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Mastercraft Ventures Fund I

Geography: United States
Stage: Seed
Fund size: $6.2M
Focus: AI/ML, Deep Tech, Mobility & Transport and SaaS
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Mastercraft Ventures Fund I

Mastercraft Ventures Fund I is a venture capital firm based in United States, focusing on Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in AI/ML, Deep Tech, Mobility Transport, SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StageSeed

Industry Focus

AI/ML

Deep Tech

Mobility & Transport

SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Wisconsin founder, lived problem insight, pre-revenue prototype, first institutional round

Wisconsin-focused

Pre-seed/Seed

First Institutional Capital

Experience-earned insight

Efficient exits $25-50M

Bullish Signals

Mason Cook: RealityBLU President, fintech scalingwebsite

"Insight earned through experience" — founder-first filterwebsite

Constructive collaborators, rapid iteration supportwebsite

Lead first round, $250-500k + reserveswebsite

Prototype + market adoption required pre-revenuewebsite

Prefer $25-50M exit over prolonged hypergrowthwebsite

Industry & technology agnostic, software/hardware/productswebsite

Four-pillar diligence: People, Market, Product, Returnswebsite

Contrarian Signals

Single visible GP (Mason Cook only)website

Prototype + adoption threshold raises barwebsite

Founder Do's

Wisconsin-based, QNBV-eligible

Lived problem + experience-earned insight

Pre-revenue + prototype + market adoption

Full-time founder commitment

$25-50M exit trajectory

Founder Don'ts

Skip prototype or market adoption proof

Capital-intensive models (>$10-20M total)

Lifestyle/real estate/main-street businesses

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$6.2M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Mason

Mason CookFounder and Managing Director

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