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Founded in 2025 by Jon Dishotsky, Daft Capital is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California. The firm focuses on early-stage investments, managing a portfolio of 8 companies. Daft Capital aims to support visionary founders with innovative ideas that can lead the market.
Daft Capital invests between $500,000 and $2 million in a selective group of early-stage companies, primarily in the AI and space-tech sectors. The firm targets the top 1% of venture-scale founders and emphasizes technological innovation, providing funding at both the seed and angel stages.
Notable portfolio companies include Lovable, focused on reinventing software; The Bot Company, which teaches machines to care for people; ARMR, automating heavy work; Legora, reworking legal processes; Varda, engaged in space manufacturing; AIM Intelligent Machines, enhancing human-AI interactions; Mercury, supporting new founders; and MindMed, exploring psychedelics for therapeutic use.
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Yes, Daft Capital often leads funding rounds, particularly in the angel and seed stages, to help shape the direction of their portfolio companies.
Daft Capital is open to follow-on investments, especially for companies that demonstrate significant growth potential and align with their investment thesis.
Specific details about the size of Daft Capital's current fund are not publicly disclosed.
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