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Shorewind Capital
Venture capital · San Francisco, CA, United States · North America
Shorewind Capital is an investment firm that backs companies it describes as moving humanity forward through technology. It is anchored by David Rubenstein, co-founder and co-chairman of The Carlyle Group, and invites founders, partners and investors to get in touch.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordstechnologydeep techimpact
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Or find every investor that fitsShorewind Capital lists 21 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (31%), Healthcare & Biotech (14%) and Cybersecurity (11%). 89% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Abstract and Air Street Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Shorewind 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 Shorewind Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 21. 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 roundShorewind Capital does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 33% |
| Seed | 0% |
| Series A | 67% |
| 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 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 3 | 0 |
Investor profile
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| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 53th | 21 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 64th | 33% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 63th | 5% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 54th | 31% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 58th | 3 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 31% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 14% | 15% |
| Cybersecurity | 11% | 4% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 8% | 7% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 6% | 1% |
| Space & Defense | 6% | 3% |
| Consumer | 6% | 3% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 3% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 3 |
| Abstract | 2 |
| Air Street Capital | 2 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 2 |
| Bain Capital Ventures | 2 |
| Bluestein Ventures | 2 |
| Breakthrough Energy Ventures | 2 |
| Draper Associates | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers21100%
- 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 Shorewind 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 Shorewind Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Sept 2026 | Series A | |
| 16 Jul 2026 | Pre-Seed | |
| 16 Jan 2026 | Series A |
Round details for Shorewind Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Shorewind Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
21 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BiomeSense develops and uses technology for generating and analyzing microbiome data to unlock personalized medicine potential | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Cedar conducts surveys and develops housing projects, providing architectural expertise and AI design systems for urban infill and multifamily developers | Real Estate & ConstructionAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Claros develops power delivery systems for data centers and AI applications | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Cofactr provides electronics supply chain infrastructure, including component intelligence, procurement execution, and warehousing and kitting services. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Neutral partners directly with farmers to help lower the carbon footprint of their farms and produces dairy products | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Emanate runs revenue operations around the clock, handling inbound capture, account expansion, pipeline creation, and pricing decisions | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Fleetzero builds and designs cargo ships with modular designs, advanced manufacturing, and autonomous propulsion | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Jan 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Flykitt sells kits and provides plans to help travelers prevent jet lag and travel fatigue | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Hero Safety provides an AI-native operating system for public safety | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Hypervolt sells and installs electric vehicle chargers for homes | E-commerce & MarketplacesSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Kodama.ai builds remote control systems for logging equipment, such as skidders. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides an AI engineering layer for the OS stack to diagnose and analyze issues in various systems, including mobile, automotive, and embedded Linux. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Jul 2026Pre-Seed | Funding round | |
| NewLimit is inventing medicines to add healthy years to people's lives. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and sells biosensors that analyze sweat to provide personalized hydration data to athletes, service members, and laborers. | Healthcare & BiotechConsumer | Sept 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| The company builds open-weight foundation models and the systems that refine and improve them. | AI & Machine LearningRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| Quartermaster provides real-time maritime awareness through a distributed network of vessel-mounted sensors and AI-powered monitoring | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Rthm provides virtual care and guidance for people with certain medical conditions | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Syncere designs and manufactures a floor lamp that can perform everyday chores | ConsumerRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| Synthesia creates and manages AI-generated videos for businesses. | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides school safety solutions using existing IP cameras | EducationCybersecurity | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- shorewindcapital.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 16 Jan 2026
- Companies checked
- 21
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