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Kapor Capital

VC
Oakland, CAWebsite

Kapor Capital is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Oakland, CA investing in Other, EdTech, Marketplace. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks and has 19 portfolio companies in our records.

Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $2.0M

AUM

$151M

Portfolio

19+ companies

Team

6 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2024Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in closing gaps of access/outcomes; strong overlap with workforce development and career advancement tooling.

How Kapor Capital invests

Kapor Capital is a vc firm based in Oakland, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, EdTech, Marketplace, Consumer, SaaS.

Kapor Capital typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment, backed by approximately $151M in assets under management.

Investing since at least 2018, Kapor Capital has backed 19 companies in our records, including AdeptID, Affect Therapeutics, Altro. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2024.

Meet the Team

HT

Hilliary Turnipseed

Director of Talent Acquisition

BB

Brandon Boros

Venture Partner

BJ

Batul Joffrey

Principal

SH

Sounita H

Executive Assistant

UO

Ulili Onovakpuri

Managing Partner

BD

Brian Dixon

Managing Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
EdTech
Marketplace
Consumer
SaaS
Fintech
Healthcare

Portfolio Companies (19)

2024

AD

AdeptID

People Operations Tech

2021

AF

Affect Therapeutics

Health

2020

AL

Altro

Finance

2019

AN

AnswersNow

Health

2018

AJ

Ajua

Other Impact

Other

NE

Newsela

Supercharging reading engagement and learning in every subject.

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Kai XR

Allowing kids to immerse themselves in new worlds and opportunities, through their smartphones.

PR

Promise

Providing flexibility in payments for people who can’t cover their whole water or electricity bill at once.

LU

Lumi

Providing generative AI tools to enable independent story creation, distribution, and merchandising.

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Lirvana Labs

Utilizing machine learning to curate safe and effective multi-media content that boosts Social Emotional Learning, English Literacy, and Math Reasoning skills in early childhood.

How to pitch Kapor Capital
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, EdTech, Marketplace — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M 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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