Vinyl Capital
Venture capitalActively deployingBoston · Pre-Seed · 3 people tracked
Also known as VINYL CAPITAL LLC
Investment thesis
Vinyl invests in early-stage companies building commerce infrastructure—the foundational systems and solutions that will support the future economy. The fund targets pre-revenue and pre-product stage companies, including those in formation, backing founders as they validate their core commerce infrastructure concepts.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 3 people
from public directories
What they invest in
from 4 of 4 portfolio companiesFintech ×3AI & Machine Learning ×2Enterprise Software ×2B2B Marketplaces ×1Data & Infrastructure ×1E-commerce ×1Marketing Tech ×1SaaS ×1
HQs:United States×2India×1
Investments · 4 tracked
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Blue Onion provides a unified financial data platform for e-commerce businesses that reconciles transaction data across multiple systems to create a single source of truth.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareFintechNew York City, US
Lyndsey Bunting(Founder)inManav Malhotra(Founder)in
Co-investorsEntrée CapitalHalogen Ventures Management Company LlcViola VenturesY CombinatorViola FinTech
Koverly is a financial technology platform that combines foreign exchange and credit services for small to medium-size importers.
B2B MarketplacesFintechWaltham, US
Igor Ostrovsky(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Michail Medvinsky(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardTomer Michaeli(Director)in
Co-investorsFramework Venture PartnersOne Way VenturesViola Ventures
Paylode provides a platform for businesses to create customizable perks and rewards programs and incentive campaigns that encourage specific customer actions and build loyalty across the customer lifecycle.
Enterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsStruck CapitalWayfinder VenturesDay One VenturesSusa Ventures
XENO is a goal-based investment platform that enables individuals, groups, and institutions to invest and save for various financial objectives such as wealth building, emergencies, education, homeownership, and retirement.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintechNew Delhi, IN
Aéko Ongodia(Founder)in
Co-investorsBeyond CapitalBeyond Capital VenturesTechstarsVibe Capital
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesPaylode · refreshmiami.com · Nov 6, 2025
Blue Onion · technews180.com · Apr 18, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Vinyl Capital invest at?
- Vinyl Capital invests at the Pre-Seed stage.
- What sectors does Vinyl Capital focus on?
- Vinyl Capital focuses on B2B Marketplaces, E-commerce.
- Where is Vinyl Capital located?
- Vinyl Capital is headquartered in Boston, US.
Co-investors · 20
Techstars is a startup accelerator and early-stage investor that funds ambitious founders and provides capital, mentorship, and access to a global network of investors, operators, and corporate partners.
Founder Collective is a seed and pre-seed stage venture capital firm that invests across sectors, describing itself as sector agnostic and anti-thematic.
Eniac Ventures partners with early-stage founders, backing companies from 0 to 1.
NextView Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that works closely with founders, providing hands-on support to help build companies from inception to scale.
Flybridge Capital Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs building companies with global reach. The firm focuses on supporting innovative ventures from their initial funding stages.
Practical Venture Capital (PVC) is a venture firm focused on the secondary market for private, late-stage technology companies. It acquires stakes in mature companies through its Halftime Fund.
Bullpen Capital is an early-stage venture firm that has funded over 100 companies, focusing on businesses that have found product-market fit but are overlooked by other investors.
Polaris Partners is a venture capital firm that partners with biotech and healthcare entrepreneurs to build transformational companies.
Array Ventures is a pre-seed and early-stage venture capital firm that invests in founders building enterprise software and AI companies, offering hands-on support such as helping with business development and reaching a second wave of customers.
Unusual Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs enterprise and infrastructure founders from initial insight through market leadership, providing a proprietary playbook for finding product-market fit.
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Renegade Partners is a founder-led early-stage venture firm that makes a small number of high-conviction investments each year, focusing primarily on Series A rounds with select seed and Series B deals, and providing hands-on partnership around people operations and strategy.
Work-Bench is a New York City-based seed-stage venture fund backing early-stage founders building enterprise, SaaS, and infrastructure software, with hands-on go-to-market support.
▶8 more co-investors
VitalStage VenturesPeterson VenturesTen ElevenG20 VenturesAngel InvestRepublic Capital (ex Republic Labs)V3 VenturesE-Merge
Firms observed investing alongside Vinyl Capital, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Vinyl Capital's recorded portfolio.
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