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Overview

Who we areWe are a pre-seed and seed-stage venture capital fund that applies a mentorship-driven approach to support founders at the earliest stages with capital, connections, and care.
Value addWe apply a hands-on approach to coach and mentor founders from pre-revenue through Series A on all things product, go-to-market, talent, and leadership.
Firm typeVC
Global HQ

10 E Yanonali St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, United States

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Thesis

Funding requirementsWe invest in:
-Venture Scale: clear potential to reach $100M+ revenue in 5-7 years
-Stage: Pre-Seed and Seed
-Business Model: Software (Marketplace, Enterprise & Vertical SaaS, FinTech)
-Sectors: B2B (or B2B2C Marketplaces)
-Geographies: United States, Canada, Latin America
-Check Size: $250-500K (Pre-Seed); $500-750K (Seed)
-Target Ownership: 5% at entry (2.5% minimum)
-Post-Money Valuation: $15M maximum at entry; <$10M strongly preferred
-Non-consensus: traditionally overlooked founders (background, geo, market)
-Lead: we don't lead rounds in the traditional sense, but we often help structure and/or write the largest check in pre-seed rounds
Funding stages3. Early Revenue2. Prototype1. Idea or Patent
LeadSometimes
Check size$200k to $500k
Target countries USA Canada Mexico Brazil Colombia

Team

Ian Hathaway
GP/MD		I invest in pre-seed and seed-stage enterprise and vertical B2B software companies (SaaS, AI, fintech, marketplaces)

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Linkedinhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/82320697
Twitter@FarOutVC
Websitehttps://www.farout.vc/

Do you fit this investor's criteria ?

We invest in: -Venture Scale: clear potential to reach $100M+ revenue in 5-7 years -Stage: Pre-Seed and Seed -Business Model: Software (Marketplace, Enterprise & Vertical SaaS, FinTech) -Sectors: B2B (or B2B2C Marketplaces) -Geographies: United States, Canada, Latin America -Check Size: $250-500K (Pre-Seed); $500-750K (Seed) -Target Ownership: 5% at entry (2.5% minimum) -Post-Money Valuation: $15M maximum at entry; <$10M strongly preferred -Non-consensus: traditionally overlooked founders (background, geo, market) -Lead: we don't lead rounds in the traditional sense, but we often help structure and/or write the largest check in pre-seed rounds

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