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IAG Capital Partners

Venture capital

Charleston · Seed–Growth · 3 people tracked

Also known as IAG Capital

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IAG Capital Partners is a venture capital firm that leads investment rounds from Seed through Series D, with offices in Charleston, New York, and London.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage
Seed–Growth
HQ
Charleston, South Carolina, US
Leads rounds
Leads
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2017
Last 12 months
4 investments
Tracked investments
49
Unicorns
1
Acquisitions
1

Team · 3 people

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Alex Kash· Associatein

What they invest in

from 36 of 49 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×19Deep Tech ×15Healthtech ×11Biotech ×10Medical Devices ×9Digital Health ×8Semiconductors ×7Hardware ×5

HQs:United States×23Canada×2Ireland×1Israel×1Italy×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 8 portfolio companies
50%
solo founders
4 of 8 mapped founding teams
36%
repeat founders
of 11 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×42 founders×33 founders×1

Where their founders studiedfrom 11 founders with education data

Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2University of Pennsylvania ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 12 founders with field-of-study data

Engineering ×6Computer Science ×3Mathematics & Statistics ×2Physics ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 11 founders with career history

MIT Media Lab ×3Yale University ×2

Investments · 49 tracked

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By year:2026 · 32025 · 42024 · 62023 · 32022 · 12021 · 118 dated

Activeactive.aiin𝕏

Active.ai, part of Gupshup's Conversation Cloud, provides a WhatsApp-based customer engagement platform that uses AI agents, automated flows, and real-time segmentation to run marketing campaigns and customer support conversations.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS

Co-investorsVertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.

Anceraancera.comin

Ancera develops a software platform for food production that combines analytics, diagnostics, and automation to monitor, predict, and prevent risks such as pathogens and disease.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningFoodTechSaaSBranford, US

Arjun Ganesan(CEO)inHur Koser(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardUgo DeBlasi(Director)McLeod Christopher(Director)Thomas Livingston(Director)

PartnerJoel Whitley· solo GP

Co-investorsElm Street VenturesLaunchCapitalConnecticut Innovations

Archetypearchetype.fund

Archetype is a venture fund investing in early-stage cryptocurrency and blockchain projects.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Sector Agnostic

Ash Egan(Founder and General Partner)in

Co-investorsAmbush CapitalAccompliceBezos ExpeditionsHitachi VenturesSamsung VenturesVenrock

Archetype AIarchetypeai.ioin𝕏

Archetype AI builds Physical AI for real-world operations, centered on Newton, a proprietary foundation model that fuses multi-sensor data to perceive and reason about physical environments.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechIoTSan Mateo, US

Ivan Poupyrev(Founder)inNick Gillian(Founder)inJaime Lien(Founder)inBrandon Barbello(Founder)inLeonardo Giusti(Founder)in

Co-investorsE12 Venture Capital, LlcEarl Grey CapitalHitachi VenturesPID Fund I, a series of DV Collective, LPStrange VenturesSystemiq Capital+6 more

Ayar Labsayarlabs.comin𝕏

Ayar Labs develops co-packaged optics (CPO) technology for AI infrastructure, enabling optical connectivity between thousands of GPUs across data center racks.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSemiconductorsSan Jose, US

Mark Wade(Founder & CEO)in

PartnerJoel Whitley· solo GP

Co-investorsNVIDIAAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundBerkeley FrontierBlue Bear VenturesCastor Ventures+21 more

Baebiesbaebies.comin𝕏

Baebies develops multifunctional syndromic diagnostic testing using proprietary digital microfluidics, integrating molecular, immunoassay, chemistry, and coagulation testing into a single compact platform (FINDER) that runs on small-volume samples.

BiotechDeep TechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesResearch Triangle Park, US

Vamsee Pamula(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardDennis Sacha(Director)William A. Hawkins(Director)

PartnerJoel Whitley· solo GP

Co-investorsCharlotte Angel FundDuke Capital PartnersRex Health VenturesSolas BioVenturesVentureSouthHG Ventures+1 more

beatBreadbeatbread.comin𝕏

beatBread provides advances against masters and publishing rights for independent artists, labels, songwriters, and rights holders, ranging from $1,000 to over $10M, without requiring them to give up ownership.

