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Shine Capital
Venture capital · New York, NY, United States · North America
Shine Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs to build businesses. It invests thematically and backs partner companies as they continue to perform.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsearly-stagetechnologythematic investingconsumerfrontier markets
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Or find every investor that fitsShine Capital lists 44 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 17 funding rounds, 7 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (25%), Fintech (15%) and Healthcare & Biotech (11%). 77% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside DCG, Y Combinator and Acrew Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Shine 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 Shine Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 16 companies; its own site lists 44. 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 | 38% |
| Series A | 50% |
| Series B | 6% |
| Growth | 6% |
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 | 9 | 4 |
| '26 | 8 | 3 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 80th | 44 companies |
| Recent activity | 95th | 10 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 65th | 38% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 96th | 27% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 37th | 25% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 84th | 6 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 25% | 18% |
| Fintech | 15% | 12% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 11% | 15% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 8% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 7% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 7% | 6% |
| Education | 4% | 7% |
| Media & Entertainment | 4% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| DCG | 3 |
| Y Combinator | 3 |
| Acrew Capital | 2 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 2 |
| Basecamp Fund | 2 |
| Bessemer Venture Partners | 2 |
| BoxGroup | 2 |
| Conversion Capital | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers44100%
- 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 Shine 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 Shine Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Nov 2026 | Seed | |
| 5 Oct 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 27 Jul 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 15 Jul 2026 | Seed | |
| 18 Apr 2026 | Series A | |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 5 Mar 2026 | Seed | |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Series A Led |
Round details for Shine Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Shine Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
44 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company provides a full salon manicure experience using beauty technology for precision and cleanliness. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Antares designs and manufactures modular, transportable reactors for strategic energy applications on Earth and in space. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Dec 2025Series B · 2 rounds | Page + round | |
| AudioShake provides AI-powered audio separation and stem creation services for various industries, including film, TV, and music. | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Oct 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| Blackbird offers a rewards program for dining spend, allowing users to earn points at restaurants, bars, and cafes. | FintechFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Cosmos provides a platform for users to discover, organize, and save inspiration for various projects and spaces, including lamps and other products from various brands. | E-commerce & MarketplacesMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Counter Health works through existing health benefits to save users money on their prescriptions. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Cowboy provides a platform for building, selling, and running artificial intelligence agents and models | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Nov 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Denki automates audit tasks with AI for internal auditors | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Mar 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Flashtract helps construction companies manage billing and payment processes | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Givon Defense delivers proven and innovative solutions for urgent national security needs | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Gizmo provides an app for learning with features such as flashcard makers, quizzes, and summarizers. | Education | Apr 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Goldsky provides a blockchain data platform for fintech and financial institutions | FintechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Flare provides personalized guidance, transparent communication, and a unified platform to help people with legal services. | Legal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Curio creates interactive plush toys that talk and learn for kids. | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Hivemapper is a decentralized network of people, cameras, and apps mapping the world in real time. | Healthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| iVerify brings kernel-adjacent telemetry, behavioral baselining, and AI-driven threat hunting to hundreds of thousands of mobile devices | Cybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Kingdom creates and sells ingredients for pet health | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Learned Hand provides a judicial case preparation platform for courts | Legal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Cosmos creates video essays and other short videos on various topics using archive footage and AI agents. | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Jan 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Meow provides financial services and products to businesses, including business checking accounts, financing, and crypto services. | FintechFintech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- shine.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 1 Jul 2025
- Companies checked
- 44
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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