Name

Pitbull Ventures

Website

https://pitbull.vc

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Pitbull Ventures is a Los Angeles-based, pre-seed venture capital firm founded in 2021 that invests in US vertical SaaS startups. It operates with a small team (1-10 employees) led by founder and general partner Brad Zions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pre-Seed Venture Capital

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (525)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Early-Stage Venture Capital (Pre-Seed/Seed) (FSANAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sector-Focused Venture Capital (Vertical Specialists) (FSANAAAD)

Keywords

• Pre-seed venture capital
• Vertical saas investing
• Early-stage startup funding
• Angel and seed capital
• Venture capital firm

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Core offering

Pitbull Ventures is a Los Angeles-based pre-seed venture capital firm founded in 2021 that invests in U.S. vertical SaaS startups. The firm deploys early-stage equity capital alongside founder support, with a General Partner-led model targeting companies at the earliest institutional funding stage. Its portfolio focus is thematically narrow—vertical (industry-specific) software-as-a-service businesses based in the United States.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pre-Seed Investment in U.S. Vertical SaaS Startups Equity capital deployment at the pre-seed stage into U.S.-based vertical SaaS startups, paired with founder/GP support. The offering is targeted at early-stage founders of industry-specific software companies seeking a lead investor for their first institutional round.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

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App detail

Direct peers

• Amplify.LA: Los Angeles pre-seed and seed fund investing in early technology and SaaS startups, a direct regional and stage competitor.
• Bowery Capital: Early-stage fund focused on B2B/enterprise SaaS, overlapping Pitbull's software vertical thesis at seed stage.
• Mucker Capital: Los Angeles pre-seed and seed fund backing early SaaS and internet startups, aligned with Pitbull on stage, geography, and software focus.
• Wonder Ventures: LA-based pre-seed fund backing early-stage founders, closely matching Pitbull's earliest-stage entry point and geography.
• Vertical Venture Partners: Early-stage firm explicitly focused on vertical market technology and vertical SaaS, matching Pitbull's specialist thesis.
• Fika Ventures: Los Angeles-based seed fund focused on B2B/enterprise and vertical SaaS software, directly overlapping Pitbull's geography, stage, and vertical-SaaS thesis.
• Bonfire Ventures: LA seed-stage firm specializing in B2B software startups, competing for the same early-stage vertical-SaaS deals in Southern California.

Regional players

• MaC Venture Capital: Los Angeles seed-stage firm investing across technology sectors; shares geography and early-stage model but with a broader generalist mandate.
• Struck Capital: Santa Monica-based early-stage technology investor overlapping in geography and stage with a broader thematic focus than vertical SaaS.

Emerging players

• Fuel Capital: Small pre-seed/seed firm backing early software founders, comparable to Pitbull in scale and earliest-stage focus.

Market position

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments31 records

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