Act One Ventures is a community focused, early stage venture capital firm leading pre-seed and seed rounds in ecommerce infrastructure, vertical SaaS, and fintech.
We invest in founders of all backgrounds because we understand the value and importance of diversity, with over 70% of our portfolio companies led by women founders and those from under-represented groups such as LGBTQ+ and people of color.
Location: United States, California, Los Angeles
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2016
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
Portfolio 44
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 24.11.2023 | lapzo (by ... | lapzo.com | - | Mexico, Nu... |
| 24.11.2023 | Repeat | getrepeat.... | $7.5M | United Sta... |
| 24.11.2023 | X_Stereoty... | xstereotyp... | - | United Sta... |
| 17.06.2023 | Sora Firma... | sora.mx | - | Mexico |
| 14.04.2023 | TakeOne | takeone.vi... | - | - |
| 14.04.2023 | Jelou AI | jelou.ai | $2.5M | United Sta... |
| 07.01.2023 | Tapcart | tapcart.co... | $60M | United Sta... |
| 01.11.2022 | Finix | finix.com | $30M | Netherland... |
| 29.08.2022 | Worknet | worknet.ai | - | United Sta... |
| 29.08.2022 | Kriptos | kriptos.io | - | United Sta... |
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Persons 3
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Michael | Silton | Managing D... | linkedin.c... | - | m*****l@ac... | - |
| - | Alejandro | Guerrero | General Pa... | linkedin.c... | - | a**x@acton... | - |
| - | Max | D. | Director O... | linkedin.c... | - | m*x@actone... | - |
Mentions in press and media 12
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 18.01.2024 | Act One Ventures Closes 3rd Fund, at $73M | Act One Ventures, a Los Angeles, CA-based early stage venture capital firm, closed its third fund, a... | finsmes.co... |
| 18.01.2024 | Act One Ventures Raises $73M Third Fund | Los Angeles-based venture capital investor Act One Ventures said this morning that it has raised a $... | socaltech.... |
| 29.08.2021 | Diversifying startups and VC power corridors | Jennifer Fan Contributor Jennifer Fan is an assistant professor of law and director of the Entrepren... | techcrunch... |
| 07.05.2021 | Column: Diversity Riders Can Make the Investing Network Bett... | Back in August of last year, L.A.-based Act One Ventures partner Alejandro (Alex) Guerrero launched ... | dot.la/div... |
| 28.10.2020 | GoodRx Is Named Startup of the Year at dot.LA Summit Awards | GoodRx earned dot.LA's top 2020 Startup award on Wednesday, beating out the popular sneaker reseller... | dot.la/dot... |
| 08.10.2020 | The 2020 dot.LA Startup Awards | Voting has ended for the awards. Thanks to everyone who participated. Watch them live as part of the... | dot.la/dot... |
| 26.08.2020 | One Man's Effort to Get VCs to Commit to Bringing Underrepre... | Ten venture capital firms have committed to include a "diversity rider" — a promise to sta... | dot.la/div... |
| 26.08.2020 | Maveron and 9 VC firms join initiative to increase underrepr... | Alejandro Guerrero, principal at Act One Ventures. (Act One Photo) A group of venture capital firms ... | geekwire.c... |
| 05.09.2018 | Canters restaurant royalty raises $9.5 million for Ordermark... | Alex Canter knows the restaurant business. The scion of Los Angeles’ famous first family of the deli... | techcrunch... |
| 15.08.2016 | With $4M fundraise Bloomlife will seek FDA clearance for pre... | Dy said the company would use the new funding to support the launch of its product — a clinically va... | medcitynew... |
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