ShadowRoot Capital
ShadowRoot Capital is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas investing in Security, Other. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.5M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$1.5M
- Portfolio
- 2 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed
- Sectors
- Security, Other
- HQ
- Austin, Texas
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-08-29
Pre-Seed
$250K – $1.5M
2+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
A micro-fund targeting next-gen cybersecurity solutions, including platforms dealing with quantification of threats and financial risk implications.
How ShadowRoot Capital invests
ShadowRoot Capital is a vc firm based in Austin, Texas. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Security, Other.
ShadowRoot Capital typically writes checks of $250K–$1.5M per investment.
ShadowRoot Capital has backed 2 companies in our records, including BreachShield, QuantRisk AI.
Partners & Team
Carlos Martinez
Principal
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
BreachShield
QuantRisk AI
- •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Security, Other — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.5M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Carlos Martinez, Principal.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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