Primordial Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingDurham · Pre-Seed–Seed · 10 people tracked
Investment thesis
Primordial Ventures backs North Carolina's software startups at the earliest stages, forming partnerships with founders during their first rounds. Leveraging deep roots in the local ecosystem, the firm gains visibility into emerging companies across the state and supports founders through regular check-ins, mentorship, and introductions. It typically starts with small checks and continues investing in companies that show real progress. The firm believes strong companies are being built earlier and more intentionally, with founders operating more efficiently and often with less upfront capital, and it aims to support them as they scale.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 10 people
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What they invest in
from 18 of 21 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×14SaaS ×8Healthtech ×4Digital Health ×3Enterprise Software ×3GovTech ×2Marketing Tech ×2Medical Devices ×2
HQs:United States×8
Who they back
founder profiles across 8 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×52 founders×3
Investments · 21 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 23 dated
Amissa Health quantifies symptoms through wearable data and biometric collection to improve clinical care and research, with a focus on early detection of Alzheimer's and digital biomarkers for perimenopause in women.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthFemTechHealthtechMedical DevicesCharlotte, US
Sam Smith(Founder & CEO)Jon Corkey(Founder & CSO)
BoardDr. Jaclyn Piasta(Founder, Monarch Health)
Co-investorsTechstars
Beam Dynamics provides a cloud-based platform for managing assets, licenses, and vendors, with tools for scheduling, maintenance, ticketing, and integrated manufacturer data.
Enterprise SoftwareMedia & EntertainmentSaaS
David Kaszycki(Founder)inRyan DeMars(Founder)in
Co-investors100Km Ventures Llc
Capwave AI offers an AI-powered platform that analyzes founders' pitch decks and provides customized feedback to help them refine their messaging, connect with investors, and manage financial health during fundraising.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Co-investorsIDEA NCPrimordial
CivicReach provides AI-powered multilingual (English and Spanish) voice agents that answer resident phone calls for social services agencies, explaining program eligibility, capturing intake information, and routing urgent cases to staff.
AI & Machine LearningGovTechSaaS
Co-investorsVC 414
Coworks provides management software for coworking and flex office spaces, offering automated booking and billing, a member directory, resource management, and reporting.
Future of WorkPropTechSaaSRaleigh, US
DeShawn Brown(Co-founder & CEO)Phil Vanderwoude(COO)Lauren Walker(CMO)
Co-investorsFulcrum Financial PartnersVentureSouth
Fashivly offers clothing and styling solutions designed to help people of all sizes and body types feel confident in their everyday outfits.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerMarketplaces
Ashlyn Greer(Founder)in
Co-investorsAndreessen Horowitz
Abra is an AI assistant for Procurement teams that surfaces early vendor activity and buying conversations across an organization before they reach formal intake.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsConnetic VenturesKnoll Ventures
Keebler Health, founded in 2023, is a healthcare company focused on improving efficiency and efficacy in the healthcare industry.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Isaac Park(CEO)inAndrew Stickney(COO)inKevin Hill(CTO)inTerrell Bacchus(CMO)in
Co-investorsFlare Capital PartnersHypothesisNew Stack VenturesTau VenturesEverywhere VenturesFreestyle Capital+7 more
MyMatR builds AI-powered smart waste bins ("Coach" and "Maestro") and an analytics portal that record every deposit, give real-time recycling feedback, and sort waste at the source.
AI & Machine LearningCircular EconomyHardware
NeuroTech Insights, formed from the merger of SportGait and Heads Together Health, offers a neurofunctional health platform that supports the full care journey from assessment to treatment to ongoing monitoring.
Digital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices
Nimble Energy offers an AI-driven platform that automates utility data entry, validation, and analysis, and provides predictive analytics and automated reporting to help organizations identify energy savings and plan for the energy transition.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechEnergyPittsboro, US
Jeffrey Soplop(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardScott Albert(Director)
Co-investorsCofounders Capital
Opine builds AI agents that consolidate scattered deal context and product knowledge into real-time deal intelligence for technical sales teams.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales TechDurham, US
Akash Ganapathi(Founder)inCharlie Duong(Executive Officer, Director)Austin Kelleher(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investors100Km Ventures LlcKnoll VenturesPropel Venture Partners
Roboro uses AI to monitor legislation in real time, alert users to new bill actions, summarize bills and their changes, and answer natural-language questions about bill content with citations.
AI & Machine LearningGovTechLegalTechCary, US
Jenny Bo(Founder)inPaul A Rava(Executive Officer, Director)James Gieszelmann(Executive Officer, Director)Yang Bo(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsService Provider Capital
SetSale is an AI-powered sales and quoting tool that generates dynamic multi-option quotes and helps identify AHRI matchups for HVAC sales.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales TechCharlotte, US
ASSAF WEINBERG(Executive Officer, Director)inSETH URE(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardMATT SHAPIRO(Director)
Co-investorsPrimordialYork IE
Startup with CPO & Co-Founder Lucy Kosturko.
Social Cascade is a marketing platform for healthcare practices that automatically publishes patient education content sourced from trusted medical organizations across a practice's social and communication channels.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechMarketing Tech
Co-investors100Km Ventures LlcSymphonic Capital
Syllaby is an AI video creation platform that turns text prompts and keyword research into social media videos with scripts, visuals, subtitles, AI voices, and avatars, including faceless and text-to-video formats.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMarketing Tech
Austin Armstrong(Founder)
Trinitite is an AI agent governance platform that monitors AI actions in real time, auto-corrects unsafe outputs (such as PII leaks), blocks policy violations, and produces signed, auditable compliance reports with dollar-value risk scoring.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Virnika builds AI voice agents for restaurants that answer phones 24/7, take and process orders, book reservations, take payments, and answer customer questions.
AI & Machine LearningFoodTechSaaS
Co-investorsPrimordial
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesCapwave · capwave.ai · May 21, 2026
Keebler Health · flarecapital.com · Apr 21, 2026
SetSale · bizjournals.com · Mar 26, 2026
Amissa · amissa.com · Jan 21, 2026
Nimble Energy · nimble-energy.com · Dec 15, 2025
Roboro · primordial.io · Sep 9, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Primordial Ventures made?
- Primordial Ventures has 21 tracked investments, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Primordial Ventures invest at?
- Primordial Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Primordial Ventures's typical check size?
- Primordial Ventures typically writes checks of $25K – $50K.
- What sectors does Primordial Ventures focus on?
- Primordial Ventures focuses on Enterprise Software, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Primordial Ventures located?
- Primordial Ventures is headquartered in Durham, US.
- Does Primordial Ventures lead rounds?
- Primordial Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Primordial Ventures co-invest with?
- Primordial Ventures most often shares deals with 100Km Ventures Llc, Knoll Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, among 14 tracked co-investors.
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