Ambush Capital
Angel networkNew York · Pre-Seed–Seed · 4 people tracked
Investment thesis
Ambush Capital is composed of experienced startup founders who angel and seed invest in early-stage founders. The team emphasizes building close relationships with the companies they back and leveraging their operating and technical expertise to help teams build world-class companies during the hardest early stage. Their interests span frontier and deep technology, crypto and digital assets, vertical AI applications, and consumer digital and physical products, reflecting the founders' backgrounds across companies like Bison Trails, Coinbase, Bark, and Grand St.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 4 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 46 of 68 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×17Crypto & Web3 ×17Data & Infrastructure ×12Fintech ×12Developer Tools ×8Cloud Computing ×7Consumer ×7Healthtech ×6
HQs:United States×26Canada×1Norway×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 34 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×172 founders×123 founders×44+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 23 founders with education data
Columbia University ×3Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2The Wharton School ×2University of Pennsylvania ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 26 founders with career history
General Assembly ×2Goldman Sachs ×2Prehype ×2SpaceX ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
1 founders hold a PhD · 2 hold an MBA (of 24 with degree data)
Investments · 68 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 22024 · 12022 · 12016 · 12015 · 16 dated
Acorn Genetics is developing technology to detect genetic and epigenetic markers rapidly and on-site, without sending samples to central labs.
AgTechBiotechDeep Tech
Aleo is a Layer-1 blockchain platform powered by zero-knowledge cryptography that enables private, programmable, and scalable applications.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechReno, US
Howard Wu(Founder)inMichael Beller(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesA.Capital Venturesa16z cryptoDigital Currency GroupEthereal Ventures Management Ltd.Haun Ventures+8 more
Alloy provides an embedded integration platform (iPaaS) with AI agents, MCP servers, and a connectivity API that lets software providers and enterprises build and manage integrations across systems like NetSuite, SAP, Salesforce, and Shopify.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesBoxGroupContraryGreen Meadow VenturesHabitat PartnersHawke Ventures+4 more
Staking software developer behind the enterprise liquid staking protocol Liquid Collective, acquired by Galaxy Digital in December 2025.
Chicago, US
Matthew R. Leisinger(Executive Officer, Director)Mara Schmiedt(Executive Officer, Director)Evan Weiss(Executive Officer)
BoardMin Teo(Director)
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesF-Prime CapitalFenbushi CapitalFigmentNascentVariant Fund
Amperon provides AI-driven energy forecasting and real-time grid analytics to utilities, renewable generators, and energy market participants across North America, Europe, and Australia.
AI & Machine LearningEnergySaaSHouston, US
Sean Kelly(Founder & CEO)inAbe Stanway(Founder)
BoardTyler Lancaster(Director)inTimothy Healy(Director)Catherine Flax(Director)Michael D'Aurizio(Director)
Co-investorsAcario InnovationBlackhorn VenturesEnergize CapitalGaruda VenturesIntelis CapitalLorimer Ventures+6 more
Co-investorsAccomplice
AstroForge develops low-cost, replicable spacecraft designed to track and mine metal-rich asteroids in deep space, targeting the extraction of platinum group metals.
Deep TechHardwareSpace Tech
Co-investorsAera VCIndustrious VenturesNight Capital468 CapitalCaladanUncorrelated Ventures+1 more
Co-investorsAtacama VenturesSandwich Capital
Co-investorsMorgan Creek Capital
A company aiming to revive the American steel industry, presenting itself as inspired by the legacy of Bethlehem Steel.
Advanced ManufacturingNew Materials
Ceramic provides a decentralized protocol for event streaming and data management that enables interoperable apps and services to share verifiable data at scale.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesCollab+CurrencyDeepTech VenturesFenbushi CapitalFigmentReciprocal Ventures+3 more
Clay provides a data enrichment and workflow platform that combines first-party, intent, and third-party data from 100+ sources to help sales and growth teams identify and reach target customers.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaSNew York, US
Kareem Amin(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAbstract Venturesboldstart venturesCapitalGFirst Round CapitalFrontline VenturesHubSpot Ventures+6 more
Cure produces clean hydration drink mixes and related wellness products, including an Energy mix and a Cure Kids line, sold through retail.
