Actuate Ventures

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Status

ACTIVE

Global HQ

San Francisco, United States

Countries of investment

United States
Canada
United Kingdom

Investment stages

Pre-Seed
Seed

Industries

Artificial Intelligence
Enterprise Software
Infrastructure

About
Actuate Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage Hard Tech and Health & Life Sciences companies. Their mission is to back founders who are leveraging technology to address critical global challenges. They position themselves as deeply engaged, operationally-focused partners for their portfolio companies.

Min check size: $250K
Max check size: $1.5M
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Investment Thesis

Actuate Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing from pre-seed to Series A in companies solving the world's most pressing problems. They focus on two core sectors: Hard Tech (including aerospace, defense, energy, and manufacturing) and Health & Life Sciences. The firm differentiates itself by acting as hands-on partners, leveraging deep operational experience and a network of industry leaders to help founders build transformative companies.

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Manager's Experience

The three managing partners, Christian Garcia, Raoul Bhavnani, and Will Giammona, previously co-founded the VC firm UP2398. Christian brings over 20 years of venture experience from firms like Alloy Ventures, while Raoul and Will each have over 15 years of experience from prior roles at Rho Ventures and Paladin Capital Group, respectively. Their collective expertise is focused on pre-seed and seed-stage investments in intelligent systems across enterprise, health, and industry sectors.