Creator EconomyFintechMedia & Entertainment

Peter Sinclair(Founder)in

PartnerJoel Whitley· solo GP

Co-investorsAfore CapitalCapria VenturesDeciensMucker CapitalMindset Venture

Brytecorein

Atlanta, US

Kenneth Sanders(Executive Officer)Edward Dominic Krebs(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardWei-Chun Tai(Director)in

PartnerJoel Whitley· solo GP

CaliberMindcalibermind.comin𝕏

CaliberMind is a B2B marketing measurement and revenue analytics platform that unifies fragmented go-to-market data into a Google BigQuery-based warehouse, combining Multi-Touch Attribution, Marketing Mix Modeling, ABM insights, buyer journey intelligence, and agentic analytics.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS

Nic Zangre(Founder)in

PartnerJoel Whitley· solo GP

Co-investors3Lines Venture CapitalBigfoot CapitalCrawley VenturesFirstMile VenturesICONYC labsKokopelli Capital+4 more

Celestial AIcelestial.aiin𝕏

The page describes Photonic Fabric, an optical interconnect technology platform for the scale-up interconnect market that enables high-bandwidth, power-efficient links for AI data center infrastructure.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSector AgnosticSemiconductorsSanta Clara, US

Preetinder Virk(Chief Operating Officer)David Lazovsky(President and Chief Executive Officer)inKelyn Brannon(Chief Financial Officer)Philip Winterbottom(Chief Technology Officer)in

BoardLip-Bu Tan(Director)Alonso Galvan(Director)

PartnerJoel Whitley· solo GP

Co-investorsFitz Gate Venturesimec.xpandKoch Disruptive TechnologiesM VenturesSamsung Catalyst FundThe Engine Ventures+11 more

Cerberus Venturescerberus.comDec 2024 · $18M

Cerberus is a multi-platform investment firm that manages capital across diverse asset classes including direct lending, private equity, real estate, credit, and venture capital.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechNew York, US

Co-investorsAHL Venture PartnersBooz Allen VenturesClean Energy VenturesBallistic VenturesCerberus VenturesForgePoint Capital+3 more

Cognitogetcognito.cain𝕏Mar 2026 · $105M

Cognito is a Canadian online mental health service offering cognitive behavioral therapy and psychiatric care for anxiety, depression, insomnia, and ADHD.

Digital HealthHealthtechMental HealthVictoria, CA

Co-investorsGarage CapitalGraphite VenturesSimplex VenturesApollo Health Ventures

Cornelis Networkscornelisnetworks.comin

Cornelis provides high-performance networking solutions for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing applications serving enterprise, cloud service providers, supercomputing centers, government labs, and research institutions.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeep TechHardwarePennsylvania, US

Gunnar Gunnarsson(Founder)inPhilip Murphy(Founder)inLisa Spelman(Ms. Spelman is the Chief Executive Officer of the Issuer.)inPhilip A. Murphy Jr.(Mr. Murphy is the President of the Issuer.)Warren Rogers(Director)Vladimir Tamarkin(Executive Officer, Director)

PartnerJoel Whitley· solo GP

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesGlobal BrainIntel CapitalSQN Venture Partners, LLCW11 CapitalChestnut Street Ventures

DeepCuredeepcure.aiinApr 2024 · $24M

DeepCure uses AI and machine learning to accelerate drug discovery and development for treating diseases.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtech

Kfir Schreiber(CEO & Co-Founder)inThrasyvoulos Karydis(CTO & Co-Founder)inJoseph Jacobson(Co-Founder)in

PartnerJoel Whitley· solo GP

Co-investorsSapir Venture PartnersThe E14 FundTLV Partners

Elucidelucid.socialin𝕏

Elucid improves healthcare access and outcomes for farming communities in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, integrating health programs with agricultural development initiatives.

