We believe great startups are built with more than capital — they emerge from deep product insight, relentless execution, and aligned partnerships.
Our mission is to help founders skip avoidable pitfalls, accelerate time-to-market, and build ventures that last.
Every founder brings a unique vision and set of strengths. Our role is to help you surround those strengths with the right people, strategy, and execution.
From early product shaping to growth and fundraising, we plug in as an extension of your team — not just cheering from the sidelines, but building with you.
We know the late nights, the scrappy prototypes, the fundraising marathons — because we’ve lived them.
As founders, operators, designers, and technologists, our team has navigated the same challenges you’re facing now. From audacious first ideas to successful exits, we’ve walked this road many times — and we’re here to help you do it faster, smarter, and stronger.
Joining RightShift Ventures means stepping into a community where founders, product leaders, and operators rally around each other.
It’s not just a network — it’s a shared space where challenges are solved together, wins are celebrated together, and bold ideas get the support they need to thrive.
We're generalist tech investors. We invest in early-stage, technology-driven companies, with a focus on startups based in the Pacific Northwest. We love to lead, co-lead and/or participate in pre-seed, seed, and Series A investment rounds.
Nope. RightShift Ventures operates as a totally separate VC fund. We invest in companies that have nothing to do with the RightShift studio. But as a portfolio company, you are welcome to use the resources of the RightShift studio for support. We are flexible and are thrilled to lead, co-lead, and participate in external company financing rounds. RightShift Ventures also invests in RightShift studio companies but does not lead those investments.
No. RightShift Ventures invests alongside outside investors who fund RightShift studio spin-outs, but we do not lead those investments.
We love technology, but we won't invest in categories like pure biotech, energy, or pharma. We know what we're good at. Those aren't it.
They are separate entities with separate operations, but overlapping leadership and support teams. If you are a Studio or Ventures investment, you can take advantage of the unique and broad skill set of the full RightShift team to support your company.
Nothing is too early for us to consider. Really. We have written term sheets for entrepreneurs before they even have a deck.
Rarely. When we invest out-of-region, we do so because we know the entrepreneur, team, or board well, or the company is building in an area which we feel we are able to provide distinct support. We are most actively looking for investments in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and British Columbia.
You bet. In addition to the entire Managing Director team rallying behind your company, our insanely talented team of engineers, data scientists, marketers, designers, recruiters, operations resources, and product people are ready to support you with assistance as you need it.
While warm introductions are always most meaningful, if you don't have any mutual acquaintances in common with our team, that's okay! You can reach out to any of us directly. Usually, it's firstname@psl.com, or you can email the team at hello@psl.com.
We're fortunate to have a highly strategic and diverse set of Limited Partners (LPs), including not-for-profit foundations, family offices, funds of funds, and individuals that, in turn, all lead impactful, inspiring work globally. Success in the RightShift Ventures portfolio accrues directly to that work, which makes us proud every day. Our investors also represent an intentionally diverse array of backgrounds, geographies, demographics, and investor profiles. Many of them also are a part of RightShift's nationwide community of VCs and direct investors.
