Antler US

United States
Pre Seed
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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
Peter Sarlin (Silo AI) discusses European tech futurewebsite
Sona: $100M raised in 4 years, staff optimizationwebsite
Spiraldot Health: AI cancer care infrastructurewebsite
Sweatpals: 2M users, fitness social networkwebsite
Marco facilitated $1B+ SME financingwebsite
Treyd financed $530M+ supplier paymentswebsite
fileAI raised $20M for unstructured datawebsite
Wrtn: $73.5M Series B, Asia consumer AIwebsite
Noah Lee (Wrtn): 'Most helpful investor on cap table'website
Wrtn grew $0 to $25M ARR post Elevatewebsite
Harper raised $46.8M for AI-native insurancewebsite
Salmon raised $100M for Philippines digital bankingwebsite
Rebolt: multi-million ARR in 18 monthswebsite
INGENIUS: creator campaigns minutes vs weekswebsite
Satlyt: SpaceX-pedigree 'Android for space'website
Bahadir Özdemir (Airalo) credits Antler mentorshipwebsite
Elevate: scale-up fund for breakout tech companieswebsite

Contrarian Signals

Program-style access, not pure inboundexternal
Hundreds of hours vetting before checkexternal
Inception stage = high dilution riskexternal
Website shows 26 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

MG
Magnus Grimeland
Founder & CEO
visionaryglobal buildermission-driven
JB
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

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