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Valon Capital

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Valon Capital is an investment firm focused on opportunities spanning Asia and America.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Founded
2021
Last 12 months
1 investment
Tracked investments
37
Unicorns
1
IPOs
1
Acquisitions
8

Team · 2 people

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Dong Shin Kim· General Partner

What they invest in

from 37 of 37 portfolio companies

Enterprise Software ×24SaaS ×22AI & Machine Learning ×17Developer Tools ×10Fintech ×6Cloud Computing ×5Healthtech ×5Advanced Manufacturing ×4

HQs:United States×25Canada×3United Kingdom×2Australia×1India×1Japan×1

Investments · 37 tracked

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By year:2026 · 12023 · 22022 · 25 dated

Armoryarmory.ioin𝕏Seedacquired by Harness · Jan 2024 · $7M

Armory provides continuous deployment software that helps development teams automate and manage application releases across their infrastructure at scale, with built-in safety and security controls.

Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Isaac Mosquera(Founder)inBen Mappen(Founder)inDaniel R. Odio(Founder)

Co-investorsBase Venture Management, Inc.Crosslink CapitalInsight PartnersJavelin Venture PartnersLumia CapitalMango Capital+26 more

Assembly HOAassemblyhoa.comin𝕏Seed

Assembly provides software and management services for homeowners associations (HOAs), addressing operational inefficiencies through transparency and accountability.

AI & Machine LearningFintechPropTechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Allen Liou(Founder)inShreyas Bharadwaj(Founder)in

Co-investorsPioneerY CombinatorCapitalize VCEight CapitalFjor FoundersGeneral Catalyst+5 more

CoreCarecorecare.aiinSeed

CoreCare builds AI-powered operations and billing management software for long-term care and skilled nursing facilities.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaSNew York City, US

Dennis Antonelos(Founder)inMehrdad Shafaie(Founder)inGeoffrey Roguelon(Chief Technology Officer)in

Co-investorsCathexis VenturesFundersClubHDS CapitalMaccabee VenturesPrimetime PartnersVentureSouq+8 more

Cyphercypherhq.ioin𝕏SeedAcquired

Cypher provides a non-custodial crypto card and payment protocol that enables users to spend cryptocurrencies and stablecoins in everyday life with in-app swaps and cross-chain bridges.

Crypto & Web3FintechSan Francisco, US

Kuberan Marimuthu(Founder)inDheeban Srinivasan Govindarajan(Co-Founder & CTO)inMuthukrishnan Ramabadran(Co-Founder)inJOHN WALKER(CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND MEMBER OF BOARD OF MANAGERS)

BoardGLEN D MELLA(MEMBER OF BOARD OF MANAGERS)BRANDON D FUGAL(MEMBER OF BOARD OF MANAGERS)

Co-investorsY CombinatorCoinbase VenturesLeonis CapitalMDSV CAPITALOlive Tree CapitalPICUS CAPITAL+14 more

Devycedevyce.comin𝕏Seed · Jul 2022

A team communication and collaboration platform that provides monitoring of communication performance through call logs and messaging statistics, along with built-in messaging features for workplace teams.

Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSLondon, GB

Nick Browne(Founder)inEdward Clayton(Founder)inLeo Bartle(Founder)in

Co-investorsAmino CapitalFjor FoundersGarage CapitalSterling RoadY CombinatorAgrolimen Ventures+6 more

Fiixfiix.ioSeedAcquired

Fiix provides on-demand auto repair services performed at customers' homes or offices, covering battery, brake, engine, tire, transmission, and related vehicle maintenance and diagnostics.

ConsumerMobility & TransportationToronto, CA

Arif Bhanji(Founder)inKhallil Mangalji(Founder)inZain Manji(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorAltaIR CapitalBuildGroupBurst CapitalGarage CapitalHappy Street Ventures+4 more

Flow Clubflow.clubin𝕏Seed

Flow Club is a virtual coworking platform that facilitates focused productivity through live, structured sessions using body doubling and the Pomodoro Technique.

Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSWellness & FitnessSan Francisco, US

David Tran(Founder)inRicky Yean(Founder)

Co-investorsPioneerSoma CapitalY CombinatorAJGComma CapitalDay One Ventures+6 more

Fridayslabfridayslab.comJun 2023

Fridays Lab builds Retentics, an AI tool that analyzes a Shopify brand's purchase data, identifies buyer segments, and automatically generates and triggers Klaviyo email flows to drive repeat orders.

