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Punch Capital
Venture capitalActively deployingPre-Seed–Seed · 2 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Punch Capital positions itself as a go-to pre-seed funding source for high-potential immigrant founders building companies in the US. Operating as a solo-GP fund, it applies a deliberate, network-driven methodology — identifying unicorn-grade immigrant founders early, connecting them to a network of 500+ operators, CEOs, and investors, and accelerating growth through targeted introductions that drive revenue, talent, and follow-on capital. The firm argues immigrant founders deliver outsized economic impact, citing their prevalence among Fortune 500 and billion-dollar startups and leading AI companies. It typically writes the first check at inception before top-tier firms such as a16z, Insight Partners, and USV join subsequent rounds.
Source: firm website, verified Oct 1, 2026.
Team · 2 people
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What they invest in
from 24 of 25 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×15SaaS ×15Fintech ×12Enterprise Software ×9Crypto & Web3 ×3Data & Infrastructure ×3Cloud Computing ×2Construction Tech ×2
HQs:United States×9Australia×1Spain×1Mexico×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 9 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×32 founders×23 founders×24+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 15 founders with education data
MIT Sloan School of Management ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 13 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×5Business & Management ×2Engineering ×2Finance & Accounting ×2Mathematics & Statistics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 15 founders with career history
Collibra ×3McKinsey & Company ×3AppDirect ×2QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey ×2Toptal ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 25 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathAvenir provides AI-powered analytics for employee benefits, aimed at self-insured employers and brokers.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechInsurTech
Berry is an AI revenue agent that automates customer success activities for enterprise SaaS companies, including renewal management, adoption guidance, and upsell/cross-sell identification.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Co-investorsMyelin VCTRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)Y CombinatorDavidovs Venture CollectiveDVCFJ Labs+6 more
Candosa is a digital accounting and tax service (gestoría) for freelancers and small companies in Spain, letting users submit invoices via WhatsApp or a web platform and file quarterly taxes with the AEAT, with optional assigned human accountants.
FintechLegalTechSaaS
Co-investorsAcurio Ventures
Christian Salem(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlbum VCAlumni VenturesDraper AssociatesGreatPoint VenturesNight CapitalPath Ventures+3 more
CrewAI provides an enterprise platform for discovering, building, deploying, and governing AI agents that automate workflows across business applications, with no-code multi-agent workflow creation and observability.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
João (Joe) Moura(Co-founder)inRob Bailey(Co-founder)inJoao Moura(Founder)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBlitzscaling Venturesboldstart venturesCraft VenturesDallas Venture CapitalEarl Grey Capital+4 more
Deasy Labs automates the transformation of unstructured data into AI-ready structured data through a context engine that handles discovery, tagging, filtering, and enrichment.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US
Reece Griffiths(Founder)inMikko Peiponen(Founder)inLeonard Platzer(Founder)in
Co-investorsJ12 VenturesY CombinatorGeneral CatalystGoodFin VenturesKube VCMaiora Rebel Ventures+6 more
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Dill provides a software platform for construction wholesalers and distributors to automate credit applications, accounts receivable management, and online payment processing.
Construction TechEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Catherine Jiang(Founder)inTim Hsu(Head of Sales)
Co-investorsFormus CapitalY CombinatorAidenlair CapitalCapitalize VCRomulus CapitalTwenty Two Ventures+2 more
doola provides a platform for entrepreneurs globally to form and operate U.S. businesses, offering an all-in-one back-office solution including LLC formation, business banking, tax filings, and compliance services.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkLegalTechSaaSNew York City, US
Arjun Mahadevan(Founder)inJP Pincheira(Founder)Omid Ghiam(Growth Marketing Lead)Chelsea Jia(Chief of Staff)Lee Hambley(Head of Engineering)Jor Jiao(Head of Finance)
Co-investorsY CombinatorHustle FundNexus Venture PartnersaVentureHubSpot VenturesApax Digital+4 more
Eve is an autonomous AI sales agent that connects to a company's existing tools (CRM, inbox, calendar, messengers) to prospect, run personalized outreach, follow up, and book qualified meetings, with all outbound messages drafted for user approval.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
Co-investorsDOMiNO VenturesGeek VenturesSilicon GardensZypsy CapitalFirsthandVC
Fillip provides a fuel savings and rebate network for vehicle fleets, offering fuel discounts and rebates without minimum spend requirements.
FintechLogistics & Supply ChainMedia & EntertainmentMobility & TransportationSports TechMexico City, MX
Alberto Fasja(Founder)inHector Sepulveda(Founder)inHugo López-Velarde(Founder)in
Co-investorsDila CapitalInterGen CapitalNazcaStaircase VenturesThin Air LabsActivant Capital+4 more
Jelly is a mobile video-sharing app where users record and post short videos instantly without filters or edits, restricted to human posters.
