AUDACIOUS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC

Thesis

Audacious Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in April 2020 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm focuses on partnering with ambitious technology founders capable of achieving "improbable outcomes" and aims to help them achieve their most audacious goals. Audacious Ventures actively assists in building scalable go-to-market engines and removing capital constraints, deliberately avoiding board seats to focus on operational support. Their focus sectors include Enterprise Software, AI, Fintech, Healthcare, Climate Tech, Marketplaces, Creator Economy, Web3, Sales/Marketing Tools, Construction, Developer Tools & Infrastructure, and Crypto. Primarily investing in startups based in the United States, with a particular focus on the San Francisco area, Audacious Ventures acts as a lead investor in its deals. Their primary value-add is hands-on recruiting and go-to-market development. The firm closed its second fund with $250 million in capital commitments in May 2024, bringing its total assets under management to several hundred million dollars. Previously, they raised a $150 million second fund dedicated to pre-seed and seed-stage investments. Audacious Ventures typically invests between $250,000 to $3 million per deal, with other sources indicating check sizes ranging from $100,000 to $10 million, or $500,000 to $2 million.

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