Abstraction Capital
Venture capitalKansas City · Pre-Seed–Seed · 1 people tracked
Also known as ABSTRACTION CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
Investment thesis
Early-stage fund focused on technical founders building technical tools.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 1 people
from public directories
What they invest in
from 31 of 40 portfolio companiesDeveloper Tools ×20AI & Machine Learning ×17SaaS ×16Enterprise Software ×13Data & Infrastructure ×6Cloud Computing ×4Fintech ×3Cybersecurity ×2
HQs:United States×12United Kingdom×2Croatia×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 17 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×62 founders×63 founders×5
Where their founders worked beforefrom 14 founders with career history
A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research ×2Heap ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 40 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12023 · 12022 · 13 dated
Cased uses AI to automate cloud infrastructure management, letting developers describe what they want to deploy and where while the tool handles tools like Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, and AWS.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US
Benjamin Bleikamp(Director, Promoter)Garrett Bjerkhoel(Director, Promoter)Ben BleikampBryan Byrne(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardTed Nyman
PartnerTaylor Clauson· solo GP
Co-investorsSancus VenturesFounders FundAscend Venture Capital
Rebulk provides software and computer vision technology to track and manage bulk material inventory across industries like agriculture, recycling, and logistics.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSOlathe, US
Warren Wijaya Wang(Founder)inCole Robertson(Founder)in
PartnerTaylor Clauson· solo GP
Co-investorsRedbud VCY CombinatorFCVCKCRise Fund
Poolside builds open-weight foundation models and agentic coding models, including the Laguna family, along with the systems and infrastructure needed to train, refine, and improve these models.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper Tools
Jason Warner(Founder & CEO)inEiso Kant(Founder)
PartnerTaylor Clauson· solo GP
Co-investors7GC & CoAir Street CapitalB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBain Capital VenturesFelicis Ventures+24 more
Argilla develops open-source, data-centric software for building and improving AI and NLP models, with a focus on human feedback and data quality.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsCarpesa, Valencia
Francisco de Asis Aranda Montes(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel Vila Suero(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)James Alcorn(Director)Paco Nathan(Director)Daniel Vila(CEO)inPaco Aranda(CTO)in
PartnerTaylor Clauson· solo GP
Co-investorsCriteria Venture TechEniac VenturesSAV (Scale Asia Ventures)Vermilion Cliffs VenturesZetta Venture Partners
PartnerTaylor Clauson· solo GP
Co-investorsBeat VenturesBMW i VenturesSpacecadet VenturesStage 2 Capital
Browser automation, quickly and without code
Axiom.ai provides a no-code tool that records and replays browser interactions to automate repetitive tasks, allowing non-technical users to program routine workflows by example rather than code.
Enterprise SoftwareSaaSLondon, GB
Yaseer Sheriff(Founder)inSimon Williams(Founder)inAlex Barlow(Founder)in
PartnerTaylor Clauson· solo GP
Co-investors7percent VenturesTechstarsY Combinator
Buddy is a digital commerce platform for insurance that converts insurers' product rules, pricing, and workflows into a structured data format (ION™) and deploys them as embeddable online buying experiences across channels, including AI-powered ones.
AI & Machine LearningFintechInsurTech
PartnerTaylor Clauson· solo GP
Co-investorsNewlin Ventures
Buf builds developer tools for working with Protobuf and gRPC, including the Buf Schema Registry (generated SDKs, API documentation, plugin management, and governance) and the Buf CLI for local Protobuf development.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaS
PartnerTaylor Clauson· solo GP
Co-investorsGarage CapitalLux Capital
Tool for integrating production-ready AI copilots into any product quickly.
Co-investors97212 Ventures
Cloud infrastructure for machine learning at scale (acquired by Databricks)
PartnerTaylor Clauson· solo GP
Dreamlit is an AI-powered email platform that connects to a company's live database to build and publish transactional, lifecycle, and marketing email workflows described in natural language.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
PartnerTaylor Clauson· solo GP
Rebulk is a platform for bulk-materials terminal and transport operations that captures billable events — railcars, trucks, transfers, scale tickets, BOLs, inventory movements, demurrage — onto a single record to support invoicing and inventory visibility.
Enterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
PartnerTaylor Clauson· solo GP
Co-investorsFlyover CapitalRedbud VC
Freshpaint provides a platform for healthcare marketers to securely connect and activate customer data across marketing channels while maintaining privacy compliance.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Steven Fitzsimmons(Founder)inMichael Malis(Founder)inRay Mina(Chief Executive Officer)inTom Spiegelman(Chief Product & Technology Officer)in
PartnerTaylor Clauson· solo GP
Co-investorsSignalFireThreshold VenturesVibe CapitalY CombinatorZero Prime Ventures
Hoss provides a platform for API companies to manage documentation, monitor API usage, and offer customizable developer dashboards to their customers.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSAustin, US
Cameron Cooper(Founder)inTrung Vu(Founder)inMatt Hawkins(Founder)in
PartnerTaylor Clauson· solo GP
Co-investorsY CombinatorLombardstreet Ventures
Modal provides a serverless cloud platform designed for data, AI, and machine learning applications, enabling developers to scale from zero to thousands of CPUs or GPUs with simple code.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsNew York, US
Erik BernhardssonAkshat Bubna(Founder)
PartnerTaylor Clauson· solo GP
Co-investorsAmplify PartnersLux CapitalRedpoint VenturesCreandumGeneral CatalystAccel+8 more
Lekko built dynamic software configuration tools that let companies change application behavior in code without rebuilds or feature-flag issues, based on a system its team developed at Uber and Meta.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSMountain View, US
Konrad Niemiec(Founder)
PartnerTaylor Clauson· solo GP
Model Prime provides a platform for ingesting, storing, and managing robotics log data, with native support for ROS log formats, MCAP files, and PX4 autopilot logs.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsRobotics
PartnerTaylor Clauson· solo GP
Co-investorsEniac Ventures
Calvin Cooper(Founder)inRob May(Founder)in
Co-investorsBantam GroupBetaworksMu Ventures
Nozomio develops AI products focused on improving how systems understand and maintain context in machine learning applications.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Arlan Rakhmetzhanov(Founder)in
PartnerTaylor Clauson· solo GP
Co-investorsTranspose Platform ManagementY CombinatorBoxGroupCRV (Charles River Ventures)LocalGlobe
Odynn is an AI-powered, modular white-label platform with APIs that lets fintechs, banks, card issuers, and travel companies launch embedded travel, loyalty, and rewards programs.
FintechSaaSTravel & HospitalityLakeville, US
Bruce Garner(Founder, COO & CFO)inJohn Taylor Garner(Founder & CEO)inAnuj Patel(Co-Founder & CTO)inYohan Mehary(Chief of Staff)
BoardMike Mullen(Director)
PartnerTaylor Clauson· solo GP
Co-investorsBonfire VenturesFiat Ventures
Ops Companion builds AI systems that give organizations control over their data, infrastructure, and costs while reducing dependence on third-party platforms.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsMissouri Technology CorporationCultivation Capital
Data management for machine learning datasets
Oxen.ai provides a platform for creating and managing digital assets, including videos and images, with integrated generative AI capabilities and model fine-tuning for visual style customization.
AI & Machine LearningCreator Economy
PartnerTaylor Clauson· solo GP
Co-investorsBeat VenturesPebblebedRackhouse Venture Management LpRitual Capital
Turn changes in your design files into pull requests for Flutter apps (acquired by El Paso Labs)
Pensar provides AI agents that continuously perform adversarial security testing on software systems, mapping a company's attack surface, chaining vulnerabilities across services, and shipping fixes for each finding.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper Tools
PartnerTaylor Clauson· solo GP
Prototyper is a canvas-based design and development tool where designers, engineers, and AI agents work on the same surface to turn designs directly into working code and shipped products.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS
PartnerTaylor Clauson· solo GP
Quiltt provides fintech infrastructure that connects builders to financial data aggregators and enrichment providers through a single integration.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintech
Ruben(Co-Founder & CEO)Mark(Co-Founder & CCO)Ruben Izmailyan(Founder)inZane Pickett(CTO)in
PartnerTaylor Clauson· solo GP
Co-investorsEarly Light VenturesGranatus VenturesK Street CapitalNVP CapitalOvereasy VenturesGreycroft+2 more
Shuttle is an open source cloud platform for building and deploying web apps, aimed at reducing deployment times by replacing container-based infrastructure with a more lightweight system.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaS
PartnerTaylor Clauson· solo GP
Co-investorsHorizon
Single Origin builds data infrastructure tooling that analyzes and optimizes queries and pipelines to reduce compute costs and improve engineering productivity for data teams.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Xiaodong Wang(Founder)Zhihao(Software Engineer)
PartnerTaylor Clauson· solo GP
Co-investorsBasis Set VenturesWebb Investment Network
Soren is an AI services company that designs, deploys, and maintains custom AI systems built around specific business workflows for small and midsize organizations.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Kevin Xie
PartnerTaylor Clauson· solo GP
Swell is an ecommerce platform for launching online stores that sell physical goods, digital products, and subscriptions from a unified dashboard.
