Investors / United States / Vinyl Capital
Vinyl Capital
Venture capital · Boston, MA, United States · North America
Vinyl Capital is a formation stage fund focused on commerce infrastructure, the systems and solutions that power the economy. It invests at the pre-revenue and pre-product stage, often before a company has a DBA.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningE-commerce & MarketplacesFintech
In its own wordscommerce infrastructureecommerceformation stagepre-seed
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Or find every investor that fitsVinyl Capital lists 34 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 2 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (31%), E-commerce & Marketplaces (23%) and Fintech (15%). 78% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Matchstick Ventures, Y Combinator and Expansion Venture Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Vinyl 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 Vinyl Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 2 companies; its own site lists 34. 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 | 0% |
| Series A | 100% |
| 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 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 1 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 72th | 34 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 57th | 3% 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
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 31% | 18% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 23% | 6% |
| Fintech | 15% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 6% | 8% |
| Space & Defense | 6% | 3% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 5% | 15% |
| Consumer | 3% | 3% |
| Crypto & Web3 | 3% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Matchstick Ventures | 3 |
| Y Combinator | 3 |
| Expansion Venture Capital | 2 |
| General Catalyst | 2 |
| Hawke Ventures | 2 |
| Infinity Ventures | 2 |
| Recall Capital | 2 |
| Stage 2 Capital | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers34100%
- 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 togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Matchstick Ventures
Compare Vinyl 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 Vinyl Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 30 Jun 2026 | Series A | |
| 8 Aug 2025 | Series A |
Round details for Vinyl Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Vinyl Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
34 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliate.com provides a platform for publishers, networks, and brands to access structured product data and power AI-driven and traditional shopping experiences. | E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| AI Growth Labs builds products and services using artificial intelligence to improve people's lives | AI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Blue Onion provides a financial intelligence platform for e-commerce businesses to manage and analyze their financial data | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Chooose provides software to help companies manage and scale their sustainable aviation fuel programs. | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Dalton Mills provides a platform for trades businesses to build custom software without writing code | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Drivepoint provides a financial platform that uses AI to help consumer brands manage their financial data and make informed decisions. | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Aug 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| Factored Quality provides quality control and compliance services, including factory inspections and audits, through a unified platform. | Industrial & ManufacturingHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| FARO enables brands to offload obsolete inventory through stores in non-core markets | ConsumerE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| FreshBooks provides invoice and accounting software for small businesses | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Quotient provides an AI-native marketing platform that automates and manages various marketing tasks, including newsletters, social media, webinars, and lead nurturing. | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Repeat provides a lifecycle marketing product to help businesses boost conversions and retention through personalized post-purchase flows and automated campaigns. | E-commerce & MarketplacesSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Xeno provides a customer engagement platform for retailers using AI-powered CRM, loyalty, and offer solutions | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Gordian provides an API for airline ancillaries to travel platforms and airlines. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Govra builds and delivers intelligence systems for governments, turning agency knowledge into action. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Inherence provides proof of conduct for autonomous finance, including stablecoins, vaults, and tokenized assets. | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | ||
| Intelligems provides A/B testing and personalization services for ecommerce businesses | E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Klaviyo provides AI email marketing and SMS services, as well as a B2C CRM platform. | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Koverly provides services for global payments and receivables, including paying vendors, collecting customer payments, and sending online payments in various currencies. | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides lab testing services for food and supplement products. | Food & AgricultureHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Paylode provides tools for businesses to create and manage customer perk and incentive programs | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- vinyl.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 8 Aug 2025
- Companies checked
- 34
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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