Lakehouse Ventures

Lakehouse Ventures is a pre-seed firm investing in the products, services, and software businesses of everyday life. The firm's own language states: "We back founders who are innovating the products, services and software in our everyday lives. We believe that the entrepreneurs who have intimately felt the problem they are solving will create the things consumers want the most." Lakehouse focuses on founders building from uncommon personal and professional insight — people who understand the problem so deeply it's hard to imagine them doing anything else. The firm makes only a handful of investments per year, typically serving as the first institutional backer, taking board seats from the start, and providing early-stage resources, network access, and operational support needed to build important and enduring businesses. The fund maintains an unusually high representation of women and diverse founders relative to its size.