E-commerceRetail TechSaaS
PartnerTaylor Clauson· solo GP
CopilotKit provides an open-source framework and protocol (AG-UI) for developers to build and embed AI agents with rich, interactive user interfaces directly into applications, including web, Slack, and Teams.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaSIssaquah, US
Atai Barkai(CEO)inUli Barkai(Founder)in
PartnerTaylor Clauson· solo GP
Co-investors97212 VenturesDeep Acrefresh.fundGlilot Capital PartnersSignalFireTechstars+1 more
Unify provides AI agents that handle routine business tasks across communications, sales, operations, and engineering by executing pre-built workflows or custom automation.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSLondon, GB
Daniel Lenton(Founder)in
PartnerTaylor Clauson· solo GP
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesBattery VenturesJ12 VenturesLeonis CapitalLunar VenturesSamsung Next+9 more
vlt operates JavaScript package registries that let teams publish scoped and private npm-compatible packages, manage organizations and access, and give developers and CI environments a consistent source for public and private dependencies.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper Tools
PartnerTaylor Clauson· solo GP
Co-investorsAccel
Wasp is a full-stack web framework that reduces boilerplate code and provides built-in structure for web application development.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareZagreb, HR
Matija Šošić(Founder)inMartin Sosic(Founder)in
PartnerTaylor Clauson· solo GP
Co-investorsbig_betsBrighter CapitalMetis VenturesY Combinator468 Capital
Wilderness Labs builds Meadow, an IoT platform that runs full .NET Standard applications on embeddable microcontrollers, with reference hardware, connectivity support (WiFi, Ethernet, Cellular), and a cloud service (Meadow.Cloud) for over-the-air updates, health monitoring, and fleet management.
Developer ToolsHardwareIoT
PartnerTaylor Clauson· solo GP
YearOne is an AI-powered software engineering intelligence platform that provides data-driven insights to help development teams improve productivity, reduce burnout, and mitigate project delivery risk.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareHR TechPortland, US
PartnerTaylor Clauson· solo GP
Co-investorsLong Way VenturesPortland Seed FundTechstarsAccenture VenturesCascade Seed FundThe BFM Fund
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioHossacq. by Niantic
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesOdynn · stocktitan.net · Aug 19, 2026
Shuttle · moabsunnews.com · Jul 23, 2026
Unify · m.economictimes.com · Jul 15, 2026
AI for software development · datacenterdynamics.com · Jun 18, 2026
Wasp · beehive.govt.nz · Jun 16, 2026
Jamsocket · datacenterdynamics.com · Jun 8, 2026
Rebulk · startlandnews.com · Mar 23, 2026
Nozomio · startupsunion.com · Oct 3, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Abstraction Capital made?
- Abstraction Capital has 39 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Abstraction Capital invest at?
- Abstraction Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Abstraction Capital's typical check size?
- Abstraction Capital typically writes checks of $50K – $400K.
- What sectors does Abstraction Capital focus on?
- Abstraction Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Data & Infrastructure, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- Where is Abstraction Capital located?
- Abstraction Capital is headquartered in Kansas City, US.
- Does Abstraction Capital lead rounds?
- Abstraction Capital typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Abstraction Capital co-invest with?
- Abstraction Capital most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Techstars, Accel, among 84 tracked co-investors.
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