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Capital 49

Venture capitaloperating company · company profile

Hong Kong · 4 people tracked

Also known as CAPITAL 49 INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED

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Investment thesis

Capital 49 positions itself as capital for founders from founders, backed by the team behind Airwallex. The fund targets exceptional founders who believe great products challenge the status quo and change how the world works. It focuses on the economy of the future, investing across fintech, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, and B2B software. Drawing on Airwallex's experience scaling a global payments company that processes hundreds of billions of dollars across many countries, the firm offers founders access to a global Airwallex network of potential customers, providers, and advisors to help navigate the challenges of hypergrowth.

Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.

HQ
Hong Kong, HK
Instruments
Equity
Private fund assets
$7M
VC funds
1
Tracked investments
13
Acquisitions
1

Team · 4 people

from the firm's website & curated

What they invest in

from 12 of 13 portfolio companies

SaaS ×12AI & Machine Learning ×8Enterprise Software ×6Fintech ×5Sales Tech ×3E-commerce ×2Marketing Tech ×2AdTech ×1

HQs:United States×7Germany×1Ireland×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 10 portfolio companies
50%
solo founders
5 of 10 mapped founding teams
40%
repeat founders
of 15 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×52 founders×23 founders×24+ founders×1

Where their founders studiedfrom 14 founders with education data

Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×3Harvard Business School ×2Yale University ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 13 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×7Engineering ×4Economics ×3Business & Management ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 15 founders with career history

Microsoft ×3Google ×2McKinsey & Company ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×3

Investments · 13 tracked

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11x11x.aiin𝕏

11x builds autonomous digital workers using AI and agents to automate repetitive tasks in revenue functions like sales and customer success.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US

Hasan Sukkar(Founder)inPrabhav Jain(Chief Executive Officer)in

BoardJoe Schmidt (deal partner; board status not confirmed)(Board member (Andreessen Horowitz))Sarah Tavel(Director / Benchmark investor)Joe Schmidt(Andreessen Horowitz partner associated with the Series B)

Co-investorsBenchmark20VCAbstract VenturesActivant CapitalAndreessen Horowitzavra+11 more

Avocaavoca.aiin𝕏

Avoca provides AI-powered customer service agents for service-based businesses that handle incoming calls, text messages, and chats to book appointments and re-engage customers.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechNew York City, US

Apurva Shrivastava(Founder)inTyson Chen(Founder)inSissi Li Zhou(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAmino CapitalAmplify PartnersAudaciousBoxGroupCitta Capital+25 more

finwayfinway.de

finway is a financial management and accounts-payable software for companies processing high volumes of incoming invoices, offering multi-stage approval workflows, synchronization of orders, delivery notes and invoices, plus banking integration and debit cards.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Co-investorsE Nugget Ventures UG (Haftungsbeschränkt)

Kintsugitrykintsugi.com

San Francisco, US

Pujun Bhatnagar(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inJEFFREY GIBSON(Executive Officer, Director)Tonguc Barkin Doganay(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardLISA DOLAN(Director)

Co-investorsDeVCInformed Ventures Advisors, LlcKyber Knight CapitalStartXGSR VenturesLink Ventures+4 more

Lorikeetlorikeetcx.aiin

Lorikeet builds a configurable AI customer support platform that uses multi-agent orchestration to resolve complex, high-stakes support tickets end-to-end, with deterministic guardrails, transparent reasoning, and compliance tooling.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US

Jamie Hall(Founder)inSteve Hind(Founder)inBlythe Rowe(Founder)Tom Wing-Evans(Founder)

Co-investorsAirTree VenturesAthletic VenturesBlackbird VenturesQED InvestorsSquare Peg CapitalFirst Round Capital+3 more

Meetcampfiremeetcampfire.com

Campfire is an AI-native ERP for finance and accounting teams, offering a general ledger with multi-entity consolidation, revenue recognition, real-time reporting, and close management.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS

Openborderopenborder.comin𝕏

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-investorsAmbush CapitalMilkbox PartnersPeak XV Partners

Rutterrutter.comin𝕏Feb 2022

Rutter provides a Unified API that enables B2B SaaS companies to integrate business data and financial system connections into their products.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York City, US

Eric Yu(Co-Founder, CTO)inPeter Zhou(Co-Founder, CEO)inJay Patel(Software Engineer)inTaishi Nojima(Senior Software Engineer)inAbhi SivaprasadDanny Keller(Head of Engineering)

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzFjor FoundersHaystackMantis CapitalPioneerSoma Capital+12 more

Skuadskuad.ioin𝕏Acquired

Skuad is a platform that helps companies hire, onboard, pay, and manage remote employees and contractors across 160+ countries.

Future of WorkHR TechSaaS

Sundeep Sahi(Founder)in

Co-investorsAnthemis VentureiSeedBEENEXT

Spritessprites.aiin𝕏

Sprites provides a shared workspace platform that combines campaign management and approval workflows for Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn, and SEO, with an AI agent that executes approved changes and automatically generates reports.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Siamak Freydoonnejad(Founder)inSina ZargaranAdam Cardenas(CTO)Anna Chernikova

Co-investorsPioneerY CombinatorBackend CapitalCathexis VenturesFundersClubJames Beshara Fund+2 more

Traildtraildsoftware.comin𝕏

Traild offers accounts payable automation software that uses OCR and machine learning to extract data from supplier statements and match it against invoices, flagging discrepancies, duplicates, and potential fraud.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS

Co-investorsSquare Peg Capital

Unifygtmunifygtm.comin𝕏

Unify is a go-to-market platform that combines prospecting, personalized outreach, and analytics into a single tool so sales and growth teams can reach the right customers at the right time.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US

Connor Heggie(Founder)in

Co-investorsAbstract Venturesavra

Wayflyerwayflyer.comin𝕏

Wayflyer provides alternative financing to small businesses and ecommerce brands, assessing business performance in real time to deliver customized funding options quickly.

E-commerceFintechSaaSDublin, IE

Aidan Corbett(Founder)inJack Pierse(Founder)Jack Pierse Aidan Corbett(Founder)

Co-investorsFlucas VenturesFlying Tiger CapitalKinled HoldingKube VCLeft Lane CapitalQED Investors+9 more

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Capital 49 made?
Capital 49 has 13 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited.
What sectors does Capital 49 focus on?
Capital 49 focuses on AI & Machine Learning, E-commerce, Enterprise Software, Fintech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
Where is Capital 49 located?
Capital 49 is headquartered in Hong Kong, HK.
Who does Capital 49 co-invest with?
Capital 49 most often shares deals with Pioneer, Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, among 62 tracked co-investors.

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