ConsumerFoodTechWellness & FitnessNew York, US
Lauren Picasso(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsEastward Capital PartnersGreat Oaks Venture CapitalJoyance PartnersLerer HippeauWellness VenturesBeliade+1 more
Dune provides normalized blockchain datasets covering 130+ chains, including stablecoin, prediction market, tokenized real-world asset, and token balance data, delivered into customers' existing data warehouses such as Snowflake, Databricks, or BigQuery.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechOslo, NO
FredrikMats
Co-investorsBitDAOCoinbase VenturesDigital Currency GroupMantle NetworkSondo CapitalHashed
EcoCart provides ecommerce brands with a post-purchase checkout suite combining shipping protection, bundled returns, and transparent climate contributions, along with live impact counters and educational touchpoints to communicate a brand's sustainability story.
Climate TechE-commerceRetail Tech
Dane Baker(Founder)inAlex LeachDane-AustinJake ChattPeter Twomey
Co-investors500 GlobalSugar Capital
Ethereal Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in companies building on permissionless blockchain networks and digital assets.
Crypto & Web3
Joseph Lubin(Chairman)inMin Teo(Managing Partner & Co-CIO)in
Co-investorsConsenSys MeshEthereal Ventures Management Ltd.Further Ventures
Hoist, originally launched as Main Street, was a company that has been shut down after 7 years of operation.
Los Angeles, US
JP S(Founder)
Hyperbolic provides on-demand, reserved, and private cloud access to high-performance GPUs (such as H100, H200, and B200) through a global network of compute providers.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & Infrastructure
Co-investorsBig Brain HoldingsFactionGSRLongHash VenturesSamsung NextVariant Fund+4 more
Hyperlane is an open source, permissionless interoperability framework for connecting over 150 blockchains, enabling cross-chain messaging, asset bridging, swaps, asset issuance, and governance across EVM, Solana, Cosmos, and custom VM architectures.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Asa Oines(Founder)in
Co-investorsBitDAOBootNodeFigmentHack VCHypersphere VenturesMantle Network+7 more
Kinetic is a consumer app studio that builds mobile/consumer software products alongside the distribution engine around them — creative, channels, data, product patterns, and infrastructure — to help each app reach its audience.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerMarketing Tech
Co-investorsGood Friends
Koop develops financial products for consumers.
ConsumerFintech
Natalia MurilloAndres Gutierrez
Co-investors1confirmationSpice CapitalUbiquity Ventures
KYD is an infrastructure platform that enables venues and artists to directly manage ticket sales, audience relationships, and revenue from live events without intermediaries.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesCreator EconomyCrypto & Web3GamingMarketplacesNew York City, US
David Barrick(Founder)inAhmed N.(Founder)in
Co-investorsTechstarsa16z cryptoAndreessen Horowitz
Layout Ventures is an early-stage investor that backs first institutional rounds for companies selling into healthcare, spanning both clinical and operational technology.
Healthtech
Builds systems grounded in Cognitive Parsimony Theory where cognition emerges through efficient prediction rather than model scale.
Boston, US
Eu-wen Ding(Executive Officer, Director)Lewis Geffen(Corporate Secretary)
Starcloud builds data center infrastructure deployed in space, leveraging continuous solar energy and radiative cooling to enable large-scale compute clusters for AI training.
Data & InfrastructureDeep TechSpace TechRedmond, US
Ezra Feilden(Co-Founder & CTO)inPaul Adrian Oltean(Executive Officer, Director)Philip Johnston(Co-Founder & CEO)inAdi Oltean(Co-Founder & Chief Engineer)in
BoardMorgan Beller(Director)in
Co-investorsTaurus VenturesAndreessen HorowitzBenchmarkEQT VenturesEverywhere VenturesNFX+3 more
Lumen Labs develops robotics systems that learn through real-time interaction with the environment rather than from recorded demonstrations, teleoperation, or hand-coded behaviors.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechRobotics
ManaDia is a data settlement and AI coordination infrastructure that combines data verification, autonomous AI agent execution, and privacy-preserving settlement into a single on-chain/off-chain system.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Co-investorsArca FundsBlocktower Capital
Moira Club is a membership-based concierge wellness platform for people aging at home, pairing a support team with personalized vitality and care plans covering longevity, strength, and daily health coordination.
