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Breakpoint Capital

Venture capital

Aspen · Pre-Seed–Series A · 3 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Breakpoint Capital positions itself as venture capital for founders, by founders, backing companies from inception through Series A. The firm emphasizes combining capital with operational expertise, acting as active company builders drawing on its team's experience building and scaling mobile advertising and infrastructure businesses such as MoPub, MAX, and CloudX. It seeks to help founders replicate that success by providing both funding and practical building support at the earliest stages.

Source: firm website, verified Sep 27, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Series A
HQ
Aspen, NY, US
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2018
Last 12 months
1 investment
Tracked investments
33
Unicorns
4
Acquisitions
4

Team · 3 people

from the firm's website

What they invest in

from 28 of 33 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×16Data & Infrastructure ×10Enterprise Software ×10SaaS ×10Developer Tools ×8Marketing Tech ×8Cloud Computing ×6AdTech ×5

HQs:United States×18

Investments · 33 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 12025 · 12024 · 12023 · 12022 · 12021 · 32019 · 12018 · 12016 · 111 dated

Alpacaalpaca.marketsin𝕏

Alpaca provides brokerage infrastructure APIs that enable fintechs and financial institutions to build investing applications and platforms with access to stocks, options, crypto, and other asset types.

Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Yoshi Yokokawa(Co-Founder & CEO)inHitoshi Harada(Co-Founder & CPO)inKaren Borchert(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardBen Jackson(Director)Eddie Branchaud(Director)

Co-investorsAbstract VenturesDiagramElefundEndeavor CatalystHorizons VenturesNimble Partners+18 more

Andon Labsandonlabs.comin𝕏

Andon Labs develops safety systems and protocols for autonomous AI-driven organizations, focusing on AI alignment and control mechanisms for agents that operate without human oversight.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Lukas Petersson(Founder)inAxel Backlund(Founder)in

Co-investorsJuniper Ventures Management, LlcWave VenturesY CombinatorPioneer

Beeswaxbeeswax.cominAcquired

Beeswax, a FreeWheel product, is a demand-side platform (DSP) with Bidder-as-a-Service (BaaS) solutions that let ad buyers deploy their own data-based targeting models, bidding tactics, and measurement standards to control the media buying process.

AdTechMarketing TechSaaS

Co-investorsRRE VenturesAmasiaBrandtech VenturesFoundryHighland Capital PartnersRevel Partners+1 more

Billettobilletto.com

Billetto is an online platform for discovering, creating, and selling tickets to events, serving event organizers and attendees.

ConsumerMarketplacesMedia & Entertainment

BrightHirebrighthire.comin

BrightHire offers deep integrations with applicant tracking systems that add hiring-focused features such as one-click scorecard completion, playable interview highlights, and click-to-call directly within the ATS.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSNew York City, US

Theodore Chestnut(Founder)in

Co-investorsFirebolt Ventures Management Company, LlcFlybridge Capital PartnersGround Up VenturesIndex VenturesNext Play Ventures01 Advisors+2 more

CloudXcloudx.ioin𝕏

CloudX is a programmatic advertising stack (SSP) for mobile publishers, offering a "monetization as code" approach with AI agents that automate SDK integration, testing, and auction configuration.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing Tech

Dan Sack(Founder)in

Co-investorsEniac VenturesJavelin Venture PartnersTerrainAddition

Estuaryestuary.devin𝕏

Estuary provides a real-time data platform that helps companies harness and stream their data.

Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

David Yaffe(Founder)in

Co-investorsEudemian VenturesSwift VenturesM13

FINNY AIfinny.comin𝕏Feb 2016

FINNY is a growth platform that identifies and targets financial prospects for advisors through data aggregation and automated outreach, enabling personalized client acquisition at scale.

AI & Machine LearningFintechMarketing TechSaaSSales TechNew York City, US

Eden Ovadia(Founder)inTheodore Janson(Founder)inVictoria Toli(Founder)inAlexander Bush(Executive Officer, Director)Chris Gandolfo(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsActivant CapitalFinancial Venture StudioMaple VCRestive VenturesVenrockY Combinator

Higgsfield AIhiggsfield.aiin𝕏Jan 2024

Higgsfield is a platform for creating and generating visual content, including images, videos, and cinematic scenes using AI models.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentLos Gatos, US

Alex Mashrabov(Founder & CEO)inYerzat Dulat(Executive Officer, Director)inMahi De Silva(Co-founder)in

Co-investors1982 VenturesAccelAlpha Intelligence CapitalAlpha Square GroupAngel Collective Opportunity FundBitkraft Esports Ventures+31 more

InfluxDatainfluxdata.comin𝕏

InfluxData develops InfluxDB, a time series database designed to collect, store, analyze, and act on data that changes in real-time.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareIoTNew York City, US

Paul Dix(Founder and Chief Technology Officer)inTodd Persen(Executive Officer, Promoter)inEvan Kaplan(Chief Executive Officer)inWinnie Cheng(Executive Officer)in

