What stage does Umami Capital invest at?

Umami Capital invests at Pre-Seed, Seed stages.

What check size does Umami Capital write?

InvestorMatch does not have a recorded check size for Umami Capital. Its stage focus (Pre-Seed, Seed) is the best available signal for round size.

What sectors does Umami Capital invest in?

Umami Capital invests in Climate / Energy, AI / ML, EdTech.

Who are the partners at Umami Capital?

Partners at Umami Capital include James Lu Morrissey (Co-Founder), Alice Shen (Venture Ops Manager).

What has Umami Capital invested in recently?

Umami Capital has 3+ portfolio companies, including BoldVoice, Piq Energy, FAST Metals Inc..

How much capital does Umami Capital manage?

Umami Capital manages approximately $500M in assets under management.

Umami Capital — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm

Profile updated October 2026Website

Umami Capital is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm investing in Climate / Energy, AI / ML, EdTech. The firm has 3 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio: 3 companies on record
Partners: 2 listed
AUM: $500M
Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors: Climate / Energy, AI / ML, EdTech
Check size: Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-26

How to approach: warm intro preferred

Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

AUM

$500M

Portfolio

3+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investment Thesis

Invests in climate and hardware-adjacent companies with technical ambition and environmental impact.

How Umami Capital invests

Umami Capital is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Climate / Energy, AI / ML, EdTech.

Umami Capital manages approximately $500M in assets. Our records include 2 funds raised by the firm.

Umami Capital has backed 3 companies in our records, including BoldVoice, Piq Energy, FAST Metals Inc..

Partners & Team

James Lu Morrissey

Co-Founder

Co-founder of an enterprise SaaS startup ($30M in funding, >100 employees, 6-time Inc 5000 company, ranked top 10 workplace in Boston for multiple years, ranked top 100 remote workplace in the U.S., ranked by Fortune as one of 100 most innovative companies in the U.S.). He’s been involved in the startup ecosystem for 10+ years (as a Forbes 30 under 30 active community member, Techstars mentor, etc), and an active startup advisor/investor for the past 10+ years. James has strong relationships across the early stage venture community, and as a founder himself developed a thesis for finding early stage founder-market-fit. James is multiracial, was born and raised in a diverse neighborhood of Queens (NYC), and attended elementary school in Taiwan for a period of time.

Alice Shen

Venture Ops Manager

Associate Director of Product Management at Wayfair (Fortune 250 company with ~$15B in annual revenue), where she was an early pre-IPO employee and now oversees the product roadmap for ~100 engineers and ~10 PMs. She also has years of angel investing experience.

Industry Focus

Invests In

Climate / Energy

AI / ML

EdTech

Funds

Umami Capital II

$200M2022

actively investing

Umami Capital I

$100M2019

fully deployed

Recent Activity

Raised Umami Capital II ($200M)

2022 · fund records

Raised Umami Capital I ($100M)

2019 · fund records

Portfolio Companies (3)

Other

BoldVoice

EdTech / AI·Series A

AI-powered coaching for non-native English speakers to improve pronunciation and communication.

Piq Energy

Climate / Energy software·Seed

Grid-interconnection and grid-planning software for power projects.

FAST Metals Inc.

Cleantech / Materials·Pre-seed

Develops methods to recover and produce metals and rare earth elements.

How to pitch Umami Capital

•Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
•Lead with your fit in Climate / Energy, AI / ML, EdTech — the sectors they actively back.
•warm intro preferred
•Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as James Lu Morrissey, Co-Founder.
•A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.