Asymmetric Capital Partners
Venture capitalActively deployingBoston · Pre-Seed–Late Stage · 56 people tracked
Also known as ASYMMETRIC CAPITAL, LLC
Investment thesis
Asymmetric backs exceptional founders who bring contrarian insights and structured, probabilistic thinking, believing disruption comes from re-examining long-held industry assumptions. Founded by former operators and founders, the firm leverages networks across tech, private markets, and the institutional investor community to support portfolio companies from first customer to IPO. It partners on core operations such as hiring, KPI dashboards, and go-to-market, and advises on financial matters including burn, equity, venture debt, and follow-on fundraising. The firm prizes integrity above all, alongside scrappiness and intelligence, and emphasizes a transparent, respectful, hardworking, and fun culture shared with founders, advisors, co-investors, and LPs.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 56 people
from the firm's website & curated & public directoriesFounder mafia
The Asymmetric Capital Partners mafia →6 people who came through Asymmetric Capital Partners went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 37 of 83 portfolio companiesSaaS ×21AI & Machine Learning ×16Enterprise Software ×14Healthtech ×6Digital Health ×5Fintech ×5Future of Work ×5E-commerce ×4
HQs:United States×30
Who they back
founder profiles across 27 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×112 founders×133 founders×24+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 24 founders with education data
Harvard Business School ×4Princeton University ×4Harvard University ×3Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×3Duke University ×2University of California, Berkeley ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 26 founders with career history
McKinsey & Company ×3Amplitude ×2Bain Capital ×2Basis ×2EvolutionIQ ×2Twitter ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
3 founders hold a PhD · 10 hold an MBA (of 26 with degree data)
Investments · 83 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 22025 · 22024 · 22023 · 42019 · 42018 · 12017 · 116 dated
Billerica, US
Board seatLisa Coca· per SEC Form D · $44M raise · filed Dec 2024
Ecolectro is an e-commerce site providing information on goods and services, with the ability for users to contact the company and sign up for a mailing list.
CleantechClimate TechE-commerceEnergyIthaca, US
Gabriel G. Rodriguez-Calero(Executive Officer, Director)Kristina M. Hugar(Executive Officer, Director)Gabriel G. Rodríguez-Calero(Founder)inZinovia Spezakis(Executive Officer)Jon Gordon(Executive Officer)
BoardRobert W. Shaw(Director)
Board seatLisa Coca· per SEC Form D · $10M raise · filed Nov 2025
Co-investorsLaunch NYNew Climate VenturesStarshotTechstarsToyota Ventures
Headstart connects families to independent, local ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) therapy providers for children, handling insurance paperwork, authorizations, and provider matching.
Digital HealthHealthtechMarketplacesIndianapolis, US
Ali Pardesi(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Hasan Ismail(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardMatty Mejia-Johnston(Director)
Board seatSam Clayman· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsOptum Ventures
Yardstick provides tools to measure, plan, and analyze soil carbon data, including instant soil carbon measurement, sample planning aligned with protocols such as Verra VM0042 and CAR SEP, and data mapping and auditing.
AgTechCleantechClimate TechDover, US
Christopher Tolles(Executive Officer, Director)Kevin Meissner(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatLisa Coca· per SEC Form D · $17.6M raise · filed Aug 2023
Co-investorsBreakthrough Energy VenturesCultivian Sandbox VenturesLOWERCARBONLowercarbon CapitalPillar VCWorkshop Venture Partners+2 more
A healthcare integration platform that connects EHR, practice management, billing systems, and patient portals to provide real-time insights and actions across the revenue cycle for medical practices.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaS
Aman Magoon(Founder)inAkash Magoon(Founder)in
Co-investorsBling CapitalCoalition OperatorsFirsthandVCGeneral CatalystPoint72 VenturesQuadrille Capital
Vertical software platform for modern electrical grid projects
Private markets workflow platform
Appex acquires mobile apps and grows them using data and a user-centric approach across categories such as Health & Fitness, Travel, Utilities, and Productivity.
