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Untapped Capital

VC
Oakland, CAWebsite
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$50K – $300K

AUM

$15M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

3 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Untapped Capital focuses on overlooked founders and markets, including emerging regions like Africa, leveraging their network to identify high-potential startups in non-traditional geographies.

How Untapped Capital invests

Untapped Capital is a vc firm based in Oakland, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Marketplace, Other, Real Estate.

Untapped Capital typically writes checks of $50K–$300K per investment, backed by approximately $15M in assets under management.

Untapped Capital has backed 2 companies in our records, including Flutterwave, Andela.

Meet the Team

YN

Yohei Nakajima

Managing Partner

AI / ML
Frontier technologies
Pre-seed / seed investments
Under-networked founders
JJ

Jessica Jackley

General Partner

Financial inclusion
Underserved markets
Social impact
Entrepreneurship
SP

Sergey Plotnikov

Partner

Portfolio support / value creation
Scaling startups
Operational / business development expertise

Industry Focus

Invests In

Marketplace
Other
Real Estate

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

FL

Flutterwave

FinTech
AN

Andela

HR/EdTech
How to pitch Untapped Capital
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Marketplace, Other, Real Estate — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $50K – $300K check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Yohei Nakajima, Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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