Bolt

Bolt is a pre-seed venture capital firm headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States, with an additional office in Boston. The firm specializes in making early-stage equity investments in startups at the intersection of software and physical goods, often supporting concept-stage and hardware-oriented companies before they have a finished product. It typically leads or co-leads initial financing rounds and provides capital alongside strategic guidance to founders. Bolt’s investment approach emphasizes backing technology ventures that blend digital and physical innovation. Founded in 2013, the firm has backed over seventy startups with a focus on pre-seed financings.