Airstream Venture Partners

About The Fund

Airstream Venture Partners is an early-stage investment fund focusing on transformative technologies with potential economic moats. They specialize in pre-seed to seed stage investments with a preference for companies that possess unique insights and differentiated technology aimed at addressing significant unmet needs. Their targeted investment industries include Software, Business Solutions, IoT (and Wearables), Cloud Services (and Infrastructure), Developer Tools, Cyber Physical, Space Tech, Fintech, Medical Devices, Novel Materials, and Quantum Sensing. Airstream is committed to investing in founders who are passionate and dedicated to their vision, demonstrating that deep technology cannot only improve the world but also yield superior financial returns. Their investment strategy emphasizes a collaborative and rigorous evaluation process, where they provide honest and objective feedback to founders, regardless of the investment outcome. Once they invest, Airstream Venture Partners actively supports the growth of their portfolio companies through a network of technical, operational, and market experts. Their financial commitment ranges from a minimum of $100,000 to a maximum of $5,000,000, with a sweet spot at around $1,500,000. Their specialties are centered around seed and pre-seed funding rounds. The team is led by founders with rich backgrounds in technology and business, including William 'Bill' Jeffrey, PhD, who has an extensive history in leading premier research institutes and government technology roles, and Stewart Walchli, who has founded and exited three tech startups and holds a CPA designation.