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Traction Capital Fund II

Geography: United States
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: $30M
Focus: Deep Tech, E-Commerce and SaaS
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Traction Capital Fund II

Traction Capital Fund II is a venture capital firm based in United States, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in E-Commerce, Deep Tech, SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

Deep Tech

E-Commerce

SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Minnesota enterprise SaaS founders solving Salesforce bottlenecks

B2B SaaS

enterprise software

workflow tooling

Salesforce ecosystem

dev productivity

Bullish Signals

Active portfolio support & announcementsexternal

Portfolio co Saltbox launched at Salesforce TDXexternal

Saltbox targets Salesforce delivery bottleneckslinkedin

Portfolio co gaining Salesforce ecosystem tractionlinkedin

Traction Capital actively amplifies portfolio launcheslinkedin

Saltbox.one live — TDX-announced productlinkedin

Saltbox.one: org clarity before work startslinkedin

Refr Sports portfolio co gaining media tractionlinkedin

Strong Minneapolis/St. Paul regional presencelinkedin

95% portfolio deployed in Minnesota companiesTwin Cities Business

Fund II actively raising with local focusTwin Cities Business

Only featured fund >75% Minnesota capital deployTwin Cities Business

Sponsoring Owner's Edge Summit for business leaderslinkedin

GPs actively keynoting on resilience & exitslinkedin

Owner's Edge Summit attracts scaling business ownerslinkedin

Summit targets pre-exit founders & recent acquireeslinkedin

Contrarian Signals

Very limited public GP/team visibilityexternal

Founder Do's

Target enterprise workflow pain

Build Salesforce-adjacent solutions

Seek media amplification

Minnesota-based founders prioritized

Attend Owner's Edge Summit events

Founder Don'ts

Avoid consumer/SMB focus

Skip ecosystem partnerships

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$30M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Shane Erickson, Eyton Green

Brian CoxPartner

Matt MeentsPartner

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