Copper Sky Capital
Venture capitalActively deployingScottsdale · Seed–Series A · 17 people tracked
Also known as COPPER SKY CAPITAL, LLC
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.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 27, 2026.
Team · 17 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 24 of 25 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×17SaaS ×14Enterprise Software ×12Fintech ×6PropTech ×3Sales Tech ×3Cybersecurity ×2Data & Infrastructure ×2
HQs:United States×15Singapore×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 12 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×62 founders×53 founders×1
Investments · 25 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 32022 · 14 dated
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)inBradley Fox(Co-Founder & CEO)inPhil Zeringue(Chief Revenue Officer)inLorenzo Slay(VP of Product)inJeff Karau(VP of Engineering)in
BoardErnst Sack(Director)in
Board seatJessica Pacheco· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsAZ-VCBlue Bear Capital PartnersNucleation CapitalSJF Ventures
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)Jacob Peplinski(CTO)Ethan Mueller(COO and Treasurer)Steve Collette(Director)Calvin Glenn(Director)
Board seatBrad KotanskyBenjamin Brockwell· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsMerus CapitalNext Coast Ventures
Basata provides an AI tool that automates administrative tasks for healthcare practices, integrating with existing EHR systems and clinical toolsets.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechTempe, US
Kaled Alhanafi(Founder)
Co-investorsPHX Ventures
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)Michael P Madden(Executive Officer)James C Hunt(Executive Officer)Catherine L Spain(Executive Officer)Brad H Carmichael(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsHigh AlphaPHX VenturesAZ-VCLightbank
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)inStuart Illian(Founder)in
BoardTodd Belfer(Director)inJason Pressman(Director)inCameron Gowans(Director)Barton Faber(Director)
Co-investorsAZ-VCBrookstone Venture Capital
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)
Co-investorsKickstartCapital ElevenSignal Peak Ventures
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
Etched designs and manufactures AI inference chips and rack-scale systems optimized for frontier models, using co-designed hardware, software, and manufacturing processes to deliver best-in-class throughput, latency, and power efficiency.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSemiconductorsSan Jose, US
Gavin Uberti(Co-Founder & CEO)inRobert Wachen(Co-Founder & President)Chris Zhu(Co-Founder)
Co-investorsAntiAZURO CAPITAL VENTURESBain Capital VenturesBeyond CapitalConversion CapitalDash VC+17 more
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)Xuanyi C(Founder)
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 VenturesAZ-VCIn Revenue CapitalTuesday Capital
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)
BoardDan Wenhold(Director)inGregor Watson(Director)in
Co-investors1Sharpe VenturesNavitas Capital75 & SunnyFifth WallGeneral CatalystKhosla Ventures
MessageDesk provides a shared team inbox for business SMS texting, letting teams route, assign, and manage text conversations across their existing phone numbers.
Enterprise SoftwareSaaSSales Tech
Co-investorsReno Seed Fund
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 HorowitzBuilding VenturesAZ-VCFounders FundGreylock PartnersInnovation Endeavors+5 more
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 TechPropTechSaaS
Co-investorsAZ-VCPHX VenturesIn Revenue Capital
Orama provides search and AI infrastructure, including the open-source OramaJS library, a managed cloud with AI-powered answers, and Orama Zetta, an enterprise platform that runs an adaptive database with search, agentic answers, and model training inside a customer's own environment.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Pareto is an autonomous B2B renewals agent that runs the full renewal process—qualification, outreach, proposals, buyer evaluation, negotiation, and close—through specialized sub-agents, with every customer-facing action approved by the user.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales TechPalo Alto, US
Peerlogic offers an AI front desk assistant ("Aimee") for dental and veterinary practices that answers calls, texts back missed calls, schedules appointments, and provides analytics on call volume and lead conversion.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechSaaSScottsdale, US
Ryan Miller(Executive Officer, Director)Kristin Miller(Director)
BoardJustin Gray(Director)Taylor Oliver(Director)Alexander Maskovyak(Director)Ashok Santhanam(Director)
Co-investorsAZ Venture Capital Inc.CervinAZ-VCCERVIN VENTURESIn Revenue Capital
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-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)inUzair Ahmed(CTO)in
Co-investorsEntrepreneur FirstTri-Valley Ventures
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
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
Co-investorsImmeasurablePHX VenturesY CombinatorAltos Ventures
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)James Guerra(Secretary)McKenzie Glandorf(Vice President of Client Experience)David Hawash(Chief Operating Officer)Oshiogwe Braimah(Treasurer and Vice President of Finance)King Kenney(Vice President of Marketing)
Co-investorsNeotribe Ventures
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)
Co-investorsNext Coast Ventures
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesEtched · reuters.com · Aug 18, 2026
Bearing · stocktitan.net · Jul 14, 2026
Crew · arstechnica.com · Jul 13, 2026
Grazzy · restaurantbusinessonline.com · Jun 9, 2026
Lessen · pymnts.com · Apr 29, 2026
Soraban · finance.yahoo.com · Aug 14, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Copper Sky Capital made?
- Copper Sky Capital has 25 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 41 tracked co-investors.
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