M34 Capital

About The Fund

M34 Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, that specializes in seed, early-stage, and later-stage investments. They focus on companies operating in the technology sectors including Business Solutions, Hardware (& Manufacturing), Sales (& Marketing), CleanTech, Gaming (& eSports), and Life Science. M34 Capital is particularly committed to commercializing technologies that have emerged from federally funded research. They employ a disciplined, evidence-based approach to carve out innovative business models which are capable of deploying new products and services that enrich our daily lives. As active and engaged co-founders, M34 Capital goes beyond the traditional role of seed investors by working closely with entrepreneurs to transition promising research from labs to the marketplace. They value entrepreneurs who are exploratory, intellectually honest, and display an insatiable curiosity, coupled with the ability to test their assumptions in real-world settings. M34 Capital believes in the synergy of blending technical insight with market-based feedback to mature innovations into successful companies. They use the lean startup approach to accelerate and enhance the efficiency of the commercialization process. Their team brings decades of entrepreneurial success and experience to the table with a track record of scaling companies to profitable exits, such as IPOs and acquisitions. M34 Capital's investment strategy targets the foundation of robust infrastructures to scale companies efficiently while delivering genuine value to customers. Typically, M34 Capital's seed investment ranges from $250,000 to $500,000, aiming to be the first external capital in a venture. The firm symbolizes their ambition in their name—M34 being short for Mach 34, the velocity needed to break Earth's gravitational pull—representing their goal of achieving successful liftoff and overcoming traditional barriers that hinder new ventures.