AgTechDigital HealthHealthtechImpact & Social Good

Samuel Knauss(Managing Director (Product) & Co-Founder)inJulius(Managing Director (Operations) & Co-Founder)

Co-investorsIBB VenturesPAI PartnersElea Foundation for Ethics in GlobalizationFINCA Ventures

Elucid Bioimagingelucid.comin𝕏

Elucid develops artificial intelligence technology that analyzes CT images to identify hidden features of cardiovascular risk and guide personalized treatment of coronary artery disease.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesBoston, US

Blake Richards(Executive Officer)inKelly Huang(Executive Officer, Director)inRobert Braun(Director)

BoardEvan Melrose(Director)Rajesh Panda(Director)Michael Lesh(Director)

Co-investorsAngel Physicians FundAphelion CapitalBlueStone Venture PartnersMedTex Ventures LLC

Enfabricaenfabrica.netin𝕏Nov 2024 · $115MAcquired

Enfabrica develops networking silicon and infrastructure for AI and accelerated computing, using a multi-path switched fabric that connects CPUs, GPUs, and memory endpoints with fault tolerance and load distribution.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSemiconductorsMountain View, US

Shrijeet Mukerjee(Director)Rochan Sankar(Executive Officer, Director)inShrijeet Mukherjee(Founder)in

BoardGavin Baker(Director)inStefan Dyckerhoff(Director)

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundCastor VenturesCisco InvestmentsProsperity7 VenturesSamsung Catalyst Fund+7 more

Fluid Biomedfluidbiomed.comDec 2024 · $27M

Fluid Biomed develops a bioresorbable polymer-based stent designed to treat brain aneurysms by diverting blood flow and reducing risk of stroke.

BiotechDeep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesCalgary, CA

Dr. John H. Wong(Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer)Dr. Alim P. Mitha(Co-founder, President & Chief Technology Officer)

Co-investorsAccelerate FundLifeArc VenturesShangBay Capital LLCThin Air LabsUCeed FundsAmplitude Venture Capital

GeneCentricgenecentric.comin𝕏

A biotech company offering gene expression analysis tools for blood-based biomarker detection across multiple cancer types.

BiotechDigital HealthMedical DevicesDurham, US

Charles M. Perou(Founder and Director)inMICHAEL MILBURN(Executive Officer, Director)inDavid Neil Hayes(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardClay Thorp(Director)inMyla Lai-Goldman(Founder & Chair)inArnold Levine(Director)

Co-investorsHatteras Venture Partners

Graphiantgraphiant.comin𝕏May 2025

Graphiant provides a software-based, unified network platform for connecting AI, cloud, SaaS, B2B, and branch environments.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Jose, US

Stefan Olofsson(Founder)in

Co-investorsHarpoon VenturesMVP VenturesSequoia CapitalTwo Bear CapitalAtlantic Bridge VenturesWa'ed Ventures

Jana Carejanacare.comNov 2023 · $6M

Jana Care offers a smartphone-enabled at-home blood testing system using its Aina device, paper test strips, and a mobile app to detect key biomarkers for chronic disease management.

Digital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesWatertown, US

Sidhant Jena(Executive Officer, Director)Timothy Richards(Executive Officer)Richard Williams(Executive Officer)inAnh Hoang-Lindsay(Executive Officer, Director)Michal Depa(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardEhsan Jabbarzadeh(Director)

Co-investorsHealthXCapitalInnova Capital Partners, LLCPatamar CapitalAgent CapitalFirst Avenue VenturesThe A-Team

Leuko Labsleuko.cominSep 2022 · $5M

Leuko develops a noninvasive white blood cell monitor to track neutropenia risk in cancer patients and others undergoing treatment.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesBoston, US

Ian Butterworth(Chief Technology Officer)inAurelien Bourquard(Chief Data Scientist)inAlvaro Sanchez-Ferro(Chief Medical Officer)inCarlos Castro-Gonzalez(Founder)inPaul Hartung(Director)in

BoardAmy Salzhauer(Director)in

Co-investorsGood Growth CapitalDorm RoomMassVenturesNina Capital

LIFTTliftt.cominNov 2025

LIFTT is a network organization in Italy that connects investors and innovators to support the development of future-oriented competencies and entrepreneurship within the country.

