New York · Pre-Seed–Seed · 3 people tracked
Also known as NOTATION CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
Investment thesis
Pre-seed-focused, first-check investor for technical founders at company creation, offering hands-on day-zero support, public operating manual and podcast for transparency, plus an equity-free founder program in underestimated ecosystems.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 18, 2026.
Team · 3 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 50 of 79 portfolio companiesSaaS ×24Crypto & Web3 ×12AI & Machine Learning ×11Fintech ×11Enterprise Software ×9Data & Infrastructure ×8Developer Tools ×7Cloud Computing ×6
HQs:United States×25United Kingdom×2
Investments · 79 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12019 · 22018 · 22017 · 12016 · 17 dated
Coinbase is a cryptocurrency exchange platform that offers trading, custody, and financial services for cryptocurrencies, stocks, derivatives, and prediction markets to consumers, institutions, and developers.
Crypto & Web3FintechSan Francisco, US
Brian Armstrong(Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO)inFred Ehrsam(Co-Founder & Board Director (former President))inEmilie Choi(President & COO)Alesia Haas(Chief Financial Officer)Paul Grewal(Chief Legal Officer & Secretary)Lawrence (L.J.) Brock(Chief People Officer)
Datadog is a cloud-based monitoring and security platform that provides observability, analytics, and protection for infrastructure, applications, and data across enterprises.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureNew York, US
Olivier Pomel(Founder & CEO)inAlexis Le-Quoc(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Michael Jaconi(Executive Officer, Director)Amit Agarwal(Executive Officer)inAnthony Merlino(Executive Officer)
BoardCHRISTOPHER MOORE(Director)
Duckly is an IDE plugin enabling real-time code collaboration and communication among developers using different integrated development environments.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Dragos Fotescu(Founder)inJohn Carnes Boggan(Executive Officer)Lee James Roberts(Executive Officer)
Coinbase Developer Platform provides cryptocurrency infrastructure including payments, wallet management, and on-chain development tools for businesses of any size to build and scale crypto-based applications.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Aaron Henshaw(Director)Joseph Lallouz(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatNicholas Chirls· per SEC Form D
Brooklyn, US
Aaron Henshaw(Director)Joseph Lallouz(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatNicholas Chirls· per SEC Form D · $2.1M raise · filed Sep 2018
New York, US
Marissa Evans(Executive Officer, Director)Stephanie Choi(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatNicholas Chirls· per SEC Form D · $11M raise · filed May 2019
Alice helps working Americans optimize their financial services, including tax reduction and benefits management through pretax spending solutions.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechHR TechBrooklyn, US
Amperon provides AI-driven energy forecasting and real-time grid analytics to utilities, renewable generators, and energy market participants across North America, Europe, and Australia.
AI & Machine LearningEnergySaaSHouston, US
Sean Kelly(Founder & CEO)Abe Stanway(Founder)
BoardTyler Lancaster(Director)inTimothy Healy(Director)Catherine Flax(Director)Michael D'Aurizio(Director)
Amplify offers a platform for data businesses to run personalized data sales, deliver datasets through options like Snowflake Share, APIs, and SFTP, and track customer data usage.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Archie provides financial tools for managing payments, cashflow, and immediate payouts in the business-freelancer relationship.
FintechFuture of Work
Arweave is a decentralized ecosystem that offers grants and investment opportunities through various organizations including non-profits, DAOs, and venture studios to support projects and developers building on its network.
Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechLondon, GB
Sam Williams(Founder & CEO)
Bulletin operates a marketplace that connects independent brands with retail buyers, enabling them to discover products, conduct transactions, and expand their businesses.
Enterprise SoftwareMarketplacesNew York City, US
Alana Branston(Founder/CEO)inAli Kriegsman(Founder/COO)in
Butter is an AI-powered ERP platform for food supply chain businesses such as wholesalers, distributors, and shippers, offering automated order extraction from voicemails, emails, and texts, branded eCommerce ordering apps, and integrated ACH and credit card payments.
