Venture Guides Fund II

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.

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

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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Fund Overview

Fund Size$262.5M

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Key People

Benjamin Nye