ConsumerWellness & FitnessBoston, US
Fraser Simpson(Executive Officer, Director)Robert Shavell(Director)
BoardMatthew Rhodes-Kropf(Director)in
Co-investorsTectonic Ventures
Ark provides a customizable digital platform for venture capital and private equity firms to manage investor communications, performance reporting, and document sharing with their limited partners.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Co-investorsAcies InvestmentsAloft VCAlta PartnersAmity VenturesArtis VenturesAt One Ventures+21 more
Autonomous software development for the enterprise (AI)
Cambridge, US
Brian Elliott(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inSiddhant Pardeshi(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Siddhant Prakash Pardeshi(Director)Sid Pardeshi(Founder)in
BoardSanjot Malhi(Director)in
Co-investorsBattery VenturesBosch VenturesFlybridge Capital PartnersLink VenturesNew York Life VenturesNFX+9 more
Tech-enabled rollup of pool cleaning and maintenance businesses
Catch+Release runs a content licensing marketplace that lets brands and agencies license existing creator content found online.
San Francisco, US
Analisa Goodin(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardPreetish Nijhawan(Director)
Co-investorsAccelAstiaCervinFarvatn VentureStreamlined VenturesGingerbread Capital
Command AI (formerly CommandBar) built in-app user assistance software, including a command palette, product tours, surveys, and an AI copilot that helped users navigate web applications.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
James Evans(Founder)inVinay Ayyala(Founder)inRichard Freling(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorFrstKima Ventures
AI-powered content optimization platform for commerce
Counsel develops AI solutions to expand clinical capacity in healthcare.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzFloodgateGV (Google Ventures)Pear VC
Automated work instructions company for mechanical design and manufacturing
IP-advantaged manufacturing rollout intended to enable onshoring of critical technologies
LatAm e-commerce brand aggregator
Elevva acquires or partners with local consumer brands to scale them into regional brands, providing strategy, technology, operations, and capital along with multichannel e-commerce expertise.
ConsumerE-commerceRetail Tech
Aníbal de Frankenberg(Founder)inFelix Tomas Elizalde(Founder)in
Co-investorsBlustone CapitalLatitud VenturesNorte Ventures
Everlance provides productivity tools that help businesses and independent workers automate routine tasks to save time and money.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkSaaS
Gabriel Garza Rodríguez(Founder)in
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersClocktower VenturesFinancial Venture StudioRestive VenturesTeamworthy VenturesBloomberg Beta
EvolutionIQ builds AI-powered guidance software for insurance claims professionals to improve accuracy, fairness, and efficiency in handling injury and disability claims.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareInsurTechNew York, US
Michael Saltzman(Founder)in
BoardKara Hoogensen(SVP Specialty Benefits, Principal Financial Group)Scott Boutin(Chief Claims Officer, Reliance Matrix)
Co-investorsAltai VenturesBrewer Lane VenturesFirst Round CapitalFirstMark CapitalICONIQNew York Life Ventures+2 more
B2B software for supply chain management
Software for manufacturing improvement
New York, US
Berk Birand(Executive Officer, Director)inAlp Kucukelbir(Director)in
BoardKlaus Kleinfeld(Director)inMichael Brown(Director)in
Co-investorsBlackhorn VenturesBowery CapitalClimate InvestmentCarat Venture PartnersInnovation Endeavors
AI-enabled Manufacturing Execution System creating insights and automated workflows
Ferry provides AI-powered concierge healthcare navigation that finds and schedules appointments for patients, handling provider search, insurance matching, and booking.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Mehul Mehta(Founder)inAndrew Buie(Founder)in
Co-investorsAvid VenturesLayout Ventures
First Tracks connects higher-acuity and treatment-resistant mental health patients with providers, devices, or treatment protocols suited to their needs.
