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Eastlink Capital Partners

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Menlo Park · Pre-Seed–Series B · 9 people tracked

Also known as EASTLINK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

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Investment thesis

Eastlink Capital invests in Data and AI infrastructure opportunities, seeking mission-driven founders with unique technology. The firm draws on decades of product and technical domain expertise to identify winners early, before market signals become obvious. Its team combines investment and operating experience in target sectors and emphasizes hands-on technical engagement with portfolio companies. Eastlink highlights strong cross-border capabilities, particularly in Asia, helping companies with financing, recruiting, and go-to-market strategy. The firm positions itself as a technically sophisticated, product- and founder-focused early-stage partner with a network that opens doors to executives, advisors, and investors.

Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Series B
Check
$100K – $5M
HQ
Menlo Park, CA, US
Leads rounds
Follows
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2014
Private fund assets
$31.5M
VC funds
7
Tracked investments
37
Unicorns
5
IPOs
1
Acquisitions
4

Team · 9 people

from the firm's website & public directories

What they invest in

from 34 of 37 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×21Enterprise Software ×17Developer Tools ×13Cloud Computing ×12SaaS ×11Data & Infrastructure ×10Cybersecurity ×5E-commerce ×3

HQs:United States×24India×4Croatia×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 27 portfolio companies
19%
solo founders
5 of 27 mapped founding teams
41%
repeat founders
of 56 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×52 founders×113 founders×54+ founders×6

Where their founders studiedfrom 56 founders with education data

University of California, Berkeley ×6Harvard University ×4Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×4UCLA ×4University of Toronto ×3Fudan University ×2Georgia Institute of Technology ×2Michigan State University ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 55 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×41Engineering ×11Mathematics & Statistics ×5Business & Management ×2Chemistry ×2Economics ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 56 founders with career history

Google ×15Microsoft ×7Stanford University ×4CrowdStrike ×3Databricks ×3Dover ×3Twitter ×3Amazon ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×10

20 founders hold a PhD · 3 hold an MBA (of 58 with degree data)

Investments · 37 tracked

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Uberuber.comin𝕏NYSE: UBER

Uber operates a multi-sided platform providing ride-sharing, food delivery, freight logistics, and business fleet management services across various global markets.

Logistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesMobility & TransportationSan Francisco, US

Travis Kalanick(Co-founder; CEO until 2017)Garrett Camp(Co-founder)inGautam Gupta(Executive Officer)inJeffrey Holden(Executive Officer)David Plouffe(Executive Officer)inEmil Michael(Executive Officer)in

Co-investors137 Ventures3Spoke Capital408 VenturesA*ACME CapitalAcross Capital Partners+77 more

Advantage Clubadvantageclub.aiin𝕏

AdvantageClub.ai operates an employee engagement and rewards platform that provides corporates with client and employee benefits, perks, and rewards through a network of brand partners.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSWellness & FitnessGurugram, IN

Sourabh Deorah(Co-Founder & CEO)inSmiti Bhatt Deorah(Co-Founder & COO)inGirish Bindal(CMO)

Co-investorsAlteria CapitalAxilor VenturesBeaconsfield CapitalBroom VenturesCathexis VenturesFlucas Ventures+14 more

BenchFlowbenchflow.aiin

BenchFlow is a data lab that builds stateful environments — with services, files, tools, verifiers, traces, and replay — for training and evaluating AI agents on real computer workflows rather than static prompts.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US

Xiangyi Li(Founder)in

Co-investorsFoundersTranspose Platform Management

Cloudanixcloudanix.comin𝕏

Cloudanix provides cloud security solutions that help engineering teams identify and remediate security findings across their cloud infrastructure.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Sujay Maheshwari(Co-founder & CEO)inPurusottam Mupunu(Co-founder & CTO)inSujay Suresh M.(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorBrighter CapitalTranspose Platform Management77 PartnersLong Run Capital

Customilycustomily.comin𝕏

Customily is a product customizer app for e-commerce platforms that enables merchants to sell personalized products with real-time design previews.

