Slow Ventures

aid: slow-ventures
name: Slow Ventures
description: >-
  Slow Ventures is a generalist early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2011 and headquartered in
  San Francisco, with additional offices in Boston and New York. The firm leads pre-seed and seed rounds,
  writing typical checks of roughly $500K to $3M (averaging around $1.75M), and explicitly rejects
  thematic investing in favor of backing experienced founders with deep, hard-won domain expertise and
  genuine conviction. Slow's thesis funds rapid, high-stakes experimentation: capital that tests a novel
  risk or hypothesis whose validation dramatically increases a company's value and that cannot easily be
  funded another way. As a generalist, Slow invests across consumer and social, fintech, SaaS and
  enterprise/developer tools, healthcare, crypto/web3, the creator economy, and real-world operations
  (SMB acceleration, buyouts/rollups, franchising). The firm runs a dedicated Creator Fund backing
  creator-led businesses, and has deployed roughly $800M+ across multiple fund vintages since inception.
  Notable investments include Pinterest, Slack, Robinhood, Nextdoor, Postmates, Opendoor, Wealthfront,
  Casper, PillPack, Airtable, Gusto, and Solana.
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://slow.co/favicon.ico
x-type: venture-capital
x-category: Venture Capital
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
tags:
  - Venture Capital
  - Pre-Seed
  - Seed
  - Early Stage
  - Consumer
  - Fintech
  - SaaS
  - Developer Tools
  - Crypto
  - Healthcare
  - Creator Economy
  - Generalist
  - San Francisco
  - North America
apis: []
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://slow.co/
  - type: Portfolio
    url: https://slow.co/portfolio/
  - type: Portfolio
    url: portfolio/slow-ventures-portfolio.yml
  - type: Team
    url: https://slow.co/about/
  - type: Team
    url: team/slow-ventures-team.yml
  - type: InvestmentThesis
    url: https://slow.co/about/
  - type: Newsletter
    url: https://snailmail.slow.co/
  - type: Podcast
    url: https://slow.co/about/
  - type: Jobs
    url: https://slow.co/jobs/
  - type: Contact
    url: https://slow.co/contact/
  - type: Crunchbase
    url: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/slow-ventures
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/slow-ventures/
  - type: Twitter
    url: https://twitter.com/slow
  - type: Features
    data:
      - "Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed (early stage, typically leads)"
      - "Typical check: ~$500K-$3M seed checks (average ~$1.75M)"
      - "Sectors: consumer/social, fintech, SaaS/enterprise, developer tools, healthcare, crypto/web3, creator economy, buyouts/rollups"
      - "Geography: Primarily United States (offices in San Francisco, Boston, New York)"
      - "AUM: ~$800M+ deployed across multiple fund vintages (self-reported estimates)"
      - "Founded: 2011"
      - "HQ: San Francisco, California, USA"
    sources:
      - https://slow.co/about/
      - https://www.vcsheet.com/fund/slow-ventures
    updated: '2026-07-17'
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: info@apievangelist.com
    url: https://apievangelist.com
  - FN: APIs.json
    url: http://apisjson.org
  - FN: Slow Ventures
    url: https://slow.co/