At a Glance
Race Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Edith Yeung and Alfred Chuang. The firm focuses on seed and Series A investments in technology companies across artificial intelligence, enterprise software, fintech, and consumer applications. Race Capital takes a founder-first approach, emphasizing the importance of exceptional teams building innovative solutions to large market problems. The firm's partners bring extensive experience from both investing and operating perspectives, with backgrounds at companies like Deutsche Bank, Blue Run Ventures, and various successful startups. Race Capital has quickly established itself in the competitive Silicon Valley ecosystem by backing companies like database platform Supabase, spend management company Ramp, and data operations platform Census. The firm is known for its global perspective, often investing in companies with international expansion potential or founders from diverse backgrounds. Race Capital typically leads or co-leads funding rounds and takes an active role in supporting portfolio companies with strategic guidance, hiring, and business development.
“Backs exceptional founders building enduring technology companies that can become category-defining.”
Race Capital primarily invests at the Seed, Series A stages. This means they focus on companies that are building their initial product and finding product-market fit.
Race Capital is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. Many of their portfolio companies are also based in this region, though they invest across geographies.
Race Capital focuses on investments in AI, Enterprise, Consumer, Fintech, Web3. Their portfolio reflects deep expertise and networks within these sectors.
Race Capital's typical investment check size ranges from $500K to $5M. Actual amounts may vary based on the stage, sector, and specific opportunity.
Race Capital manages approximately $200M in assets under management (AUM) across their funds.