Antler US

About Antler US

US arm of global venture platform Antler. Backs founders from day zero at the idea and formation stage. Industry-agnostic with focus on exceptional founders.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StagePre Seed

Industry Focus

Ai Ml

Enterprise Software

Fintech

Saas

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Pre-idea or early AI founder, globally ambitious, inception stage

inception-stage

AI-first

global platform

founder-building

Series A follow-on

Bullish Signals

1,800+ portfolio companies globallyexternal

12,000+ founders supported to dateexternal

30 locations, world's most active early-stageexternal

Fastest growing AI portfolio globallyexternal

Antler Elevate: Series A scale-up fund activeexternal

Airalo: first eSIM unicorn from Antlerexternal

Lovable co-founder endorses Antler publiclyexternal

Unicorn founder anatomy report publishedexternal

Capsa AI: fast GTM via Antler networkexternal

Europe unicorn study: 3,000+ founders analysedexternal

Jenny Fleiss (Rent the Runway) on podcastexternal

HIFI raised $8M at $45M valuationexternal

fileAI, Tactiq, Wrtn: diverse AI portfolioexternal

Portfolio spans fintech, logistics, insurtech, biotechexternal

Salmon, Harper, Rebolt: emerging market betsexternal

Glīd, Satlyt: deep tech hardware playsexternal

AminoChain: biobank decentralization playwebsite

INGENIUS, Clout Kitchen: creator economy betswebsite

Marco: Latin America SME pain point solvedwebsite

Inception-stage = lower valuations, higher returnswebsite

Contrarian Signals

Program-style access, not pure inboundexternal

Hundreds of hours vetting before checkexternal

Inception stage = high dilution riskexternal

Website shows 24 locations, not 30website

Founder Do's

Build from zero — inception stage welcome

Have strong AI angle

Leverage Antler's global community

Be coachable & mission-driven

Target category-defining ambition

Founder Don'ts

Don't expect late-stage check

Don't come without co-founder hunger

Don't ignore global market potential

Key GPs & Partners

Magnus Grimeland

Founder & CEO

visionaryglobal buildermission-driven

Jeff Becker

Host / Partner

networkerpodcast host

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$160M

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Key People

Charlie Hayley-Bell

Magnus GrimelandFounder & CEO

Jeff BeckerHost / Partner