Deep TechImpact & Social GoodNew MaterialsSector AgnosticSemiconductorsTurku, IT

Stefano Buono(President)

Co-investorsElysia CapitalAlumni VenturesJ-VenturesSerpentine VenturesVoima Ventures

Lightsynqlightsynq.comNov 2024 · $18M

Lightsynq develops optical quantum interconnects using integrated diamond photonic circuits to enable scaling of fault-tolerant quantum computers.

Deep TechQuantum Computing

Co-investorsCerberus VenturesGrit VenturesSafar PartnersTop Corner CapitalIn-Q-Tel

Lucid Scientificlucidsci.comin𝕏Sep 2023 · $7M

Lucid Scientific develops Resipher, a technology for live, continuous, and noninvasive monitoring of cellular oxygen consumption rate to study cell metabolism.

BiotechDeep TechHardwareAtlanta, US

Samuel Walker Inman(Executive Officer, Director)Ian W. Hunter(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardDr. Gustavo Mahler(Director)in

Co-investorsDynamk CapitalGRA Venture

New View Surgicalnewviewsurg.comin𝕏Nov 2021 · $9M

New View Medical develops single-use surgical visualization devices designed for minimally invasive procedures.

HealthtechMedical DevicesBoston, US

Bryce Klontz(Executive Officer)Melvin B. Prenovitz(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardMark H. Schneider(Director)Nancy Briefs(Director)Scott Flora(Director)

Co-investorsAEON FoundryArieal Southeast Angel PartnersCrimson Investment FundKeiretsu ForumNew York AngelsNYA 2021

Ordaosordaos.bioin

Ordaōs uses AI and deep learning through its Design Engine to design novel mini-proteins and protein binders such as nanobodies for drug discovery.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechNew York, US

David Longo(Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer)inMatthias Denecke(Chief Technology Officer)inVictor Bustos(VP of Pre-clinical R&D)inScott Horner(Director)

BoardBenjamin Britt(Director)inUlo Palm(Director)

Co-investorsCitta CapitalRoute 66 VenturesMiddleland Capital

Pharaoh Neuropharaohneuro.cominFeb 2026 · $20M

Pharaoh Neuro is a neurotechnology company focused on protecting and restoring brain health, with an emphasis on the fluids surrounding the brain such as cerebrospinal fluid.

BiotechDeep TechHealthtechMedical Devices

Mark Wagner(Founder, Investor, & Director in Pharaoh)inDr. Nandan Lad(Chief Medical Officer & Co-Founder)Rich Nazarian(Founder, Investor, & Director in Pharaoh)inAmaza Reitmeier(Chief Executive Officer, Director)in

Co-investorsArboretum VenturesHatteras Venture PartnersLaerdal Million Lives Fund

Protean Tecsproteantecs.comin𝕏Sep 2025

proteanTecs develops in-chip monitoring technology (Universal Chip Telemetry) that embeds intelligence inside chips to provide deep data and visibility from design through production to field for semiconductor and electronics companies.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSemiconductorsHaifa, IL

Evelyn Landman(CTO & Co-Founder)inRoni Ashuri(COO & Co-Founder)inEyal Fayneh(Co-Founder & Silicon Technologies Sr. Principal Engineer)inShai Cohen(CEO & Co-Founder)inSanjay Lall(Chief Revenue Officer)inEran Ben Horin(Chief Financial Officer)in

Co-investorsAvenir Growth CapitalCelesta CapitalIntel CapitalKoch Disruptive TechnologiesSamsung Catalyst FundTGVP+8 more

RAAAM Memory Technologiesraaam-tech.comin

RAAAM is a semiconductor IP company founded by researchers specializing in VLSI design, developing and commercializing on-chip embedded memory technology for chipmakers building AI/ML and other memory-intensive applications.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareIoTSemiconductors

