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Goldcrest Capital

VC
Austin, TXWebsite

Goldcrest Capital is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in Enterprise, Developer Tools, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.5M checks and has 5 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $1.5M

AUM

$150M

Portfolio

5+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Supports transformative companies innovating in AI, enterprise tech, and developer-focused solutions.

How Goldcrest Capital invests

Goldcrest Capital is a vc firm based in Austin, TX. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Enterprise, Developer Tools, AI / ML, SaaS, Healthcare.

Goldcrest Capital typically writes checks of $250K–$1.5M per investment, backed by approximately $150M in assets under management.

Goldcrest Capital has backed 5 companies in our records, including Lambda Labs, Puppet, Sage.

Meet the Team

DF

Daniel Friedland

Managing Director

venture capital
private technology companies
VC

Veronique Chang

Vice President of Finance

EL

Evan Lowenstein

Executive

AR

Adam Ross

Partner

venture capital
private technology companies
SS

Steve Salis

Limited Partner

venture capital
private technology companies

Industry Focus

Invests In

Enterprise
Developer Tools
AI / ML
SaaS
Healthcare

Portfolio Companies (5)

Other

LA

Lambda Labs

AI/ML
PU

Puppet

DevOps/DevTools
SA

Sage

Healthcare technology·Led seed round (July 2022, $9M); participated in Series A, B, and C

Integrated care platform for senior living and skilled nursing facilities using AI to monitor residents and support caregivers.

NO

Northslope Technologies

Artificial intelligence / enterprise software·Co-led seed and Series A ($22M in Jan 2026)

Palantir-native applied AI company building mission-specific AI applications for enterprises in healthcare, manufacturing, and energy.

UN

Unblock

Energy technology / computing infrastructure·Led seed round ($13.5M in July 2025)

Energy infrastructure startup converting stranded or wasted energy (e.g., gas flaring) into computing power for AI workloads.

How to pitch Goldcrest Capital
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Enterprise, Developer Tools, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.5M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Daniel Friedland, Managing Director.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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