How many investments has Copper Sky Capital made?

Copper Sky Capital has 27 tracked investments, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.

What stage does Copper Sky Capital invest at?

Copper Sky Capital invests at the Seed, Series A stages.

What is Copper Sky Capital's typical check size?

Copper Sky Capital typically writes checks of $2M – $4M.

Where is Copper Sky Capital located?

Copper Sky Capital is headquartered in Scottsdale, US.

Does Copper Sky Capital lead rounds?

Yes, Copper Sky Capital leads investment rounds.

Who does Copper Sky Capital co-invest with?

Copper Sky Capital most often shares deals with PHX Ventures, AZ-VC, AZ Venture Capital Inc., among 48 tracked co-investors.

Copper Sky Capital

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Scottsdale · Seed–Series A · 22 people tracked

Also known as COPPER SKY CAPITAL, LLC

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Investment thesis

Copper Sky Capital focuses on early-stage software companies building in non-obvious, overlooked U.S. markets it calls the American Interior. The firm believes founders in these underserved regions have unique insight into problems shaped by proximity and necessity, enabling them to build category-defining companies. It leads or co-leads seed and Series A rounds for companies showing early product-market fit, writing checks of $2-4 million. Beyond capital, the firm positions itself as a long-term strategic partner, offering go-to-market guidance, hiring support, and hands-on operational help from the next round through the next decade.

Invests inAI & Machine Learning Enterprise Software Fintech Healthtech SaaS Sports Tech Scottsdale United States

Source: firm website, verified Sep 15, 2026.

Stage

Seed–Series A

Check

$2M – $4M

Scottsdale, US

Leads rounds

Leads

Instruments

Equity

Founded

2026

Last 12 months

1 investment

Private fund assets

$109.7M

VC funds

Tracked investments

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Team · 22 people

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Ashok Santhanam· Managing Director· Phoenix, Arizona, United Statesin

Ashok Santhanam is President and CEO of Life Sciences Greenhouse Investments. His background in the life sciences sector spans strategic planning, operations, project management, and marketing and communications, with a focus on healthcare innovation and commercialization.

Jack Selby· Managing Director

Jason Pressman· Managing Director· Portola Valley, California, United Statesin 𝕏

Venture Advisory Network member; Managing Partner at Shasta Ventures and AZ-VC.

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Jessica Pacheco· Managing Director

John Selby· General Partner

Jack Selby· Managing Director· Arizonain 𝕏

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Vasek Pospisil· Managing Director· Vancouver, British Columbia, Canadain

Venture Partner, professional tennis player and 2014 Wimbledon champion who co-founded the Professional Tennis Players Association and is an active venture investor and entrepreneur.

Tyler Baldridge· Principal· Phoenix, Arizonain

Tyler Baldridge is associated with Copper Sky Capital, an early-stage venture firm investing in what it calls the "American Interior" — non-obvious, underserved U.S. markets. The firm leads or co-leads seed and Series A rounds in early-stage software companies, writing checks of $2–4 million to businesses showing early signs of product-market fit. Its portfolio includes companies building AI for nuclear utilities, aviation maintenance, SMB bookkeeping, and multifamily leasing.

Claire Ainsworth· Principal· Greater London, England, United Kingdomin

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Anthony Soohoo· Venture Partner· Dallas, Texas, United Statesin 𝕏

A technology and digital transformation executive with over 25 years of experience, having held CEO, Fortune 100 executive, entrepreneur, and board roles at companies including Walmart, CBS, Yahoo!, and Apple. He founded Dotspotter (acquired by CBS) and Dot & Bo (now part of Alibaba), holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, and serves on boards including Spryker Systems and Civio.ai.

Benjamin Brockwell· Venture Partner· Greater Phoenix Areain

Brad Kotansky· Venture Partner· Paradise Valley, Arizona, United Statesin

Finance and technology executive with over 20 years of experience spanning investment banking, hedge-fund portfolio management, and corporate leadership. Co-founded Onist Technologies, served as CFO at 4Front Ventures, and invests in seed-stage companies across sports analytics, music licensing, healthcare tech, fintech, and SaaS.

