Floodgate
Venture Capital
Pre-Seed/Seed Innovators
Palo Alto, United States · 141+ investments · 161 portfolio companies
Pre-Seed
Seed
SaaS
- Headquarters
- Palo Alto, United States
- Founded
- 2006
- Website
- floodgate.com
- AUM
- $1.0B
- Portfolio Companies
- 161
- Total Investments
- 141
- Last Investment
- Apr 2026
- Geographic Focus
- United States
Investment Thesis
Backs 'pattern breaking' founders at pre-seed and seed who are designing radically different futures; seeks 'thunder lizard' companies that most people initially doubt.
Floodgate is a Venture Capital firm based in Palo Alto, United States. It has made 141 investments in SaaS, including Handrai, Harmonic and EFEX.
Portfolio161
H
Handrai
S
Socialware
DS
Distributed Systems
C
Counsel
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