VC firm
Bolt Ventures
Also known as Bolt Capital, Bolt Innovation Management, Bolt Ventures GmbH
- Investor type
- VC
- Headquarters
- Germany
- Assets under management
- $310MForm ADV private fund GAV, as of 2026-03-27Source (opens in a new tab)
- Funds
- 2
- Legal name
- Bolt Ventures GmbH
- bolt.io (opens in a new tab)
- X (opens in a new tab)
- Blog (opens in a new tab)
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- Team page (opens in a new tab)
Record updated 30 September 2026
About
Bolt was a pre-seed venture capital firm focused on the intersection of software and physical goods. Between 2013 and 2020, we invested in 80 companies and built two of the top-performing pre-seed funds of our era, made possible by the hard work and vision of our founders.
Investment approach
- Thesis
- Building at the intersection of the digital and physical worldSource (opens in a new tab)
Funds
- BOLT FUND III LP
- Main fund
- BOLT FUND II LP
- Main fund
SEC registration
- Registered adviser
- BOLT INNOVATION MANAGEMENT LLC
- CRD number
- 192524 (opens in a new tab)
- SEC file number
- 802-88213
- Registration
- Exempt reporting adviser
- Regulatory AUM
- $310Mas of 2026-03-27
- Private funds reported
- 2
- Principal office
- BOSTON, MA, United States