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Five Elms Capital
Venture capital · Kansas City, MO, United States · North America
Five Elms Capital is a software investor that partners with B2B software founders, providing flexible capital and operational support through its Value Creation & AI team. The firm reports over $3 billion in assets under management and more than 80 professionals.
In its own wordsb2b softwarevertical softwareartificial intelligencegrowth equitysoftware
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Or find every investor that fitsFive Elms Capital lists 68 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 12 funding rounds, 12 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 40% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Education (14%), Enterprise Software (14%) and Healthcare & Biotech (12%). 88% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Fractal Software, Blackbird and Disruption Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Five Elms 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 Five Elms Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 12 companies; its own site lists 68. 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 | 0% |
| Series A | 40% |
| Series B | 30% |
| Growth | 30% |
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 | 6 | 6 |
| '26 | 6 | 6 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 90th | 68 companies |
| Recent activity | 91th | 7 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 86th | 15% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 2th | 14% 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Education | 14% | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 14% | 8% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 12% | 15% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 12% | 6% |
| Space & Defense | 9% | 3% |
| Media & Entertainment | 8% | 4% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 7% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 4% | 7% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Fractal Software | 3 |
| Blackbird | 2 |
| Disruption Ventures | 2 |
| Frazier VC | 2 |
| Level Equity | 2 |
| 8VC | 1 |
| Allos Ventures | 1 |
| Alphawave Group | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers6291%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company69%
- 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 togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Fractal Software
Compare Five Elms Capital head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
as stated on its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Five Elms Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Nov 2026 | Series C+ Led | |
| 21 Oct 2026 | Series C+ Led | |
| 11 Sept 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 1 Jun 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Series B Led | |
| 12 Jan 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Series B Led | |
| 10 Nov 2025 | Series B Led |
Round details for Five Elms Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Five Elms Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
68 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 360Player provides sports club management software | EducationEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Abode provides a platform for managing early-career programs and engaging early-career talent | Human ResourcesEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| ActiveProspect provides consent-based marketing solutions to reduce risk and build buyer trust with defensible, verified consent | Media & EntertainmentSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Apptegy provides an all-in-one communication platform for school districts | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| AskNicely provides customer experience software solutions, including feedback analytics, reputation management, and integrations with other tools. | Space & DefenseHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Barti Software provides an EHR and practice management software for eye care practices. | Healthcare & Biotech | Aug 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| BoreDM provides geotechnical and environmental data management software | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Jun 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Claravine provides a data standards platform for marketing data management | Media & EntertainmentEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Continu is a learning management platform for delivering training to employees, customers, and partners. | EducationEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| ContractSafe provides contract management software | Legal & ComplianceEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Covideo provides a video message app for dealerships | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Crelate provides recruitment software and platforms for managing hiring processes and candidate relationships. | Human ResourcesEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| DarkOwl provides darknet data products to inform cybersecurity programs and decisions | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| DashFuel is an easy to use solution for managing all your loads, from creation to delivery. | EducationE-commerce & Marketplaces | Oct 2026Series C+ | Funding round | |
| Nov 2025Series B | Page + round | |||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Dash offers a platform for managing petroleum distribution, including features such as tank monitoring, dispatching, and data reconciliation. | EducationE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Flywheel provides managed hosting services for WordPress sites, including solutions for WooCommerce and high traffic sites. | Industrial & ManufacturingE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
Healthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | |||
| FMX provides a set of products for facilities and maintenance operations management. | Real Estate & ConstructionIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- fiveelms.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 12 Feb 2025
- Companies checked
- 68
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