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Austin · Pre-Seed–Seed · 3 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Julian Capital is a seed-stage fund focused exclusively on deeptech and hardware companies building something physical (explicitly excluding pure AI software). It invests at pre-seed and seed, writing $500K to $2M initial checks roughly once a month and deciding within 7-14 days, with the ability to follow on with up to an additional $15M. Backed by its DeepChecks.vc network of deeptech VCs and scientist founders, the firm emphasizes helping founders fill out rounds, secure customers, partners and hires, and build a strong social/marketing presence. It welcomes all hardware sectors including robotics, energy, climate, chemicals, materials, medtech, chips, space and manufacturing, and favors early, ambitious ideas.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 27, 2026.
Team · 3 people
from public directoriesFounder mafia
2 people who came through Julian Capital went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 22 of 25 portfolio companiesDeep Tech ×8AI & Machine Learning ×7Hardware ×6Fintech ×4SaaS ×4Advanced Manufacturing ×3Cleantech ×3Climate Tech ×3
HQs:United States×11Bangladesh×1New Zealand×1Vietnam×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 8 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×42 founders×4
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 25 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 12024 · 12023 · 12022 · 59 dated
Aalo develops advanced nuclear reactor technology aimed at producing electricity at under 3 cents per kilowatt-hour.
Climate TechDeep TechEnergyHardware
Matt(Co-founder)inYasir(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBanca Investis — Family OfficeBasecamp FundBlack FlagBrave CapitalCapital Factory+27 more
Agroshift builds digital infrastructure that connects farmers, processors, and buyers to simplify sourcing, trade, and logistics of food and commodities.
AgTechB2B MarketplacesFoodTechLogistics & Supply Chain
Co-investorsADB VenturesAnchorless BangladeshShorooq Partners
Arcticar manufactures electric refrigeration systems for semi-trailers, replacing diesel-powered reefers with battery-powered units that include integrated smart monitoring and remote diagnostics capabilities.
CleantechClimate TechHardwareLogistics & Supply ChainAlameda, US
James Michael Castelaz(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsTechstarsFirstrock CapitalLong Journey VenturesUndeterred Capital
Astromecha designs engines, airframes, and flight systems for next-generation aerospace applications, including supersonic aircraft.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardwareSpace TechSan Francisco, US
Ian Brooke(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAndreessen HorowitzBasecamp FundBlue Ivy VenturesDolby Family VenturesIndustrious Ventures+13 more
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Atomic Industries uses artificial intelligence and custom software to design plastic molds for manufacturing, enabling faster production of injection-molded parts for customers.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRoboticsDetroit, US
Aaron Slodov(Founder)in
Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)Impatient VenturesMaC Venture CapitalNarya CapitalPoint72 VenturesY Combinator+14 more
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Becoming.ai develops robotic closed-loop hardware that sustains mammalian development externally—regulating nutrients, waste, and gas exchange—paired with AI models that learn to predict how development unfolds and responds to intervention.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechRobotics
Divya Cohen(CEO)inJack Cohen(CTO/CSO)in
Co-investorsEntrepreneur FirstJetstreamBessemer Venture PartnersFrancisco PartnersKinnevikMenlo Ventures
ClassDojo is a global community platform connecting over 50 million teachers and families to share learning moments through photos, videos, and messages.
EdTechSaaSSocialSan Francisco, US
Sam Chaudhary(Founder/CEO)inLiam Don(Founder/CTO)in
Co-investorsFelicis VenturesFive SigmaFlucas VenturesGeneral CatalystGSV VenturesImagine K12+11 more
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A mobile application that lets users photograph items to obtain insurance quotes from multiple carriers.
FintechInsurTechSan Francisco, US
Karn Saroya(Founder/CEO)inAnand Dhillon(Founder)inNatalie Gray(Founder/Design)in
Co-investorsATEL VenturesCota CapitalGeneral Catalystgumi IncSand Hill AngelsTribe Capital Firstlook+26 more
Xoilac TV is a Vietnamese website that streams live football matches for free, covering domestic and international leagues along with other sports.
E-commerceFintechMarketplacesMedia & Entertainment
Ammar Naveed(Founder)inHaider Raza(Founder)inFazel RehmaninSyed RazaTanzila Asim ZafarinUsman Dealcart
Co-investors500 GlobalAmaana CapitalFatima Gobi VenturesGobi PartnersShorooq PartnersCathay Innovation+4 more
Deep Checks is a curated deal channel that reviews founder pitch decks and forwards the strongest deeptech deals to domain-expert seed-stage VCs, writing a one-pager for each explaining why investors should care.
Deep Tech
John Forbes(General Manager)inJacob Jackson(General Manager)in
BoardJulian Shapiro(Managing Partner)in
Co-investorsGrove VenturesHetz Ventures
Eeva makes a washer and dryer that operates without plumbing or existing hookups, allowing it to be installed anywhere.
