Stratus Ventures

Stratus Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco that invests at the pre-seed and seed stages. It writes cheques of $100,000 to $300,000 to founders building technology companies, with sector interests spanning agentic AI, infrastructure, physical AI, the modern enterprise and consumer markets.

The firm's investment criteria centre on what it terms a "distinctive advantage": relevant lived experience, real distribution, or insight others lack. In practice, Stratus targets teams positioned to win because of who they are or what they already know about a market, rather than the size of the opportunity alone.

Post-investment, the firm works with founders on non-financial support - helping land customers, recruit key hires and position businesses for future funding rounds. It states an aim to become the most trusted investor to the founders it backs.

Founding year, team size and fund details are not disclosed.