AI & Machine LearningFoodTechSaaS
Cashmere provides a multi-signature Solana wallet that allows enterprises and startups to manage cryptocurrency holdings across multiple authorized signers rather than concentrating control in a single account.
Crypto & Web3FintechSan Francisco, US
Shashank Khanna(Founder)inRebecca Lee(Founder)inCharlotte McGinn(Founder)in
ChargeLab provides back-end software for managing EV chargers, letting charging networks, fleets, and solution providers connect and monitor any OCPP-compatible charger, apply dynamic power management, and use AI-based fault detection.
EnergyMobility & TransportationSaaS
Zak Lefevre(Cofounder)
Clora operates an AI-powered talent marketplace connecting biotech and pharma teams with 15,000+ vetted life sciences consultants across 300+ skillsets for fractional, on-demand engagements.
B2B MarketplacesBiotechFuture of WorkHR TechCambridge, US
Rahul Chaturvedi(Founder and CEO)
BoardJohn Melas-Kyriazi(Director)
Field Complete is an ERP platform for home services contractors that handles scheduling, dispatch, job management, estimates, invoicing, and integrated payments and card processing.
Construction TechFintechSaaSAtlanta, US
Roman Rusev(Executive Officer, Director)inSergey Glushchak(Founder)inTimofey Tyslyuk(Director)
Housecat is an AI-powered email assistant that works inside the inbox to automate tasks such as updating the CRM, saving attachments, scheduling, drafting documents and spreadsheets, and running email workflows.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaS
Indify is a platform that connects emerging music artists with industry partners for record deals and collaborations, offering matchmaking, warm introductions, and a research and analytics platform.
Data & InfrastructureMarketplacesMedia & EntertainmentScarsdale, US
Keshav Garg(CEO)
New York, US
BoardALEXANDRA MEIS(Executive Officer, Director)inMIRIAM ALTMAN(Executive Officer, Director)in
Lager is open-source (Apache 2.0) infrastructure for embedded/firmware software development that turns physical test benches into programmable, networked hardware via a self-hosted "Lagerbox" service.
Developer ToolsHardwareIoT
New York, US
Douglas Petkanics(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Xiao Tang(Director, Promoter)
Livepeer is a permissionless GPU network that enables real-time video inference, allowing developers to generate, transform, and analyze live video streams through AI-powered processing without pre-rendering or pre-recording.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCreator Economy
Meld Studio is a free live streaming and recording application for creators including streamers, podcasters, YouTubers, educators, musicians, and VTubers.
Creator EconomySaaSBrooklyn, US
Joel Clay(Executive Officer, Director)in
nTop (nTopology) makes parametric engineering design software that lets teams generate, explore, and validate complex geometry with manufacturing constraints and embedded FEA/CFD simulation built into the workflow.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York, US
Gregory Schroy(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Bradley Rothenberg(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Security and encryption platform for distributed systems.
Circle is an all-in-one platform for building and running online communities, offering member spaces, engagement feeds, branded mobile apps, courses, email marketing, website building, and integrated payments.
Creator EconomyMarketing TechSaaS
Open Collective provides financial infrastructure and fiscal sponsorship that lets community groups, open source projects, and grassroots initiatives raise and spend money transparently under a trusted legal entity.
FintechImpact & Social GoodSaaS
Photon is rebuilding the prescription experience so patients can see a medication's cost, availability, and access options before reaching the pharmacy counter.
B2B MarketplacesDigital HealthHealthtechSaaSNew York, US
Benjamin Otto Sipe(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Michael Rado(Director)
BoardNicholas Chirls(Director)in
Radar Relay provides a crypto app for tracking token movements across decentralized exchanges, chains, and liquidity pools in real time.
Crypto & Web3Fort Collins, US
Alan Curtis(Manager)Michael Roth(Manager)Devin Eldridge(CFO)
BoardCaleb Tebbe(Manager)in
Software platform to improve drug discovery
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechNew York, US
David William Rooklin(Executive Officer, Director)Haotian Li(Director)
Stylux offers on-demand product decoration and fulfillment, using methods such as UV print, embroidery, and laser techniques to apply designs to products post-purchase.
