Investors / United States / 1st Course Capital
1st Course Capital
Venture capital · Redwood City, CA, United States · North America
1st Course Capital is an early stage venture capital firm investing in business models and technologies that change how food is grown, produced, and distributed. It seeks to support innovations addressing the depletion of natural resources and the health impacts of industrialized, processed diets.
Invests inFood & AgricultureAI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordsfood systemfood techagriculturehealthsustainability
Your fit with 1st Course Capital
Four questions about your startup
See how your round matches what it backs, point by point.
Or find every investor that fits1st Course Capital lists 18 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Food & Agriculture (39%), AI & Machine Learning (17%) and Healthcare & Biotech (17%). 33% of its companies are based in Australia. It invests most often alongside Active Impact Investments, Bread and Butter Ventures and Dorm Room Fund.
No funding round on record names 1st Course Capital yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not 1st Course Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 18. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Food & Agriculture | 39% | 3% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 17% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 17% | 15% |
| Space & Defense | 9% | 3% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 4% | 6% |
| Consumer | 4% | 3% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 4% | 7% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 4% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Active Impact Investments | 2 |
| Bread and Butter Ventures | 2 |
| Dorm Room Fund | 2 |
| Ingeborg Investments | 2 |
| Lakehouse Ventures | 2 |
| VMG Partners | 2 |
| 53 Stations | 1 |
| Access Ventures | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 46th | 18 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 72th | 39% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 58th | 3 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers18100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Active Impact Investments
Compare 1st Course Capital head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
18 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AgriDigital digitizes grain and fertilizer management for global agribusiness | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Attane Health delivers personalized groceries, educational support, and essential data to help people successfully manage chronic health conditions. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| BlueCart provides wholesale software for food and beverage suppliers to manage their business and connect with buyers | Food & AgricultureE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Dispatch Goods provides reusable packaging solutions for food delivery services. | Food & AgricultureSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Lumen delivers protein beverages in a light and refreshing form | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| The company produces and sells reusable aluminum water bottles. | ConsumerSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Farmshelf makes it easy to grow your own leafy greens and herbs at home | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| GlacierGrid provides HVAC and refrigeration asset management for multi-site operators | Industrial & ManufacturingReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Goodles produces and sells macaroni and cheese products in various flavors and formats. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Ellement offers personalized prenatal supplements tailored to individual nutritional needs during pregnancy and postpartum | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| The company sells baby formula and related products. | Healthcare & BiotechFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Kosterina produces and sells olive oil and other Mediterranean food products. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Maev produces and sells whole ingredient dog food and supplements | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| The company produces and sells plant-based food products, such as veggie sausages and deli slices. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Chiyo offers nutrition programs for fertility, postpartum and hormonal health | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company produces and sells whipped cream with all-natural fruit juices and flavor essences infused into it using a patented swirl technology. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- 1cc.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 18
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
Get 1st Course Capital's profile as data
Pull 1st Course Capital's portfolio, co-investors and changes through one API key or MCP, open every portfolio row, compare it with other firms, and get an email when it adds a company or files a fund.
Work email, sign-in link by email. Already have an account? Log in- Ask AI5 plain-English investor searches a day
- Full listsEvery portfolio row and two-firm overlap
- API and MCP100 REST or MCP calls a month, one key
- AlertsFollow 5 investors for portfolio and fund changes
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/1cc.vc
# also
GET /v1/firms/1cc.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/1cc.vc/coinvestors
GET /v1/firms/1cc.vc/news