Investors / United States / Fuel Capital
Fuel Capital
Venture capital · Covina, CA, United States · North America
Fuel Capital is an early-stage investment firm that provides capital and operational support to founders. It describes itself as a confidante to founders in its portfolio, offering resources, connections and experience rather than only money.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsearly-stagefounder-supportconsumerbrands
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Or find every investor that fitsFuel Capital lists 32 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 2 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (17%), Enterprise Software (14%) and E-commerce & Marketplaces (10%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Ritual Capital and SV Angel.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Fuel 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 Fuel Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 2 companies; its own site lists 32. 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 | 50% |
| Series A | 50% |
| 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 | 1 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 0 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 70th | 32 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 73th | 50% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 7th | 17% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 17% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 14% | 8% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 10% | 6% |
| Education | 10% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 10% | 15% |
| Fintech | 10% | 12% |
| Cybersecurity | 9% | 4% |
| Consumer | 5% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 10 |
| Ritual Capital | 7 |
| SV Angel | 4 |
| 137 Ventures | 3 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 3 |
| DCVC | 3 |
| FundersClub | 3 |
| Initialized | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers2991%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company39%
- 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 Fuel 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 Fuel Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Apr 2021 | Seed | |
| 9 Jun 2014 | Series A |
Round details for Fuel Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Fuel Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
32 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argent sells women's clothing | E-commerce & MarketplacesConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides parental control products and services to help families monitor and manage their children's online activities and device usage. | CybersecurityConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Buoyant provides self-hosted AI inference and Linkerd service mesh solutions for enterprises | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Cambly provides online English tutoring services with native speakers. | EducationE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Clearbit gathers public data from the web and converts unstructured information into precise and standardized data sets for B2B teams | EducationFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Code Climate provides context to AI tools used in engineering organizations to help with decision-making | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Apr 2021Seed | Funding round | ||
| Crowd Cow delivers premium meat, Wagyu, and seafood to customers | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| D2iQ provides products and services related to cloud infrastructure, virtualization, and Kubernetes platforms. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Jun 2014Series A | Funding round | |
| Dumpling provides tools for personal shoppers to run their own delivery business | E-commerce & MarketplacesFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Figma provides a collaborative platform for design, code, and AI-related tasks. | Media & EntertainmentEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Flexport provides freight forwarding and supply chain services to its customers. | Legal & ComplianceIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Future Family provides financing options for fertility treatments, including IVF loans and egg freezing support. | Healthcare & BiotechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Weave provides an all-in-one communication platform for small businesses to manage interactions with patients and customers. | Healthcare & BiotechEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Good Dog connects people with ethical breeders, shelters, and rescues to find dogs for adoption or purchase. | Healthcare & BiotechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Highspot provides an AI platform for revenue execution to help go-to-market teams turn intelligence into action. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Lattice provides an HR platform that combines people and AI tools to help employees grow, managers lead, and companies succeed. | Human ResourcesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| NextGrid Energy LLC develops infrastructure projects that help property owners and investors unlock long-term financial returns through clean, reliable power. | EducationReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Nylas provides APIs for email, calendar, and meeting intelligence | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Universe is a visual, no-code website builder that allows users to create custom sites from any device. | EducationEnterprise Software | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- fuelcapital.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 9 Jun 2014
- Companies checked
- 32
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