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Z5 Capital
Venture capital · Palo Alto, CA, United States · North America
Z5 Capital is a seed-stage fund that invests in a limited number of enterprise companies. It supports founding teams through an infrastructure network, go-to-market partnerships, and advisory teams of industry leaders.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningCybersecurity
In its own wordsenterpriseartificial intelligencemachine learningdata infrastructurecloudseed stage
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Or find every investor that fitsZ5 Capital lists 22 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (37%), Cybersecurity (17%) and Enterprise Software (12%). 86% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Dallas Venture Capital, Sierra Ventures and Acorn Pacific Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Z5 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 Z5 Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 1 company; its own site lists 22. 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 | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| 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 | 1 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 55th | 22 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 62th | 5% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 68th | 37% 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 | 37% | 18% |
| Cybersecurity | 17% | 4% |
| Enterprise Software | 12% | 8% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 7% | 6% |
| Space & Defense | 5% | 3% |
| Fintech | 5% | 12% |
| Media & Entertainment | 5% | 4% |
| Gaming | 2% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Dallas Venture Capital | 3 |
| Sierra Ventures | 2 |
| Acorn Pacific Ventures | 1 |
| Arka Venture Labs | 1 |
| Avanta Ventures | 1 |
| Ballistic Ventures | 1 |
| Benhamou Global Ventures | 1 |
| Blume Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers22100%
- 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 Dallas Venture Capital
Compare Z5 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 Z5 Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Oct 2026 | Seed |
Round details for Z5 Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Z5 Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
22 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AccuKnox provides AI-powered zero trust cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) solutions for cloud security and compliance. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| AppFaktors provides enterprise grade AI solutions with architecture as code | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| ArmorCode develops and provides a platform for unified exposure management using artificial intelligence | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| AutonomIQ provides an autonomous low-code automation platform for companies to improve quality, reduce risk and manage compliance for their SaaS and digital products. | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides post-production workflow tools for editorial teams. | Media & EntertainmentMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| CoreStack provides a platform for cloud governance, offering solutions for visibility, flexibility, scalability, and cost management. | Space & DefenseFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a platform for data observability, quality, and context for various industries | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Firstshift develops and provides artificial intelligence-based supply chain planning software | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Clientell AI connects Salesforce and enterprise tools to a governed Context Graph | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Hirevue provides AI hiring technology to help companies make talent decisions and reveal proven skills and capabilities of candidates. | Human ResourcesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Holistic AI provides an enterprise AI governance platform to govern AI across an enterprise | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| InSync.AI develops AI agents for higher education and commerce to automate repetitive work in operations | EducationE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides ecommerce customer support software that combines AI and human support | E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Kipling Secure provides an AI Detection and Response platform for managed service providers and small to medium-sized businesses | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
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| The company provides a developer platform for building and testing environments across various operating systems | Developer ToolsCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Nirmata creates products and solutions for controlling and governing AI agents and Kubernetes environments. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Prescient provides technology to predict equipment Remaining Useful Life and optimize asset performance using AI-driven digital twins | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides infrastructure for businesses and loyalty programs to accept and issue rewards across major loyalty programs instantly. | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Secuvy classifies and tags files for AI use | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- z5capital.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 8 Oct 2026
- Companies checked
- 22
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