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Penny Jar Capital
Venture capital
Penny Jar Capital is an investment firm that invests in seed-stage founders using AI to reimagine how the real world works. It supports portfolio companies through its network, making introductions to customers, candidates, and partners.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsaiseedreal worldenterprisecybersecurity
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Or find every investor that fitsPenny Jar Capital lists 30 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 6 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (35%), Fintech (14%) and Healthcare & Biotech (10%). 96% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Artisanal Ventures and Cerca Partners.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Penny Jar 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 Penny Jar Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 6 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.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 67% |
| Series A | 17% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 17% |
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 | 1 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 2 | 1 |
| '26 | 3 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 68th | 30 companies |
| Recent activity | 82th | 4 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 80th | 67% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 84th | 13% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 63th | 35% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 35% | 18% |
| Fintech | 14% | 12% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 10% | 15% |
| Enterprise Software | 6% | 8% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 4% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 6% | 7% |
| Space & Defense | 6% | 3% |
| Human Resources | 4% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 6 |
| Artisanal Ventures | 2 |
| Cerca Partners | 2 |
| Cyberstarts | 2 |
| DIG Ventures | 2 |
| Fin Capital | 2 |
| Insight Partners | 2 |
| Kleiner Perkins | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers2997%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company13%
- 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 Penny Jar 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 Penny Jar Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Sept 2026 | Series A | |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Seed | |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 2 Dec 2025 | Series C+ | |
| 26 Sept 2025 | Seed Led |
Round details for Penny Jar Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Penny Jar Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
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 | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Parallel builds AI agents that help hospitals capture missed revenue, streamline operations, and give healthcare teams more time to focus on care. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Blee provides a platform for reviewing, approving, and monitoring marketing content to ensure compliance with rules and guidelines. | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Compa Technologies, Inc. provides AI-powered compensation analysis and market data for enterprise compensation teams. | AI & Machine LearningHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Ezra AI provides a voice and digital AI call center for the QSR industry, streamlining and automating business operations | AI & Machine LearningFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
AI & Machine LearningHuman Resources | Mar 2026Seed | Funding round | ||
| Galvant provides an AI workforce for manufacturing back offices, unifying data sources into one natural language interface for search, reporting, and analysis. | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides AI agents to automate tasks for foodservice distributors, including order intake, sales workflows, procurement, and credit control. | Food & AgricultureAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Fairway provides software solutions for vehicle titling and registration transactions | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Grounded Intelligence teaches company leaders how to use AI to increase their productivity | AI & Machine LearningEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Heavi finds the right part, at the best price, and gets it delivered for heavy duty vehicles and equipment | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| HiveWatch provides a platform to unify physical security systems and automate alarm responses | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Labric provides data infrastructure to automatically capture and structure lab data for research scientists | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Lamar Health automates prior authorizations for specialty medications | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Nue provides a platform for selling, billing, and collecting payments, with features such as quote-to-cash, metering, and billing | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Polynomic is a full-service AI ad agency that helps brands grow revenue through ads by running paid campaigns end-to-end with proprietary ads AI models. | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| The company provides construction intelligence built on drawings using AI to read and connect project documents and deliver insights to construction teams. | AI & Machine LearningReal Estate & Construction | Apr 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Prophecy provides AI data preparation and analysis tools for businesses | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- pennyjar.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 18 May 2022
- Companies checked
- 30
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