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Caffeinated Capital

Investor type

PE / VC

Founded

2009

AUM

$400 M

Location

San Francisco, California, United States

Investment Ticket

$0-1 m

Investment Stage

Seed

Region of investment

North America

ESG Focus

Impact investor
Investor profile last updated: 02 April, 2025

Profile

We believe there are certain people in this world who are truly extraordinary.

People with transformative ideas and the determination to make it happen. Caffeinated exists to find these rare individuals and catalyze their success.

We typically partner with founders at the inception stage and invest throughout the life of the company. We're aggressively open-minded and strive to be your most impactful investor.

If you're thinking about starting up, we'd love to hear from you.

Industry

Business Services (B2B) Financial Services Fintech Consumer Products Consumer Services (B2C) Healthcare Services Blockchain/Crypto ClimateTech

Caffeinated Capital Funds

Name Type
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Industry
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Stage
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Region
Size AUM Launch date
Caffeinated Capital Venture Fund II 2/2
Venture Capital (VC)
Business Services (B2B)
Consumer Products
Consumer Services (B2C)
Financial Services
Fintech
Healthcare Services
Pre-seed
Seed
North America
$5-10 m
$50 M
June 2015
Caffeinated Capital Venture Fund III, LP
Venture Capital (VC)
Business Services (B2B)
Consumer Products
Consumer Services (B2C)
Financial Services
Healthcare Services
Blockchain/Crypto
ClimateTech
Pre-seed
Seed
Series A
North America
$5-10 m
$75 M
August 2018

Contacts

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FAQs about Caffeinated Capital

Caffeinated Capital is a venture capital and private equity firm. It backs companies at Seed, writing tickets of $0-1 m.
Caffeinated Capital is located in San Francisco, California, United States.
Caffeinated Capital was founded in 2009.
Caffeinated Capital invests in companies and startups in Business Services (B2B), Financial Services, Fintech, Consumer Products, Consumer Services (B2C), Healthcare Services, Blockchain/Crypto, ClimateTech.
Caffeinated Capital invests in companies and startups in North America.
Caffeinated Capital invests in companies and startups at Seed.
Caffeinated Capital usually invests $0-1 m on average.
Caffeinated Capital has around $400m assets under management.
Caffeinated Capital last fund was created/launched in 2018-08-23
Yes, Caffeinated Capital is impact investor.
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