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Motivate Venture Capital

Motivate Venture Capital (MVC) is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in ambitious founders at the earliest stages of a company's lifecycle. They provide experience, connections, and capital to pre-seed and seed stage startups, and also support emerging VC funds.
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Motivate Venture Capital is an early-stage specialist investor focused on pre-seed and seed stage companies, targeting $250k-1m in pre-seed opportunities and $1.5-3m in seed opportunities. As founders themselves, the team enjoys co-creating and bringing new venture ideas to life alongside high-caliber founders, and also actively invests in and supports formidable emerging pre-seed and seed stage VC funds. They back founders with strong domain knowledge tackling real, durable problems with high growth potential in large and growing markets. Their portfolio spans sectors including cloud-based ERP for small manufacturers, earned wage access, AI models for data extraction, AI-driven manufacturing platforms, crypto and financial market visibility, and threat detection software for social service agencies. Past investments by the general partners include notable companies such as Chime, Public.com, Home Chef, Hallow, and TradingView.