Investors / United States / Original Capital
Original Capital
Venture capital · San Francisco, CA, United States · North America
Original Capital is an early-stage investment firm that typically writes the first check, between $500k and $5M. It backs founders and works to surround them with investors, operators and employees.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense
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Or find every investor that fitsOriginal Capital lists 4 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 4 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (43%), Space & Defense (29%) and Enterprise Software (14%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital and AI Grant.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Original Capital, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 50% |
| Series A | 25% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 25% |
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 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 3 | 0 |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Index Ventures | 2 |
| Sequoia Capital | 2 |
| AI Grant | 1 |
| Alkeon Capital | 1 |
| Artisanal Ventures | 1 |
| Bessemer Venture Partners | 1 |
| Conversion Capital | 1 |
| Decibel | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers4100%
- 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.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 43% | 18% |
| Space & Defense | 29% | 3% |
| Enterprise Software | 14% | 8% |
| Education | 14% | 7% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Original 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 Original Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Nov 2026 | Series A | |
| 16 Jul 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 22 Jan 2026 | Seed | |
| 10 Jul 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Original Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Original Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
4 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abacus.ai develops and provides AI-powered assistant solutions for professionals and enterprises | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Jul 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Astral provides a K-8 homeschool math curriculum | Education | Nov 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Blockit Ai provides an AI scheduling agent to handle calendar management | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Jan 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Fireworks Ai provides a platform for running, ensembling, and training open models for specialized intelligence | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Jul 2026Series C+ | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- originalcapital.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 10 Jul 2025
- Companies checked
- 4
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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