Digital HealthLongevityWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsPrimetime Partners
Monad is a high-performance EVM-compatible blockchain designed for fast, low-cost transactions.
Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Co-investorsAlphaLab CapitalArchetypeBankless VenturesBig Brain HoldingsBloccelerate VCBODL+23 more
Mood is a telehealth service offering mental health care delivered remotely by clinicians.
Digital HealthHealthtechMental Health
Mike Clare(Founder)inBetsy McMichael(Founder)in
Co-investorsDesigner FundNext VenturesReshapeStone Mountain VenturesVibe CapitalEarl Grey Capital
NEAR is an open blockchain infrastructure powering the agent economy, providing cross-chain execution, confidential settlement, and private inference capabilities.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Miami, US
Illia Polosukhin(Co-Founder)
Co-investorsA.Capital Venturesa16z cryptoAccompliceAdvanced BlockchainAmplify PartnersAndreessen Horowitz+35 more
A venture capital partnership investing in cryptonetworks to decentralize access to data, wealth, and power.
Co-investorsFoundryUnion Square Ventures (USV)Hack VCParadigmPlaceholderPlaceholder VC
Noat is a vertically integrated nicotine products company that develops and manufactures harm-reduction alternatives to tobacco using natural, food-grade ingredients and sustainable materials.
ConsumerHealthtech
Co-investorsBAM VenturesCompoundVisible Ventures
Not Diamond provides an intelligent model router for coding agents that predicts which language model to use for each input, aiming to reduce inference costs while maintaining accuracy.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Jeffrey Akiki(Founder)in
Co-investors640 OxfordInovia CapitalLoup VenturesNext Play VenturesPreston-Werner Ventures
Notation is a pre-seed venture capital fund that invests in early-stage product-focused startup teams.
Sector AgnosticBrooklyn, US
Alex LinesNicholas Chirls
Obol provides distributed validator infrastructure and staking solutions for the Ethereum blockchain, serving institutional operators and AI agents.
Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureOttawa, US
Oisin Kyne(Director)Collin Myers(Founder)Oisín Kyne(Founder)inSchmiedt Mara(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsArchetypeCoinbase VenturesFigmentMaelstromNascentPantera Capital+2 more
OpenBorder provides a platform combining technology and services to help e-commerce brands expand internationally across DTC, marketplaces (Amazon, TikTok Shop, TEMU), and retail channels.
E-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Darwish Gani(Founder)inRichard H.(Founder)in
Co-investorsPeak XV Partners
Othership operates modern bathhouses offering music-driven sauna sessions, guided ice bath/cold plunge experiences, and breathwork classes aimed at nervous system regulation, recovery, and social connection.
ConsumerHealthtechMental HealthWellness & FitnessToronto, CA
Myles Farmer(Director)
Co-investorsLiam HorneRocana Ventures
Advocate uses AI-assisted technology and a team of disability advocates to help individuals apply for and secure Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthGovTechHealthtechInsurTech
Emilie(CEO)Charley(Chief Technical Officer)
Co-investorsEvolution VC PartnersLerer Hippeau
Padel.haus operates premium padel clubs in the United States, offering courts, locker rooms, and fitness areas along with programming such as clinics, tournaments, open plays, and private events.
ConsumerSports TechWellness & FitnessNew York City, US
Santiago Gomez(Founder)in
Co-investorsFW CapitalLeft Lane Capital
Payman deploys AI agents that handle money and banking operations for financial institutions.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSDurango, US
Tyllen Bicakcic(CEO)
BoardPrashanth Pillareddy(Director)
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesLoup VenturesMirana VenturesBoost VC
Galaxy is a digital assets and AI infrastructure company that builds and invests across blockchain finance and the compute powering AI.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Fintech
Mike Novogratz(CEO)
Co-investorsGalaxy Digital Assets FundGalaxy Vision HillMirana Ventures
Plaid provides financial infrastructure and APIs that enable developers to build financial technology products and services.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintechSan Francisco, US
Zach Perret(Co-founder & CEO)inWilliam Hockey(Co-founder & CTO)in
BoardMo Koyfman(Director)Rick Yang(Director)in
Co-investorsAcrew CapitalAndreessen HorowitzBoxGroupCoatue ManagementEQUIAMFelicis Ventures+25 more
Polymer Labs is a blockchain infrastructure startup that raised a $23M Series A in 2024.