ConsumerCreator EconomySocial
Knova is software that orchestrates multiple asset types and automates complex financial transactions across existing systems and platforms.
Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintech
Natalya ThakurFrancis KiminKD Kangin
Co-investorsA100X Ventures
Landbase provides an AI-agent platform for B2B revenue teams that finds, qualifies, scores, and enriches best-fit target accounts using company data, web data, and buying signals.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US
Emily Zhang(Founder)inDaniel Saks(Founder)inRaheem Syed(Co-founder)inEmily Z(Founder)Hua Gao(Founder)in
Co-investorsA*Inovia CapitalPICUS CAPITALSound Ventures
Loopfour provides finance automation software that enables organizations to automate workflows such as invoicing, contracts, payments, and reconciliations while maintaining control through triggers, integrations, and approval mechanisms.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Daniel Kivatinos(CEO)inAnelya Grant(Founder)inVinay Datta Pinnaka(Founder)inZuny Fester(People Ops)
Co-investorsY CombinatorAidenlair CapitalAndreessen HorowitzCivilization Ventures Management, LlcDavidovs Venture CollectiveDecacorn Capital+12 more
Loopfour builds deterministic, auditable automation for finance operations such as accounts receivable, month-end close, and revenue recognition (ASC 606), running workflows as predefined code with AI used only for interpretation steps.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Neuron Mobility designs and operates shared e-scooter and e-bike networks, building commercial-grade vehicles and in-house fleet management and safety technology for its micromobility services.
CleantechHardwareIoTMobility & Transportation
Zachary Wang(Co-founder & CEO)inHarry Yu(Co-founder & CTO)in
Co-investors500 GlobalAlumni VenturesAngelCentralCapria VenturesSquare Peg CapitalActivant Capital+2 more
Neuron provides an SDK and network that turn physical devices—from GPU clusters to a Raspberry Pi—into edge nodes that AI agents and software platforms can discover, access, and control via encrypted peer-to-peer communication.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3IoT
Co-investorsDecasonicSMAPE CapitalActivant CapitalChona Family OfficeKarman VenturesSuffolk Technologies+1 more
An AI knowledge graph platform that converts unstructured construction documents into structured, queryable data by extracting entities and relationships from drawings, specifications, and schedules.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechData & InfrastructureSaaS
Zaid Kahn(Founder)inSalil Pandit(Founder)in
Co-investorsActivant CapitalColle Capital PartnersZacua Ventures
Paygent is a tool that automatically investigates and resolves failed, delayed, and stuck bank transfers within existing ticketing platforms like Jira and Linear, analyzing payment context against banking rules to identify root causes and execute follow-up actions such as amendments, recalls, and status inquiries.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Co-investorsActivant Capital
Root is a money movement platform that connects directly to banks via a single API, letting marketplaces and platforms automate bank-to-bank transfers for instant receivables, payables, and money transmission without intermediaries.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Slow Rodeo is a creative technology firm that builds and transforms brands for select clients and develops its own ventures exploring how technology shapes culture.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMarketing TechLos Angeles, US
Stuut builds AI agents that autonomously run the accounts receivable and order-to-cash process end-to-end—covering collections, payments, cash application, and deductions across email, SMS, and voice.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSNew York, US
Ben(Co-founder)Adam Chaarawi(Founder)inJulian Marcu(Director)Benjamin Winter(Executive Officer)Tarek Alaruri(Founder)Ben Winter(Founder)
Co-investors1984 Ventures Management, LlcActivant CapitalAndreessen HorowitzCarya Venture PartnersPage One VenturesVesey Ventures
Thera is a payroll and payments platform that processes payroll, contractor payments, and business spend while earning rewards points.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechHR TechSaaSNew York City, US
Akhil Reddy(CEO)inGaurav Pandey(Senior Dev)Erica Dippold(Software Engineer)Dan BurkeZac Kopelman(Vice President of Operations)Ben Ornstein(Growth Consultant)
Co-investorsEight CapitalFTV CapitalGV (Google Ventures)Y Combinator10x FoundersAmino Capital+1 more
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Tholos is a self-custodial MPC treasury management platform for crypto teams to manage wallets, banking, and payments across 30+ blockchains from a single workspace.
Crypto & Web3FintechSaaS
Co-investorsLattice CapitalNIV
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesdoola · ycombinator.com · Apr 30, 2026
Neuron Factory · finsmes.com · Apr 1, 2026
Crewai · blog.crewai.com · Mar 31, 2026
Stuut · fintech.global · Nov 21, 2025
EVE · finsmes.com · Nov 11, 2025
Landbase · data.landbase.com · Jul 11, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Punch Capital made?
- Punch Capital has 25 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Punch Capital invest at?
- Punch Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does Punch Capital focus on?
- Punch Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, E-commerce, Enterprise Software, Fintech.
- Who does Punch Capital co-invest with?
- Punch Capital most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Activant Capital, Alumni Ventures, among 47 tracked co-investors.
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