Advanced ManufacturingE-commerceLogistics & Supply Chain
Texino is a desktop app for Windows and Mac that lets users design van and bus floor plans using a drag-and-drop editor with 400+ pre-built furniture components and customizable colors and materials.
ConsumerSaaS
Toolio is a cloud-based, AI-powered merchandise financial planning platform that unifies sales, inventory, and purchase order data to help retail merchandising, buying, and planning teams build financially aligned assortments and analyze performance.
AI & Machine LearningRetail TechSaaS
Wayfinder Bio develops orally available small-molecule medicines that bind to the mRNAs encoding disease-driving proteins to prevent those proteins from being made.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Exits · 3
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioPortfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesArchie · celebitchy.com · Aug 17, 2026
Clora · dailymail.com · Aug 16, 2026
Coinbase · Coinbase Blog · Aug 13, 2026
Clay · pep.fund · Aug 6, 2026
Wayfinder · betakit.com · Jul 29, 2026
Braid · arise.tv · Jul 24, 2026
Radicle · newmarketpitch.com · Jul 13, 2026
Filecoin · tradingview.com · Jul 9, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Notation Capital made?
- Notation Capital has 72 tracked investments, 3 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does Notation Capital invest at?
- Notation Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Notation Capital's typical check size?
- Notation Capital typically writes checks of $400K – $750K.
- What sectors does Notation Capital focus on?
- Notation Capital focuses on Crypto & Web3, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Notation Capital located?
- Notation Capital is headquartered in New York, US.
- Does Notation Capital lead rounds?
- Yes, Notation Capital leads investment rounds.
- Who does Notation Capital co-invest with?
- Notation Capital most often shares deals with Coinbase Ventures, a16z crypto, Andreessen Horowitz, among 253 tracked co-investors.
Co-investors · 58
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.
RRE Ventures is a boutique early-stage venture capital firm that backs founders across sectors, combining decades of experience with AI-driven analysis throughout the investment lifecycle.
Ambush Capital is an early-stage angel fund based in New York that supports entrepreneurs during the early phases of building their companies.
Founder Collective is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on seed and pre-seed investments across all sectors.
Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City that invests at the edge of large markets undergoing transformation from technological and societal pressures.
Amplify Partners is a venture capital firm that backs founders who are engineers, researchers, and scientists building technical companies.
Compound is a thesis-driven, research-centric investment firm that publishes deep research on topics spanning crypto, AI/ML, robotics, biology, and deep tech.
Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies.
Bessemer Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs across enterprise, consumer, and healthcare sectors from early stages through growth.
BoxGroup is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in startups at their earliest stages.
Susa Ventures operates two early-stage technology funds that invest in companies leveraging data, network effects, and economies of scale.
NextView Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that works closely with founders, providing hands-on support to help build companies from inception to scale.
▶46 more co-investors
Afore CapitalPrimary Venture PartnersConstruct CapitalDivergent CapitalAdvance Venture PartnersThird SphereGV (Google Ventures)Coatue ManagementPlug and Play VenturesGoat CapitalOffline VenturesLiquid VenturesOak HC/FTFlybridge Capital PartnersInovia CapitalBowery CapitalOperator LPGoodwater Capital2048 VenturesQueensBridge Venture PartnersBAM VenturesKortschak Investments L.P.LightbankEntrepreneur FirstGeneral PartnershipCausalStandard CapitalHaun Venturesboldstart venturesTarget GlobalGutter CapitalSpero VenturesCurious CapitalFifty YearsRoot Ventures Manager, LlcNeu Venture CapitalTwelve BelowBlackhorn VenturesRevel PartnersHighline BetaC2 VenturesCharge VCMorningside Venture Capital LimitedSpring CapitalInflection.xyzStartX
Firms observed investing alongside Notation Capital, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Notation Capital's recorded portfolio.
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