Vinyl Capital
Venture capitalActively deployingBoston · Pre-Seed · 4 people tracked
Also known as VINYL CAPITAL LLC
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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 Sep 15, 2026.
Team · 4 people
from public directories
What they invest in
from 5 of 5 portfolio companiesFintech ×3AI & Machine Learning ×2E-commerce ×2Enterprise Software ×2SaaS ×2B2B Marketplaces ×1Consumer ×1Data & Infrastructure ×1
HQs:United States×2India×1
Investments · 5 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 22023 · 13 dated
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(Co-founder & CEO)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)inMichail Medvinsky(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in
BoardTomer Michaeli(Director)in
Co-investorsFramework Venture PartnersOne Way VenturesViola Ventures
Paylode provides a no-code platform that connects companies with pre-vetted consumer brand offers to create loyalty and perks programs for their customers.
ConsumerEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaS
Mikhail Naumov(Founder)inZach Holmesin
Co-investorsStruck CapitalWayfinder VenturesDay One VenturesSusa Ventures
Two Boxes provides software for processing ecommerce returns, giving warehouse associates step-by-step SOPs to inspect and grade returned items and giving brands real-time returns data and dashboards.
E-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainRetail TechSaaS
Kyle Bertin(Founder)in
Co-investorsAssembly VenturesMatchstick VenturesRange VCService Provider CapitalPeterson Ventures
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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 companiesTwo Boxes · finsmes.com · Apr 7, 2026
Paylode · refreshmiami.com · Nov 6, 2025
Blue Onion · technews180.com · Apr 18, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Vinyl Capital made?
- Vinyl Capital has 5 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- 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.
Peterson Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that partners with founders to build businesses, focusing on early-stage consumer and software companies.
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.
▶8 more co-investors
Work-BenchVitalStage 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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