OUTBOUND CAPITAL
Venture capitalActively deployingSaratoga Springs · Pre-Seed–Seed · 2 people tracked
Investment thesis
Outbound Capital invests in pre-PMF, B2B generalist startups, focusing on helping founders reach product-market fit more quickly. Its areas of interest include B2B software leveraging generative AI to boost profitability and productivity, fintech expanding access to financial services for people and businesses, and hardtech developing new ways to power the world and move people and goods. Beyond capital, the firm offers founder-focused resources such as 'Outbound PMF Insights', which teaches PMF experiments and quantitative customer-value measurement, and 'Outbound Connect', which leverages its network to help founders find early customers and secure expert advice.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 2 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 18 of 22 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×11Enterprise Software ×10SaaS ×10Fintech ×5Advanced Manufacturing ×3Hardware ×3Climate Tech ×2Defense Tech ×2
HQs:United States×13Ireland×1Kenya×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 11 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×22 founders×63 founders×14+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 18 founders with education data
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×3University of Oxford ×3Cornell University ×2Stanford University ×2University of California, Berkeley ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 20 founders with career history
Brex ×3Paradox ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 22 tracked
founders shown can be your intro path3AM Innovations builds incident management technology for emergency response and event coordination, including a mobile app and deployable field kits.
Defense TechHardwareSaaSBuffalo, US
Katie Sullivan(Executive Officer)Mel Passarelli(Executive Officer, Director)inRyan Litt(Executive Officer, Director)Patrick O'Connor(Executive Officer, Promoter)Tom Dalfonso(Executive Officer)
BoardDaniel J. DiPofi(Director)
Co-investorsLaunch NYWNY Impact Investment FundThird Sphere
Co-investorsFlybridge Capital PartnersOverton Venture Capital
Avoca provides AI-powered customer service agents for service-based businesses that handle incoming calls, text messages, and chats to book appointments and re-engage customers.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US
Apurva Shrivastava(Founder)inTyson Chen(Founder)in
Co-investorsAmplify PartnersAudaciousBoxGroupCitta CapitalFormus CapitalKleiner Perkins+8 more
Bilanc provides analytics software for engineering teams, using AI to examine code and generate reports about developer experience and productivity metrics for team leadership.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Samuel Akinwunmi(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorAda Ventures
Brex provides financial services and software for companies, including corporate cards and expense management tools.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Henrique Dubugras(Co-founder & co-CEO)inPedro Franceschi(Co-founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsKleiner PerkinsY CombinatorDST GlobalRibbit CapitalTiger Global Management137 Ventures+29 more
Coginiti offers a "Semantic Intelligence" platform that lets data teams develop, govern, and deploy trusted business logic — from SQL-based data workbench to an AI-ready semantic layer — across more than 21 database platforms.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareAtlanta, US
Matthew Mullins(Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder)Rick Hall(CEO)
Co-investorsBeresford VenturesCircadian VenturesCreativeCoTech Square VenturesLytical Ventures
Conductor develops AI algorithms and control software for quantum computing, helping researchers and engineers optimize qubit architectures and scaling in semiconductor-based quantum systems.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechQuantum ComputingSan Francisco, US
Brandon Severin(Co-Founder & CEO)inJoel Pendleton(Co-Founder and CTO)in
Co-investorsDG Daiwa VenturesMyAsiaVCOlive Tree CapitalOxonian VenturesTranspose Platform ManagementY Combinator
Dataships provides a consent-collection tool for Shopify merchants that uses AI trained on consent interactions and a global privacy rules engine to convert more buyers into marketing subscribers while maintaining regulatory compliance.
E-commerceMarketing TechSaaSDublin, IE
MikeRyanin
Co-investorsOsage Venture PartnersUrban InnovationLavrock Ventures
eqtble provides a people analytics platform that helps HR and talent leaders analyze workforce data to inform employment decisions.
Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSNew York City, US
Joseph Ifiegbu(Founder)inGabe Horwitz(Founder)inEthan Veres(Founder)in
Co-investorsOpen Opportunity FundRoot and Shoot VenturesY CombinatorInitialized Capital
Exa Laboratories designs AI chips (XPUs) optimized for machine learning inference and training with reduced energy consumption.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareSemiconductorsSan Francisco, US
Co-investorsTranspose Platform ManagementWave VenturesGeek Ventures
Fingo is a digital bank offering mobile banking services to young Africans, enabling account opening in under 5 minutes with free peer-to-peer transactions, savings, and financial education.
FintechNairobi, KE
Kiiru Muhoya(Founder)inIan Njuguna(Founder)inGitari Tirima(Founder)inJames da Costa(Co-founder)Judith BogonkoPol Mas
Co-investorsY CombinatorFjor FoundersMyAsiaVCNairobi Business Angel NetworkSprint VcVelocity Digital+1 more
FORA is an AI platform for organizational leadership that captures and analyzes qualitative data from meetings, emails, chat platforms, and CRM systems.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsAcadian Ventures Management, Llc
FuseAI provides an agentic AI platform for sales teams to automate outbound prospecting, engagement, and lead generation across email, phone, and LinkedIn channels.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US
Saurav Bubber(Founder)inImogen Low(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
Lucite is an AI platform that transforms carrier documents into structured client-ready insights for Canadian group benefits brokers and advisors.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US
Jason Spector(Founder)inRichard Greenbaum(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
Odys designs and builds long-range, hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft for defense, logistics, and civil applications.
Advanced ManufacturingClimate TechDefense TechLogistics & Supply ChainSpace TechLos Angeles, US
James Dorris(Founder)inAxel Radermacher(Founder)in
Co-investorsGiant Ventures Global LlpOlive Tree CapitalY CombinatorZillionizeLombardstreet Ventures
Posh builds rapidly deployable battery storage and on-site power generation systems for commercial, industrial, and data-center customers, paired with intelligent energy management software.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechEnergyEnterprise SoftwareHardwareSan Francisco, US
Minh Chung Hoang(Founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsBeni Venture CapitalMetaplanetWorldQuant VenturesY CombinatorGoodwater Capital
Pry Financials made financial planning software that gave startups budgeting, forecasting, and scenario modeling tied to their accounting data.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Andy Su(Founder)inTiffany Wong(Founder)inHayden Jensen(Founder)inAlex Sailer(Founder)inHenrique Dubugras(Co-CEO)
Co-investorsY CombinatorDST GlobalIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Kleiner PerkinsRibbit CapitalTiger Global Management+6 more
Scout provides financial advisory and wealth management services for college athletes, particularly those benefiting from NIL (Name, Image, Likeness) opportunities.
Fintech
Michael Haddix Jr(Founder)in
Co-investors125 VenturesAusum VenturesJ4 VenturesMoai CapitalSymphonic CapitalChingona Ventures+1 more
TIFIN Wealth is a proposal generation platform that uses risk and retirement planning assessments to create personalized investment proposals, scoring clients on risk preference, capacity, and portfolio risk.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Exits · 3
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioBrexacq. by Capital Oneeqtbleacq. by ParadoxPry Financialsacq. by Brex
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesScout · wltx.com · Aug 17, 2026
Conductor Quantum · quantumzeitgeist.com · Jul 15, 2026
Brex · forbes.com · Jul 14, 2026
Avoca · techcrunch.com · Jul 5, 2026
Posh · finsmes.com · Mar 23, 2026
Fuse AI · blog.seraleads.com · Jan 12, 2026
Odys Aviation · latimes.com · Oct 20, 2025
Lucite · lucitetombstones.com · Aug 18, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has OUTBOUND CAPITAL made?
- OUTBOUND CAPITAL has 21 tracked investments, 4 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does OUTBOUND CAPITAL invest at?
- OUTBOUND CAPITAL invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does OUTBOUND CAPITAL focus on?
- OUTBOUND CAPITAL focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Hardware, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is OUTBOUND CAPITAL located?
- OUTBOUND CAPITAL is headquartered in Saratoga Springs, US.
- Who does OUTBOUND CAPITAL co-invest with?
- OUTBOUND CAPITAL most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Kleiner Perkins, MyAsiaVC, among 61 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamInvestor Insights Michael Kocan Managing Partner Outbound Capital
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