Digital HealthHealthtechMental Health
Daniel Lawhon(Founder)in
Co-investorsCity Light
Firstbase provides IT asset management and equipment provisioning services for distributed teams, handling device procurement, onboarding, asset tracking, repairs, and offboarding through automation and centralized infrastructure.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzAlpaca VCKleiner Perkins
Flyp is a cross-listing and automation app for online resellers, letting them post inventory across marketplaces like Poshmark, eBay, Mercari, Facebook, Depop, and Etsy with features such as AI-assisted listings, inventory auto-sync, auto-delisting, and analytics.
E-commerceRetail TechSaaS
James Kawas(Founder)inDani Arnaout(Founder)
Co-investors2048 VenturesAfore CapitalAlante CapitalBAM VenturesGround Up VenturesInterlace Ventures+3 more
FLYP builds branded company merchandise stores that generate on-brand product collections from a company's logo or brand guide using AI, with items made on demand and shipped worldwide.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceHR Tech
Lee Sieradzki(Founder)in
Co-investorsSamos InvestmentsWinklevoss CapitalOutward VC
AI-powered dynamic interview prep platform
Security and continuous monitoring tool for data stack
Next-gen enrichment platform for CRM and GTM data
Freckle is an adaptive learning platform offering student-paced and teacher-led practice exercises aligned to ELA and math standards.
Developer ToolsEdTech
Alexandr KurilinSidharth Kakkar
Co-investors500 GlobalFresco CapitalImagine K12Brenteca InvestmentsMintaka
Glacier develops AI-powered robotic systems for material recovery facilities (MRFs) to improve recycling sorting and material quality.
AI & Machine LearningCircular EconomyRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Rebecca Hu-Thrams(Founder)Areeb Malik(Founder)
Co-investorsAlleyCorpEcosystem Integrity FundJetstreamNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Overlap HoldingsSHAKTI+8 more
Grotto provides real-time AI sales coaching for leasing agents in the multifamily/apartment rental industry, offering call guidance and pre/post-interaction coaching to convert more prospects into signed leases.
AI & Machine LearningPropTechSales TechNew York, US
Nick Deveau(Founder)inBen Epstein(Founder)in
Co-investorsICONIQ
Halo operates an online platform that connects corporate R&D teams with researchers, startups, and suppliers interested in partnering.
B2B MarketplacesEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsChicago Early Growth Ventures (CEGV)
Hardfin is a cloud-based SaaS platform that acts as an asset subledger for hardware-as-a-service (HaaS) companies, tracking the operational lifecycle of physical assets—from sourcing and deployment to service and end-of-life—and aligning that data with billing, accounting, and revenue reporting.
FintechHardwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Danny Hermes(Founder)Zachary Kimball(Founder)in
Co-investorsAfore CapitalBetter Tomorrow Ventures
Platform building custom AI-powered software for small businesses
Hemlane provides software and support services for managing rental properties, including tenant placement, AI-generated listings, tenant screening, rent collection, lease management, 24/7 maintenance coordination, and eviction assistance.
AI & Machine LearningMarketplacesPropTechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Dana Dunford(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardGavin Myers(Director)in
Co-investorsAglae VenturesFunction VenturesLigature VCPrudenceVesta Ventures
Idelic offers Safety Suite, a platform that centralizes fleet driver data by integrating with existing vendors and uses predictive analytics to identify at-risk drivers and guide managers in coaching them before accidents occur.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSPittsburgh, US
Thomas Hayden Cardiff(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Nick Bartel(Founder)in
BoardSean Sebastian(Director)
Co-investorsBirchmere VenturesCarbon VenturesOrigin VenturesAtlantic Vantage PointAXA Venture PartnersBain Capital Ventures+2 more
Jericho provides AI-powered security solutions to defend organizations against generative AI-driven attacks through red team simulations, phishing campaigns, and threat detection.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US
Sage Wohns(Founder)inTim Hwang(Founder)in
Co-investorsCentre Street PartnersDash VCFoundersX VenturesRoot and Shoot VenturesWorldQuant VenturesCadenza+1 more
The page is an online gambling/betting operator ("OK9") targeting Vietnamese players, offering sports betting, online casino, slots, fish-shooting games, lottery, and card games.
