slow.co · San Francisco, Boston, New York, and Springfield (home office) · founded 2011 · team 6 · Pre-Seed to Series A; average check size ~$1.5M, most initial investments under $3M · trust 0/4
| Firm Name | Slow Ventures
source: https://slow.co/about |
| Investment Thesis | We invest in usually a person — in an idea — before anything's built
source: https://www.businessinsider.com/slow-ventures-solana-creators-new-fund-crypto-doas-2022-4 |
| Locations | San Francisco, Boston, New York, and Springfield (home office)
source: https://slow.co/about |
| Founded | 2011
source: https://slow.co/about (says 'since 2011'); https://www.linkedin.com/company/slow-ventures/ (says 'Founded 2011'); https://www.businessinsider.com/slow-ventures-solana-creators-new-fund-crypto-doas-2022-4 (says 'Established in 2011') |
| Number of Partners/Investors | 6
source: https://slow.co/about (lists: Kevin Colleran, Sam Lessin, Will Quist, Megan Lightcap, Yoni Rechtman, Clay Robbins) |
| Investment Stage | Pre-Seed to Series A; average check size ~$1.5M, most initial investments under $3M
source: https://www.businessinsider.com/slow-ventures-solana-creators-new-fund-crypto-doas-2022-4 |
| Founders | Kevin Colleran, Sam Lessin, Dave Morin
source: https://techcrunch.com/2016/03/09/slow-ventures-launches-a-new-145m-fund-and-adds-former-facebook-co-founder-sam-lessin/ (says 'Founded by Kevin Colleran and Dave Morin — with former Facebooker Sam Lessin also recently joining'); Forbes article (says 'started the VC firm in 2009'); WSJ (via TechCrunch) says 'Mr. Morin started the firm in 2009' |
| Contact Email | No publicly listed email on the firm's website (deals come through friends network)
source: https://slow.co/contact |