Inception Studio Capital
AcceleratorActively deployingSilicon Valley · Pre-Seed–Series A · 24 people tracked
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Investment thesis
The firm's thesis centers on backing experienced, repeat AI founders, who they argue are far more likely to succeed than first-time founders. Its edge is a zero-equity, non-profit accelerator running 72-hour retreats that attract elite serial founders who typically avoid traditional accelerators, eliminating adverse selection. This top-of-funnel gives the fund privileged early access, allowing it to invest first with the best terms. The fund writes $100k initial checks at formation and follows validated winners with $500k-$1.5M, securing MFN and pro-rata rights.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 24 people
from the firm's website
Founder mafia
3 people who came through Inception Studio Capital went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 32 of 41 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×30SaaS ×16Developer Tools ×10Enterprise Software ×10Healthtech ×5Consumer ×4Data & Infrastructure ×4Fintech ×4
HQs:United States×14
Who they back
founder profiles across 16 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×82 founders×73 founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 19 founders with education data
Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×4University of California, Berkeley ×4Stanford University ×3Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2Stanford University School of Engineering ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 19 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×10Engineering ×10Business & Management ×3Mathematics & Statistics ×2Physics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 20 founders with career history
Tesla ×3CloudCV ×2Facebook ×2Samsara ×2Stanford University ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
1 founders hold a PhD · 5 hold an MBA (of 20 with degree data)
Portfolio companies · 41 tracked
alumni founders can tell you what the program is really likeBy year:2023 · 12022 · 12 dated
AethexAI provides a voice AI platform for emerging markets, offering infrastructure, models, and deployment tools to build dialect-aware voice agents that handle calls, messages, and workflows across support, sales, onboarding, and collections.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsDorm RoomEnza Capital
AIx2 is an AI platform for investment funds offering three end-to-end workflows—fundraising, investment, and deal exit—powered by five modules covering sourcing, screening, contact finding, outreach, and due diligence.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Alex is an AI agent integrated into Xcode that automates code generation, debugging, and development tasks for iOS developers.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Daniel Edrisian(Founder)in
Co-investorsChapter OneDash VCOrange CollectiveRitual CapitalY Combinator
Axi.om uses agentic intelligence and AI to predict, explain, and fix drug toxicity early in development by leveraging the largest experimental-to-clinical dataset of profiled molecules linked to human clinical outcomes.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechMedical Devices
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesAmplify PartnersCRV (Charles River Ventures)Atria VenturesDimension Capital
BON Credit is a free AI financial assistant app that connects to users' accounts via read-only access to identify money they are losing or owed and surface better financial options with recommended actions.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerFintech
Samder Khangarot(CEO & Co-founder)inDarwin Tu(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAxilor VenturesBetter CapitalOmidyar Network
Coframe is an AI platform that generates and tests variations of a company's website—including code, copy, and images—then optimizes them over time based on performance.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Josh Payne(Founder)inPavlo Razumovskyi(Founder)in
Co-investorsB3 CapitalSamsung NextKhosla VenturesNFDG
Emerald Inno develops a contactless health monitoring device that uses radio wave analysis and machine learning to detect human movement and extract clinical health data without wearables or manual data synchronization.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechData & InfrastructureDigital HealthHardwareHealthtechMedical Devices
Co-investorsEnergy Impact Partners
Greenflash is an analytics platform that extracts product insights from customer conversations and voice calls, surfacing issues, feature requests, and user behavior patterns that inform product development priorities and business metrics.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Hexus is an AI platform for product-focused marketing teams that creates and repurposes product content into assets such as how-to guides, demos, social posts, emails, and blog excerpts.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsLiquid VenturesPear VC
Hyperscale provides an AI-powered operational layer for trucking and logistics teams that processes natural language requests, integrates with existing systems, and presents work for human review and approval before execution.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationSaaS
Oliver Song(Co-founder)inBo DellaMaria(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsWebb Investment Network
San Francisco, US
Jeremy Nixon(Founder)
Co-investorsEPIC VENTURESGoAhead VenturesTouring Capital
IQ Surgical is developing a platform intended to improve surgical outcomes using data and intelligence.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechMedical Devices
Jest is a messaging app that can be used in a web browser and lets users sign up with a text message.
ConsumerGamingSocial
Co-investorsZelda VenturesInnovation EndeavorsJanuary Ventures
Lightning Rod develops AI forecasting models trained on real-world outcomes to predict events across clinical, supply chain, sports, financial, and defense domains.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsPhaze Ventures
Lovie prepares and files LLC or C-Corp formation documents for startups and entrepreneurs, offering a transparent all-in-one service that includes registered agent representation, compliance management, and AI-guided entity selection.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsLegalTechSaaS
Sahin Boydas(Founder)in
Mariana Minerals is a vertically integrated minerals supplier that uses software to source critical minerals for energy, AI, and defense technologies.