West Hollywood, US
Neeldev Kunjur(Executive Officer, Director)Karandev Kunjur(Executive Officer, Director)Karan Kunjur(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlpine Space VenturesAlso CapitalCapitalGFirst Round CapitalLightspeed Venture PartnersRedpoint Ventures
Kindred is a platform that facilitates home swaps between travelers, connecting people who exchange their homes for periods of time.
MarketplacesTravel & HospitalitySan Francisco, US
Justine Palefsky(Founder)inTasneem Amina(Founder)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzAvenir Growth CapitalBessemer Venture PartnersCaffeinated CapitalIndex VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)+1 more
Kodif builds AI agents for customer support that resolve tickets end-to-end, reading orders, checking policies, taking actions, and interpreting customer-attached photos and video.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Mike Zayonc(Founder)inVictor Pak(Founder)in
Co-investorsDraper Associates
Kontango builds lightweight trading optimization software for commodity trading teams, offering supply-chain market mapping, market intelligence capture, and real-time trade planning and execution.
Enterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Co-investorsCentre Street Partners
Automation platform for healthcare businesses
AI-powered qualitative research platform
B2B software for workplace and customer communications
Neosync is an open-source platform for generating anonymized or synthetic versions of data and distributing them across development and testing environments.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Evis Drenova(Founder)inKathryn Rumrill(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardLawrence C. Best(Director)Sacha Lainovic(Director)Jan Pensaert(Director)
Co-investorsY CombinatorLombardstreet Ventures
AI-enabled marketplace for out-of-home (OOH) advertising
Platform enabling AI at pervasive scale with efficient continuous control
Arlington, US
Stephen Kemmerling(Executive Officer, Director)
Presto provides electric vehicle charging solutions designed for fleets, mobility providers, and businesses, focusing on creating efficient charging experiences and utilization optimization for charging partners.
CleantechEnergyMobility & TransportationSaaSOakland, US
Ashwin Dias(Founder)inJJ Raynor(Founder)
Co-investorsCongruent VenturesJetstreamUnion Square Ventures (USV)Cleveland AvenueLink VenturesREMUS Capital
Probably Genetic operates a platform for diagnosing genetic diseases, providing comprehensive genetic data and testing to patients and healthcare providers.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Francisco, US
Lukas Lange(Founder)in
Co-investorsCalm/Storm VCManta Ray VenturesOxonian VenturesRecode VenturesThreshold VenturesY Combinator+2 more
RemyAI is an AI-powered assistant for real estate agents that records calls, generates transcriptions and summaries, manages SMS communications, and tracks follow-up tasks.
AI & Machine LearningPropTechSaaS
Co-investorsComcast Ventures75 & Sunny
Enterprise end-to-end growth stack for unified data
Powerful APIs for NFT buying, selling & data
Danny Bernstein(Founder)in
Co-investorsNascentSancus VenturesUnion Square Ventures (USV)ArchetypeFounder CollectiveSevenX Ventures+1 more
The smartest water heater for your home
Co-investorsScript CapitalFounder Collective
SilkChart analyzes B2B SaaS sales calls to measure playbook adoption and sales rep performance, surfacing coaching opportunities and actionable feedback to improve deal outcomes.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US
Andreea Francis(Founder)in
Co-investorsOpen Opportunity FundY Combinator
AI-native developer intelligence platform
Platform to power smarter design and material decisions
San Francisco, US
Anneli Tostar(Executive Officer, Director)Nicole Granath(Executive Officer, Director)
Retail dental office rollout focused on higher-margin clear aligner and sleep apnea services
Design and automation technology for textile manufacturing
AI-powered platform for engaging remote software developers
B2B analytics automation software
UpSmith builds software for HVAC, plumbing, and electrical service businesses to improve operational efficiency and customer engagement.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSDallas, US
Wyatt Smith(Founder)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzGSV VenturesHannah Grey VenturesSemperVirens Venture CapitalAccelCubit Capital+1 more
Vimcal is a calendar application designed for busy professionals and executives that offers features for scheduling, availability sharing, and time management.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSNew York City, US
Michael Zhao(Founder/Board Member)inJohn Li(Founder)in
Co-investorsFunction VenturesVibe CapitalWayfinder VenturesY CombinatorAltos VenturesEarl Grey Capital+2 more
AI-native online marketplace for HVAC and plumbing supplies
WeatherPromise provides weather guarantees integrated into travel booking platforms, using weather data to help travelers make confident bookings regardless of season.
