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Base Case Capital
Micro VC · San Francisco, CA, United States · North America
Base Case Capital is a one-person venture firm run by Alana Goyal that invests at inception. It has backed 30 companies, 6 of which have been acquired.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsaideveloper toolsinfrastructureroboticsdesignlife sciences
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Or find every investor that fitsBase Case Capital lists 30 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 8 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (32%), Space & Defense (11%) and Enterprise Software (11%). 86% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Accel and Andreessen Horowitz.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Base Case 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 Base Case Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 7 companies; its own site lists 30. 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 | 67% |
| Series A | 17% |
| Series B | 17% |
| 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 | 2 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 5 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 68th | 30 companies |
| Recent activity | 86th | 5 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 80th | 67% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 77th | 10% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 57th | 32% 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 | 32% | 18% |
| Space & Defense | 11% | 3% |
| Enterprise Software | 11% | 8% |
| Cybersecurity | 8% | 4% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 6% | 15% |
| Media & Entertainment | 6% | 4% |
| Fintech | 6% | 12% |
| Consumer | 6% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 8 |
| Accel | 6 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 5 |
| General Catalyst | 4 |
| AI Grant | 3 |
| Greylock | 3 |
| Scribble Ventures | 3 |
| BoxGroup | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers2893%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company27%
- 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 Base Case 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 Base Case Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Mar 2026 | Seed | |
| 2 Mar 2026 | Seed | |
| 2 Mar 2026 | Round Led | |
| 17 Feb 2026 | Series B | |
| 10 Dec 2024 | Seed | |
| 4 Dec 2024 | Series A |
Round details for Base Case Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Base Case Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
30 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Healthcare & Biotech | Mar 2026Seed | Funding round | ||
| American Terawatt is building a new national HVDC transmission network for large industrial loads. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Ashby provides all-in-one recruiting software with AI for ambitious teams | Human ResourcesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Astral builds high-performance developer tools for the Python ecosystem, starting with Ruff, a fast Python linter written in Rust. | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Baseten brings inference, training, and execution together on one platform to power companies | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Beeps provides an on-call platform for teams that want humans and agents working together. | Developer ToolsAI & Machine Learning | Dec 2024Seed | Funding round | |
| Braintrust Data Inc. provides a platform for agent observability to monitor and fix issues with AI agents. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Feb 2026Series B | Page + round | |
| Browserbase provides a platform for agents to use the web, including cloud browsers, scalable environments, and data retrieval capabilities. | AI & Machine LearningFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a platform to manage workflows, enrich records, route leads, and schedule meetings for go-to-market teams. | Enterprise SoftwareSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Devotion builds high-scale creator ecosystems for brands | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Mar 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| The company creates and implements digital solutions for clients, including website design, digital marketing, and strategy development. | Media & EntertainmentEducation | Mar 2026Round | Funding round | |
| Diagram AI builds a sovereign, math-reasoning model that turns operational data into diagrams, insights, and recommendations. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| DOSS provides an AI-native operations platform for consumer goods companies to manage inventory, orders, and procurement across multiple channels. | ConsumerAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Graphite develops an AI code review platform for teams to review and ship code | AI & Machine LearningDeveloper Tools | Portfolio page | ||
| Mastra develops and provides a TypeScript AI framework for building agents and apps | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Matic designs and sells a floor-cleaning robot that vacuums and mops | Robotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| Meadow develops a device that allows users to leave their phone at home while still having access to essential features like maps, music, and camera | ConsumerConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Meticulous provides automated frontend testing for companies without requiring them to write tests | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Normal is an applied research lab for hardware design. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 10 Nov 2026- Site
- basecase.vc
- Last read
- 10 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 4 Dec 2024
- Companies checked
- 30
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