Audrey Capital

This venture capital firm invests in innovative ideas, focusing on technology and social impact projects with a unique research-driven approach led by Matt M...

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Updated: Dec 5, 2025 ·

About

Audrey Capital is an angel investment and research company created by Matt Mullenweg of WordPress to help innovative ideas grow. Matthew Charles 'Matt' Mullenweg is an American online social media entrepreneur, web developer and musician living in San Francisco, California. He is best known for developing the free and open source web software, WordPress, which powers 16% of the web and is now managed by The WordPress Foundation.

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Oct 1, 2025	CipherOwl Inc	$15.0M Seed	—	Kevin Hartz, Addition, Andreessen Horowitz, Dreamers VC, Electric Capital, General Catalyst, Interlock Partners, Khosla Ventures, NewFund, Sound Ventures, Thirty Five Ventures, Y Combinator, Adrian Aoun, Brad Bao, Bradley Horowitz, Jared Leto, Joshua Reeves, Kevin Weil, Mike Krieger, Odell Beckham Jr., Sam Altman
Jun 1, 2025	Nectar Social	$11.0M Seed	—	Addition, GV, Index Ventures, True Ventures, Ligaya Tichy, Tony Hawk
Mar 1, 2025	VQ Biomedical	$2.0M Seed	—	7BC Venture Capital, Bain Capital, Bold Capital Partners, Preston-Werner Ventures, Safar Partners, Samsung NEXT Ventures, The Hit Forge, Bob Young, Tobias Lutke
Feb 1, 2025	Turing	$14.0M Venture Round	—	7BC Venture Capital, Bain Capital, Bold Capital Partners, Preston-Werner Ventures, Safar Partners, Samsung NEXT Ventures, The Hit Forge, Bob Young, Tobias Lutke
Nov 1, 2024	Wordware	$30.0M Seed	—	10100, 6th Man Ventures, Acton Capital Partners, Adjacent, Albion VC, Alumni Ventures, Amplify Partners, Angel investor, Atomico, Blossom Capital, BlueRun Ventures, Broadway Angels, Chalfen Ventures, Climate Capital, Color Capital, Cool Climate Collective, Craft Ventures, Day One Ventures, Decibel Partners, Divergent Capital, DocuSign, Double Down, DST Global, Embedded Ventures, Emergence Capital, Essence VC, Aniq Kassam, Felicis Ventures, Felix Capital, FirstMark Capital, Flexcap, Flex Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, Friends & Family Capital, Frontline Ventures, Fusion Fund, Ganas Ventures, General Catalyst, Global Founders Capital, Gradient Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Hummingbird Ventures, ICONIQ Capital, Indicator Ventures, Insight Partners, IVP, Kohala Ventures, La Famiglia, Lakestar, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Listen, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Matrix, Menlo Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Moxxie Ventures, Jonathan Golden, OpenCapital.vc, Openspace Ventures, Otherwise Fund, Paradigm, Paradox Capital, Partners Resolute, Pioneer Fund, Polymath Capital Partners, Prototype Capital, Radical Ventures, Red Beard Ventures, Runa Capital, Scribble Ventures, Seed Club Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Sherpalo Ventures, Shrug Capital, Spark Capital, Summit Partners, SV Angel, Web Smith, Techstars, The Hit Forge, Theory Forge Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Trammell Venture Partners, Treble Capital, Tribe Capital, Unlock Venture Partners, Untapped Capital, Valhalla Ventures, Vibe Capital, Y Combinator, Adam D'Angelo, Alex Pattis, Amjad Masad, Andrew Gazdecki, Andrew Gluck, Andrew Steinwold, Azeem Azhar, Balaji Srinivasan, Ben Lang, Ben Tossell, Bob Young, Casey Neistat, David Peterson, Dharmesh Shah, Doug Monro, Elad Gil, Eric Ries, Gina Bianchini, Girish Mathrubootham, Gokul Rajaram, Jaime Schmidt, James Isilay, James Meekings, Jean Charles Samuelian, Jeff Hammerbacher, Jen Rubio Butterfield, Julia DeWahl, Kevin Stumpf, Kevin Weil, Kulveer Taggar, Kyle Vogt, Ligaya Tichy, Mark Chou, Mark Pincus, Mathilde Collin, Matt Mickiewicz, Moshe Lifschitz, Nkechi Iregbulem, Noah Sidman-Gale, Paul Graham, Paul Stahura, Peter Hunn, Peter Kazanjy, Ran Makavy, Sahin Boydas, Sam Corcos, Scott Belsky, Sergei Anikin, Sherry Coutu, Siqi Chen, Spencer Kimball, Stephen Cole, Thijn Lamers, Tim Ferriss, Tony Jamous, Vishal Rao, Will Brooks, Will Martin, Yann LeCun, Zachary Sims, Zach Segal
