Slow Ventures

Slow Ventures is an early-stage focused Venture Capital firm based out of San Francisco, Boston, and New York. We are generalists and invest in early stage teams and ideas ranging from Social Networking to Consumer Brands to SaaS, and Crypto. We believe - and have seen proven time and again - that great things frequently take time to inflect, and believe that our number-one job is to back great founders on their journey. In the last ~decade we have invested in the earliest rounds of over 500 companies, including…

Consumer-ish

Nextdoor Private social network for your neighborhood
Hipcamp Discover and book the best campsites in California
Postmates Same day urban delivery platform
Birchbox Subscription commerce for beauty products
Allbirds Environmentally friendly footwear.
Casper Digitally introduced brand of mattresses.
Birdies Fashionable women’s slippers.
BarkBox Subscription commerce for dogs
Even Interest-free credit to keep your paycheck steady.
Citizen People protect each other
Good Dog Find puppies from responsible breeders.

Fintech-y

Robinhood Mobile stock brokerage
Venmo Social payment app
Teamshares employee ownership for small business.
Eco One balance to save, spend, and make money
HM Bradley Unlock your money’s potential
VGS Payment data security & compliance infrastructure
Human Interest 401(ks) for SMBs
Astra The Automation Platform for Money Movement
Wax Insurance Protect your passion
Taptap Send Send more, spend less.

SaaS-ie

Airtable Modern database software.
Domino Data Lab Enterprise data science platform.
Frontapp Customer management platform
Tonkean Next generation management platform.
Otter AI-powered voice translation app.
OpenPhone Mobile app for a business phone number
Slack Work messaging
Amplio Risk prediction & component sourcing

Consumer-Medical-ish

Ro Direct-to-consumer telehealth.
Livongo Health Personalized Tools for Chronic Condition Management
Plume Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy From Anywhere
Pillpack Simplified Pharmacy
Fairsquare Medical Your Medicare One-Stop-Shop
Wheel powering virtual care
Brightside online treatment for depression and anxiety
Embark Dog DNA & health testing
Flossy For patients without dental insurance

Creator-y

Juice Banking trusted by the best creators
Stem distribution and payments for musicians
Human DAOs lead by creators
Pearpop creator collaboration on demand

Real-World-ish

Astra Lower cost rocket launches.
Common Technology-enabled residential operator.
Running Tide Automated ocean harvesting technologies.
Zipline Global on-demand delivery.
Metropolis mobile commerce and modern parking
Pollen Own your network

Crypto

Solana Scalable blockchain infrastructure.
Klaytn The Ground for All Blockchain Services
Chia A new blockchain and smart transaction platform
Aleo Where Applications Become Private.
Algorand A pure proof of stake blockchain platform.
Diem A trusted and innovative financial network.
Ampleforth The rebasing currency.
Lightning Labs layer-two bitcoin.
Portal Labs make wallets embeddable anywhere.
Fold Wallet Bitcoin wallet.
River The best place to buy, sell BTC
And Many More….

Investment Team

Kevin Colleran Managing Director. Fmr GC & early Facebook

Sam Lessin GP. Fmr VP Product FB. Co-founder Fin Analytics & Drop.io. Intern The Information.

Will Quist Excitable MD. Fmr Partner at Industry Ventures.

Clay Robbins Crypto Principal. Fmr 0x.

Megan Lightcap Creator Principal. Frmr Olive and L Catterton.

Yoni Rechtman Venture Principal. Frmr Tusk Ventures.

Newsletters

Snail Mail Thinking slow about building and investing.

Slow Burn Weekly explorations into emerging crypto trends and how to navigate 2023

Slow Upload Exploring individual- and creator-first companies

Get In Touch

Give us a call: 888-616-7569