Drew Harman· Venture Partner· Palo Alto, California, United Statesin

Drew Harman has over thirty years of enterprise software experience in executive strategy, product, and marketing roles, and serves as a board member and strategic advisor to portfolio companies. He previously held VP roles at Ariba and has served on boards of numerous early and growth-stage software companies tied to Shasta Ventures, Insight Partners, and InterWest Partners.

Issac Roth· Venture Partner· San Francisco, California, United Statesin 𝕏

Serial enterprise software founder/CEO who created Red Hat OpenShift, IBM's API Management offering, and CA's end-to-end APM product, and founded Makara (acquired by Red Hat) and StrongLoop (acquired by IBM). He has worked as a venture partner at Shasta and made numerous angel investments and advisory roles.

Jacob Mullins· Venture Partner· San Franciscoin 𝕏

A 20-year startup entrepreneur and venture capital investor based in San Francisco, Jacob is also a Managing Director at Shasta Ventures and a Venture Partner at Village Global and Canonical Crypto. He previously led Microsoft's early BizSpark program, is an active angel investor and board member, and co-founded SomosVC.

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Juan Carlos Soto· Venture Partner· Berkeley, California, United Statesin

Juan Carlos Soto is a former VP of IBM Cloud Integration who joined IBM through its acquisition of StrongLoop, where he was CEO. He previously held senior roles at Informatica, Sun Microsystems, HP, and startups including Valimail and Skipstone Ventures, and holds degrees from Stanford, the University of Colorado, and the University of Florida.

Mark Towfiq· Venture Partner· Palo Alto, California, United Statesin

Mark Towfiq has been the first technology hire at several startups, building engineering teams and products in e-commerce and two-sided marketplaces, and has helped larger companies modernize their digital infrastructure. He previously held leadership roles at Walmart, UserTesting, and PepsiCo, and holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Princeton University.

Randy Nicolau· Venture Partner· Sarasota, Florida, United Statesin

A marketing and technology executive with over 30 years of experience, Randy previously served as CEO and Chairman of Poppin (sold to Kimball International in 2020) and founded Demdex, an early data management platform acquired by Adobe in 2011. He has also invested in early-stage startups including Vroom, Storage Deluxe, and Daily Pay.

Tony Wells· Venture Partner· Greater Phoenix Areain

Tony Wells is a marketing and business development leader with over 30 years working with high-growth brands, joining Copper Sky as Venture Partner in April 2024. He previously served as Chief Media Officer at Verizon, held senior marketing roles including Chief Brand Officer at USAA, and was CMO for brands such as 24 Hour Fitness, ADT Security and Schneider Electric NA. He serves on the boards of Yelp, Nexstar and TripleLift.

Vince Sollitto· Venture Partner· Scottsdale, Arizona, United Statesin

A communications and public affairs leader with over 30 years of experience spanning technology, government, and policy. He spent nearly 15 years as VP of Communications and Public Affairs at Yelp, previously served six years as a congressional press secretary, and was an early communications executive at PayPal.

Avery Cannon· Chief Financial Officer

Avery Cannon· Chief Financial Officer· San Francisco Bay Areain

Avery Cannon grew up in Northern California in a family with a background in agriculture and cattle ranching. She earned a degree in Economics with a minor in Art History from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and began her career in public accounting at Arthur Andersen before spending time working for a Dutch company in Amsterdam. She later moved into venture capital, focusing on capital and LP relationships, and joined Founders Circle Capital after previously working at Shasta Ventures.

Founder mafia

2 people who came through Copper Sky Capital went on to found or lead other companies.

