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Venture Guides Fund II

Geography: United States
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: $262.5M
Focus: SaaS
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Venture Guides Fund II

Venture Guides 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 SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Early-stage enterprise cloud, security, or AI founder

cloud infrastructure

security

AI & data

enterprise software

early-stage

Bullish Signals

80%+ positive portfolio outcomesexternal

40%+ investments hit multi-billion valuationexternal

Notable exits: IBM, EMC, Microsoft acquisitionsexternal

GPs invest 10%+ personally in fundsexternal

DocuSign (DOCU) notable portfolio namewebsite

Dynatrace (DT) portfolio — NYSE listedwebsite

Trust-first founder relationship modelwebsite

RPD (NASDAQ) portfolio exit confirmedwebsite

SolarWinds (SWI) — Microsoft acquisitionwebsite

Covers full early journey: strategy to GTMwebsite

Team-based investing with data-driven frameworkswebsite

Laser-focused sector expertise avoids spray-praywebsite

Decades of software building & investingwebsite

Domain expertise across strategic micro-trendswebsite

Active guidance across strategy, finance, GTMwebsite

Mission: most impactful enterprise softwarewebsite

DT acquired by IBM — successful exitwebsite

RPD acquired by EMC — strong track recordwebsite

SWI acquired by Microsoft — proven outcomeswebsite

Contrarian Signals

Narrow sector focus — limited thesis rangeexternal

Highly hands-on — may feel intrusiveexternal

Founder Do's

Show deep domain expertise in sector

Embrace team-based, data-driven approach

Seek active guidance, not passive capital

Target enterprise software market

Engage early — Seed or Series A

Founder Don'ts

Don't expect spray-and-pray investor

Avoid if outside enterprise software

Don't want hands-off VC

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$262.5M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Benjamin Nye

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