Freestyle Capital
Venture capitalSan Rafael · Seed–Series A · 3 people tracked
Also known as FREESTYLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
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Deal analysis
- Airtable × Bending Spoons: who got the money home
An estimated liquidation waterfall: the late-stage pref stack took $1.29bn at ~1x, founders took ~$190m, and seed money made ~42x.
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Investment thesis
Seed-stage backers taking ~15% at seed and doubling down via opportunity funds on winners >$200M; serial founders offering CFO-grade ops support (venture debt, banking, back-office) and founder empathy.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 15, 2026.
Team · 3 people
from curated & public directories
What they invest in
from 23 of 40 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×12SaaS ×11Consumer ×6Enterprise Software ×6Fintech ×5Healthtech ×5Marketplaces ×4B2B Marketplaces ×3
HQs:United States×22Canada×1Ireland×1Norway×1
Investments · 40 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 42025 · 12024 · 12023 · 42022 · 62021 · 32019 · 22017 · 12016 · 12015 · 124 dated
On Approval, now shut down, operated a platform for renting, leasing-to-own, and purchasing original fine art, coordinating ownership tracking, insurance, custody transfer, and financial settlement across galleries without holding inventory.
ConsumerE-commerceMarketplacesSan Francisco, US
Christopher Griffin(Director)Michael Conway-McClintock(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsPARETOScott Belsky
Rise Science develops RISE, a mobile app that tracks sleep and energy levels while providing personalized recommendations based on sleep debt and circadian rhythm science.
ConsumerHealthtechWellness & FitnessChicago, US
Jeff Kahn(Co-founder)inLeon Sasson(Co-founder)
Co-investorsHigh AlphaTrue VenturesChicago VenturesFelicis VenturesHyde Park Venture PartnersStarting Line
Airtable is a San Francisco-based no-code platform that lets teams build apps and workflows on a flexible database.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Howie Liu(Co-Founder and CEO)inAndrew Ofstad(Co-Founder)inEmmett Nicholas(Co-Founder and senior engineering leader)inAmbereen Toubassy(Chief Financial Officer)inPaul Ohls(Chief Revenue Officer)inDavid Azose(Chief Technology Officer)
Co-investorsBling CapitalCaffeinated CapitalCoatue ManagementCRV (Charles River Ventures)CSC UpshotDCVC (Data Collective)+25 more
ApplePie Capital provides franchise financing, including SBA and conventional loans, to franchisees and franchisors across the United States.
FintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Denise Thomas(CEO & Founder)inJoel Hornstein(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardFrank Rotman(Director)inZaw Thet(Director)Steve Pelletier(Director)
Co-investorsCamp One VenturesQED InvestorsStory VenturesZMT CapitalDocuSignSignia Venture Partners+1 more
Arkive is a decentralized, member-curated physical museum that acquires artifacts chosen by community votes recorded on-chain.
Thomas McLeod(Founder)in
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesInterlace VenturesParade VenturesAmity VenturesAwesome People VenturesColor Capital+2 more
Co-investorsNielsen Innovate
Co-investorsPropel Venture Partners
Chute provides a platform that helps brands, agencies, and publishers find, create, and distribute user-generated photos and videos, using visual and text search tools.
Enterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSan Francisco, US
Ranvir Gujral(Founder/CEO)inGaurav Sharma(Founder/Lead Engineer)inGregory Narain(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJacques Benkoski(Director)inRyan McIntyre(Director)inJohn Battelle(Director)
Co-investorsY CombinatorBattery VenturesFoundryUS Venture Partners
Cluster is a virtual-space platform whose users join events and live performances from smartphones, PCs and VR headsets.
Co-investorsBaseline VenturesKDDI Open Innovation FundSkyland VenturesFirst Round CapitalGV (Google Ventures)Mapleblock Capital+3 more
Advertising technology platform providing audience-based sales for television advertising.