AI & Machine LearningE-commerceMarketing Tech

Co-investorsKakao VenturesPrimer Sazze Partners

Hubble Networkhubble.comin𝕏Seed

Hubble has created a Bluetooth connection to space and is building a global, battery-efficient, and cost-effective network using satellite technology.

Advanced ManufacturingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsHardwareIoTSpace TechLas Vegas, US

Alex Haro(Founder)inBen Wild(Founder)in

Co-investorsConvective CapitalInfinite CapitalMarin Digital VenturesNew North VenturesPi CampusPioneer+15 more

Icarusicarus.oneinSeed

Icarus designs and manufactures solar-powered autonomous aircraft that fly for months at the edge of space.

Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechDefense TechHardwareSpace TechLos Angeles, US

Henry Kwan(Founder)inCameron HargisinZach 'Jerry' Williamsin

Co-investorsACADEMY INVESTORAIN VenturesEntrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA)HAWKTAILPioneerPredictive VC+24 more

InferEdgeinferedge.cominSeed

InferEdge builds agentic AI infrastructure for investment teams to automate time-consuming tasks like information triage and summarization.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechMH, IN

Aditya Mehta(Founder)inAmal Dani(Founder)inOmkar Ghaisas(Founder)in

Co-investorsPioneerY CombinatorAugere VentureLynett Capital PartnersSoma CapitalVenture Investment Associates

Instantinstantdb.com𝕏SeedAcquired

Instant is a backend-as-a-service database platform built for modern app development and AI agents, offering real-time sync, offline mode, authentication, permissions, and storage through a graph-based query language called InstaQL.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Joe Averbukh(Founder)inStepan Parunashvili(Founder)inBeau Hartshorne(Founder)inDirkjan Ochtman(Founder)inLiam Millward(Founder)William Gao(Founder)

Co-investorsHawk Hill VenturesLorimer VenturesPioneerY CombinatorAirAngelsAmplify Partners+11 more

Jeevestryjeeves.comin𝕏Seed

Jeeves provides flexible payment and expense management solutions for businesses, including prepaid cards, payment processing, and cross-border transaction services across multiple jurisdictions.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSMiami, US

Dileep Thazhmon(Founder)in

BoardAngela Strange(Director)inSherwin Gandhi(Founder)

Co-investors17SigmaAltaIR CapitalAlumni VenturesAndreessen HorowitzClocktower VenturesCrew Capital+34 more

Jestorjestor.comin𝕏Seed

Jestor is a no-code workflow automation platform that routes approvals, purchases, reimbursements, and back-office processes for companies.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US

Bruno Bannach(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorFjor FoundersFundersClubSoma CapitalCanaryJulian Shapiro+2 more

Litnerdlitnerd.comin𝕏Seed

Litnerd is a reading and writing application for children that combines collaborative clubs, gamified challenges, and AI-powered personalized tutoring to help kids develop literacy skills.

EdTechSaaSNew York City, US

Anisa Mirza(Founder)in

Co-investorsScout FundVentureSouqWinklevoss CapitalY CombinatorHarvard Management CompanyK3 Diversity+2 more

Lucid Botslucidbots.comin𝕏Seed

Lucid Bots designs and manufactures commercial robotics and drones for exterior cleaning and building maintenance in the construction and facilities management industries.

Advanced ManufacturingConstruction TechHardwareRoboticsCharlotte, US

Andrew Ashur(Founder)in

Co-investorsCharlotte Angel FundCharlotte FundCubit CapitalFoundersG Vision CapitalMPG Fund+15 more

Luminailuminai.comSeed

Luminai builds an AI-native operating system that unifies fragmented healthcare operational work streams to automate administrative and operational tasks across health systems.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Kesava Kirupa Dinakaran(Founder)inHarsh Gupta(Founder)Dmitry Dolgopolov(Founder)Kesavakirupa Dinakaran(Founder)

Co-investorsavraGeneral CatalystMoxxie VenturesPeak XV PartnersScribble VenturesShrug Capital+16 more

Mindset Healthmindsethealth.comin𝕏Series A

Mindset Health develops digital health programs using hypnotherapy and mind-body medicine to help patients manage gastrointestinal disorders and improve health outcomes.