BoardRobin Vasan(Director)inDaniel Scholnick(Director)in

Co-investorsB CapitalBattery VenturesHarmony PartnersMango CapitalMayfield FundNorwest Venture Partners+10 more

Instabuginstabug.comin𝕏

Instabug (branded as Luciq) provides mobile observability and intelligent agents that automatically detect, diagnose, and resolve app issues before users notice them.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper Tools

Moataz Soliman(Founder)in

Co-investorsSawari VenturesAccelEndeavor CatalystForgePoint CapitalInsight Partners

Layerlayer.aiin𝕏Seed · Dec 2023 · $2M

Layer is a creative automation platform that uses AI to help game studios scale production across the asset creation lifecycle.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyGamingMarketing TechSan Francisco, US

Volkan Gurel(Co-founder & CEO)inBurcu Hakguder(Co-founder & CRO)in

Co-investors500 Emerging EuropeHummingbird VenturesLaton VenturesThe Games FundNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)

Little Umbrellalittleumbrella.ggSeed · Jan 2025 · $2M

Little Umbrella develops social and AI-powered games that combine established game genres with AI mechanics for dynamic stories and personalized gameplay.

AI & Machine LearningGamingSocial

Co-investorsDisrupt.comA16Z SpeedrunAndreessen HorowitzFounders FundGFR FundReinvent Capital+1 more

Mattermatterapp.com

Matter is an employee recognition platform that integrates with Slack to let teams send kudos and rewards (coins) tied to company values.

Future of WorkHR TechSaaS

Mopubmopub.com𝕏acquired by AppLovin

AdTechGamingMarketing TechMedia & Entertainment

Jim Payne(Founder)inNafis Jamal(Founder)in

Co-investorsAccelAngelPadIcon VenturesIris Capital

mParticlemparticle.comAcquired

mParticle provides a customer data platform that consolidates first-party data across channels to help businesses scale operations.

Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechNew York, US

Andrew Katz(Executive Officer, Director)inMichael Katz(Executive Officer, Director)inDave Myers(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsArrowroot CapitalBowery CapitalCoelius CapitalEniac VenturesGolden VenturesGolub Growth+10 more

Optableoptable.coinSeed · May 2021 · $4M

Optable provides a cloud-based platform for identity, audience, and data collaboration that lets publishers, media companies, and advertisers own, enrich, and monetize their first-party data while maintaining privacy.

AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing TechLos Angeles, US

Yves PoiréinVlad StesininBosko MilekicinWilliam Glasgow Phillips(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsBrightspark VenturesasterXDeloitte VenturesDesjardins CapitalHearst VenturesMML UK Advisor

RentCheckgetrentcheck.comin𝕏Seed · Aug 2021 · $4M

RentCheck is a property intelligence platform that uses AI-powered damage detection to enable residents to document their homes during rental inspections, helping property managers reduce disputes and streamline move-in/move-out processes.

AI & Machine LearningPropTechSaaSNew Orleans, US

Marco Nelson(Co-founder)inLydia Winkler(Co-founder)inJohn Kuolt(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsInnovation CatalystOvereasy VenturesTechstars7BC Venture CapitalContext Ventures

Rill Datarilldata.comin𝕏Seed · Aug 2022 · $12M

Rill builds real-time data tooling covering data transformation, database architecture, and metrics exploration to help data teams create and explore operational dashboards.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSaaSSan Francisco, US

Michael Driscoll(Founder)inNishant B(Founder)

Co-investorsDCVC (Data Collective)Sierra VenturesSwift VenturesZero Prime Ventures468 CapitalAIX Ventures+4 more

Runwayrunway.teamin𝕏Nov 2021 · $2M

Runway provides a platform for managing and orchestrating mobile app releases.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US

Gabriel Savit(Founder)inMatt Varghese(Founder)inDavid Filion(Founder)in

Co-investorsArray Ventures Management LlcChapter OneOpen Opportunity FundY CombinatorAdjacent Ventures LlcAllianceBernstein+10 more

Scale AIscale.comin𝕏Aug 2019

Scale provides high-quality training data, model evaluations, and full-stack AI systems for enterprises and governments to build and deploy AI applications.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Alexandr Wang(Co-founder & CEO)inLucy Guo(Co-founder)inFrancis deSouza(CEO)in

Co-investors1435 CapitalAccelAdit Ventures Management, LlcAIspace VenturesAlpana VenturesBeyond Capital+77 more

Shopwithtinshopwithtin.com

Tin is a mobile browser extension for iPhone (Safari) that automatically finds and applies coupon codes at checkout, including discount codes buried in a user's inbox, across 30,000+ supported retailers.

