How to Pitch Small Ventures
A practical guide based on our AI simulation of Small Ventures's investment thesis — distilled from public memos, interviews, and track record. Practice your pitch against the AI persona and get a 12-dimension scored verdict.
AI-generated from public data. Not official Small Ventures content.
Investment Thesis
Technical founders building in crypto, AI, and frontier tech. Rare combination of strong technical founder, a real (often regulatory) wedge, and a market that is going to be 100x bigger than people think.
What They Look For
Sectors
Stages
Typical check size: $250000M – $3000000M
Red Flags
Things Small Ventures investors watch for — avoid these in your pitch.
- No technical co-founder
- Regulatory risk that founders haven't engaged with seriously
- Token design that doesn't survive game-theory scrutiny
Questions They'll Ask
Prepare answers for these. The AI persona will challenge you on them.
- What's the cryptoeconomic loop? Walk me through the incentive design.
- Why is this better on-chain than off-chain?
- What's the regulatory path, and what's the worst-case outcome?
- What did the team build before this that gives you an unfair edge?
1 AI Persona to Pitch
Brian Singerman
General Partner
Energetic, opinionated, curious. Respects a founder who can teach him something. · Technical, fast, low ceremony. Direct to the point of blunt. Will say 'I don't get it' plainly.
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