Ashok SanthanamManaging DirectorFounded FogLogic +2 Issac RothVenture PartnerFounded Leak Signal

What they invest in

from 25 of 27 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×17SaaS ×17Enterprise Software ×16Fintech ×6PropTech ×3Sales Tech ×3Cybersecurity ×2Data & Infrastructure ×2

HQs:United States×18Singapore×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 14 portfolio companies

36%

solo founders

5 of 14 mapped founding teams

55%

repeat founders

of 20 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×52 founders×63 founders×3

Where their founders studiedfrom 18 founders with education data

Arizona State University ×3Harvard University ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 17 founders with field-of-study data

Business & Management ×7Engineering ×6Computer Science ×3Finance & Accounting ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 20 founders with career history

Arizona Public Service - APS ×2Arizona State University ×2Keap ×2Right-Hand Cyber Security ×2Shasta Ventures ×2

Investments · 27 tracked

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By year:2025 · 3 2022 · 14 dated

Nuclearnnuclearn.ai in 𝕏Oct 2025

Nuclearn builds nuclear-grade AI software that automates engineering, maintenance, and compliance workflows for nuclear operators.

AI & Machine LearningEnergyEnterprise SoftwarePhoenix, US

Jerrold Vincent(Co-Founder & CFO)in Bradley Fox(Co-Founder & CEO)in Phil Zeringue(Chief Revenue Officer)inLorenzo Slay(VP of Product)in Jeff Karau(VP of Engineering)in

Board Ernst Sack(Director)in

Board seat Jessica Pacheco· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAZ-VC Blue Bear Capital Partners Nucleation Capital SJF Ventures

Uplinquplinq.com inMay 2025

Uplinq provides an AI-based bookkeeping and tax platform for small businesses, automating tasks such as expense categorization, transaction management, and financial reporting while adding human oversight for financial statements and tax strategy.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSScottsdale, US

Alexander Glenn(President and CEO)Denise Glenn(Secretary)inJacob Peplinski(CTO)Ethan Mueller(COO and Treasurer)Steve Collette(Director)Calvin Glenn(Director)

Board seat Brad Kotansky Benjamin Brockwell· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsMerus Capital Next Coast Ventures AZ-VC

Basata Aibasata.ai

Basata builds AI tools that automate administrative work for healthcare practices, aiming to reduce paperwork such as insurance forms so admin teams can support more patient care.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSaaSTempe, US

Kaled Alhanafi(Co-founder & CEO)inChetan Patel, PhD(Co-founder & President)inVivin Paliath, PhD(Co-founder & CTO)Erin Kilkenny(VP, Commercial Operations)Christina Kehoe(Marketing Director)in

Co-investorsPHX Ventures

Bearinggetyourbearing.com inMar 2025

Bearing provides software that digitizes corporate physical security operations on the ServiceNow platform, built by physical security leaders for security teams managing enterprise risk and vulnerability.

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareBridgeport, US

Michael A Conduff(Executive Officer)Philip E. Riley(Executive Officer)inMichael P Madden(Executive Officer)James C Hunt(Executive Officer)Catherine L Spain(Executive Officer)Brad H Carmichael(Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsHigh Alpha PHX Ventures AZ-VC Lightbank

Bluetailbluetail.aero in 𝕏

Bluetail provides cloud software that digitizes, organizes, and searches aircraft maintenance records and logbooks, using AI to interpret uploaded documents and assemble chronological logbooks.

AI & Machine LearningMobility & TransportationSaaSScottsdale, US

Roberto Guerrieri(Founder)in Stuart Illian(Founder)in

Board Todd Belfer(Director)in Jason Pressman(Director)inCameron Gowans(Director)Barton Faber(Director)

Co-investorsAZ-VC Brookstone Venture Capital

Crewtrycrew.com in

Crew is a financial technology company offering a high-yield checking account with built-in budgeting tools that let users allocate money into "pockets," automate savings, split paychecks, and set up parental-controlled accounts for kids.

ConsumerFintechSaaSLehi, US

Steve Domino(Founder)in

Co-investorsKickstart Capital Eleven Signal Peak Ventures

Decisiveaimydecisive.ai in

MyDecisive builds SmartHub, a real-time observability and telemetry control platform that captures critical bottlenecks, filters out healthy-data noise, redacts PII at the source, and automates incident-response workflows to reduce MTTR.

Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Co-investorsBling Capital

Etchedetched.com in 𝕏

Etched designs custom inference chips, racks, and software co-designed for running frontier AI models, including large sparse mixture-of-experts models, long-context, and agentic workloads.

