SHL Capital — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($50K–$250K Checks)
SHL Capital is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California investing in Other, Marketplace, Fintech. The firm typically writes $50K–$250K checks and has 3 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $50K–$250K
- Portfolio
- 3 companies on record
- Partners
- 9 listed
- AUM
- $500M
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, Marketplace, Fintech
- HQ
- San Francisco, California
Last verified: 2026-10-13
Pre-Seed, Seed
$50K – $250K
$500M
3+ companies
9 partners
Investment Thesis
Rolling fund run by a solo GP, designed for very early-stage internet companies with strong product and community loops. The fund is known for backing founders at the earliest stages with small but fast decisions.
How SHL Capital invests
SHL Capital is a vc firm based in San Francisco, California. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Marketplace, Fintech.
SHL Capital typically writes checks of $50K–$250K per investment, backed by approximately $500M in assets under management. Our records include 1 fund raised by the firm.
SHL Capital has backed 3 companies in our records, including Bumpa, Nova Benefits, JiPay.
Partners & Team
Sahil Lavingia
Solo GP
Allen Mccormick
CEO
Industry Focus
Invests In
Funds
Fund III
Portfolio Companies (3)
Other
Bumpa
Business software for small retailers to manage and grow sales from their phones
Nova Benefits
Employee benefits and corporate health insurance platform
JiPay
Fintech / payments product for businesses
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Marketplace, Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $50K – $250K check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Kristin Allen, Director of Psychometrics.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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