Race Capital — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($250K–$5.0M Checks)
Race Capital is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California, United States investing in Enterprise, Developer Tools, Fintech. The firm typically writes $250K–$5.0M checks and has 4 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$5.0M
- Portfolio
- 4 companies on record
- Partners
- 5 listed
- AUM
- $231M
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Enterprise, Developer Tools, Fintech
- HQ
- Palo Alto, California, United States
Last verified: 2026-09-24
Pre-Seed, Seed
$250K – $5.0M
$231M
4+ companies
5 partners
Investment Thesis
Race Capital says it specializes in early-stage enterprise and infrastructure companies.
How Race Capital invests
Race Capital is a vc firm based in Palo Alto, California, United States. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Enterprise, Developer Tools, Fintech.
Race Capital typically writes checks of $250K–$5.0M per investment, backed by approximately $231M in assets under management.
Race Capital has backed 4 companies in our records, including Databricks, Rippling, Cockroach Labs.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (4)
Other
Databricks
Rippling
Cockroach Labs
Papaya AI
Agentic AI platform automating life & health insurance claims processing across Asia
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Enterprise, Developer Tools, Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $5.0M check.
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Alfred Chuang, General Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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