Resolute Ventures

Resolute Ventures is a people-first, pre-seed and seed-focused venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Mike Hirshland, a professional seed investor since 1999. The firm's core belief is that the best founders combine emotional intelligence (EQ) with business acumen and are driven by a mission to solve problems they care deeply about. Rather than backing ideas, Resolute backs founders themselves—looking for people with grit, energy, and conviction. The firm is almost always the first institutional VC check, emphasizing long-term founder relationships over passive capital deployment. Resolute explicitly positions itself as 'pre-traction and anti-thematic': it is comfortable with product and market uncertainty but rejects investments with fundamental value misalignment or structurally small markets. The firm leads rounds across a broad range of sectors—enterprise software, developer tools, fintech, healthtech, consumer, and marketplaces—and supports founders through community building, mentorship, and hands-on partnership from seed to Series A and beyond.