Bo Du(Founder)in
Co-investorsAdvanced BlockchainBlockchain CapitalCoinbase VenturesD1 VenturesDigital Currency GroupFigment+6 more
Prime Intellect provides an integrated platform for training, deploying, and continuously improving custom AI models, combining compute resources, reinforcement learning tools, evaluations, and inference services.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US
Vincent Weisser(Executive Officer, Director)Johannes Hagemann(Director)
BoardDavid Katz(Director)in
Co-investorsCoinFundCollab+CurrencyCompoundDell Technologies CapitalMenlo VenturesNazare Ventures+5 more
Reverie is an investment and advisory firm focused on the crypto and blockchain sector, with a team that has backgrounds in venture investing and research.
Crypto & Web3New York, US
Larry(Co-Founder)Derek Hsue(Co-Founder)
Co-investorsBlockchain CapitalDigital Currency GroupMulticoin Capital1kx
Ro is an online healthcare platform that connects patients with licensed providers and delivers prescription treatments, including GLP-1 medications for weight loss, ED treatments, and other health goals.
Digital HealthDirect to ConsumerHealthtechSilicon Valley, US
Zachariah Reitano(Founder)inRob Schutz(Founder)inSaman Rahmanian(Founder)in
Co-investorsAnsa CapitalBlack Jays Venturesblue 9 capitalBoxGroupBY Venture PartnersCade Ventures+19 more
Solana is a blockchain network designed for high-performance internet capital markets, payments, and cryptocurrency applications.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSan Francisco, US
Anatoly Yakovenko(Solana Founder & Solana Labs CEO)inAlan Yu
Co-investors1k(x)1kx500 Globala16z cryptoAbstract VenturesAegis Ventues+36 more
Co-investorsBitDAOBlockchain CapitalMantle NetworkParaFi Capital
Tenet provides financing solutions specifically designed for electric vehicles, offering the same rates for both new and used EVs with no hidden fees and fast loan approvals in 1-2 days.
FintechMobility & TransportationNew York City, US
Andreas Wallendahl(Founder)
Co-investorsBreyer CapitalGiant Ventures Global LlpHAWKTAILNycaNyca Partners
Tlon offers a peer-to-peer messenger and AI agent platform where users own their personal server, messages, and AI agent data rather than relying on centralized company infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingConsumer
Co-investorsBlockwallDigital Currency GroupMetaplanetNode CapitalFounders Fund
New York, US
Casey Caruso(Founder)inHsea Ching Hsueh(Executive Officer)Kun Ho Kim(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsLevel VenturesMirana Ventures
TRES provides on-chain risk and treasury management software for self-custodied, EVM-based crypto treasuries, serving funds, trading firms, market makers, DAOs, foundations, exchanges, and custodians.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityFintech
Co-investors3cubed Venturesboldstart venturesFactionMantis CapitalNew Form Capital
Tenor Finance provides onchain fixed-rate lending markets for asset managers, borrowers, and lending desks, offering OTC quote requests against collateral, renewal automations, and support for whitelisted markets and RWA-backed borrowing.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Fintech
Ferdinand Dabitz(CEO)Greg Quarles(Bank President)Benjamin Alexander(CCO)Pierre-Yves GendronHugo Boisselle-Morin
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesPRELUDEAtelier6th Man VenturesParadigm
Whetstone builds infrastructure for onchain markets.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Austin Adams(Founder)in
Co-investorsNascentVariant FundCoinbase VenturesCredibly NeutralFigmentFigment Capital+2 more
Jamie Norwood(Founder)in
Co-investorsEntrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA)HypothesisOvereasy VenturesRackhouse Venture Management LpResolute VenturesRogue Womens Fund+2 more
XMTP is an open-source, decentralized messaging protocol that enables secure communication and payments between people and agents without intermediary control.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsSocialWilmington, US
Matthew P. Galligan(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Shane McSimov(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Shane Mac(Founder)in
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzBetaworksCoinbase VenturesHAWKTAILNascent+4 more
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiespiece · 22ndcenturyfrontier.com · Aug 24, 2026
Lumen Orbit · cryptobriefing.com · Aug 21, 2026
Alloy · infotechlead.com · Aug 20, 2026
Hoist · structuredcreditinvestor.com · Aug 20, 2026
Padel · yourgibraltartv.com · Aug 18, 2026
Ethereal Ventures · breakingtravelnews.com · Aug 17, 2026
Hyperbolic · royalsocietypublishing.org · Aug 14, 2026
Notation · altss.com · Aug 11, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Ambush Capital made?