ConsumerE-commerceRetail Tech

Co-investorsAmplify.LAWedbush Ventures

StarTree (fka CortexData)startree.aiin𝕏

StarTree provides a real-time analytics platform built on Apache Pinot that enables organizations to query petabyte-scale data at speed and cost efficiency.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMountain View, US

Kishore Gopalakrishna(CEO & Co-Founder)inXiang Fu(Co-founder & Founding Engineer)in

Co-investorsCRV (Charles River Ventures)Notable CapitalSapphire VenturesZero Prime VenturesBain CapitalBain Capital Ventures+1 more

Timbertimber.io𝕏

Timber develops Vector, an open-source tool for collecting, transforming, and routing logs and metrics across sources, transforms, and sinks such as Datadog, Kafka, Elasticsearch, Splunk, and AWS S3.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Co-investorsCurious CapitalNat TurnerFuel CapitalNotation Capital

Tomatoma.comin𝕏

Toma builds AI software that automates customer interactions for automotive dealerships, helping recover lost sales revenue.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Monik Pamecha(Founder)inAnthony Krivonos(Founder)in

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzNeer Venture PartnersVitalStage VenturesY CombinatorFlex Capital Partners

Toneattentive.comin𝕏Jun 2018

Attentive provides a multi-channel customer engagement platform that includes email, SMS, RCS, push notifications, and AI-powered lifecycle orchestration for direct-to-consumer brands.

AI & Machine LearningDirect to ConsumerMarketing TechBarcelos, Braga

Pedro Araujo(Founder)Luis Braga(Founder)Daniel Araujo(Founder)Brian Long(Founder)in

BoardYannick Oswald(Director)Cristina Fronseca(Director)

Co-investorsBain Capital VenturesBeyond CapitalBling CapitalCoatue ManagementDisney AcceleratorEniac Ventures+18 more

Tracecattracecat.comin𝕏

Tracecat is an open source security automation platform that enables security teams to build AI agents and automate incident response workflows across their security tools.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US

Chris Lo(Founder)inDaryl Lim(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorPioneer

Upscale AIupscale.comin

Upscale AI builds networking infrastructure purpose-built for AI workloads, including scale-up rack networking (SkyHammer) and open Ethernet fabrics based on NVIDIA Spectrum-X silicon and a SONiC-based network OS.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeep TechHardwareSemiconductorsSanta Clara, US

Rajiv K.(Founder)inBarun Kar(CEO)inRajiv Khemani(Executive Chairman)

Co-investorsCelesta CapitalCelesta CapitalCota CapitalIntel CapitalMayfield FundMVP Ventures+12 more

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

ConduitFacetDataMarketectureMAXPallas Security

Exits · 4

4 acquisitions · showing 2

MAXacq. by Applovin (Exit)Mopubacq. by AppLovin

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Breakpoint Capital made?
Breakpoint Capital has 33 tracked investments, 4 of which have exited, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Breakpoint Capital invest at?
Breakpoint Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
What sectors does Breakpoint Capital focus on?
Breakpoint Capital focuses on AdTech, AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
Where is Breakpoint Capital located?
Breakpoint Capital is headquartered in Aspen, US.
Who does Breakpoint Capital co-invest with?
Breakpoint Capital most often shares deals with Accel, Eniac Ventures, Icon Ventures, among 7 tracked co-investors.

Co-investors · 20

Accel

Accel is a venture capital firm that partners with exceptional teams, positioning itself as a first partner to founders globally.

$1.6M – $70M
Andreessen Horowitz

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.

$500K – $50M
Eniac Ventures

Eniac Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm run by former startup operators that partners closely with founders from 0 to 1 to accelerate product-market fit.

$1.2M
Founders Fund

Founders Fund is a venture capital firm that backs technology companies building transformative products.

$500K – $5M
Swift Ventures

Swift Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm led by entrepreneurs who provide company-building support to founders they back.

Both backed · 2
Greylock Partners

Greylock Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with founders building companies from inception. Its partners make only one or two new investments per year to focus deeply on each partnership.

Both backed · 1
$100K – $200M
Great Oaks Venture Capital

Great Oaks Venture Capital is a New York-based seed and early-stage investor that backs founders building enduring businesses across the United States.

Both backed · 1
$50K – $500K
Forerunner Ventures

Forerunner Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs companies redefining consumer behavior, health, commerce, fintech, and AI-native products.

Both backed · 1
$1M – $20M
AngelPad

AngelPad is a seed-stage startup accelerator, launched in 2010, that has been repeatedly ranked among the top U.S. accelerator programs.

Both backed · 1
Mopub
$120K
AIX Ventures

AIX Ventures is an AI-focused venture fund that backs founders building companies in artificial intelligence.

Both backed · 1
$1M – $5M
468 Capital

468 Capital is a technology investment firm with offices in Berlin and San Francisco that invests across multiple stages in software, AI, and internet companies. The firm focuses on thesis-driven investments in businesses with experienced founding teams.

Both backed · 1
FINTOP Capital

FINTOP Capital is a venture firm run by former fintech founders and operators who invest in and support early-stage fintech companies rewiring financial services.

Both backed · 1
▶8 more co-investors

The Venture Reality FundBrightspark VenturesThe Games FundOperator LPHarrison MetalIrishAngelsAlchemist AcceleratorFalcons

Firms observed investing alongside Breakpoint Capital, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Breakpoint Capital's recorded portfolio.

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