Bolt
Pre-seed VC for hardware/software startups (2013-2020); no longer making new investments under the Bolt banner.
VC
Seed
📍 Boston, MA
Founded 2013
AUM
Not Disclosed
Strategic / Balance-Sheet
PRIVATE
Bolt was a pre-seed venture firm founded in 2013 by Ben Einstein, Axel Bichara and Scott Miller, focused on companies at the intersection of software and physical goods, with in-house engineering and prototyping support. Between 2013 and 2020 it invested in ~80 companies across three funds ($3.8M, $32M in 2015, $80M Fund III in 2017). The firm states it is no longer making new investments but continues to support its portfolio.
Firm Profile
Active Fund
Bolt Fund III ($80M) · 2017
Investment Focus
Sectors
Hardware · Consumer · Deep Tech · IoT
VCSeedSJ Top 100
Investor data reflects publicly disclosed AUM, fund sizes, and portfolio holdings as of recent date. Refreshed periodically.