Digital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesMental HealthWellness & FitnessMelbourne, AU

Alex Naoumidis(Founder)inChris Naoumidis(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlberts Impact VenturesAlumni VenturesFifty YearsKing River CapitalPerennial PartnersTenmile+14 more

Miraclemiracleml.cominSeed

Miracle unifies data from multiple clinical trial platforms to provide automated insights for healthcare professionals in biopharma.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Jin Kim(Founder)in

Co-investorsBusiness Growth FundSoma CapitalThe E14 FundY Combinator10X CapitalEight Capital+1 more

Mirror AImirror-ai.comSeed

Mirror AI creates personalized emoji sets from facial photos, generating dozens of custom emoji characters that users can share across messaging and social media platforms.

ConsumerSocialSan Francisco, US

Evgeny Kuryshev(Founder)in

Co-investorsSoma CapitalY CombinatorAcequia Capital (AceCap)Berggruen HoldingsBold Capital PartnersConnect Ventures+15 more

Money Forwardmoneyforward.com𝕏Sep 2023 · $22M

Money Forward provides financial services and a "money platform" for individuals and businesses, aiming to help users manage money and solve financial challenges.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Yosuke Tsuji(Founder)in

Co-investorsDnx VenturesGlobis Capital PartnersGMO VenturePartnersMitsukoshi Isetan InnovationsTBS Innovation PartnersAltaIR Capital+8 more

Nangonango.devin𝕏Seed

Nango provides an integration platform that enables software products to connect with 800+ APIs through code-first integrations with built-in authentication and agent support.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Robin Guldener(Founder)inBastien Beurier(Founder)in

Co-investorsFelicis VenturesGradient VenturesHorizonKima VenturesY CombinatorCRV (Charles River Ventures)+1 more

Openlayeropenlayer.comin𝕏Seed

Openlayer provides a platform for testing, monitoring, and managing AI models across the development and production lifecycle.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Gabriel Bayomi Kalejaiye(Founder)inVikas Nair(Founder)inRishab Ramanathan(Founder)inBoard Guillermo Rauch(Founder & CEO of Vercel)Gabriel Bayomi Tinoco Kalejaiye(Founder)inGabriel Bayomi(Founder)

Co-investorsGround Up VenturesKPN VenturesMantis CapitalMento vcMindset VentureNXTP+9 more

Pearlgetpearlcoffee.cominSeedDefunct

Pearl manufactures single-serve coffee and tea machines with proprietary brewing technology for offices, hotels, and restaurants, using compostable pods filled with whole bean coffees and teas from specialty roasters rather than traditional plastic pods.

Enterprise SoftwareHardwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Greg Kress(Founder)inScott Steber(Founder)inAdrien Gabizon(Founder)Alexis Pawlik(Founder)Cambron Carter(Founder)Kyle Stanley(Founder)

Co-investorsY Combinator20VCAlleyCorpAndreessen HorowitzClean Energy VenturesCrosscut Ventures+4 more

Piramidalpiramidal.aiinSeed

Piramidal bridges in-vivo and in-silico intelligence for neuroscience research and clinical applications.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesNew York City, US

Dimitris Fotis Sakellariou(Founder)inKris Pahuja(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorLIONHEART VENTURESAdverb Venturesfutureland venturesGeek VenturesRitual Capital+11 more

Positionalpositional.comin𝕏SeedAcquired

Positional offers an autonomous SEO agent that handles strategy, content creation, and technical SEO across multiple aspects of search optimization.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSCharleston, US

Matthew Lenhard(Founder)in

Co-investorsACTAI VenturesSouth QuadY CombinatorFAST — by GETTYLABImmeasurableLachy Groom+2 more

Relaterelate.soin𝕏Seed

Relate is a customer data platform and CRM designed for B2B SaaS startups to manage leads, sales pipeline, customer health, and renewals in a single interface.

Enterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechSeoul, KR

SJ (Sangyong) Jung(Founder)inArthur (Hyun June) Kim(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorBass InvestmentScript CapitalTranslink InvestmentZ Venture Capital

Requestlyrequestly.comin𝕏SeedAcquired

Requestly is a Git-native API client for teams to design, build, and test APIs in a single local-first application.

Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Sachin Jain(Founder)inSagar Soni(Founder)inSachin Jain Sagar Soni(Founder)

Co-investors100x Entrepreneur FundTitan CapitalY CombinatorASDF VenturesNeonPeak XV Partners

Retenticsretentics.cominOct 2022 · $1.7M

Retentics is a Shopify app that integrates with Klaviyo to build AI-driven email flows for ecommerce brands, predicting when each customer will reorder and generating personalized product recommendations and send timing.

AI & Machine LearningE-commerceMarketing Tech

Co-investorsLaguna InvestmentSazzeKakao VenturesPrimer Sazze PartnersSmilegate

Shuttleshuttle.devin𝕏SeedDefunct

Shuttle is an open source cloud platform for developing and deploying web applications with Rust, replacing container technology with a lightweight alternative to achieve sub-second deploy times.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLondon, GB

Nodar Daneliya(Founder)inChristos Hadjiaslanis(Founder)inDamien Broka(Founder)Jawwad Jahangir(Founder)Nodar Danelia(Founder)inReyasat Chowdhury(Founder)

Co-investorsAbstraction CapitalActivant CapitalHorizonY CombinatorCRV (Charles River Ventures)Global Founders Capital+1 more

Spenmosummitglobal.cominSeed

Summit provides an accounts payable and expense management platform that consolidates and automates expense tracking across email, spreadsheets, and accounting platforms for finance teams.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSingapore, SG

Mohandass Kalaichelvan(Founder)inIsaq Ahmed Mukthar(Founder)in

Co-investorsInsight PartnersITERATIVELocus VenturesOperator StackRocket Internet SESilicon Ventures+26 more

Squire.aisquire.aiin𝕏SeedDefunct

Squire is a developer tool that generates pull request descriptions, conducts code reviews, and writes code to address feedback from reviews.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Brandon Waselnuk(Founder)inKarl Clement(Founder)inSaumil Patel(Founder)in

Co-investorsY Combinator2.12 AngelsAsymmetry VenturesAYDIN MIRZAEECrossbeam Venture PartnersEmergence Capital Partners+6 more

Synclysyncly.appin𝕏Seed

Syncly is an AI-native platform that monitors brand mentions and sentiment across video social platforms like TikTok, Reels, and Shorts, and identifies creators for influencer marketing campaigns.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSocialSan Francisco, US

Joseph Lee(Founder)inJongsoo Keum(Founder)inKwan Yoon(Founder)inAlex Hongin

Co-investors500 GlobalCelero Ventures Ltd.Y CombinatorFast VenturesRebel FundSBVA+1 more

Tetraasktetra.comSeedAcquired

Tetra provides automatic transcription and note-taking for phone calls and meetings, with human-edited transcripts delivered within 6 hours.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US

Jon Goldsmith(Founder)inNikolas Liolios(Founder)in

Co-investorsAmino CapitalY Combinator1Sharpe VenturesAmplify PartnersAmplify Partners CVFoundation Capital+3 more

TyltGOtyltgo.cominSeed

TyltGO operates a same-day delivery service that retailers and e-commerce companies can offer to customers under their own branding.

Enterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSKitchener, CA

Aaron Paul(Founder)in

Co-investorsBrighter CapitalTranspose Platform ManagementY CombinatorNoveus Capital

Ultraultra.techin𝕏Seed · Aug 2026

Ultra manufactures OP1, a stationary multi-purpose AI robot for warehouse automation that handles repetitive tasks like packing, sorting, and kitting.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsNew York City, US

Jon Miller Schwartz(Founder)inMax Friefeld(Founder)inChetan Parthiban(Founder)inJonathan Schwartz(Executive Officer, Director)inOliver Ortlieb(Founder)inEric Drymer(Founder)

Co-investorsJude GomilaNextView VenturesNirman InvestmentsPioneerY CombinatorAgrolimen Ventures+14 more

webapp.iowebapp.ioin𝕏SeedAcquired

webapp.io builds a developer-focused platform for software deployment and DevOps, designed to simplify infrastructure management for technology-forward companies.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSToronto, CA

Colin Chartier(Founder)inLyn Chen(Founder)in

Co-investorsFundersClubY CombinatorGood News VenturesSoma Capital

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How many investments has Valon Capital made?
Valon Capital has 37 tracked investments, 9 of which have exited, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
What sectors does Valon Capital focus on?
Valon Capital focuses on Crypto & Web3.

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