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Floodgate

United States$500K – $5M chequesUpdated May 2026

Pre-seed micro-VC focusing on non-consensus, inflection-driven pattern-breaking startup ventures, delivering small-check investing expertise and proprietary inflection-theory and pattern-breaker frameworks to evaluate ideas and pivots. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.

Cheque size
$500K – $5M
Stages
Operating in
How they invest
Not specified
Technologies
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