Somerville, US
Joshua Summers(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Doug Hurd(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardRyan Moore(Director)Lars Albright(Director)in
Co-investorsBoston Seed CapitalTransmedia CapitalTribeca Venture PartnersAtlas VentureData Point CapitalWestern Technology Investment
Dash ComplyOps is a cloud security and compliance platform that provides tailored security controls and automated processes for healthcare and software organizations.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaS
Co-investorsDreamit VenturesOak HC/FTSwift Ventures
Dash Bio is a contract research organization (CRO) offering bioanalysis services with a technology-based, automated approach, delivering sample analysis results in days.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechRoboticsBoston, US
Dave Johnson(Co-founder & CEO)inAlexander Tallett(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardAndy Smith(Director)in
Co-investorsCybernetix VenturesLifeX VenturesOak HC/FTSwift VenturesRTP Global
Deduce builds an identity graph that detects stolen and synthetic identities to protect financial institutions and fintech companies from fraud at account opening and within customer databases.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintech
Robert PanasiukAndy Sheldon
Co-investorsCyber Mentor FundInnovating CapitalTrue Ventures
Giftbit is a digital payouts and gift card platform that enables businesses to send prepaid cards and digital gift cards to recipients globally through an API or web interface.
B2B MarketplacesEnterprise SoftwareFintechMarketplacesSaaSVictoria, CA
Leif Baradoy(CEO and co-founder)inPeter Lockein
Co-investorsTechstars
Glow offers workers' compensation and accident insurance for businesses, covering employees both at work and off-the-clock.
InsurTech
Samad Wahedi(Founder)in
Co-investorsAV8 VenturesCota CapitalIndex VenturesMGV.VCSequoia CapitalAndreessen Horowitz+2 more
Gradescope is a web platform for administering and grading assessments—paper-based, digital, code, and bubble-sheet assignments—with flexible rubrics, AI-assisted grouping of similar answers, and per-question analytics.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaSBerkeley, US
Arjun Singh(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardDave Samuel(Director)Manu Kumar(Director)inSergey Karayev(Director)
Co-investorsGSV VenturesK9 VenturesBloomberg BetaHouseReach Capital
Keebler Health, founded in 2023, is a healthcare company focused on improving efficiency and efficacy in the healthcare industry.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Isaac Park(CEO)inAndrew Stickney(COO)inKevin Hill(CTO)inTerrell Bacchus(CMO)in
Co-investorsFlare Capital PartnersHustle FundHypothesisNew Stack VenturesPrimordial VenturesTau Ventures+8 more
Maneva develops Video-to-Action AI for manufacturers, converting production-floor visual data into real-time actions for quality control, machine integrity, and line supervision (via its ALIS AI Line Supervisor).
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRoboticsToronto
Kelvin Chan(Co-Founder & CTO)inRae Jeong(Co-Founder & CEO)in
Co-investors640 OxfordArka Venture LabsBling CapitalEvolution VC PartnersN49PUS Venture Partners+1 more
Mint Songs was a music NFT marketplace for artists, acquired by Napster in February 2023 after winding down operations.
Co-investorsAAF Management Ltd.Coinbase VenturesEast West Ventures EWVCastle Island Ventures
MyPlace is a guest data and review management platform for restaurants and hospitality businesses that automates review requests, routes positive feedback to public review sites, and flags negative feedback for internal resolution.
Enterprise SoftwareIoTMarketing TechRetail TechSaaSDublin, IE
PicCollage is a mobile app for creating photo collages, greeting cards, and edited images using templates, stickers, backgrounds, fonts, and AI-assisted editing tools.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsXG Ventures500 Global
Projector is a smart TV app and subscription service for storing, organizing, and streaming personal home videos and photos privately on TVs and other devices.
Cloud ComputingConsumerMedia & EntertainmentChagrin Falls, US
Robert Marks(Founder)inLayne Swenson(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsBaseline VenturesJumpstart VenturesSV AngelTrue Ventures
Smart notification platform for sending notifications people love; acquired by Medium.
Co-investorsMantis CapitalUpfront VenturesBaseline VenturesSV AngelTrue Ventures
RangeMe is a product discovery and sourcing platform that lets brands showcase products to retail and foodservice buyers, and helps buyers find suppliers through search and campaign tools.
B2B MarketplacesRetail TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Nicky Jackson(Executive Officer, Director)inDarryl Jackson(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardJosh Felser(Director)Ido Leffler(Director)inZac Rosenberg(Director)
Co-investorsKindred VenturesTransmedia CapitalJAZZ Venture Partners
RideJoy is a marketplace connecting equestrian riders and horse owners with verified accommodations including boarding, layovers, RV parking, cabins, and camping across the United States.
ConsumerMarketplacesMobility & TransportationTravel & HospitalitySan Francisco, US
Kalvin Wang(Founder/CEO)inJason Shen(Founder)inRandy Pang(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorFounder CollectiveSV Angel
Video editing and collaboration platform.