AI & Machine LearningHardwareSemiconductorsSan Jose, US

Gavin Uberti(Co-Founder & CEO)inRobert Wachen(Co-Founder & President)Chris Zhu(Co-Founder)in

Co-investorsAnti AZURO CAPITAL VENTURES Bain Capital Ventures Beyond Capital Conversion Capital Dash VC +19 more

Fair Warrantyfairwarranty.com in

Fair Warranty provides insurance pricing and risk management solutions for the automotive sector.

Enterprise SoftwareInsurTechSaaSSilicon Valley, US

William Betteridge(Founder, CEO)Stephen Bates(Founder, Chief Risk Officer)inWill B(Founder)

Co-investorsBlue Collective Render Capital TruStage Ventures Antler Plug and Play Ventures Redbud VC

Fovusfovus.co in 𝕏

Fovus offers a serverless high-performance computing (HPC) platform that auto-benchmarks workloads, determines optimal cloud HPC strategies, and auto-scales resources across cloud zones to reduce runtime and cost.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeep TechChandler, US

FENGBO REN(Executive Officer, Director)inXuanyi C(Founder)

Grazzygrazzy.comDec 2022

Grazzy provides digital tipping and instant payout solutions for hospitality and service industry employees.

FintechSaaSAustin, US

Russell Lemmer(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardC. Thomas Ball(Director)

Co-investorsNext Coast Ventures AZ-VC In Revenue Capital Tuesday Capital

Lessenlessen.com in 𝕏

Lessen operates a technology platform for real estate property and facilities services, coordinating vendor relationships to handle maintenance, turns, and facilities management for property owners and operators.

B2B MarketplacesEnterprise SoftwarePropTechSaaSScottsdale, US

Jay M.(Founder)inJay McKee(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Fred Tuomi(Director)

Board Dan Wenhold(Director)in Gregor Watson(Director)in

Co-investors1Sharpe Ventures Navitas Capital 75 & Sunny Fifth Wall General Catalyst Khosla Ventures

Menos Aimenosai.com in 𝕏

Menos AI is an AI-native fintech company that develops a centralized intelligence platform for institutional investors to enhance research discovery and portfolio decision-making.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintech

MessageDeskmessagedesk.com in 𝕏

MessageDesk provides automated message routing and workflow automation for SMS and messaging systems, enabling businesses to automatically assign conversations, apply labels, and trigger responses based on keywords, time, and other conditions.

Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSales Tech

Co-investorsReno Seed Fund

Mosaicmosaic.us in

Mosaic is a general contractor for build-to-rent (BTR) residential communities, combining construction services with proprietary software to plan, schedule, contract, and deliver homes at scale.

Construction TechPropTechSaaSPhoenix, US

Co-investorsAndreessen Horowitz Building Ventures AZ-VC Founders Fund Greylock Partners Innovation Endeavors +9 more

Nurture Bossnurtureboss.io in 𝕏

Nurture Boss offers AI-driven software for the multifamily housing industry, helping property management and onsite leasing teams drive tours, applications, leases, and renewals.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechPropTechSaaSScottsdale, US

Aaron Pierson(Executive Officer, Director)in Jacob Carter(Executive Officer, Director)in

Board Gregg Scoresby(Director)in

Co-investorsAZ-VC PHX Ventures In Revenue Capital

Oramaoramasearch.com

Orama builds search and AI infrastructure, offering a suite of solutions from an open-source library to enterprise platforms for implementing search functionality with AI capabilities.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Pareto Agentparetoagent.ai in

Pareto Agent helps enterprise B2B companies identify and capture revenue opportunities in their renewal processes.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechPalo Alto, US

Peerlogicpeerlogic.com in 𝕏

Peerlogic helps multi-location healthcare practices manage patient communications and front desk operations at scale.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaSScottsdale, US

Ryan Miller(Executive Officer, Director)inKristin Miller(Director)

Board Justin Gray(Director)in Taylor Oliver(Director)inAlexander Maskovyak(Director)Ashok Santhanam(Director)in

Co-investorsAZ Venture Capital Inc.Cervin AZ-VC CERVIN VENTURES In Revenue Capital

