# Act One Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Act One Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 6 investments on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Nov 2026.

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# Act One Ventures

Last cheque observed Nov 2026; 6 cheques on record.

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VC firm Deploying now Last fund $73M, Dec 2023

Pre-seed Seed Series A Software Productivity Tools Collaboration Tools

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**100%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 6 on record

Since the last cheque **1** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$5.0M** Cheque size, as they say **$250K – $1.0M** Rounds led **0 of 6** Sole investor **1 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

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## Act One Ventures highlights

- 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 100% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $1.0M

## What they do

> Act One Ventures is a community focused, early stage venture capital firm leading pre-seed and seed rounds in compliance, vertical SaaS, service-as-software, and fintech. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $250K – $1.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Software Productivity Tools Collaboration Tools
- **Based in:** Los Angeles, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **6 appearances**

- **2026** 1 round
- **Nov** **[Shackleton AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/shackleton-ai)** Seed · US · TechStartups **$5.0M** With 8 others
- **2024** 1 round
- **Nov** **[Latii](https://millionrounds.com/company/latii)** Seed · US · LatamList **$5.0M** With 6 others
- **2019** 2 rounds
- **Jul** **[Blaze](https://millionrounds.com/company/blaze)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$1.0M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Finix](https://millionrounds.com/company/finix)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$18M** With 6 others
- **2018** 1 round
- **Mar** **[Camera IQ](https://millionrounds.com/company/camera-iq)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$4.3M** With 9 others
- **2017** 1 round
- **Nov** **[Qless](https://millionrounds.com/company/qless)** US · FinSMEs **$5.5M** With 1 other

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **2 named**

AG **Alejandro Guerrero** Managing Director of General Partner i Filing they signed

MS **Michael Silton** Managing Director of General Partner i Filing they signed

We also hold **8** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$144M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** ACT ONE Ventures Management, L.L.C.
- **SEC number:** CRD 283875

Latest fund on file

**$73M**

raised in Dec 2023

From its SEC filing. Nothing newer is on file yet.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$5.0M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$1.0M**

Led 0 of 6 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $250K – $1.0M
- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Nov 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *4*
- Series A said *1*
- Pre-seed said *-*
- Series B said *-*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

Often in the room with

- [Homebrew](https://millionrounds.com/fund/homebrew) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Act One Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Homebrew** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/homebrew)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Act One Ventures put money into.

[**Latii** $5.0M · Nov 2024](https://millionrounds.com/company/latii)[**Blaze** $1.0M · Jul 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/blaze)[**Camera IQ** $4.3M · Mar 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/camera-iq)[**Qless** $5.5M · Nov 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/qless)

## On podcasts

1 episode naming Act One Ventures in the title.

- [Venture Unlocked](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/venture-unlocked) 31 Aug 2021 · 50 min Act One Ventures Silton and Guerrero on the Diversity Rider initiative, building meaningful partnerships, and operating experience has been key to their model Mentions [Act One Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/act-one)[UCLA VC Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ucla-vc-fund)[Alejandro Guerrero](https://millionrounds.com/person/alejandro-guerrero) *+1* Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Act One Ventures

### What does Act One Ventures invest in?

Act One Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Software, Productivity Tools and Collaboration Tools.

### How active is Act One Ventures?

6 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Nov 2026.

### What has Act One Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Shackleton AI (Seed, Nov 2026), Latii (Seed, Nov 2024) and Blaze (Seed, Jul 2019).

### How big are Act One Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $5.0M. It says it writes cheques of $250K to $1.0M.

### Does Act One Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 6 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Act One Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

### Is Act One Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Act One Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Homebrew (2 rounds together).

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