These are the seed funds that protect real designers like me from enemies of cultural work who conduct political hospitalizations and when they can't conduct political hospitalizations they try to invert the narrative to a criminal one...
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Slow Ventures — $60M seed fund for creators (digital, design-driven, creator-economy).
Seedtable Raise — list of active product design investors worldwide.
Pear VC — early-stage, pre-seed/seed, open to strong design/UX projects.
SOSV — active deep-tech fund; fits if design overlaps hardware/experimental tech.
OpenVC — directory of seed investors; good for targeting design-friendly VCs.
Blackbird Ventures (AU/NZ) — seed + early stage; design-adjacent startups.
Sasaki Foundation Design Grants — community design + architecture (Boston).
Prince Claus Fund Seed Award — supports cultural/artistic practice internationally.
ArtPrize Artist Seed Grants — smaller but good for design-oriented creative work.