- Ambush Capital has 66 tracked investments, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Ambush Capital invest at?
- Ambush Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does Ambush Capital focus on?
- Ambush Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Deep Tech, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Ambush Capital located?
- Ambush Capital is headquartered in New York, US.
- Who does Ambush Capital co-invest with?
- Ambush Capital most often shares deals with Coinbase Ventures, Digital Currency Group, Figment, among 237 tracked co-investors.
Co-investors · 45
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.
Variant is a venture capital firm investing in technology that expands user autonomy through greater access, knowledge, and ownership, focusing on new markets, infrastructure, and applications.
Pantera Capital is a blockchain and cryptocurrency-focused investment firm that pioneered early crypto funds in the U.S., offering exposure through venture equity, early-stage tokens, and liquid tokens.
Multicoin Capital is a thesis-driven investment firm focused on cryptoassets, tokens, and blockchain companies, managing a hedge fund and several venture funds across public and private markets.
Notation Capital writes the very first check for technical founding teams at the moment of company creation, treating pre-seed as a distinct risk profile and working "in the trenches" with founders on "day 0:00" rather than just writing smaller checks. The firm operates with unusual transparency by publishing its internal operating manual on GitHub and running a podcast that interviews LPs to demystify venture fund underwriting, while also running a free, equity-free program for future founders in underestimated ecosystems beyond Silicon Valley.
Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies.
Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City that invests at the edge of large markets undergoing transformation from technological and societal pressures.
Samsung Next is the venture investing arm that backs early-stage founders building bold, ambitious technology companies.
Redpoint Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 1999 by former partners from leading venture firms, focusing on early-stage technology companies across multiple sectors. The firm leverages its partners' technology investment experience and an extensive network of entrepreneurs and industry contacts to support portfolio company growth.
Notable Capital is a venture capital firm that has partnered with founders for over two decades, backing companies from the earliest stages through to exit.
Sound Ventures is a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in the technology sector.
Not Boring Capital operates as a "solo GP + media flywheel" fund where Packy McCormick runs a one-person VC fund tightly coupled to his Not Boring newsletter, using writing to source deals, win allocation, and amplify portfolio companies through content creation rather than traditional multi-partner firm structures. The fund's strategy combines extreme breadth with minimal ownership—deploying across 79 companies in 19 verticals without board seats or lead positions—while offering founders a unique value proposition through Sponsored Deep Dives that serve as both revenue generation and in-depth company analysis that helps founders tell their stories to customers, hires, and future investors.
▶33 more co-investors
Haun VenturesGutter CapitalForm CapitalLevel VenturesLightspeed Venture PartnersUberSusa VenturesBowery CapitalTodd and Rahul’s Angel FundBuckley Ventures Management Company LlcInitialized CapitalAwesome People VenturesRobot VenturesDecibel PartnersPolygonCapital FactorySeed Club VenturesSRB VenturesScalar CapitalCanarySolana VenturesDivergenceFifty YearsThe Alchemy FundSID Venture PartnersAlchemy VenturesNeu Venture CapitalTimespan VenturesGnosis DAOPharos Capital GroupWave Digital AssetsFounderPartnersInflection.xyz
Firms observed investing alongside Ambush Capital, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Ambush Capital's recorded portfolio.
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