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Alpaca VC
Venture capital · New York, NY, United States · North America
Alpaca VC is an AI-native seed fund that invests on day one and supports companies over the long term. It backs founders building around energy abundance, foundational industry resilience, and agent-to-human coordination.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsagienergyfoundational industriesagent coordinationai
Your fit with Alpaca VC
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Or find every investor that fitsAlpaca VC lists 33 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 7 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 43% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (20%), Fintech (14%) and E-commerce & Marketplaces (12%). 83% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Betaworks, Hemisphere Ventures and Cantos.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Alpaca VC, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Alpaca VC's whole history. Rounds on record name 7 companies; its own site lists 33. 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.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 43% |
| Series A | 29% |
| Series B | 14% |
| Growth | 14% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 1 | 0 |
| '25 | 2 | 0 |
| '26 | 4 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 71th | 33 companies |
| Recent activity | 82th | 4 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 67th | 43% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 81th | 12% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 17th | 20% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 20% | 18% |
| Fintech | 14% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 12% | 6% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 9% | 7% |
| Media & Entertainment | 9% | 4% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 7% | 3% |
| Consumer | 7% | 3% |
| Education | 5% | 7% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Betaworks | 4 |
| Hemisphere Ventures | 3 |
| Cantos | 2 |
| Clocktower Ventures | 2 |
| Construct Capital | 2 |
| Correlation Ventures | 2 |
| Expansion Venture Capital | 2 |
| Flybridge | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers3297%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company13%
- 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 togetherCompare Alpaca VC head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Alpaca VC| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | Series B | |
| 16 Sept 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 10 Sept 2026 | Series A | |
| 5 Feb 2026 | Seed | |
| 24 Sept 2025 | Series A | |
| 17 Sept 2025 | Seed | |
| 21 Oct 2024 | Seed |
Round details for Alpaca VC
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Alpaca VC's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
33 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company provides an integrated materials management platform for the construction industry | Real Estate & ConstructionIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Amplio helps companies recover value from their surplus industrial assets, such as equipment and inventory, by handling the complexity of the recovery process for them. | Industrial & ManufacturingE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Amplio Ventures provides funding to businesses, particularly those interested in hiring from the refugee workforce. | FintechHuman Resources | Sept 2025Series A | Funding round | |
| Applied Atomics develops, builds, and operates medium modular nuclear fission plants at customer sites | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Autopoiesis builds AI capable of autonomous scientific discovery | AI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Brilliant Harvest is an AI-powered Helpdesk made to empower equipment dealer teams across the entire customer experience | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Feb 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Compass is a real estate website for buying, renting, and selling homes, featuring property listings and agent search. | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Daze provides a platform for creating and interacting with 3D scenes and environments. | Media & EntertainmentConsumer | Oct 2024Seed | Funding round | |
| Daze Calendar provides a downloadable application for iPhone, Android, and desktop use. | Media & EntertainmentConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Earth AI uses artificial intelligence to find and develop new mines for critical minerals | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company makes software that makes cities easier to use. | Media & EntertainmentConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| The company delivers groceries, including organic food and fresh produce, directly to customers' doors. | Food & AgricultureE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Intramotev develops and retrofits autonomous freight railcars with its TugVolt technology | Industrial & ManufacturingMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
Real Estate & ConstructionConsumer | Portfolio page | |||
| The company provides personal loans, banking services, and business financing solutions. | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Lex provides a platform for people to find local LGBTQ+ groups and events | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a system of intelligence for residential real estate, offering data and tools for investors, property managers, and brokerages to make informed decisions throughout the ownership process. | Real Estate & ConstructionFintech | Sept 2026Series C+ | Funding round | |
| Mayple takes over everything past a Shopify checkout, handling customs, duties, and shipping to over 80 countries. | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| North provides a financial operating system for cloud, AI, and data infrastructure, helping companies manage and optimize their cloud costs with AI-powered FinOps. | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Oct 2026Series B | Page + round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- alpaca.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 21 Oct 2024
- Companies checked
- 33
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.
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