Co-investorsRembrandt Venture PartnersScribble VenturesTransmedia CapitalWireframe VenturesGreylock Partners
Snapdocs automates the digital mortgage closing process by connecting lending, settlement, and secondary market teams.
AI & Machine LearningFintechLegalTechPropTechSaaSPortland, US
Aaron King(Founder & Executive Chairman)inMatt Schindel(Executive Officer)Sanam Pangali(Executive Officer)Michael Sachdev(CEO)in
BoardDavid Jegen(Director)inAndrew Reed(Director)in
Co-investors137 VenturesAccelerator VenturesAlkeon InnovationF-Prime CapitalMetaPropMetaProp Ventures+11 more
Stackpack provides an AI agent for finance teams that manages vendor and AI spend, monitoring contract renewals, analyzing token usage, flagging spend increases, catching unused vendors, routing approvals, and setting budgets.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Sara Wyman(Founder)in
Co-investorsLayout VenturesMSIVElefundNomad Venture Partners, LlcUpside Partnership
Superside is a creative services platform that provides enterprise teams with access to vetted global creative talent and AI-powered tools for design, video, and content production.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesCreator EconomyEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkMarketing TechSaaSOslo, NO
Fredrik Thomassen(Founder/CEO)inJing Kjeldsen(CTO & Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)Alliance VCAlliance VentureBreyer CapitalHigh AlphaOmega Venture Partners+3 more
TrueFacet is an online marketplace for pre-owned and new luxury watches and jewelry from brands such as Rolex, Cartier, and Van Cleef & Arpels, with each item lab-tested and authenticated.
ConsumerE-commerceMarketplacesNew York, US
Tirath Kamdar(Executive Officer, Director)inChristopher Chan(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsRosecliff VenturesTechstarsMaveron
Vital Interaction provides an AI-powered patient engagement platform that integrates with practice management systems and EHRs to automate appointment reminders, recall and reactivation campaigns, referral management, online appointment requests, and pre-registration.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSaaS
Co-investorsNext Coast VenturesHarrison Metal
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
BachBurnerPageFulfilldKonsusLa Casa VenturesMercator AINestioTrizicUpside
Exits · 6
6 acquisitions · showing 2Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesDash · biopharminternational.com · Aug 10, 2026
Dash Bio · theaiinsider.tech · Aug 4, 2026
Glow · techcrunch.com · Jul 22, 2026
Giftbit · worldmetrics.org · Jul 1, 2026
Maneva · betakit.com · Jun 12, 2026
Projector · tipranks.com · Jun 10, 2026
Keebler Health · flarecapital.com · Apr 21, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Freestyle Capital made?
- Freestyle Capital has 40 tracked investments, 6 of which have exited, including 5 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Freestyle Capital invest at?
- Freestyle Capital invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Freestyle Capital's typical check size?
- Freestyle Capital typically writes checks of $1.5M – $4M.
- What sectors does Freestyle Capital focus on?
- Freestyle Capital focuses on Consumer, Digital Health, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, Media & Entertainment, SaaS.
- Where is Freestyle Capital located?
- Freestyle Capital is headquartered in San Rafael, US.
- Does Freestyle Capital lead rounds?
- Yes, Freestyle Capital leads investment rounds.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamElon buys ~9% stake in Twitter + Freestyle Capital's Dave Samuel | E1426
This Week in Startups · Dave Samuel
E1024 #StartupTuneup: 6 co's get feedback from Jason & Dave Samuel (Freestyle Capital) @ Founder.U
This Week in Startups · Dave Samuel
E1025 #StartupTuneup P2: 6 co's get feedback from Jason & Dave Samuel (Freestyle Capital) @Founder.U
This Week in Startups · Dave Samuel
E797: "Funding Your Startup" Jenny Lefcourt, Freestyle Capital's ultimate pitch to raise your round
This Week in Startups · Jenny Lefcourt
Maria Palma, GP at Freestyle Capital, on Investing in AI Infrastructure
Grace Gong · Maria Palma
Jenny Lefcourt: Freestyle Capital Partner's Path from Entrepreneur to VC
Something Ventured Podcast · Jenny Lefcourt
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Co-investors · 172
True Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2005 that focuses on early-stage technology companies, with operations based in Silicon Valley.
Transmedia Capital (TMC) is an early-stage technology venture fund that provides domain expertise, operating experience, and advisory support to founders.
Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies.
Techstars is a startup accelerator and early-stage investor that funds ambitious founders and provides capital, mentorship, and access to a global network of investors, operators, and corporate partners.
