Brave Capital
Venture capitalActively deployingSan Rafael · Seed–Series B · 2 people tracked
Also known as BRAVE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC · Brave Capital Rhino
Investment thesis
Brave Capital began by informally supporting exceptional founders and later formalized these efforts into an investment platform now known as the Brave Capital family. The firm emphasizes backing founders with capital, resources, and time, and cultivates a community through gatherings such as Brave Convenings and Jeffersonian-style Brave Capital Salons that connect industry leaders around innovation, scaling, and the future of technology. Its featured companies and portfolio news point to interests spanning AI, defense technology, autonomous vehicles, space, and frontier deep technology.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 2 people
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What they invest in
from 21 of 21 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×11Defense Tech ×6Hardware ×6SaaS ×5Enterprise Software ×3Robotics ×3Advanced Manufacturing ×2Cloud Computing ×2
HQs:United States×16Brazil×1Canada×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 18 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×32 founders×73 founders×44+ founders×4
Where their founders studiedfrom 28 founders with education data
Stanford University ×4Harvard University ×3Georgia Institute of Technology ×2Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2Novosibirsk State University (NSU) ×2Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×2University of California, Berkeley ×2University of Chicago ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 32 founders with career history
Stanford University ×4Together AI ×3Carya Venture Partners ×2Facebook ×2McKinsey & Company ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
4 founders hold a PhD · 5 hold an MBA (of 29 with degree data)
Investments · 21 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 32025 · 14 dated
DoorDash operates a restaurant delivery platform that connects customers with dining establishments across hundreds of cities in North America through a logistics network.
ConsumerE-commerceFoodTechMarketplacesSan Francisco, US
Tony Xu(Co-founder & CEO)inAndy Fang(Co-founder & CTO)inStanley Tang(Co-founder & CPO)inGergely Nemeth(Senior Engineering Manager)
Co-investorsA*BoxGroupCoatue ManagementCRV (Charles River Ventures)Day One VenturesEQUIAM+24 more
Aalo develops advanced nuclear reactor technology aimed at producing electricity at under 3 cents per kilowatt-hour.
Climate TechDeep TechEnergyHardware
Matt(Co-founder)inYasir(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundBlack FlagCrosscut VenturesDash VCDellin Investments+24 more
Albacore develops mass-producible long-range drone submarines (Ghostfin platform) designed for military autonomous underwater operations.
Advanced ManufacturingDefense TechHardwareRoboticsPhiladelphia, US
John Huddleston(Founder)inDante Vaisbort(Founder)in
Co-investorsBoxGroupY Combinator468 Capital
Anduril builds autonomous systems and software for defense and military applications, including attack aviation, unmanned aircraft, and underwater vehicles, unified by an autonomy platform.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechHardwareRobotics
Palmer Luckey(Founder)Brian Schimpf(CEO)inTrae Stephens(Founder)in
Co-investors137 Ventures1Flourish Capital8VCAltra VentureAndreessen HorowitzAnorak Ventures+82 more
Carecode builds an AI assistant that schedules, confirms, and reschedules patient appointments 24/7 via WhatsApp, phone, and Instagram, plus an electronic medical record system with integrated agenda and financial tools.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthSaaS
Chariot develops transportable power systems and high-voltage power distribution equipment for military and tactical operations in field conditions.
Defense TechHardwareSan Bruno, US
Adam Warmoth(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardErin Price-Wright(Director)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzAngel Collective Opportunity FundDCVC (Data Collective)LMNT VenturesNEW VISTA CAPITALRavelin Capital+7 more
Cowboy Space builds a satellite constellation system that provides power and compute infrastructure in low Earth orbit to serve artificial intelligence applications.
AI & Machine LearningEnergySpace TechSan Carlos, US
Baiju Bhatt(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardDaniel Gallagher(Director)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBlack FlagBlossom CapitalBreakthrough Energy VenturesConstruct CapitalDraper Associates+8 more
Hermeus is a high-speed aircraft manufacturer developing unmanned, hypersonic aircraft for defense and national security missions.
Defense TechHardwareAtlanta, US
AJ Piplica(Founder)inSkyler Shuford(Founder)inRichard Boyle(Director)Erle Glenn Case IV(Executive Officer)William Roper(Director)Anthony John Piplica(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsBling CapitalCanaan PartnersCircadian VenturesFundamental VenturesHyperguapIn-Q-Tel+4 more
Inworld AI provides a full-duplex audio streaming platform that enables real-time conversational AI interactions with intelligent turn-taking, function calling, and multi-model routing capabilities for developers building conversational applications.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsMountain View, US
Ilya Gelfenbeyn(Founder)inKylan Gibbs(Founder)inMichael Ermolenko(Founder)in
Co-investorsBitkraft Esports VenturesCRV (Charles River Ventures)Dentsu VenturesDisney AcceleratorFirst Spark Ventures, LlcIntel Capital+11 more
Juicebox is an AI recruiting platform that helps talent acquisition teams discover, evaluate, and outreach to candidates at scale using AI search across 800M+ global profiles, alongside AI agents that automate sourcing and follow-up workflows.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSLos Angeles, US
David Paffenholz(Founder)inIshan Gupta(Founder)inLogan Kaeleigh Gilbert(Chief Executive Officer)Duane Leigh Gilbert(Chief Technical Officer)
Co-investorsAmino CapitalSequoia CapitalY CombinatorBONDDST GlobalLux Capital+1 more
Moon Valley develops Marey, an AI video generation model that creates image-to-video and text-to-video content with cinematic quality, trained on licensed footage and designed for professional filmmaking and screen production.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentToronto, CA
Naeem T(Founder)inJohn Thomas(Founder)inMateusz Malinowski(Chief Scientific Officer)Mikołaj Bińkowski(VP of Research)Naeem Talukdar(Chief Executive Officer)inJohn T.(Founder)in
Co-investors2.12 AngelsAdapt VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersComcast VenturesFormus CapitalSpacecadet Ventures+4 more
Opto builds an end-to-end platform for wealth managers to construct, fundraise for, and manage private market investment programs.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York City, US
Joe Lonsdale(Co-Founder, Chairman)inJacob Miller(Co-Founder, Chief Solutions Officer)inMatt Reed(Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer)in
Co-investors8VCBrewer Lane VenturesClocktower Ventures
Range is a wealth management service that manages investments, taxes, equity, estate planning, and cash flow for households through a designated team of specialists supported by monitoring technology.
