Hinge Capital
Venture capitalHaddonfield Β· Pre-SeedβSeries A Β· 2 people tracked
Also known as Hinge Capital IRL Β· Hinge Capital LD Β· Hinge Capital Open Β· VENTURE51 LLC
Investment thesis
Hinge Capital focuses on the earliest stages of company building, investing across pre-seed, seed, friends-and-family, angel and Series A rounds. The firm favors bold, curious founders pursuing non-obvious ideas that reshape existing industries or create new categories, particularly in next-generation vertical technologies. Rather than positioning itself as commodity capital, Hinge operates as a platform combining products and programs, run by operators, data scientists, designers and engineers alongside investors, and provides patient, flexible capital for risk-on investments. Since 2010 it has invested in more than 90 companies and built founder programs plus proprietary software to support portfolio companies early on.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 11, 2026.
Team Β· 2 people
from public directories
What they invest in
from 23 of 48 portfolio companiesSaaS Γ7Enterprise Software Γ6Consumer Γ5Fintech Γ5AI & Machine Learning Γ3Direct to Consumer Γ3Future of Work Γ3Marketing Tech Γ3
HQs:United StatesΓ14
Investments Β· 48 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2022 Β· 22016 Β· 12015 Β· 25 dated
eToro is an online trading and investment platform that enables retail investors to trade stocks, ETFs, and other assets with zero broker fees, and offers a CopyTrader feature allowing users to automatically replicate trades of experienced investors.
FintechBnei Brak
Johnathan Alexander Assia(Executive Officer, Director)Shalom Berkovitz(Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer)Ronen Assia(Executive Director, Co-founder and Director)Eddy Shalev(Director)Avner Stepak(Director)Hedva Ber(Executive Officer)
Hinge Health builds a digital healthcare platform designed to help individuals manage musculoskeletal health and related conditions.
Digital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesWellness & FitnessSan Francisco, US
Gabriel Mecklenburg(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel Perez(Executive Officer, Director)
Bird operates a shared electric scooter and e-bike service designed to reduce car trips and emissions in urban environments across multiple continents.
CleantechMobility & TransportationSanta Monica, US
Wellness & FitnessNew York City, US
Henry Vigil(Director)Adam Valkin(Director)Michael Farello(Director)Payal Kadakia(Executive Officer, Director)Richard Lanman(Executive Officer, Director)Zach Apter(Executive Officer)
Classy, acquired by GoFundMe, provides fundraising software for nonprofits that combines donation management tools with the GoFundMe platform to help organizations reach donors and increase charitable giving.
FintechSaaSSan Diego, US
Patrick Walsh(Director, Promoter)Howard Deshong(Director)Adam Garone(Director)Scot Chisholm(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Paul Leggett(Director)
CloudFactory provides a platform and consulting services to develop, deploy, and operate AI systems in production, combining quality data preparation, model fine-tuning, human validation, and inference oversight.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Dollar Shave Club offers razors and grooming products through a subscription model, delivering sharp stainless steel blades and shaving essentials directly to consumers at lower price points.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceLos Angeles, US
Michael Dubin(Founder)inMichael Jones(Director)David Pakman(Director)Christopher Marshall(Director)Daniel Murray(Executive Officer)Kevin Datoo(Executive Officer)
Cvent provides an event management platform with a mobile app that enables attendee engagement, personalized experiences, and data-driven insights through AI-powered analytics and integrated event operations tools.
Enterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Edward Oberwager(Director)Marco Giberti(Director)Lawrence Coburn(Executive Officer, Director)Ajay Royan(Director)Duncan Davidson(Director)
BoardByron Deeter(Director)
San Francisco, US
Rajil Kapoor(Executive Officer, Director)Tim Chang(Director)
Getaround is a car-sharing marketplace that allows users to book and rent vehicles from private and professional owners through a mobile app, with keyless vehicle access and included trip liability insurance.
MarketplacesMobility & TransportationSan Francisco, US
Jessica Scorpio(Founder and Vice President of Marketing)Sam Zaid(Founder & CEO)inBruno Bowden(Director)Jeffrey Russakow(Director)Spencer Jackson(Executive Officer)Tom Alderman(Executive Officer)
GoSpotCheck provides mobile workforce management and field operations software for mobile workers and teams.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechRetail TechSaaSDenver, US
Samantha Holloway(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Joseph Alfano(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Matthew Talbot(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
LaunchRock offers a block-based, drag-and-drop page builder for creating pre-launch marketing and landing pages, with email capture, surveys, and social-sharing tools to help businesses build an audience before launch.
Marketing TechSaaS
Liquid Death manufactures and sells sparkling energy drinks, iced teas, and flavored sparkling waters branded with horror-themed names and marketing.
ConsumerFoodTech
Outlander Labs is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in founders at the seed stage, often before revenue or product, with a focus on backing overlooked and underfunded founders including women, minorities, and those outside core West Coast and Mid-Atlantic tech markets.
Rehinged Healthcare provides an AI-powered account ranking and ICP targeting engine that scores and ranks skilled nursing facilities and other healthcare accounts across areas such as wound care, falls, and infection prevention.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechSales Tech
Sarcophagus is a decentralized dead man's switch built on the BASE blockchain.
Crypto & Web3Cybersecurity
Urban Remedy makes ready-to-eat organic meals, snacks, and juices free from dairy, gluten, refined sugar, and unhealthy oils, sold direct to consumers online and through grocery kiosks.
Direct to ConsumerFoodTechWellness & Fitness
Neka Pasquale(Founder)
New York, US
Matt Singer(Executive Officer, Director)Richard Smith(Director)Amanda Eilian(Executive Officer, Director)Adam Schwartz(Director)
Exits Β· 5
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioeToroNASDAQ: ETORHinge HealthNYSE: HNGETripAdvisorNASDAQ: TRIPClassyacq. by GoFundMeDollar Shave Clubacq. by Unilever
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesDollar Shave Club Β· foreignpolicyjournal.com Β· Jul 19, 2026
Life360 Β· fool.com Β· Jul 18, 2026
Ripple Β· cryptonews.net Β· Jul 18, 2026
Ambient Β· pulse2.com Β· Jul 15, 2026
Hinge Health Β· tickeron.com Β· Jul 15, 2026
Bird Scooters Β· katu.com Β· Jul 1, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Hinge Capital invest at?
- Hinge Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Hinge Capital's typical check size?
- Hinge Capital typically writes checks of $500K β $1M.
- What sectors does Hinge Capital focus on?
- Hinge Capital focuses on Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, EdTech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, Marketplaces, SaaS, Sector Agnostic, Wellness & Fitness.
- Where is Hinge Capital located?
- Hinge Capital is headquartered in Haddonfield, US.
Co-investors Β· 7
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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.
Kapor Capital is an impact-focused venture firm backing seed and early-stage startups that create economic opportunity and address inequality across sectors such as education, work, finance, justice, food and health.
Fontinalis Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in startups working on mobility, industrial innovation, and energy.
Uber is a technology company operating multisided platforms that connect consumers with ride services, transit, delivery of food and groceries, and freight shipping across more than 70 countries and 15,000+ cities.
Practical Venture Capital (PVC) is a venture firm focused on the secondary market for private, late-stage technology companies. It acquires stakes in mature companies through its Halftime Fund.
Recursive Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital fund backing US pre-seed and seed technology startups using artificial intelligence to disrupt their industries.
Firms observed investing alongside Hinge Capital, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Hinge Capital's recorded portfolio.
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