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SHOR

Venture capital

Seed · 1 people tracked

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Investment thesis

SHOR is an early-stage venture fund that also runs a syndicate, writing checks before a company reaches broad market consensus. It concentrates on founders with a highly iterative working style and does not invest outside its home market.

Stage
Seed
Tracked investments
3
Acquisitions
1

Team · 1 people

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Michael Shor· General Partnerin

What they invest in

from 3 of 3 portfolio companies

Advanced Manufacturing ×2Defense Tech ×2Space Tech ×2Developer Tools ×1Enterprise Software ×1SaaS ×1

HQs:United States×3

Investments · 3 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path
Ares Industriesaresindustries.comin𝕏Seed

Ares Industries designs and manufactures precision missiles (Maverick and Goose) for military defense, built at volume with five-figure unit costs for use by the U.S. and allied forces.

Advanced ManufacturingDefense TechSpace TechLos Angeles, US

Alex Tseng(Founder)inDevan Plantamura(Founder)

Co-investorsY Combinator468 CapitalAgrolimen VenturesAndreessen HorowitzCapitalize VCCoastCap+11 more

Bracketusebracket.comin𝕏SeedAcquired

Bracket provides bidirectional data synchronization between business applications like Salesforce and Airtable and backend databases, ensuring that updates made in either system are reflected across both.

Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US

Vinesh Arun(Founder)inKunal Garg(Founder)inIan Yanusko(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorCornerstone VCPareto HoldingsThe MBA Fund

Wardstonewardstone.spaceinSeed

Wardstone designs and plans to deploy a constellation of satellites equipped with sensors and kinetic interceptors to detect, predict, and counter hypersonic and ballistic missiles for U.S. military defense agencies.

Advanced ManufacturingDefense TechSpace TechEl Segundo, US

Sebastian Fischer(Founder and CEO)inTobias Fischer(Founder)in

Co-investorsPioneerY CombinatorALLEGIS CAPITALB5 CapitalBow CapitalEcosystem Ventures LLC+6 more

Portfolio news

latest coverage across their companies
Wardstone: Satellites for Missile Defense

Wardstone · ycombinator.com · Nov 12, 2025

Frequently asked questions

What stage does SHOR invest at?
SHOR invests at the Seed stage.
What sectors does SHOR focus on?
SHOR focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, Enterprise Software.

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