ConsumerHardware
Co-investorsMetaPropMetaProp Ventures
Extropic builds thermodynamic computing hardware, including thermodynamic sampling units (TSUs) designed to be more energy efficient than GPUs for probabilistic AI workloads.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSemiconductorsAustin, US
Guillaume Verdon(Founder)in
Co-investorsAtacama VenturesBeyond CapitalBlack FlagHOF CapitalHyperguapInfinite Capital+10 more
Farmstead operates a grocery delivery service that uses AI to fulfill orders from customers' homes in under an hour.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerFoodTechSan Francisco, US
Co-investorsSprint VcSQN Venture Partners, LLCThink+ Ventures Management, LlcY CombinatorAC Ventures (Arca Continental)Artis TechBio+19 more
Givebutter offers all-in-one fundraising software for nonprofits, including donation forms, events, auctions, a built-in donor CRM, and marketing tools across email, text, and direct mail.
FintechImpact & Social GoodSaaS
Max Friedman(Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer)inLiran Cohen(Co-Founder, Chief Technology & Product Officer)inAri Krasner(Co-Founder)Jordan Bauer(Chief Financial Officer)inKeith Kirk(VP of Engineering)inMatthew Carufel(Chief Revenue Officer)
Co-investorsArdent VentureBessemer Venture PartnersHyperchain CapitalOperator Collective
GreenLIB processes battery waste ("black mass") through a modular thermal and gas-phase separation process to remove fluorine contamination and recover high-purity materials like lithium, nickel, cobalt, and graphite for battery manufacturers, recyclers, and EV OEMs.
Circular EconomyCleantechEnergyMontreal
Miles Rostami(Chief Operating Officer & Director)inFrederik Rostami(Chief Executive Officer & Director)
Co-investorsGOOSE CapitalUndeterred Capital
Hexium develops Atomic Vapor Laser Isotope Separation (AVLIS) technology that uses lasers and electric fields to enrich isotopes, starting with lithium.
Deep TechEnergyNew MaterialsAustin, US
Leonard Charles Jarrott(Executive Officer, Director)Jacob Peterson(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardMike Palank(Director)in
Co-investorsHumba VenturesMaC Venture CapitalOverture ClimateR7 PartnersRefactor Capital
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Maglut develops rare earth element purification technology, focusing on precision purification processes for domestic U.S. rare earth production.
CleantechDeep TechNew Materials
Co-investorsDeep Checks
Noya converts existing industrial equipment such as cooling towers into carbon dioxide capture systems, lowering the initial investment and deployment time required for direct air capture operations.
Advanced ManufacturingClimate TechSan Francisco, US
Josh Santos(Founder)inDaniel Cavero(Founder)inJoshua Santos-Heard(Co-Founder & CEO (Chief Carbon Removal Officer))Daniel Cavero Rodriguez(Co-Founder & CTO)
BoardAndrew Clare(Director)inFred Wilson(Director)in
Co-investorsFifty YearsLowercarbon CapitalOpen Opportunity FundSur VenturesUnion Square Ventures (USV)Y Combinator+12 more
Parallel Bio develops human immune organoids and computational tools to predict drug efficacy across diverse patient populations, replacing animal testing in drug discovery.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Robert DiFazio(Founder)inJuliana Hilliard(Founder)in
Co-investorsAIX VenturesBreakout VenturesHumba VenturesImmeasurableMetaplanetSpacecadet Ventures+18 more
Pogo provides real consumer behavior data and qualitative research for investors and consultants conducting diligence, portfolio strategy analysis, and thought leadership.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintechMarketing TechSaaS
Shikhar Mohan(Founder)inDom Wong(Founder)in
Co-investors20VCAdapt VenturesEarl Grey CapitalFlucas VenturesMantis CapitalRackhouse Venture Management Lp+11 more
Reflex Robotics builds a general-purpose wheeled humanoid robot that combines production-grade hardware, a supervised reliability layer, and its own Reflex Intelligence to perform end-to-end physical work in real operations.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareRobotics
Mason Massie(Founder)in
Co-investorsCollaborative FundInvariantes FundKhosla Ventures
Volition is an accessible app and cloud platform for supported decision-making, letting disabled people (Decision Makers) capture their preferences and care needs through voice, text, images, video, and documents and share them with a Circle of Support.
HealthtechImpact & Social GoodSaaS
Co-investorsAngel HQNewark Venture PartnersQuiet Capital
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Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
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Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesGivebutter · help.givebutter.com · Aug 7, 2026
Extropic · finance.yahoo.com · Jul 30, 2026
Pogo · trysignalbase.com · Jun 12, 2026
Astro Mechanica · finance.yahoo.com · Aug 20, 2025
Parallel Bio · finsmes.com · Jun 12, 2025
Hexium · techcrunch.com · Apr 15, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Julian Capital made?
- Julian Capital has 25 tracked investments, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Julian Capital invest at?
- Julian Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Julian Capital's typical check size?
- Julian Capital typically writes checks of $500K – $2M.
- What sectors does Julian Capital focus on?
- Julian Capital focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, AgTech, Biotech, Climate Tech, Deep Tech, Energy, FoodTech, Hardware, Medical Devices, Mobility & Transportation, New Materials, Robotics, Semiconductors, Space Tech.
- Where is Julian Capital located?
- Julian Capital is headquartered in Austin, US.
- Does Julian Capital lead rounds?
- Yes, Julian Capital leads investment rounds.
- Who does Julian Capital co-invest with?
- Julian Capital most often shares deals with MaC Venture Capital, Y Combinator, Kindred Ventures, among 64 tracked co-investors.
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