FintechSaaS
Fahad Hassan(Founder)inDavid Cusatis(Founder)inFahadDavid
Co-investors8-Bit CapitalExpaGradient VenturesPROOFScale Venture PartnersRed Sea Ventures
RapidFort provides a software supply chain security platform that analyzes and hardens container images to eliminate vulnerabilities and reduce attack surface across development and production environments.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSunnyvale, US
Mehran Farimani(CEO & Founder)inRuss Andersson(COO, Co-founder)inRajeev Thakur(CTO & Founder)inGeorge Manuelian(CRO, Co-founder)inRajeev T(Founder)
BoardRobert Mee(Director)
Co-investorsForgePoint CapitalCheyenne VenturesDelta-v CapitalEvolution VenturesFelicis VenturesFlorida Funders+7 more
Sanas builds real-time Speech AI technology that removes communication barriers caused by accents, languages, background noise, and audio quality issues.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSStanford, US
Shawn Zhang(Founder)inMax Serebryakov(Founder)Andrés Pérez Soderi(Founder)inSharath Keshava Narayana(CEO and Co-founder)in
Co-investorsDN CapitalHuman CapitalGeneral CatalystInsight PartnersQuadrille CapitalAdapt Ventures+7 more
Shield AI develops AI pilot systems for military applications including aircraft, drones, ships, satellites, and submarines.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechSan Diego, US
Brandon Tseng(President & Co-Founder)inRyan Tseng(President, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer)inAndrew Reiter(Co-Founder)inKingsley Afemikhe(Executive Officer)Gary Steele(Chief Executive Officer)in
BoardKeith Dunleavy(Director)
Co-investors645 VenturesAdvaita CapitalAlpha PartnersAltra VentureAndreessen HorowitzBeyond Capital+34 more
Stanford University is a private research university founded in 1885 on the Stanford family's Palo Alto stock farm, offering education across the liberal arts, science, engineering, medicine, business, and sustainability.
EdTechPalo Alto, US
Leland Stanford(Founder)Jane Lathrop Stanford(Founder)Jon Levinin
Co-investorsA-Rod CorpBreyer CapitalCRV (Charles River Ventures)Moonhill CapitalRenegade Partners
Together AI builds a full-stack platform for production AI systems, serving teams that need to deploy and scale machine learning models reliably.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureSan Francisco, US
Vipul Ved Prakash(Founder)inCe ZhanginChris RéTri DaoinPercy Liangin
Co-investors137 VenturesA.Capital VenturesBrilliant Phoenix CapitalCambium CapitalChapter OneCoatue Management+30 more
Ursa Major develops flight-proven aerospace and defense systems, including hypersonic engines, solid rocket motors, and space mobility solutions for military and defense applications.
Defense TechHardwareSpace TechBerthoud, US
Joe Laurienti(Founder)Dan Jablonsky(CEO)
Co-investorsAlpha EdisonAtento CapitalBalerion Space VenturesEclipse VenturesHarpoon VenturesIndustrious Ventures+6 more
Vinci builds a physics AI foundation model that runs GPU-powered engineering simulations at full manufacturing resolution, combining AI acceleration with FEA solver accuracy without meshing or approximations.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSemiconductors
Co-investorsKhosla Ventures
Zoox develops autonomous robotaxis designed as purpose-built vehicles for autonomous transportation.
AI & Machine LearningMobility & TransportationRoboticsMenlo Park, US
TIM KENTLEY-KLAY(Executive Officer, Director)JESSE LEVINSON(Executive Officer, Director)JON FOSTER(Executive Officer)
BoardHEIDI ROIZEN(Director)inTHOMAS TULL(Director)LAURIE YOLER(Director)in
Co-investorsBlackbird VenturesBreyer CapitalIntrepid Growth PartnersLux CapitalRaptor GroupThreshold Ventures+3 more
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioDoorDashNASDAQ: DASH
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesAnduril · bloomberg.com · Aug 10, 2026
Shield AI · intelligence360.news · Jul 17, 2026
Ursa Major · finance.yahoo.com · Jul 15, 2026
Together AI · techtimes.com · Jul 3, 2026
Range · nerdwallet.com · Jul 1, 2026
Inworld AI · businesswire.com · Jun 10, 2026
Albacore Inc. · blog.scorpapranedya.co.id · Jun 9, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Brave Capital made?
- Brave Capital has 20 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Brave Capital invest at?
- Brave Capital invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What sectors does Brave Capital focus on?
- Brave Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, Energy, Mobility & Transportation, Space Tech.
- Where is Brave Capital located?
- Brave Capital is headquartered in San Rafael, US.
- Who does Brave Capital co-invest with?
- Brave Capital most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Breyer Capital, among 176 tracked co-investors.
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