Climate TechInsurTechSaaSTravel & Hospitality
Co-investors1Flourish Capital1Sharpe VenturesClocktower VenturesCommerce VenturesLerer HippeauMaveron+1 more
Wingspan provides a platform for businesses to automate the full lifecycle of managing flexible workforces, including onboarding, invoicing, payments, compliance, and benefits.
FintechFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSNew York, US
Anthony Mironov(Co-founder)inGreg Franczyk(Co-founder)in
BoardShawn Ellis(Director)inDavid Ulevitch(Director)inPriya Saiprasad(Director)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzSwift Ventures186 VenturesDistributed VenturesGood FriendsLong Journey Ventures+3 more
Cutting-edge cybersecurity platform for MSPs
Monroe, US
Greg Gage(President of Issuer)Najaf Raza(Chief Operating Officer of Issuer)
Co-investorsGeneral CatalystInnospark Ventures
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioCommand AIacq. by Amplitude
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Reservoir · thecooldown.com · Aug 21, 2026

Hemlane · aitoolsbakery.com · Jul 22, 2026
Presto · restaurantbusinessonline.com · Jun 9, 2026

Blitzy · nixonpeabody.com · Jun 4, 2026
Adonis · healthcareittoday.com · Apr 6, 2026
Probably Genetic · trysignalbase.com · Mar 24, 2026
Kindred · venture5.com · Feb 9, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Asymmetric Capital Partners made?
- Asymmetric Capital Partners has 73 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Asymmetric Capital Partners invest at?
- Asymmetric Capital Partners invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What is Asymmetric Capital Partners's typical check size?
- Asymmetric Capital Partners typically writes checks of $1M – $10M.
- What sectors does Asymmetric Capital Partners focus on?
- Asymmetric Capital Partners focuses on B2B Marketplaces, E-commerce, Fintech, Healthtech, InsurTech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Asymmetric Capital Partners located?
- Asymmetric Capital Partners is headquartered in Boston, US.
- Does Asymmetric Capital Partners lead rounds?
- Yes, Asymmetric Capital Partners leads investment rounds.
- Who does Asymmetric Capital Partners co-invest with?
- Asymmetric Capital Partners most often shares deals with Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, Bessemer Venture Partners, among 136 tracked co-investors.
From the blog
visit blog ↗Asymmetric Capital Partners has written about its differentiated early-stage venture approach focused on capital-efficient businesses with recurring revenue and defensible unit economics, and about how AI is restructuring unit economics in large, fragmented industries historically overlooked by traditional venture. AI summary
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Co-investors · 23
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2048 Ventures is a thesis-driven early-stage venture capital firm based in New York and Boston that backs founders building future technologies.
Craft Ventures is a venture capital firm run by a team of former founders, operators, and investors who partner closely with founders to help build and scale technology companies.
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Revolution is an investment firm that has backed founders, communities, and ideas for over two decades, spanning venture capital, entrepreneurship advocacy, and real estate and hospitality investments.
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Wing is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies focused on business technology, data, mobile, and cloud infrastructure. The firm was founded by two experienced investors who maintain long-term engagement with their portfolio companies.
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