Outcast Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingSan Francisco · Pre-Seed–Seed · 2 people tracked
Also known as OUTCAST VENTURES, LLC
Investment thesis
Outcast Ventures focuses on the co-founder formation stage, arguing that the best co-founder or founding engineer is rarely already in a founder's network. Through its Catalyst program, it brings together a curated group of top repeat founders and senior operators, colocated in its SF South Park office, to explore values and working styles and decide whether to build a company together. Investors-in-Residence offer guidance on refining ideas. When a co-founder relationship becomes clear, Outcast writes a first check and provides cloud and compute credits, backing teams at the earliest possible point.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 2 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 4 of 8 portfolio companiesDeveloper Tools ×4AI & Machine Learning ×3Enterprise Software ×3SaaS ×2Data & Infrastructure ×1
HQs:United States×5United Kingdom×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 6 portfolio companiesWhere their founders worked beforefrom 11 founders with career history
Facebook ×2Greylock Partners ×2Quora ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 8 tracked
founders shown can be your intro path
Figma is a collaborative design platform that enables teams to create apps, websites, and products through shared design tools integrated with development workflows and AI-powered design assistance.
Developer ToolsSaaSSan Francisco, US
Evan Wallace(Co-Founder (former Chief Technology Officer))Dylan Field(Co-founder & CEO)inPraveer Melwani(Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer)Kris Rasmussen(Chief Technology Officer)Shaunt Voskanian(Chief Revenue Officer)Brendan Mulligan(General Counsel & Secretary)
Co-investors137 VenturesAlkeon InnovationAndreessen HorowitzAtlassian VenturesBase PartnersCoatue Management+26 more
Aven is a San Francisco fintech offering a home-equity-backed Visa credit card and related asset-backed consumer credit products.
Sadi Khan(Founder)inMurtada Shah(Founder)in
Co-investorsCoatue ManagementElectric CapitalFounders FundGeneral CatalystHakluyt CapitalHan River Partners+12 more
Chime is a US financial technology company offering fee-free checking and savings accounts, debit and credit-builder cards, early access to direct-deposited pay and no-fee overdraft cover.
San Francisco, US
Ryan King(Co-founder)inChris Britt(Co-founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAmino CapitalAspect VenturesCathay InnovationClocktower VenturesCoatue ManagementCrosslink Capital+18 more
Distyl is an applied technology company that deploys AI solutions to help enterprises re-architect critical workflows and systems.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Arjun Prakash(Founder)inDerek Ho(Founder)in
Co-investorsCoatue ManagementFirsthandVCKhosla VenturesLightspeed Venture PartnersMillennium New HorizonsMillennium Technology Value Partners+3 more
Meticulous automatically detects regressions in web applications by replaying user sessions at scale, helping front-end developers build more reliable software.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLondon, GB
Gabriel Spencer-Harper(Founder)inQuentin Spencer-Harper(Founder)
Co-investorsCoatue ManagementY CombinatorChemistryMenlo Ventures
San Francisco, US
Charles Yeh(Founder)Rick Song(Founder)
Co-investorsCoatue ManagementHyphen CapitalIndex VenturesPathlight VenturesBond Capital ManagementChemistry+1 more
Scale provides high-quality training data, model evaluations, and full-stack AI systems for enterprises and governments to build and deploy AI applications.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Alexandr Wang(Co-founder & CEO)inLucy Guo(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAccelAdit Ventures Management, LlcBeyond CapitalCheyenne VenturesCoatue ManagementElad Gil+33 more
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioFigmaNYSE: FIG
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesChime · investing.com · Aug 25, 2026
Figma · news.crunchbase.com · Jul 17, 2026
Meticulous · pulse2.com · Jul 17, 2026
Scale AI · secondtalent.com · Jun 30, 2026
Distyl · techcrunch.com · Jan 19, 2026
Aven · nasdaqprivatemarket.com · Sep 30, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Outcast Ventures made?
- Outcast Ventures has 8 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does Outcast Ventures invest at?
- Outcast Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Outcast Ventures's typical check size?
- Outcast Ventures typically writes checks of $500K.
- What sectors does Outcast Ventures focus on?
- Outcast Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Hardware, Healthtech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Outcast Ventures located?
- Outcast Ventures is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Does Outcast Ventures lead rounds?
- Outcast Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Outcast Ventures co-invest with?
- Outcast Ventures most often shares deals with Coatue Management, Khosla Ventures, Felicis Ventures, among 79 tracked co-investors.
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