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a_capital

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite

a_capital is a Seed, Early Growth, Deployment-ready Architecture venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in AI / ML, Enterprise, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$3.0M checks and has 9 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Early Growth, Deployment-ready Architecture

Check Size

$1.0M – $3.0M

AUM

$2.0B

Portfolio

9+ companies

Team

7 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

a_capital invests in foundational technologies underpinning the evolution of AI and computing infrastructure with enterprise utility.

How a_capital invests

a_capital is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Seed, Early Growth, Deployment-ready Architecture stages, with a focus on AI / ML, Enterprise, Developer Tools. It does not invest in Consumer Media.

a_capital typically writes checks of $1.0M–$3.0M per investment, backed by approximately $2B in assets under management.

a_capital has backed 9 companies in our records, including Evea, Scale AI, Snorkel AI.

Meet the Team

CF

Carrie Farrell

Partner

DD

Diana D.

Office Manager

HS

Heather Stickel

Executive Assistant

ZM

Zachary Miller

COO

RA

Ramu Arunachalam

General Partner

RC

Ronny Conway

GP

AI
Enterprise Infrastructure
BS

Brad Strader

Partner, Talent and Operations

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
Enterprise
Developer Tools

Does Not Invest In

Consumer Media

Portfolio Companies (9)

Other

EV

Evea

Fintech·Pre-Seed

Corporate card and financial OS for African startups and SMEs to manage cash and credit.

SC

Scale AI

AI Infrastructure
SN

Snorkel AI

Developer Tools
IN

Instagram

NO

Notion

CH

Character.AI

HU

Hugging Face

RE

Replit

EX

Expo Next

How to pitch a_capital
  • Raising at Seed, Early Growth, Deployment-ready Architecture? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Enterprise, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $3.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Carrie Farrell, Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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