Founder Collective is a seed and pre-seed stage venture capital firm that invests across sectors, describing itself as sector agnostic and anti-thematic.
CRV is a venture capital firm that backs founders at the seed and Series A stages, focusing on those with deep conviction and unique insights.
Bling Capital is a seed-stage venture firm that backs entrepreneurs seeking to find and scale product-market fit, supported by its Bling Product Council of over 100 product leaders.
Baseline Ventures is a pioneering "micro VC" firm structured as a one-man operation where Steve Anderson handles all sourcing, decision-making, and partnering himself, writing concentrated seed checks from small funds rather than using a traditional multi-partner platform. Despite being one of Silicon Valley's smallest investment firms, Baseline achieved outsized success with multiple billion-dollar outcomes including Instagram (where Anderson was the very first investor) through Anderson's fast, gut-based decision style that emphasizes founder quality over elaborate modeling.
High Alpha is a venture firm that creates and funds B2B SaaS companies, partnering with founders to build enterprise software businesses. It operates a venture capital arm (Capital) and a company-building arm (Studio).
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.
GV (Google Ventures) is a venture capital firm that has invested in artificial intelligence and machine learning since its early days, building a global portfolio of more than 100 AI companies across infrastructure, life sciences, and applications.
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AccelGreylock PartnersBenchmarkFelicis VenturesFirst Round CapitalEverywhere VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)Coatue ManagementSound VenturesCaffeinated CapitalF-Prime CapitalTrinity VenturesMaveronFoundryThrive CapitalHarrison MetalAwesome People VenturesInspired CapitalScribble VenturesReach CapitalAccelerator VenturesCommerce VenturesK9 Ventures645 VenturesHouseMetaPropBloomberg BetaTenOneTen VenturesFlare Capital PartnersAmity VenturesColor CapitalPropel Venture PartnersSorenson VenturesAV8 VenturesBroadhaven Capital PartnersLDV CapitalInterlace VenturesGeneral CatalystLightspeed Venture PartnersCraft VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Redpoint VenturesLong Journey VenturesUncork CapitalFJ LabsBain Capital VenturesUnknown VenturesUberKleiner PerkinsBoxGroupDST GlobalGreat Oaks Venture CapitalEniac VenturesSusa VenturesOffline VenturesPartech VenturesRRE VenturesUpHonest CapitalSciFi VCPrecursor VenturesSignalFireLookout VenturesKapor CapitalObvious VenturesAmplify PartnersResolute VenturesBowery CapitalSouth Park CommonsUlu VenturesBonfire VenturesPractical Venture CapitalCrosslink CapitalLowercase CapitalLerer HippeauNot Boring CapitalRidge Ventures01 AdvisorsPolaris PartnersGoodwater CapitalQueensBridge Venture PartnersPantera CapitalKortschak Investments L.P.Two Sigma VenturesThreshold VenturesTq Ventures LlcMatrixGaingelsUnusual VenturesCostanoa VenturesBetter Tomorrow VenturesFootworkboldstart ventures23andMeRenegade PartnersMoxxie VenturesICONIQ CapitalOurCrowdCoinFundSerena VenturesFreigeist CapitalJavelin Venture PartnersBreakthrough Energy VenturesLobby CapitalTorch CapitalMucker CapitalNyca PartnersScience VenturesFounders' Co-opPrefix CapitalFikaJackson Square VenturesOyster VenturesCrosscut VenturesYes VCGolden VenturesGraph VenturesPresence CapitalPhoenix CourtGutter CapitalRadical VenturesSLVCSRB VenturesScout VenturesRoot Ventures Manager, LlcEuclid Venture PartnersRace CapitalUnstoppable DomainsAlsop Louie PartnersNeotribe VenturesGriffin Gaming PartnersIlluminate VenturesModerne VenturesDarling VenturesFocalBuilders VC10x GenomicsHarlem Capital PartnersTriatomic CapitalAdvance Venture PartnersAsymmetricLooking Glass CapitalFirework VenturesQuest Venture PartnersBaukunstBlack Jays VenturesPritzker Group Venture CapitalFuture Energy VenturesCenter ElectricNew York Venture PartnersBrick Mortar VenturesCorazon CapitalWave CapitalCrossbeam Venture PartnersEndeavor8Leonis CapitalOperator StackThe Westly GroupBatshit Crazy VenturesMarkdGenerate Capital
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