Co-investorsSerpentine VenturesSilicon CatalystLIFTT

Resemble AIresemble.aiin𝕏Feb 2026 · $13M

Resemble develops generative voice models and synthetic speech technology, alongside deepfake detection capabilities.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment

Zohaib Ahmed(Co-founder)inSaqib Muhammad(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsBerkeley FrontierBetaworksBright Pixel CapitalCALIFORNIA INNOVATIONComcast VenturesGlobal Brain+12 more

SixMapsixmap.ioin

SixMap provides a cyber defense platform that discovers digital assets across IPv4 and IPv6 using its 6Gen computational mapping algorithm and continuously scans all ports on each host to identify exposures.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwarePasadena, US

Jason Kaplan(Chief Executive Officer)inGregory Levesque(Director)Austin Murdock(Chairman, Chief Scientist, and Founder)inWilliam Jr. Murdock(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardRobert Ackerman(Director)inMichael Janke(Director)in

Co-investorsCALIFORNIA INNOVATIONDataTribe

Swaybox Studiosswayboxstudios.comin𝕏Aug 2023

Swaybox Studios is a film production studio that creates long-form storytelling using practical puppetry techniques for the big screen.

Media & EntertainmentNew Orleans, US

Chris ArmandThomas WoodruffinTheresa Andersson(Executive Officer, Director)Ben Yip(Director)Chris Wedge(Director)Arthur Mintz(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsInnovation Catalyst

UrbanFoxurbanfox.ioin𝕏Mar 2025

UrbanFox is an AI-powered fraud detection platform that uses generative AI and behavioral intelligence to detect online payment fraud, bot traffic, and account takeover attempts without relying on static rules.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintechDublin, IE

Co-investorsAct Venture CapitalACT Venture CapitalFurthr VCJetBlue VenturesSKY VCTechstars+2 more

VenoStentvenostent.comin𝕏Series A

SelfWrap develops bioabsorbable wrap materials for vascular grafts that conform to individual patient anatomy and are designed to be absorbed by the body, unlike alloy-based alternatives.

BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesHouston, US

Tim Boire(Founder)inGeoffrey Lucks(Founder)in

BoardJoel Whitley(Director)inJim Monsor(Director)Robert Crutchfield(Director)in

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesC3 VenturesCowtown AngelsCreative VenturesGood Growth CapitalHealth Wildcatters+10 more

Wurlwurl.comin𝕏

Wurl provides advertising and streaming monetization services, including scene-level ad targeting across streaming inventory, metadata enrichment, and ad units.

AdTechMedia & EntertainmentSaaSPalo Alto, US

Sean Doherty(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsSQN Venture Partners, LLC

Xscape Photonicsxscapephotonics.cominOct 2024 · $44M

Xscape Photonics develops custom silicon photonics solutions aimed at solving bandwidth bottlenecks in AI compute clusters.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSemiconductorsFort Lee, US

Alexander Gaeta(Executive Officer, Director)inVivek Raghunathan(Executive Officer, Director)inYoshitomo Okawachi(Executive Officer)Alexander Kash(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardJames Scapa(Director)

Co-investorsCisco InvestmentsLifeX VenturesOUP (Osage University Partners)AdditionAltaIR CapitalFathom+2 more

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has IAG Capital Partners made?
IAG Capital Partners has 49 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 12 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does IAG Capital Partners invest at?
IAG Capital Partners invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
What sectors does IAG Capital Partners focus on?
IAG Capital Partners focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Fintech, Hardware, Medical Devices, SaaS, Semiconductors.
Where is IAG Capital Partners located?
IAG Capital Partners is headquartered in Charleston, US.
Does IAG Capital Partners lead rounds?
Yes, IAG Capital Partners leads investment rounds.
Who does IAG Capital Partners co-invest with?
IAG Capital Partners most often shares deals with Alumni Ventures, Intel Capital, Tyche Partners, among 52 tracked co-investors.

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