Investors / Backwards Capital
Backwards Capital
Venture capital
Backwards Capital is an early stage venture capital fund founded by Chris Zarou. It partners with founders before they are obvious to others and positions itself as a hands-on, value-add investor.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsearly stageconsumerbrandsvalue-addfounder-led
Your fit with Backwards Capital
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Or find every investor that fitsBackwards Capital lists 42 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (19%), Enterprise Software (13%) and Fintech (12%). 95% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Soma Capital, Authentic Ventures and Capital Factory.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Backwards Capital, 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 Backwards Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 1 company; its own site lists 42. 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 | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
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 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 1 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 78th | 42 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 55th | 2% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 13th | 19% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 19% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 13% | 8% |
| Fintech | 12% | 12% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 9% | 15% |
| Media & Entertainment | 8% | 4% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 6% | 6% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 5% | 3% |
| Space & Defense | 5% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Soma Capital | 4 |
| Authentic Ventures | 3 |
| Capital Factory | 3 |
| Launch House Ventures | 3 |
| New Climate Ventures | 3 |
| Scribble Ventures | 3 |
| Activant Capital | 2 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers42100%
- 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 togetherCompare Backwards Capital 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 Backwards Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Jan 2026 | Seed |
Round details for Backwards Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Backwards Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
42 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company provides a platform for building and running artificial intelligence-powered agents for businesses. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Agentio provides a platform for brands to buy, measure, and scale creator ads | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company operates an online marketplace for buying and selling trading cards | E-commerce & MarketplacesEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Aviato provides a database and API for people and company data | AI & Machine LearningDeveloper Tools | Portfolio page | ||
| Babylon Bio is working to develop a drug for Alzheimer's disease | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Bachan's produces and sells various Japanese barbecue and dipping sauces | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Cloverly develops commercial software for carbon project developers to manage their credits and sales | Climate & EnergyFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a platform for users to copy investment strategies from various investors and fund managers. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Editframe provides a video platform for AI workloads, handling playback, processing, and rendering for AI video applications at scale. | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| The company builds artist-owned membership programs on financial infrastructure. | FintechEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Hanover Park provides fund administration, portfolio intelligence, and LP experience services to institutional investors using AI-native technology. | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Helm provides accounts payable software that automates workflows and connects to enterprise resource planning systems. | FintechEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Indify helps music industry partners identify top independent artists and connects them with potential collaborators. | Enterprise SoftwareEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Intelas collects and standardizes property-level data for real estate asset managers and accountants | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Koodos Labs builds and researches AI-powered products, including a personal context model called Shelf. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Madhappy sells clothing and accessories for men and women. | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| MILE is an exclusive members-only platform that offers curated collections of top-tier designer pieces at exclusive prices. | E-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Montra is a Mac app that turns what you show and say into tasks with screenshots, ready to share with your agent and team. | Space & DefenseEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Nucleus Genomics provides genetic testing and embryo analysis for parents undergoing IVF to predict and reduce the risk of hereditary diseases in their children. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Nema accelerates the deployment of safety-critical autonomous systems | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- backwardscapital.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 28 Jan 2026
- Companies checked
- 42
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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