AI & Machine LearningEnergyNew MaterialsSan Francisco, US
Turner Caldwell(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inJuan Lozano Van De Ven(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Schuyler (Baker) Tilney(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardErin Price-Wright(Director)inSamir Kaul(Director)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBreakthrough Energy VenturesEarthshot VenturesGreycroftKhosla VenturesBEV+1 more
Mem0 provides memory infrastructure for AI systems, enabling them to build lasting, contextual memory across applications.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Taranjeet Singh(Founder)inDeshraj Yadav(Co-Founder and CTO)in
Co-investorsUntapped CapitalKindred VenturesPeak XV PartnersY CombinatorBasis Set Ventures
Octagon AI operates a public prediction market and forecasting platform that aggregates market-implied predictions for company KPIs (deliveries, subscribers, orders, DAU, etc.) and compares them against Octagon's proprietary quantitative models.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintechSaaS
Ken So(Co-Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsAI Fund
Omi is a voice capture and recall platform that transcribes conversations and audio in multiple languages, generates summaries and action items, and integrates with task managers and third-party tools through an open API and app marketplace.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerDeveloper ToolsHardwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Co-investorsDawn CapitalDraper Associates468 CapitalEmbedding VC
Pie is an AI-powered testing platform that deploys autonomous agents to automatically explore, test, and validate web and mobile applications using computer vision, without requiring source code access or manual scripting.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Co-investorsAmex VenturesCapital One VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners
Precognition Labs builds PreCog AI, a software layer for investigation and trust & safety teams that organizes case evidence, applies an organization's approved policies and decision rules, and prepares evidence-backed recommendations while keeping ambiguous and high-risk decisions with human reviewers.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Suhas Manangi(Co-Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsMGV.VC
Queue builds an autonomous robotic pharmacy kiosk that takes in sealed wholesale drug bottles and dispenses filled, verified prescription vials on-site, using computer vision to identify each pill to its National Drug Code and QR codes to verify scripts.
HardwareHealthtechRoboticsPalo Alto, US
Nick Desai(Co-founder)inJosh Liu(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAlleyCorpRiot VenturesUbiquity VenturesCerberus Capital ManagementIllinois VenturesPlayground Global
Saywise is a professional profile platform for AI-native builders to showcase their AI projects, skills, and content, making their profiles searchable by recruiters and AI agents.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkHR Tech
Chang Kim(Founder)in
Co-investorsPoint72 Ventures
Scorecard provides AI testing and evaluation software that helps teams replace subjective reviews with systematic testing for building trustworthy AI products.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaSSan Francisco, US
Co-investorsKindred VenturesStartXTekton Ventures
interfaces.inc builds interfaces between humans and artificial intelligence, starting with Silent Speech, a silent speech recognition interface that detects speech from mouth movements without requiring vocalization.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper Tools
Adam Cohen Hillel(Founder)
Sela delivers call disposition data and customer engagement tools for loan officers and financial institutions to improve lead conversion and manage customer outreach at scale.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSales Tech
NateVahe
Subtle Computing (legally Skywalk, Inc.) makes wireless earbuds sold directly at subtle.co and through authorized resellers, along with a companion mobile app.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerDirect to ConsumerHardware
Tyler Chen(Founder)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesEntrada VenturesSLVC3E Bioventures CapitalBaidu VenturesBessemer Venture Partners+10 more
Synthpop is a Patient Journey Orchestration Platform that uses AI agents to automate healthcare administrative workflows including referral intake, insurance eligibility verification, prior authorization, and patient communication.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechCambridge, US
Elad Ferber(Executive Officer, Director)inJan Jannink(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardIllana Stern(Director)
Co-investorsAnsa CapitalDefy PartnersNewfund CapitalPage One VenturesZelda VenturesPeterson Ventures+1 more
Trellis embeds AI agents across healthcare delivery to automate administrative workflows and clinical processes, from data extraction and prior authorization submission to denial prevention and patient enrollment.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Mac Klinkachorn(Founder)inJacky Lin(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
Ventrilo is an AI assistant platform that provides support for writing, research, and productivity tasks while prioritizing user control and creative enhancement over automation.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaSSan Francisco, US
Andy Chou(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzRain Capital
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Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesPie · techfundingnews.com · Aug 24, 2026
Sela · lifestyle.bombreport.com · Aug 23, 2026
Queue · finsmes.com · Aug 18, 2026
Emerald · bizjournals.com · Aug 7, 2026
Hyperscale · coindesk.com · Jul 31, 2026
Scorecard · finance.yahoo.com · Jul 17, 2026
Alex · smartcompany.com.au · Jul 17, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Inception Studio Capital made?
- Inception Studio Capital has 41 tracked investments.
- What stage does Inception Studio Capital invest at?
- Inception Studio Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Inception Studio Capital's typical check size?
- Inception Studio Capital typically writes checks of $100K – $1.5M.
- What sectors does Inception Studio Capital focus on?
- Inception Studio Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning.
- Where is Inception Studio Capital located?
- Inception Studio Capital is headquartered in Silicon Valley, US.
- Does Inception Studio Capital lead rounds?
- Yes, Inception Studio Capital leads investment rounds.
- Who does Inception Studio Capital co-invest with?
- Inception Studio Capital most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Abstract Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, among 42 tracked co-investors.
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