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Shard Capital

VC
Austin, TXWebsite
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $1.5M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

8 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Shard Capital focuses on supporting early-stage founders building innovative FinTech and AI tools for specialized markets such as private credit.

Meet the Team

JB

Jose Benedicto

Partner

Direct Lending
Corporate Credit
Private Credit
CW

Chris Woods

Partner

Wealth / Investment Management
Client Advisory
NW

Neil Williams

Partner

US Citizens / Expatriate Portfolios
Wealth / Investment Advisory
AB

Alastair Brown

Partner

Corporate Credit / Direct Lending / Alternative Credit
Private Clients
Risk-adjusted returns
JW

Julian Wheeler

Partner

US Equities
Research
Equity Markets
IP

Isabella Pierre

Partner

ECM / AIM / Listings Advising
Mining / TMT / Healthcare
TR

Toby Raincock

General Partner

Wealth Management
Fixed Income
Asset Management
Private Clients
SN

Simon Niven

Partner

Small-Cap Equities
UK & Pan-European Equities
Derivatives
Private/Corporate Clients

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
Other
AI / ML

Does Not Invest In

Consumer
Gaming

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

CR

CrediTech

Private Credit SaaS
AI

AIQuantify

AI-powered financial analysis

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