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VanEck Ventures Fund

Geography: United States
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: $30M
Focus: AI/ML, SaaS and Web3 Infrastructure
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About VanEck Ventures Fund

VanEck Ventures Fund 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, Web3 Infrastructure, SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

AI/ML

SaaS

Web3 Infrastructure

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Defense/space tech founder building autonomous systems at scale

defense tech

space tech

dual-use

Series D+ capable

autonomous systems

Bullish Signals

Co-invested $650M True Anomaly Series Dexternal

Active in defense/space mega-roundsexternal

Strong co-investor syndicate (Accel, Menlo, Meritech)external

Contrarian Signals

Niche focus: space superiority onlyexternal

Late-stage check size, early excludedexternal

CEO warns: Chinese AI parity acceleratingexternal

Founder Do's

Build dual-use or defense-relevant tech

Target space or national security domain

Show clear US ally alignment

Operate at speed and scale

Founder Don'ts

Avoid pure consumer or B2C plays

Don't pitch without hardware component

Avoid non-defense deep tech

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$30M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Wyatt Lonergan

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