, Healthtech / Digital Health, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Infrastructure / Developer Tools | Texas | — | — | Hamad Pervaiz | hello@turingventurecapital.com | |
| v1.vcv1.vc | Mostly Follow | $500K–$750K (general; inception; AI-native software and deep tech; currency unspecified)General check · Dollar currency not specified by source · inception; AI-native software and deep tech · Official website · https://www.v1.vc/ | — | Specialist | Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Vertical AI, Aerospace / Defense, Climate / Energy, Industrial / Manufacturing | California | — | — | Brett Jackson, Benny Joseph | brett@v1.vc | |
| Vertical Venture Partnersvvp.vc | Mostly Lead | $500k – $10m$500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M | — | Specialist | Vertical AI, Healthtech / Digital Health, Fintech, PropTech / Construction, Education / Future of Work, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software | California | — | — | David Schwab, Brad Corona, Paul Conley, Matt Schwab | matthew@vvp.vc | |
| Vocap Partnersvocap.vc | Mostly Lead | $3m – $30m$3M - $10M · $10M - $30M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Enterprise Software, Healthtech / Digital Health, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Fintech, Vertical AI | Georgia | — | — | Vinny Olmstead, Mike Becker, Wendy Coya, Emery Waddell, William Lee | — | |
| Work-Benchwork-bench.com | Mostly Lead | — | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Software, Vertical AI | New York | $160M Fund IV | — | Jonathan Lehr, Jessica Lin, Kelley Mak, Daniel Chesley | hello@work-bench.com |
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