5 VCs and 1 funds investing in Vertical Software
Founding Partner
Vesey Ventures
Check: $1.5M-$3M initial checks were disclosed at launch; no person-specific range is public.
Dana Eli-Lorch invests or supports investments through Vesey Ventures's published strategy: Back early-stage fintech and enabling technology companies where partnerships with financial incumbents can accelerate commercialization, pairing term sheets with tailored strategy sheets.
Founding Partner
Vesey Ventures
Check: $1.5M-$3M initial checks were disclosed at launch; no person-specific range is public.
Lindsay Fitzgerald invests or supports investments through Vesey Ventures's published strategy: Back early-stage fintech and enabling technology companies where partnerships with financial incumbents can accelerate commercialization, pairing term sheets with tailored strategy sheets.
Founding Partner
Vesey Ventures
Check: $1.5M-$3M initial checks were disclosed at launch; no person-specific range is public.
Julia Huang invests or supports investments through Vesey Ventures's published strategy: Back early-stage fintech and enabling technology companies where partnerships with financial incumbents can accelerate commercialization, pairing term sheets with tailored strategy sheets.
Principal
Craft Ventures
Check: No Dan-specific check range is public. Craft invests across early and growth stages through separate venture and growth funds; Dan's official profile emphasizes helping early-stage founders, while recent attributed investments range from Seed through later-stage rounds. Confirm current vehicle and sizing through inquiries@craftventures.com.
Dan backs early-stage B2B and vertical software, cybersecurity, infrastructure and physical-AI companies where a strong product insight can become a scalable operating and go-to-market machine. His investing lens is unusually operator-led: he underwrites customer pain and technical differentiation, then tests whether the team can segment its market, allocate capital rigorously, build repeatable distribution and move from early traction to predictable growth.
Partner
First Round Capital
Check: Firm-level: First Round says its average initial investment is $3.5M, with investments in rounds from $100K to $20M.
Liz invests at the earliest stages across categories, with a stated soft spot for startups reimagining old-school industries and companies made possible by breakthrough technologies. Her founder lens emphasizes unusual intensity, exceptional command of the problem, a contrarian insight, a large prize, and a team uniquely equipped to win; her operating style is hands-on, especially around go-to-market, enterprise sales, storytelling, hiring, fundraising, and board preparation.