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Recursive Ventures III

Geography: United States
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: $30M
Focus: AI/ML
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Recursive Ventures III

Recursive Ventures III is a venture capital firm based in United States, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in AI/ML, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

AI/ML

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

US AI/data founder at pre-seed/seed with warm intro

AI/Data disruption

Pre-Seed & Seed

US-based founders

B2B SaaS

industry-transforming tech

Bullish Signals

100+ portfolio cos, 15 exits, 2 IPOsexternal

$15B+ enterprise value createdexternal

25+ companies graduated to Series A+external

Solo GP = fast decisions in daysexternal

$3B+ raised by portfolio companiesexternal

Up to $10M total via syndicatesexternal

SF Bay Area + global VC networkexternal

Co-leads pre-seed/seed rounds tooexternal

Hands-on Series A/B fundraise supportexternal

Intentionally don't lead, minimize founder conflictsexternal

Expert at customer intros, talent acquisitionexternal

Back-channels with top local & global VCsexternal

Nimble firm makes decisions days not weekswebsite

Dedicated founder support, knows when to step backwebsite

Portfolio spans 20+ verticals: PropTech, FinTech, Enterprise AIwebsite

Quick 3-phase process: deck → meetings → due diligencewebsite

Contrarian Signals

Warm intro via LinkedIn requiredexternal

Small checks: $100K–$1M initialexternal

Does not lead rounds by defaultexternal

Back-channels peers before decidingexternal

Value-add focus on fundraising, not operationswebsite

Founder Do's

Have LinkedIn mutual connection for intro

US-based, targeting US market

AI or data core to product

Pre-seed or seed stage only

Share pitch deck via warm referral

Founder Don'ts

Cold outreach without mutual LinkedIn connection

Non-US founders or markets

No AI/data angle in product

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$30M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Tamar Novick

Itamar NovickManaging Partner / Solo Capitalist

Chris HullsVenture Partner

Konstantin OthmerPartner

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