Prickly Pear Healthpricklypear.io in

Prickly Pear is an AI health companion app designed for women in their 30s–50s that uses voice analysis to detect emotional patterns and hormonal shifts impacting brain health and mental clarity.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthFemTech

Co-investorsAZ Venture Capital Inc.Emmeline Ventures

Right Handright-hand.ai in

Right-Hand provides an AI-powered security awareness and human risk management platform that simulates modern social engineering attacks—including deepfake voice, phishing, and omnichannel threats—and delivers behavior-based training and interventions.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSingapore, SG

Theo Nasser(CEO)in Uzair Ahmed(CTO)in

Co-investorsEntrepreneur First Tri-Valley Ventures

Shilo Aishilo.ai in

Shilo is an AI assistant for real estate teams that provides real-time coaching during calls, training support, and automated CRM assistance to help agents improve performance and close deals.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSales Tech

Sorabansoraban.com in

Soraban provides AI-powered software to automate tax preparation workflows for accounting firms, eliminating manual document chasing and administrative bottlenecks during tax season.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSTempe, US

Enoch Ko(Founder/CEO)in

Co-investorsImmeasurable PHX Ventures Y Combinator Altos Ventures

Stax Aistax.ai in

Stax.ai provides an AI-powered platform for independent retirement plan consultants (third-party administrators) that unifies payroll connectivity, census collection, trust accounting, compliance, and client communications.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSScottsdale, US

Narendran Muraleedharan(Executive Officer, Director)in James Guerra(Secretary)inMcKenzie Glandorf(Vice President of Client Experience)inDavid Hawash(Chief Operating Officer)inOshiogwe Braimah(Treasurer and Vice President of Finance)King Kenney(Vice President of Marketing)in

Co-investorsNeotribe Ventures

Velocityenginevelocityengine.co in

Velocity Engine offers a "Campaign Operating System" for B2B marketing teams that audits content for coverage gaps, designs campaigns to close them, and generates the assets across segments, personas, funnel stages, and channels.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaS

Jay Hallberg(CEO, Co-founder)inNeil Day(CTO, Co-founder)in

Co-investorsNext Coast Ventures

Other

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

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Portfolio news

latest coverage across their companies

AI chip startup Etched doubles valuation to $21B in under a month

Etched · reuters.com · Aug 18, 2026

Does Mosaic (MOS) Look Undervalued As Fertilizer Funding Meets Weaker Earnings And Tougher Markets? - Simply Wall St News

Mosaic · simplywall.st · Jul 17, 2026

F&M Bank Corp. (OTCQX: FMBM) redeploys $4.8M Bearing gain into higher-yield bonds

Bearing · stocktitan.net · Jul 14, 2026

A "disaster waiting to happen"? Industry officials worry about Crew Dragon availability. - Ars Technica

Crew · arstechnica.com · Jul 13, 2026

Arizona’s Partnership for Economic Innovation Funds Six Healthtech Projects Including Perimenopause Startup Prickly Pear Health | Femtech Insider

Prickly Pear Health · femtechinsider.com · Jun 30, 2026

Same-day pay app Grazzy raises $4.5M

Grazzy · restaurantbusinessonline.com · Jun 9, 2026

Rogo Raises $160 Million to Lessen Wall Street Workloads | PYMNTS.com

Lessen · pymnts.com · Apr 29, 2026

Soraban concludes Series A funding round

Soraban · finance.yahoo.com · Aug 14, 2025

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Copper Sky Capital made?: Copper Sky Capital has 27 tracked investments, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Copper Sky Capital invest at?: Copper Sky Capital invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
What is Copper Sky Capital's typical check size?: Copper Sky Capital typically writes checks of $2M – $4M.
What sectors does Copper Sky Capital focus on?: Copper Sky Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, SaaS, Sports Tech.
Where is Copper Sky Capital located?: Copper Sky Capital is headquartered in Scottsdale, US.
Does Copper Sky Capital lead rounds?: Yes, Copper Sky Capital leads investment rounds.
Who does Copper Sky Capital co-invest with?: Copper Sky Capital most often shares deals with PHX Ventures, AZ-VC, AZ Venture Capital Inc., among 48 tracked co-investors.

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