Side Door Ventures

Side Door Ventures is a global venture capital firm investing in audacious founders building the future at the fringe. They are generalist investors and back teams across software, life sciences, space, frontier tech, blockchain, gaming, and financial services that aim to transform industries and improve lives. Their mission is to drive sustainable economic growth and technological advancement, transforming Michigan into a hub for cutting-edge innovation.

Side Door Ventures offers several fund strategies, including a Seed Fund with up to $500K first checks into early-stage companies across a wide range of sectors, a Michigan Fund with up to $1.5M lead checks exclusively into Michigan-headquartered seed-stage companies, a Digital Asset Fund with up to $300K first checks into Web3 companies, and an Opportunity Fund with up to $5M into fast-scaling Series A+ companies across various sectors. They are a globally distributed team of founders, biotech scientists, space engineers, and growth experts that have joined forces to help audacious founders and their world-changing ideas achieve escape velocity.

Their portfolio includes companies in sectors such as advanced manufacturing, smart infrastructure & mobility, clean energy, cognitive technologies, artificial intelligence, robotic process automation, natural language processing, frontier tech, life sciences, fintech, SaaS, Web3, blockchain, gaming, and financial services. Side Door Ventures remains committed to helping build a successful growth flywheel that transforms Michigan into a global tech ecosystem.