APEX VENTURES FUND IV // $650M SEED & SERIES A PARTNERSHIP

Backing Technical Founders From Day-Zero Conviction to Category Leaders.

Apex Ventures invests $1.5M–$15M in autonomous software, sovereign infrastructure, and computational biology—pairing patient capital with in-house GTM and executive recruiting.

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SAND HILL ROAD & SOHO // BENCHMARKED ON SEQUOIA & INDEX

$18.4B Combined Portfolio Enterprise Value · 9 Unicorn Exits · 48h Term Sheet Conviction

APEX VENTURES // FUND IV ($850M AUM) · PRE-SEED, SEED & SERIES A LEAD
SAN FRANCISCO · NEW YORK · CAMBRIDGE · ZÜRICHSLA: 48-HR PARTNER TERM SHEET DECISION

[01] $1.5M–$8.0M FIRST CHECK[02] 2,048 H100 COMPUTE CLUSTER ACCESS

First-check conviction for category-defining AI, infrastructure & bio founders.

We lead $1.5M to $8.0M Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A rounds with a 48-hour partner term sheet SLA, dedicated H100 compute clusters, and principal executive recruiting.

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✓ NO WARM INTRO REQUIRED✓ 1-PAGE CLEAN TERM SHEET✓ 100% GENERAL PARTNER REVIEW

FREQUENT SERIES A & B FOLLOW-ON CO-INVESTORS IN APEX PORTFOLIO COMPANIES:

Sequoia Capital·Benchmark·Founders Fund·Index Ventures·Y Combinator

INSTITUTIONAL PORTFOLIO UNICORN LEDGER // LIVE TELEMETRY

$14.2B AGGREGATE ENTERPRISE VALUE

AUDITED DEAL DOSSIER // AI & AGENTS · San Francisco, CA

Synthetix Kernel — Series C · $1.8B Valuation

24.6x GROSS MULTIPLE

“Apex wired our $3.5M seed term sheet in 36 hours and recruited our founding CUDA architect before our Series A.”

ENTRY STAGE: Day-0 Seed Lead ($3.5M)

01 // ACTIVE CAPITAL UNDER MANAGEMENT$850M AUMDeploying Fund IV ($400M Seed/Series A + $450M Opportunity)

02 // SEED-TO-UNICORN GRADUATION14 UnicornsBacked at Day-0 Pre-Seed or Seed before $1B+ valuation

03 // SERIES A FOLLOW-ON RATE86.4%Of Apex Seed companies raise Tier-1 Series A within 18 months

04 // PARTNER DECISION VELOCITY48 HoursFrom General Partner pitch meeting to clean 1-page term sheet

$1.5M–$8M LEAD CHECKS

Day-Zero Conviction in Technical Founders

We lead Pre-Seed and Seed rounds in applied AI, vertical SaaS, and programmable financial infrastructure with 14-day term sheet SLAs.

EMBEDDED GTM & TALENT BENCH

First 5 Enterprise Customers & Founding Eng

Every portfolio company unlocks direct warm introductions to 180+ Fortune 500 design partners and our retained executive talent network.

SERIES A/B SYNDICATION

84% Follow-On Graduation Rate

Our capital markets desk co-engineers your Series A data room, narrative memo, and tier-1 multistage investor roadshow.

AETHERIA COMPUTE · SEED LEAD ($4.5M) -> $2.4B VALUATION

Partnering With Two PhD Kernel Engineers From First GitHub Commit to Hyperscale GPU Cluster Leader.

VALENCE BIO · SERIES A LEAD ($12M) -> NASDAQ IPO

Building the Founding Executive Slate and Commercial Pharma Partnerships for Autonomous Protein Design.

06 // INTERACTIVE CAP TABLE, FOUNDER DILUTION & 24-MONTH RUNWAY MODELER

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ROUND PARAMETERS // 3 INTERACTIVE CONTROLSInstitutional Seed Lead ($3.0M–$5.0M)

01. Target Lead Check / Round Size ($M)$4.0M

$1.0M Pre-Seed$4.0M Seed Lead$12.0M Series A

02. Pre-Money Valuation ($M)$20.0M Pre

$8M Pre-Money$25M Seed Cap$65M Series A

03. Projected Net Monthly Burn ($K / month)$160K / mo

$60K Lean 4-Eng$180K Seed Team$450K Series A Scale

NON-DILUTIVE APEX PLATFORM ACCESS INCLUDED WITH LEAD CHECK:

$350K H100 Cluster + 2 Founding Eng Hires

25.0 months runway to scale from initial design partners to $3M+ ARR Series A readiness.

ILLUSTRATIVE CAP TABLE & RUNWAY SUMMARY1X NON-PARTICIPATING PREFERRED · CLEAN GOVERNANCE

POST-MONEY VALUATION

$24.0M

$4.0M Fresh Capital

FOUNDER RETAINED STAKE

73.3%

Lead Dilution: 16.7%

CASH RUNWAY UNLOCKED

25.0 Mo

@ $160K/mo Net Burn

POST-ROUND OWNERSHIP DISTRIBUTION2.6X STEP-UP MODEL: $62M (FOUNDER = $45.5M)

● Founders & Team: 73.3%● Lead Round Check: 16.7%● Unallocated ESOP: 10.0%

STATEFUL PARTNER HANDOFF ACTIVEAttach $4.0M @ $20.0M Pre (25.0 mo runway) to your GP memo.

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Disclosure: Illustrative browser-side cap-table arithmetic only; excludes prior SAFEs/notes and is not an offer of securities or investment commitment.