Stratus Ventures is an early-stage investment firm. We back the visionaries shaping our future.

Our Focus

We partner with exceptional founders at pre-seed and seed.

Agentic AI

Infrastructure

Physical AI

Modern Enterprise

Consumer

We write $100K-$200K checks and are founder-first investors.

We back teams with an unfair edge: lived experience, real distribution, or insight others don’t have.

If you're building something you're uniquely positioned to win, let's talk.

Investment Highlights

Backing exceptional founders from day one.

Our Approach

We partner with founders at their earliest stage.

We do more than invest. We help you land customers, recruit key hires, and position you for future rounds.

Our measure of success is simple: we aim to be your most trusted investor.

Team

Benji Stern

Founder & General Partner
San Francisco, CA