A.Capital Ventures
Venture capitalSan Francisco · Pre-Seed–Series A · 10 people tracked
Also known as A CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
Investment thesis
A.Capital backs early-stage founders and takes a flexible approach that avoids fixed ownership thresholds, sizing investments and valuations around what a company actually needs rather than traditional VC models, thereby reducing dilution. The firm provides connections and advice without requiring a board seat, and offers dedicated full-time Talent Partners who help portfolio companies build recruiting foundations and hire top talent. By leading rounds, A.Capital aims to help founders raise the capital needed to execute their plans and reach a competitive next round on favorable terms.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 10 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 81 of 109 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×35AI & Machine Learning ×28Enterprise Software ×24Developer Tools ×16Fintech ×16Data & Infrastructure ×14Cloud Computing ×13SaaS ×13
HQs:United States×31Canada×1United Kingdom×1India×1
Investments · 109 tracked
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Airbnb is an online marketplace that enables people to book and list accommodations for short-term rentals, experiences, and services around the world.
ConsumerMarketplacesTravel & HospitalitySan Francisco, US
Brian Chesky(Founder/CEO)inNathan Blecharczyk(Founder/CTO)inJoe Gebbia(Founder/CPO)inAlfred Lin(Director)Belinda Johnson(Executive Officer)Laurence Tosi(Executive Officer)
Coinbase is a cryptocurrency exchange platform that offers trading, custody, and financial services for cryptocurrencies, stocks, derivatives, and prediction markets to consumers, institutions, and developers.
Crypto & Web3FintechLos Angeles, US
Brian Armstrong(Founder/CEO)in
San Francisco, US
Evan Sharp(Executive Officer)Mike Yang(Executive Officer)Benjamin Silbermann(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Natalie Fair(Executive Officer)
BoardJeremy Levine(Director)Jeff Jordan(Director)
Weave offers team communication and collaboration tools for healthcare practices, including messaging, scheduling, and patient management features accessible from desktop and mobile apps.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHealthtechSaaSLehi, US
Brandon Rodman(Founder/CEO)inJared Rodman(Founder/CCO)inClint Berry(Founder/CTO)in
0x provides onchain routing and liquidity aggregation infrastructure for enterprise wallets, payments platforms, and exchanges.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Amori is an AI-powered coaching and matchmaking app that helps individuals navigate dating and relationships through personalized AI coaches and curated match introductions.
AI & Machine LearningConsumer
Anthropic is an AI safety research company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSan Francisco, US
Dario AmodeiDaniela Amodei
Coinbase Developer Platform provides cryptocurrency infrastructure including payments, wallet management, and on-chain development tools for businesses of any size to build and scale crypto-based applications.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Nicholas Chirls(Director)Aaron Henshaw(Director)Joseph Lallouz(Executive Officer, Director)
BloomNation is an online marketplace that connects consumers with local florists for handcrafted flower arrangements and plant deliveries for occasions like birthdays, anniversaries, and celebrations.
ConsumerMarketplaces
Browser Use provides AI-powered browser automation infrastructure with anti-detection capabilities, CAPTCHA solving, and custom LLMs designed for web-based agent tasks at scale.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Circle Medical provides telehealth services specializing in ADHD diagnosis and treatment for adults through remote video consultations with healthcare providers.
Digital HealthHealthtechMental HealthWellness & Fitness
JS Boulanger(Founder/CTO)inBrent LaRue(Founder/VP Product & Patient Experience)inGeorge Favvas(Executive Officer, Director)
CodeSignal provides an educational ebook guide for talent teams on implementing AI hiring tools, covering readiness assessment, solution selection, and compliant usage practices.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechHR Tech
Connext provides xCall, a developer tool that enables applications to interact with users, tokens, and other applications across multiple blockchains.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsSan Francisco, US
Arjun Bhuptani(Executive Officer, Director)Layne Haber(Executive Officer, Director)Rahul Sethuram(Executive Officer)
Cratejoy is a marketplace that curates and delivers subscription boxes and gifts tailored to user interests, ranging from wellness and self-care to collectibles and educational experiences.
ConsumerCreator EconomyE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareMarketplacesAustin, US
Amir Elaguizy(Founder/CEO)in
CrustData provides real-time company and people data through APIs and integrations, helping users identify early signals of activity within organizations.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US
Abhilash Chowdhary(Co-founder and CEO)inManmohit Grewal(Founder)inChris Pisarski(Founder)in
Dapper Labs is a venture studio building products and communities at the intersection of culture and emerging technology, focused on digital ownership, data control, and decentralized platforms for creators and collectors.
