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Motivate Capital Management, LLC

Motivate Ventures AI Fund II, LP

Late investment period

Late investment period: first sale Apr 2022, per Form D (fund age approximates vintage)

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Vintage
2022
Fund size
$19.78M to $50M (Form D)
Stages
Pre-seed, Seed
Sectors
AI applications
Regions
US

01 · Thesis

Motivate invests across the earliest stages, backing pre-seed and seed founders with strong domain knowledge tackling real, durable problems with very high growth potential in large and growing markets.Inferred from the firm's website

02 · Initial check

$132K to $625K (estimated from fund size)

Estimated from Form D: $19.78M sold of a $50M target

03 · Who to approach

Named on this fund's Form D

  • Lauren DeLuca, Managing Partner
  • David Wieland, Managing Partner

04 · Deals

No deals attributed to this fund yet.

05 · Evidence

  • Firm-wideMotivate invests across the earliest stages of a company’s lifecycle, backing founders with strong domain knowledge who are tackling real, durable problems.

    We back incredible founders with strong domain knowledge who are tackling real, durable problems.
    https://motivate.vc/

06 · Sources

  1. https://motivate.vc/
  2. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1921632/000192163223000001/

Last verified: Oct 28, 2026