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Doon Capital
Investor · CA, United States · North America
Doon Capital is Howard Chao's investment and consulting vehicle. Howard has made over 60 startup investments across various sectors over the past 13 years and often provides strategic consulting advice to companies and investment funds.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsagtechfoodtechmobilitylegaltechfintechearly stage
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Or find every investor that fitsDoon Capital lists 25 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (32%), Food & Agriculture (11%) and Fintech (11%). 79% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Astanor, Alpha Edison and CSC Upshot.
No funding round on record names Doon Capital yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Doon Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 25. 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
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 32% | 18% |
| Food & Agriculture | 11% | 3% |
| Fintech | 11% | 12% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 11% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 9% | 15% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 6% | 1% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 4% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 4% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Astanor | 3 |
| Alpha Edison | 2 |
| CSC Upshot | 2 |
| Camp One Ventures | 2 |
| Collaborative Fund | 2 |
| Elemental Impact | 2 |
| FTW Ventures | 2 |
| Future Ventures | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 60th | 25 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 | 57th | 32% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers25100%
- 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 Doon Capital head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
25 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addionics develops and manufactures next-generation battery architecture for various industries, including robotics, defense, space, and electric vehicles. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Afresh provides an AI platform for grocery retail to help with decision making and operations | AI & Machine LearningFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Apeel develops a plant-based protection for fresh fruits and vegetables to extend their shelf life and reduce waste. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| CelLink produces flexible circuits for various applications, including battery packs and data centers. | Industrial & ManufacturingHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Commonwealth Fusion Systems is developing commercial fusion energy systems using high-temperature superconducting magnets and tokamak-based configurations. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Derq develops and implements AI-powered intelligent transportation systems to improve road safety and traffic flow. | AI & Machine LearningMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| EarthOptics combines advanced field sensors and lab analysis to deliver the most complete view of a soil's potential | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Full Harvest builds an agentic intelligence layer that orchestrates the food supply chain | AI & Machine LearningFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| GlacierGrid provides HVAC and refrigeration asset management for multi-site operators | Industrial & ManufacturingReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| HAAS Alert provides digital alerting for connected roads to improve safety and reduce response times | Mobility & LogisticsCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| The company helps cities revolutionize transportation with its mobile vision AI platform | AI & Machine LearningMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Heritable uses artificial intelligence and plant science to predict and improve plant genetics and growth | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides sustainability intelligence and solutions for food companies | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| IntBot develops and deploys humanoid robots that can intuitively integrate with the world and hold meaningful interactions using their real-time social intelligence platform IntEngine. | Robotics & HardwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Kin Insurance provides home and auto insurance services, including homeowners, condo, landlord, and flood insurance, as well as mortgage and refinancing options. | FintechReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Latent AI develops and provides an edge AI platform for various industries, including defense and enterprise, to enable autonomous operations and real-time intelligence. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| One Bio develops and sells fiber supplements to restore the missing fiber signal in the human body | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| One Inc provides digital payment solutions for the insurance industry, including claims and premium payments | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| OvationCXM provides an orchestration platform to streamline bank and payments operations | FintechEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Plantible Foods is a biology company that unlocks the power of plants to produce ingredients for food. | Food & AgricultureHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- dooncapital.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 25
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