Kapor Capital — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($250K–$3.0M Checks)
Kapor Capital is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Oakland, California, United States investing in EdTech, Marketplace, Consumer. The firm typically writes $250K–$3.0M checks and has 26 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$3.0M
- Portfolio
- 26 companies on record
- Partners
- 6 listed
- AUM
- $151M
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- EdTech, Marketplace, Consumer, SaaS, Fintech, Healthcare
- HQ
- Oakland, California, United States
Last verified: 2026-09-04
Pre-Seed, Seed
$250K – $3.0M
$151M
26+ companies
6 partners
About Kapor Capital
Kapor Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in Oakland, California. The firm invests in early-stage, tech-driven companies in the United States that are committed to closing gaps of access, opportunity, or outcomes for low-income communities and communities of color.
Kapor Capital participates in pre-seed and seed stages. The firm invests across the sectors of Impact, Workforce, EdTech, Future of Work, Marketplace, Consumer, HR Tech, B2B SaaS, Fintech, and Healthcare. Typical check size ranges from $250K to $3.0M. The firm has assets under management of $151M.
Investment Thesis
They invest in early-stage, tech-driven companies in the U.S. that are committed to closing gaps of access, opportunity, or outcomes for low-income communities and communities of color.
How Kapor Capital invests
Kapor Capital is a vc firm based in Oakland, California, United States. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on EdTech, Marketplace, Consumer, SaaS, Fintech.
Kapor Capital typically writes checks of $250K–$3.0M per investment, backed by approximately $151M in assets under management.
Investing since at least 2010, Kapor Capital has backed 26 companies in our records, including AdeptID, Affect Therapeutics, Altro.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Recent Activity
Kapor Capital Managing Partners Raise Largest Fund to Date: $126 Million to Continue Investing in a More Equitable Tech Sector
Sep 2026 · Kapor Center
Kapor Capital Portfolio Exits page shows Mytonomy acquired by Elsevier
Mar 2026 · CB Insights
Invested in Aclima
2018 · portfolio records
Invested in Always Hired
2017 · portfolio records
Invested in Allovue
2015 · portfolio records
Invested in Air Protein
2014 · portfolio records
Invested in Accredible
2013 · portfolio records
Invested in AngelList
2011 · portfolio records
Investment Track Record
Kapor Capital has recorded investments in 26 portfolio companies. The earliest recorded investment year is 2010 and the most recent is 2024. The firm has invested in companies including AdeptID, Affect Therapeutics, Altro, AnswersNow, Aclima, Ajua, Always Hired, Allovue, Air Protein, Accredible, AngelList, and Applauze. Additional recorded portfolio companies include Blendoor, ChargerHelp, and interviewing.io.
These investments span sectors such as People Operations Tech, Health, Finance, Education, Environment, and Talent marketplace or HR tech. The firm continues to support early-stage companies aligned with its investment thesis.
Portfolio Companies (26)
2024
AdeptID
2021
Affect Therapeutics
2020
Altro
2019
AnswersNow
2018
Aclima
Ajua
2017
Always Hired
2015
Allovue
2014
Air Protein
2013
Accredible
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in EdTech, Marketplace, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $3.0M check.
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Hilliary Turnipseed, Director of Talent Acquisition.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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