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January Ventures is a pre-seed venture capital firm founded by Maren Thomas Bannon and Jennifer Keiser Neundorfer. Based in the United States, the firm is dedicated to investing in early-stage B2B startups that are innovating and digitally transforming traditional industries. January Ventures aims to support outlier founders who demonstrate unique perspectives and determination, focusing on those who are often overlooked by traditional funding sources.
The firm primarily targets pre-seed stage companies in the United States and Europe, investing in exceptional founders who are transforming traditional industries and processes. January Ventures emphasizes backing founders based on their industry expertise and ambition, often before they have a product, customers, or revenue.
Notable portfolio companies include: - **Pano AI**: Provides actionable intelligence for wildfire management. - **Turing Biosystems**: Utilizes interpretable AI for oncology drug target selection. - **PlanetFWD**: A carbon footprint management platform for consumer products. - **Gable**: Connects companies and employees to flexible hybrid office solutions. - **Treefera**: An AI-driven platform for analyzing carbon assets. - **Prado**: A white-label operating system for subscription-based businesses. - **Sano**: A personalized medicine platform connecting individuals to research. - **Ethena**: A compliance training platform for modern teams. - **Guidewheel**: A cloud-based manufacturing optimization platform. - **Fabric Health**: A healthcare enablement platform for optimizing benefits. - **Sonantic**: Develops expressive and realistic artificial voices. - **Sorcero**: An AI analytics platform for life sciences. - **Oula**: Provides personalized maternity care. - **M7 Health**: A nursing workforce management platform. - **Unitary AI**: Context-aware AI for detecting harmful content online.
To approach January Ventures, founders should prepare a concise pitch that highlights their industry expertise and ambition. Interested parties can submit their pitches through the firm's website at january.ventures or contact them directly via email at hello@january.ventures.
January Ventures is actively deploying its third fund, which has a size of over $200M, launched in 2025. The firm has made a total of 60 investments, focusing on B2B software that transforms traditional industries.
January Ventures primarily invests in pre-seed and seed stage companies.
Founders can pitch January Ventures through their website at january.ventures or via email at hello@january.ventures.
January Ventures focuses on sectors such as SaaS, healthcare, climate, and commerce.
The firm typically invests between $150K and $500K in its portfolio companies.
January Ventures invests primarily in the United States and Europe.
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