Developer ToolsE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareRetail TechSaaSSt. Louis, US

Martina Möring(Founder)inAlejandro Lozdziejski(Founder)in

Co-investorsConvergeImagination CapitalY CombinatorCabra VCHarvard Management CompanyK3 Diversity+2 more

Databricksdatabricks.comin𝕏

Databricks provides a unified platform for data engineering, analytics, and artificial intelligence, enabling organizations to build and deploy data and AI applications on cloud infrastructure.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Ali Ghodsi(Co-founder & CEO)inIon Stoica(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inMatei Zaharia(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inReynold Xin(Founder)inPatrick Wendell(Founder)inAndy Konwinski(Founder)in

Co-investors137 VenturesA.Capital VenturesAglae VenturesAlkeon InnovationAlpha Square GroupAltra Venture+97 more

Digi-Prexdigi-prex.cominSeed

Digi-Prex is a subscription pharmacy service that delivers medications to customers' homes monthly, offering prices up to 15% cheaper than traditional pharmacies.

B2B MarketplacesE-commerceHealthtechWellness & FitnessHyderabad, IN

Samarth Sindhi(Founder)in

Co-investorsGlobevestorITERATIVEOlive Tree CapitalPioneerSoma CapitalVedanta Capital+11 more

Enso Analyticsenso.org

Enso is an AI-first data preparation and blending tool for data teams, offering both no-code visual and full-code interfaces to ingest, clean, reshape, analyze, and deploy data workflows.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsWilmington, US

Co-investorsDay One VenturesKima VenturesPassion Capital

Evernoteevernote.comin𝕏Acquired

Evernote is a note-taking and productivity platform that helps individuals and teams capture, organize, and access information across devices.

AI & Machine LearningSaaS

Eric Libin(Founder & CEO)

Co-investorsCanvas VenturesCoatue ManagementFelicis VenturesGlynn Capital ManagementNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)NewView Capital+6 more

FrontPagefront.pagein𝕏

FrontPage is a media product built by Frontdotpage Pvt Ltd, a company founded by former technology and product professionals from major Indian internet companies.

FintechMedia & EntertainmentBengaluru, IN

Avijit Sharma(Founder)in

Co-investorsAdvantedge FoundersFlucas VenturesKube VCSoma CapitalVentureSouqY Combinator+8 more

Genmogenmo.aiin𝕏

Genmo is a research lab building frontier AI models for video generation, positioning its models as world simulators for embodied AI and synthetic environments.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyDeep TechMedia & EntertainmentSan Francisco, US

Ajay Jain(Founder)inParas Jain(Founder)in

Co-investorsAngel Collective Opportunity FundNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)ESSENCE VCEssence Venture CapitalGold House VenturesHouse+1 more

InsightFinderinsightfinder.comin𝕏

InsightFinder AI uses patented unsupervised machine learning for AI Observability and IT Observability, providing real-time anomaly detection, root cause analysis, and incident prediction across logs, metrics, and traces.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareBrooklyn, US

Xiaohui Gu(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Helen Gu(Founder)in

Co-investorsEight Roads VenturesFellowsIDEA Fund PartnersYu Galaxy

IOMETEiomete.comin𝕏

IOMETE is a self-hosted data platform for enterprise teams that runs on-premises or in the cloud as an alternative to cloud-SaaS solutions like Snowflake and Databricks.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Vusal Dadalov(Founder)inPiet Jan de Bruin(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorFriends Family Capital

Lavo Life Scienceslavo.aiinDefunct

Lavo Life Sciences offers computational molecular simulations to pharmaceutical companies, helping them optimize drug formulations, reduce experimental costs, and accelerate the path to clinical trials and regulatory approval.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtech

Scott Swarthout(Founder)inZach Glick(Founder)inDerek Metcalf(Founder)in

Co-investorsUndeterred CapitalY CombinatorBBQ CapitalPeterson Venture Partners

Mercormercor.comin𝕏

Mercor is a platform that connects skilled workers with AI-related tasks and projects, organizing human intelligence to support the development and training of AI systems.

AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesFuture of WorkSan Francisco, US

Brendan Foody(Cofounder)inAdarsh Hiremath(Cofounder)Surya Midha(Cofounder)inAdarsh H.(Founder)inSundeep Jain(Executive Officer)inFelix Mercierin

Co-investors2.12 Angels20VCA*Alumni VenturesEmergence Capital PartnersFelicis Ventures+15 more

Mezmomezmo.comin𝕏Series C

Mezmo provides an intelligence layer for production AI that enables platform engineering and SRE teams to deploy reliable AI-powered workflows in production.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSMiami, US

Lee Liu(Founder)inChris Nguyen(Founder)inTucker Callaway(Chief Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsEmergence Capital PartnersInitialized CapitalKima VenturesMetaplanetNightDragonTranspose Platform Management+9 more

Mobile Ironmobileiron.com

MobileIron develops a mobile-centric, zero trust platform for unified endpoint management (UEM) that controls access to business resources.

CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMountain View, US

Ajay Mishra(Founder)inSuresh Batchu(Founder)inRobert Tinker(Executive Officer, Director)Laurel Finch(Executive Officer)John Donnelly(Executive Officer)

BoardAaref Hilaly(Director)

Co-investorsBloc VenturesFIRSTFLOOR CAPITALFoundation CapitalNorwest Venture PartnersRuna CapitalStorm Ventures+3 more

MobileIronivanti.comin𝕏

Ivanti provides integrated IT and security solutions for managing, automating, and protecting IT service management, network security, endpoint management, and exposure management across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.

CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Srinivas Mukkamalain

Co-investorsFarol Asset ManagementSirisStorm VenturesSun Mountain Capital

Modalmodal.comin𝕏Acquired

Modal provides a cloud platform that lets developers define compute, hardware, and application logic in Python and deploy to the cloud, with fast-booting containers and autoscaling GPUs.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsNew York, US

Erik Bernhardsson(Founder)inAkshat Bubna(Founder)inSeth Zelnick(Executive Officer)in

BoardPatrick Chase(Director)inSarah Catanzaro(Director)in

Co-investorsAmplify PartnersGeneral CatalystLux CapitalRedpoint VenturesCreandumAbstraction Capital+16 more

Motherduckmotherduck.comin𝕏

MotherDuck provides a serverless cloud analytics database built on DuckDB, enabling users to query and understand their data more easily.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureSeattle, US

Jordan Tigani(Co-founder and chief duck-herder)inHannes Mühleisen(Co-founder)Mark Raasveldt(Co-founder)Tino Tereshko(Co-founder)inRyan Boyd(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsAmplify PartnersAndreessen HorowitzBattery VenturesEssence Venture CapitalFelicis VenturesFirestreak Ventures+9 more

Namaste Businessmynamaste.ininSeedDefunct

Namaste provides small businesses with tools to build eCommerce websites and native mobile applications, with one-click publishing to major app stores.

E-commerceEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBengaluru, IN

Shubham Agrawal(Founder)inDhilbar Roshan(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorAli CapitalAmino CapitalHOF CapitalLynett Capital PartnersMSA Capital+4 more

Omnistrateomnistrate.comin𝕏

Omnistrate provides a platform that abstracts infrastructure complexity to enable software and agent distribution across multiple channels and clouds.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Kamal Gupta(Founder)inAlok Nikhil(Founder)in

Co-investorsAbstract VenturesPioneerUncorrelated VenturesY CombinatorDecacorn CapitalRebel Fund+2 more

OpenAIopenai.comin𝕏

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company focused on developing artificial general intelligence (AGI) with emphasis on safety and beneficial outcomes for humanity.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Sam Altman(Co-founder & CEO)Elon Musk(Co-founder & former Co-chair / board member)inGreg Brockman(Co-founder & President)inIlya Sutskever(Co-founder & Chief Scientist)inWojciech Zaremba(Co-founder)inJohn Schulman(Co-founder (departed 2024))

Co-investors7BC Venture CapitalA-Rod CorpA.Capital VenturesA'Z AngelsAdvent InternationalAlpha Funds+87 more

Puppygraphpuppygraph.comin𝕏

PuppyGraph is a zero-ETL graph analytics engine that lets data teams query existing relational data stores as a unified graph model without a separate graph database or data migration.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaSSanta Clara, US

Danfeng Xu(Founder)inLei Huang(Founder)in

Co-investorsDefy Partners

Secure3secure3.ioin𝕏

Secure3 provides end-to-end security audits for Web3 and crypto projects, matching projects with expert auditors and running competitive audit contests to identify smart contract vulnerabilities.

Crypto & Web3CybersecuritySan Francisco, US

Yuan Xia(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlumni Ventures

Senselysensely.comin𝕏acquired by Mediktor

Sensely operates an avatar-based conversational platform that combines human-style interaction with automation to help large enterprises deliver member experiences related to health and well-being.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSan Francisco, US

Adam(Founder)Dr. Ivana(Co-founder)

Co-investorsZillionize

Seraphic Securityseraphicsecurity.comin𝕏acquired by CrowdStrike

Seraphic provides browser security software for enterprises, embedding adaptive security directly into browsers to protect against phishing, advanced threats, and data risks while preserving productivity.