ConsumerCreator EconomyCrypto & Web3Sector AgnosticVancouver
Roham Gharegozlou(Founder)Dieter Shirley(Founder)Dietrich Shirley(Executive Officer)Jody Rebak(Executive Officer)Alex Shih(Director)Hamilton Helmer(Director)
Databricks provides a unified platform for data engineering, analytics, and artificial intelligence, enabling organizations to build and deploy data and AI applications on cloud infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Ali Ghodsi(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Ion Stoica(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Matei Zaharia(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)David Conte(Executive Officer)Tram Phi(Executive Officer)
BoardPeter Sonsini(Director)
DeepInfra provides inference infrastructure for deploying open-source AI models at scale, built from GPU hardware to API layer.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsPalo Alto, US
Nikola Borisov(Executive Officer, Director)Yessenzhar Kanapin(Executive Officer, Director)Georgios Papoutsis(Executive Officer, Director)
Delighted is customer feedback software that collects and analyzes feedback across digital experiences, contact centers, chat, email, and social media, using AI to surface themes and automate response workflows for enterprise organizations.
Enterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaS
Etherscan is a blockchain explorer platform that provides search, API, and analytics services for Ethereum and multiple other blockchains.
Crypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Matthew Tan(CEO & Founder)
Expo is a platform that helps creators and enterprises build and publish applications.
Cloud ComputingCreator EconomyData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareTravel & HospitalitySan Francisco, US
Charlie Cheever(Founder)inJames Ide(Founder)inBrett Gough(Executive Officer, Director)Tracey Straub(Executive Officer, Director)Douglas Moring(Executive Officer, Director)
Forward builds network modeling and management software that enables operators at large enterprises to understand, visualize, and troubleshoot complex network infrastructures.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise Software
David Erickson(CEO and Co-founder)Nikhil Handigol(Chief AI Officer and Co-founder)Brandon Heller(CTO and Co-founder)Peyman Kazemian(Chief Architect and Co-founder)
Genies creates AI personas with visual avatars that can be customized and deployed across various applications, games, websites, and brands, functioning as AI companions, NPCs, and enterprise agents.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerGaming
Hugging Face is a collaboration platform that hosts and provides access to machine learning models, datasets, and applications.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsBrooklyn, US
Julien Chaumond(Executive Officer, Director)Clement Delange(Executive Officer, Director)
humans& is a frontier AI lab focused on building human-centric AI systems that prioritize people and their relationships, emphasizing innovations in reinforcement learning, memory, and user understanding to create AI that strengthens organizations and communities.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSEl Segundo, US
Eric Zelikman(Co-founder)Alaarif Nooruldeen(Executive Officer, Director)Kristen Green(Director)Allen Mask(Director)Jonathan Ellman(Director)Eduardo Vivas(Director)
Kiln operates a boutique coworking and flexible office brand with 25+ locations across the western United States, offering membership tiers ranging from individual access to dedicated office space for enterprise teams.
Future of WorkPropTechSalt Lake City, US
Arian Lewis(Co-Founder & CEO)Leigh Radford(Co-Founder)
Orb is a web3 social application built on the Lens Protocol for social networking and content sharing on blockchain infrastructure.
Crypto & Web3Social
Lightspark provides payment infrastructure and financial tools that enable businesses to modernize their payment systems and integrate with existing platforms.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
David Marcus(Founder & CEO)
Ligo develops computational tools for enzyme design by combining large language models with specialized neural networks to enable scientists and AI agents to discover new enzymes and biological functions.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechClimate TechDeep TechHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Edward Harris(Founder)inEmily Egerton-Warburton(Founder)inArda Goreci(Founder)in
Lit Protocol provides a verifiable compute and signing infrastructure built on trusted execution environments (TEEs) for DeFi applications, centralized exchanges, and tokenized assets.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsEnterprise Software
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does A.Capital Ventures invest at?
- A.Capital Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does A.Capital Ventures focus on?
- A.Capital Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Enterprise Software, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is A.Capital Ventures located?
- A.Capital Ventures is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Does A.Capital Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, A.Capital Ventures leads investment rounds.
From the blog
visit blog ↗A.Capital Ventures has written about the transformative opportunities created by falling AI costs across compute infrastructure, frontier models, agents, and robotics, as well as the rapid scaling dynamics and emerging business models of AI-first products. The firm emphasizes the distinction between AI-first companies that center operations around AI capabilities versus those that simply add AI to existing offerings. AI summary
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