Tim Arnold
US and EU
$250,000 - $1,000,000
Steamwork Ventures backs simple, value-creating companies and positions them for quick exits. The goal is to return capital faster while keeping meaningful upside. They deliberately avoid the LLM, wrapper, and agent hype, favoring predictable growth and a clear path to sale. They write checks of $500K to $750K at the seed through Series B stages, with Series A as the core focus. They invest in the US and EU and are industry agnostic, but they won’t invest in crypto, cannabis, alcohol, or tobacco. They look for a focused growth plan that scales what already works, proven revenue from enterprise customers the team didn’t already know, and real defensibility that makes the company attractive to a strategic or PE acquirer. Their edge is operator GPs: Tim Arnold, a CPA/MBA with three exits and PE and M&A experience, and Marshall Smith, who scaled an RIA from $250M to $1.3B in assets under management. They help founders build the governance, financials, and growth story that buyers pay for. Portfolio companies include GiftofCollege, Remmie, Brief, and pass_by. Funding inquiries go to steamwork.vc/connect or info@steamwork.vc.
