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ACTIVE
Global HQ
San Francisco, United States
Countries of investment
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • Canada
Investment stages
  • Seed
Industries
  • SaaS
  • Fintech
  • Artificial Intelligence
About
Pax Ventures is an early-stage VC firm founded by former operators, dedicated to backing the next generation of B2B SaaS founders. Their mission is to provide not just capital, but also deep operational expertise to help entrepreneurs build iconic companies. They focus on companies shaping the future of work, commerce, and finance.
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$500K
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Investment Thesis

Pax Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in B2B SaaS companies that are building the future of work, commerce, and finance. They focus on pre-seed and seed stage rounds, writing initial checks between $500K and $2M. Comprised of former founders and operators, their unique value proposition is providing hands-on, operational support to help founders navigate the challenges of building and scaling their businesses from the ground up.
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Manager's Experience

The General Partners, Kanjun Qiu and Josh Albrecht, are former founders who co-founded the AI recruiting startup Sourceress (YC S16), serving as CEO and CTO respectively. Their prior experience includes Kanjun as an early employee at Dropbox and Josh as an engineer at Google. This provides them with deep operational expertise in building and scaling B2B SaaS companies from the earliest stages.

Team

Jon Cholak - Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Kanishk Parashar - Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Diego Canal - Principal

Cleo Cimarusti - Head of Platform

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