Investors / United States / Exceptional Capital
Exceptional Capital
Venture capital · San Francisco, FL, United States · North America
Exceptional Capital is an early-stage venture firm that invests in pre-seed and seed companies. It focuses on enterprise software and supports founders with introductions and direct engagement.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsenterprise softwarepre-seedseedfounder support
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Or find every investor that fitsExceptional Capital lists 30 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (33%), Cybersecurity (14%) and Fintech (12%). 88% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Transpose Platform and Andreessen Horowitz.
No funding round on record names Exceptional Capital yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Exceptional Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 0 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.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 33% | 18% |
| Cybersecurity | 14% | 4% |
| Fintech | 12% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 8% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 8% | 15% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 6% | 6% |
| Space & Defense | 4% | 3% |
| Consumer | 2% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 9 |
| Transpose Platform | 5 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 4 |
| Soma Capital | 4 |
| SV Angel | 3 |
| Sequoia Capital | 3 |
| Abstract | 2 |
| Bessemer Venture Partners | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 68th | 30 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 | 62th | 33% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 58th | 3 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers30100%
- 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 Exceptional Capital head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
30 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A US mobile carrier for small businesses, with the answering built into the line rather than bolted onto it | AI & Machine LearningConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| AccessGrid provides an API for NFC access passes on mobile with MIFARE DESFire compatibility | CybersecurityFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Atoms invests in and develops companies in various industries, including food and robotics. | Food & AgricultureRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| CloudEagle.ai helps IT and Security teams manage and secure their SaaS portfolio with full visibility, risk control, and compliance. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Coactive provides a contextual intelligence layer for modern media using multimodal AI | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Conntour develops video intelligence software that analyzes and extracts insights from video footage | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Deepline builds and runs workflows for GTM tasks, such as finding prospects, enriching data, and qualifying leads | Enterprise SoftwareSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Ellis provides an AI-native operations platform for private credit management | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Embedder writes and debugs firmware code for hardware devices | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Eudo develops a notetaker that learns a user's work and helps them ask relevant questions | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Zipline delivers food, groceries, and medicine using drones. | Healthcare & BiotechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Foundation Health provides a platform designed to automate and streamline pharmacy workflows and patient care | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Agency provides security, compliance, and assurance services to organizations | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Melrose automates freight operations, including quote automation, delivery order automation, and EDI synchronization, for logistics companies. | Legal & ComplianceIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Glidepath provides AI agents for multi-unit businesses to improve their performance | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides AI-powered customer operations services for financial institutions. | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Graphene provides a unified, institutional-grade stack that lets wealth firms operate their own platform, data, client experience, and operations | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Keycard provides runtime authentication for agents, giving each agent its own identity, authority to act, and access to resources under a defined policy. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Knowtex develops and implements artificial intelligence solutions for healthcare | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- exceptionalcap.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 30
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