Cannage Capital

Pre-Seed Seed

Early-stage fund investing across the AI stack from semiconductors to software infrastructure to applications. Led by former operator Shelley Zhuang.

Las Vegas
AI/ML · Semiconductors +5
Founder-Led · Early Stage

Canonical Crypto

Pre-Seed Seed

San Francisco pre-seed firm writing $500K–$1.5M first checks into technical founders building post-AGI infrastructure across AI, silicon, robotics, and decentralized compute.

San Francisco
AI/ML · DeepTech +5
Solo GP · Early Stage

Cantos

Pre-Seed Seed

San Francisco pre-seed and seed VC backing deeply technical founders in climate tech, computational biology, aerospace, and next-gen computing from day one.

San Francisco
ClimateTech · BioTech +8
Thesis-Driven · Operator-Led

Cape Fear BioCapital

Pre-Seed Seed

Early-stage VC backing pre-seed and seed therapeutics companies from North Carolina's academic research ecosystem; targets IND-stage milestones

Durham
BioTech · MedTech +4
Operator-Led · Bio/Health-Focused

Capita3

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Early-stage VC in Minneapolis backing women-led startups in digital health and deep tech, from pre-seed through Series A, with a leadership development platform.

Minneapolis
HealthTech · MedTech +5
Female-Owned · Early Stage

Capital Factory

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Austin-based venture firm and Texas's most active early-stage investor since 2010, backing deep and frontier-tech founders others think too early.

Austin
DeepTech · Frontier Technology +9
Most Active · No Warm Intro

Carnrite Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Early-stage capital for energy and healthcare technology

Houston
Energy · Climate Tech +3
Energy · Climate Tech

Carpenter Capital

Pre-Seed Seed

Venture capital firm based in Boise, Idaho, that focuses on early-stage companies in the software and information services.

Boise
Technology · SaaS/Software +3
Early Stage · SaaS

Cartography Capital

Pre-Seed Seed

Early-stage fund backing founders building breakthrough technologies and materials for AI chips, quantum computing, robotics, batteries, biotech, and space.

San Francisco
DeepTech · AI/ML +6
Operator-Led · Early Stage

Carya Venture Partners

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Founder-led fund of ex-operators who back "unconventional genius" and stay hands-on through the pivots and near-death moments startups face.

Palo Alto
Vertical AI · AI/ML +4
Operator-Led · Founder-Led

Catalyst by Wellstar

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Corporate venture arm of a major Georgia health system, using its hospitals as real-world pilot sites to fund healthcare and cross-industry startups.

Atlanta
Healthcare · HealthTech +7
Corporate VC · Early Stage

Catapult Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed

Early-stage VC investing in automation, robotics, AI and IoT

Los Altos
Automation · Robotics +14
DeepTech · Hardware

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Category Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed

Early-stage VC backing technical founders at pre-seed and seed in category-defining enterprise software, spanning AI, infrastructure, developer tools, and applications.

San Francisco
SaaS/Software · AI/ML +4
Solo GP · Early Stage

Cervin

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Palo Alto early-stage VC founded by entrepreneurs, backing B2B enterprise software startups in infrastructure, applications, and tools from pre-seed through Series A.

Palo Alto
Enterprise · B2B SaaS +6
Operator-Led · Early Stage

Champion Hill Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Early-stage investor in non-consensus defense and deep tech

Chapel Hill
Defense Tech · Aerospace +10
Defense Tech · DeepTech

CHAP Health Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed

Pre-seed healthcare VC backed by 20+ physicians and operators, investing in digital health startups improving care access, affordability, and administrative efficiency.

San Francisco
HealthTech · MedTech +3
Bio/Health-Focused · Early Stage

Charge Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed

NYC-based pre-seed and seed fund partnering with founders at day one; data-driven sourcing model; invests in software, digital health, marketplaces, and the creator economy

New York
SaaS/Software · HealthTech +6
Pre-Traction · No Warm Intro

Chingona Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed

Chicago-based pre-seed fund led by a Latina GP backing overlooked founders in fintech, future of work, future of learning, and health technology.

Chicago
Fintech · HealthTech +3
Solo GP · Early Stage

Chugai Venture Fund

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Corporate VC arm of Chugai Pharmaceutical investing $200M in early-stage preclinical life sciences startups in oncology, immunology, CNS, and rare diseases

Boston
BioTech · HealthTech +4
Corporate VC · Thesis-Driven

CincyTech

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Public-private seed fund built to fix underinvestment outside coastal hubs, backing Cincinnati-region founders from concept to venture-scale.

Cincinnati
E-commerce Enablement · Healthcare +14
US-Centric · Early Stage

Cintrifuse Capital

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Cincinnati-based investor backing local pre-seed and seed startups with $250K–$1M checks, plus a national fund-of-funds that channels top VC relationships into the region.

Cincinnati
AI/ML · SaaS/Software +4
Early Stage · Sector-Agnostic

CIV

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Los Angeles VC backing and building technology companies reshaping critical industries including AI infrastructure, energy, nuclear, manufacturing, and supply chain.

Los Angeles
ClimateTech · AI/ML +5
Operator-Led · Thesis-Driven

Civilization Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Runs a PhD-to-founder Fellowship pipeline alongside its $200M health-tech and biology fund, with exits including Rocket Pharma and Omada Health.

San Francisco
Genomics & Diagnostics · BioTech +6
Bio/Health-Focused · Thesis-Driven

Clarim Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Seed-stage venture fund empowering Israel's next generation of global technology

Toronto · Tel Aviv +1
Israel Startups · AI-Powered Solutions +4
Israel Focus · Seed Specialist

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