Slow Ventures

Quick read

Slow Ventures is a generalist seed-stage VC founded in 2011, headquartered in San Francisco with additional teams in New York and Boston. The firm has deployed over $500M across ~231 portfolio companies, backing names like Venmo, Airtable, and Opendoor. In late 2024 it announced $275M in new fundraising, including a dedicated $60M Creator Fund targeting content creators with entrepreneurial ambitions.

Key facts

Founded

2011

Founders

Dave Morin

Employees

10-20

Sectors

generalist, ai, consumer, saas, fintech, crypto, healthcare

Website

slow.co/

Investment thesis

Slow Ventures backs early-stage companies — Pre-Seed through Series A — across a wide range of sectors including AI, consumer, SaaS, fintech, crypto, and healthcare, writing $500K–$3M checks. The firm's 2025 Creator Fund adds a dedicated vertical: investing in content creators who treat their audience as a platform for building durable companies.

Recent activity

• Jul 2026investment
  Slow Ventures backed Ellis, a private-credit AI startup founded by Cadre's Ryan Williams, which launched with $10M in seed funding. dealroom.co
• Jul 2026fundraise
  Slow Ventures launched a dedicated $60M creator fund, with partner Megan Lightcap leading the effort. The fund backs creators building businesses, with a focus on YouTube as the dominant platform for serious creators. techcrunch.com
• Jul 2026investment
  Portfolio company Cytronic raised $13.5M in seed funding to run robotic fulfillment as a service. dealroom.co
• Jun 2026investment
  Clouted, an AI marketing platform, raised $7M in seed funding led by Slow Ventures and Weekend Fund. tracxn.com
• Jun 2026investment
  Checkstep raised $4M (£3M) to scale AI-powered content moderation, with Slow Ventures participating. crunchbase.com
• Apr 2026investment
  Prefix raised $7.5M to scale an AI-driven facility management platform, with Slow Ventures among the investors. tracxn.com
• Feb 2026fundraise
  Slow Ventures closed its fifth flagship seed-stage fund at $195M and its second opportunity fund at $130M — a combined $325M across two vehicles. archive.ph
• Feb 2026investment
  Ando raised $4M in seed funding with Slow Ventures participating alongside Zero Capital, Fireroad, and Blitzscaling Ventures. tracxn.com
• Feb 2025fundraise
  Slow Ventures launched a dedicated $60 million Creator Fund, expanding its strategy beyond its flagship seed vehicle. superscout.co
• 2023fundraise
  Slow Ventures closed its fifth flagship seed-stage fund at $195 million and a second opportunity fund at $130 million, bringing the two-fund raise to $325 million total. archive.ph
• 2023investment
  Slow Ventures led a $3 million round into Memelord Technologies alongside Long Journey, Unpopular Ventures, and others. linkedin.com
• Feb 2025fundraise
  Slow Ventures launched a dedicated $60 million Creator Fund, backed by institutional LPs, targeting creator-first founders. superscout.co

Notable investments

• EllisSeedJul 2026dealroom.co
• CytronicSeedJul 2026dealroom.co
• CloutedSeedJun 2026tracxn.com
• CheckstepSeedJun 2026crunchbase.com
• PrefixSeedApr 2026tracxn.com
• AndoSeedFeb 2026tracxn.com
• nanoclaw.devSeed2025–2026tracxn.com
• Memelord TechnologiesSeed2023linkedin.com
• NanoClaw (nanoclaw.dev)Seed2025–2026tracxn.com
• CloutedUnknown2024–2025pitchbook.com
• HamletUnknown2024–2025slow.co
• WayfasterUnknown2024–2025slow.co

Key people

Named individuals at the firm. We don't expose direct email or phone — use their LinkedIn for outreach.

• Sam Lessin · General Partner
  LinkedIn
• Kevin Colleran · Managing Partner
  LinkedIn
• Will Quist · General Partner
• Allison Wu · Partner
  LinkedIn
• Yoni Rechtman · Partner
  LinkedIn
• Angèle Sahraoui · Team Member
  LinkedIn
• Clay Robbins · Forward Deployed Partner
• Billy Parks · Creator Venture Partner

Sources

• Slow Ventures - About
• Slow Ventures: The Early Stage Founder's Guide
• Slow - Overview, News & Similar companies | ZoomInfo
• Slow Ventures - Tracxn
• Sam Lessin - LinkedIn
• Kevin Colleran - LinkedIn
• Slow Ventures | Dealroom
• Everything Startup - Slow Ventures Creator Fund
• https://archive.ph/rjH9p
• https://www.cbinsights.com/investor/slow-ventures
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/gigi-cheng31/
• https://techcrunch.com/podcast/how-slow-ventures-is-giving-the-creator-economy-a-rebrand/
• https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/slow-ventures/news_and_analysis

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