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Ilan Yeshua(CEO & Co-founder)inAvihay Cohen(CTO & Co-founder)inSuresh Batchu(COO & Co-Founder)in

Co-investorsCota CapitalGreatPoint VenturesPlanven Entrepreneur VenturesStorm Ventures

SingleStoresinglestore.comin𝕏

SingleStore provides a distributed SQL database designed for real-time transactional and analytical processing in a single engine, serving SaaS builders, data leaders, and enterprises that require high-performance data applications.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Eric Frenkiel(Founder/CEO)inNikita Shamgunov(Founder (MemSQL))inAdam Prout(Founder (MemSQL))inErik Frankiel(Founder (MemSQL))Raj Verma(CEO)in

Co-investorsAccelCollective LiquidityDCVC (Data Collective)Divide by ZeroFirst Round CapitalGlynn Capital Management+22 more

StreamNativestreamnative.ioin𝕏

StreamNative provides a fully managed, cloud-native data streaming platform built by the original creators of Apache Pulsar, offering a lakehouse-native streaming engine (Ursa) that runs Kafka on object storage.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & Infrastructure

Co-investorsDCM VenturesProsperity7 VenturesSequoia Capital

TigerGraphtigergraph.comin𝕏

TigerGraph provides a graph analytics platform designed to reveal relationships and connections across data that traditional analytics tools miss, supporting deep multi-hop queries.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMilpitas, US

Yu Xu(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investors11.2 CapitalBlack Opal VenturesCelesta CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)Mundi VenturesQiming Venture Partners+5 more

Together AItogether.aiin𝕏

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 & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US

Vipul Ved Prakash(Founder & CEO)inCe Zhang(Founder & CTO)inChris Ré(Founder)Tri Dao(Founder & Chief Scientist)inPercy Liang(Founder)in

Co-investors137 VenturesA.Capital VenturesAlumni VenturesBrave CapitalBrilliant Phoenix CapitalCambium Capital+35 more

Vellumvellum.aiin𝕏Jul 2023 · $5M

Vellum builds AI development tools and platforms for teams building AI applications.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkNew York City, US

Akash Sharma(Founder)inSidd Seethepalli(Founder)inNoa Flaherty(Founder)in

Co-investorsPioneerY CombinatorAcrew CapitalAlloy FundAndreessen HorowitzBO LE VENTURES+8 more

Weaveweave.inDefunct

Weave generates automated professional introductions for users on a weekly basis to facilitate networking connections.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerHR TechSan Francisco, US

Brian Ma(Founder)in

Co-investorsEast 11 VenturesY CombinatorFocal VenturesFuel CapitalIndex VenturesJoyance Partners+4 more

Webinywebiny.comin𝕏

Webiny is an AI-programmable headless CMS platform that enables developers to build and extend content systems using AI and code, with ready-made apps including a CMS, website builder, and file manager.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSZagreb, HR

Sven Al Hamad(Founder)inPavel Denisjuk(Founder)in

Co-investorsCota CapitalEpisode1M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Redbus VenturesY CombinatorAltaclub VC+5 more

Other

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

EnsoExostellarExotanium

Exits · 5

1 IPOs · 4 acquisitions · showing 3

UberNYSE: UBERSenselyacq. by MediktorSeraphic Securityacq. by CrowdStrike

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Eastlink Capital Partners made?
Eastlink Capital Partners has 37 tracked investments, 5 of which have exited.
What stage does Eastlink Capital Partners invest at?
Eastlink Capital Partners invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
What is Eastlink Capital Partners's typical check size?
Eastlink Capital Partners typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
What sectors does Eastlink Capital Partners focus on?
Eastlink Capital Partners focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Crypto & Web3, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, SaaS, Semiconductors.
Where is Eastlink Capital Partners located?
Eastlink Capital Partners is headquartered in Menlo Park, US.
Does Eastlink Capital Partners lead rounds?
Eastlink Capital Partners typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Who does Eastlink Capital Partners co-invest with?
Eastlink Capital Partners most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Prosperity7 Ventures, Felicis Ventures, among 126 tracked co-investors.

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