Investor Type | Firm |
Type of Fund | VC |
Industries | Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Woman Focused |
Stages | Early, Pre-Seed, Seed |
Investing | United States • Canada |
Investment Range | $250,000 - $750,000 |
Investment Sweet Spot | $500,000 |
Sentiero Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Plano, Texas, with a focus on investing in early-stage companies. They specialize in B2B AI-enabled SaaS startups that have not only developed a full product but also have at least one completed commercial pilot. Sentiero Ventures seeks to support startups where the founders have prior experience in the industry. Furthermore, the firm itself must have some degree of experience or expertise in the relevant industry. They look for innovative solutions that address well-defined business problems, and they insist that any potential investment must have a clearly articulated expected outcome, beyond general spending on engineers and advertisements. Sentiero Ventures has an interest in various industries including Software, PropTech, Business Solutions, FinTech and Financial Services, Retail and E-Commerce, AI and Big Data, HealthTech and Fitness, Analytics, Cloud Services and Infrastructure, Real Estate and Construction, and they are also attentive to startups with a woman-focused approach. Their investments range between $250,000 and $750,000, with a sweet spot of around $500,000. Through their investments, Sentiero aims to facilitate 'knowledge convergence,' which they describe as the melding of machine and human intelligence. This concept reflects their belief in the significant, yet untapped, impact that artificial intelligence can have on businesses. As a Texas-based investor, they are strategically positioned to take advantage of local and regional opportunities, empowering the next phase of AI's evolution in the business world.
We invest in B2B AI-enabled SaaS startups that have a full product ready and have one commercial pilot completed. We look for founders with prior experience in the industry and we must, as a firm, have some experience/expertise in the industry. Any solutions we evaluate must solve a defined business problem. All investments must have clearly defined expected outcomes for investment, not just "we'll spend it on engineers and ads".