Aug 1, 2024	Tilt	$18.0M Series B	—	01 Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Blisce, Electric Capital, Felicis Ventures, Firework Ventures, Ligature, Offline Ventures, Origin Ventures, Portage Ventures, QueensBridge Venture Partners, Seven Seven Six, Techstars, The Hit Forge, Y Combinator, Anthony Saleh, David Vélez, Oliver Jung, Rashaun Williams, Tikhon Bernstam, William Boebel
Jul 1, 2024	trail	$2.0M Seed	—	BoxGroup, Broadstone, E14 Fund, ENIAC Ventures, Far Out Ventures, Global Founders Capital, LAUNCH, Mozilla Ventures, Offline Ventures, Ben Huh, Redpoint Ventures, Scout Ventures, Slow Ventures, Techstars, Vayner RSE, Chung Ng, Josh Spear, Merlin Kauffman, Oleg Rogynskyy, Scott Belsky
Jul 1, 2024	Tezi	$9.0M Seed	—	8VC, Afore Capital, Audacious Ventures, Ride Ventures, South Park Commons, Tribe Capital, Y Combinator, Adam D'Angelo, Bhavin Turakhia, Justin Mateen, Kunal Shah, Marco Zappacosta, Mark Goines, Michael Ma, Pete Koomen, Sean Rad
Jul 1, 2024	LegalflyAI	$15.0M Series A	—	G2VP, Galvanize Climate Solutions, Notion Capital, Ann Berry, Scott Belsky
May 1, 2024	Alinia AI	$2.0M Seed	—	7BC Venture Capital, Bain Capital, Bold Capital Partners, Entrepreneur First, General Catalyst, Motier Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Preston-Werner Ventures, Safar Partners, Samsung NEXT Ventures, Speedinvest, Stellation Capital, T-Bird Capital, The Hit Forge, Anthemos Georgiades, Bob Young, Henry Davis, Thomas Rebaud, Tobias Lutke
Apr 1, 2024	Marble Aerospace	$310K Seed	—	7percent Ventures, C2 Investment, Flex Capital, Greylock, LGF, Passion Capital, Positive Sum VC, Unusual Ventures, Claire Hughes Johnson, Elad Gil, John Collison, Tom Blomfield
Mar 1, 2024	OpenPipe	$7.0M Seed	—	Costanoa Ventures, National Grid Partners, Preston-Werner Ventures, The Engine, Amr Awadallah, Bob Young, Preetha Parthasarathy, Steve Chen
Mar 1, 2024	MarineLabs Data Systems Inc.	$3.0M Seed	—	BDC Venture Capital, Bond, BoxGroup, Founder Collective, iNovia Capital, Jump Capital, MATH Venture Partners, Precursor Ventures, Greg Kidd
Feb 1, 2024	Nest Wallet	$4.0M Seed	—	ACME Capital, Alsop Louie Partners, Animoca Brands, AppWorks, Adeyemi Ajao, Draper Associates, Founders Fund, Infinity Ventures Crypto, LAUNCH, Long Journey Ventures, Morgan Creek Capital Management, Munich Re / HSB Ventures, Offline Ventures, Oyster Ventures, Path Ventures, Pioneer Fund, Preston-Werner Ventures, Sora Ventures, SOSV, Sound Ventures, Streamlined Ventures, Tribe Capital, True Global Ventures, Vayner RSE, Amr Awadallah, Balaji Srinivasan, Baron Davis, Ben Davenport, Bob Young, Charlie Cheever, Chris Wang, Emmett Shear, Guillaume Luccisano, Jared Kopf, Justin David Blau, Kevin Lin, Preetha Parthasarathy, Scott Banister, Sebastien Borget, Shervin Pishevar, Simon Newstead, Steve Chen, Tikhon Bernstam, Tom Blomfield
Feb 1, 2024	Fabric	$60.0M Series A	—	125 Ventures, 14W, Alumni Ventures, Arkitekt Ventures, BBG Ventures, Bond, BoxGroup, Dragoneer Investment Group, Future Perfect Ventures, General Catalyst, GenNx360, GE Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Hoxton Ventures, Lux Capital, Oak HC/FT, Sequoia Capital, Supply Change Capital, Target Global, Teamworthy Ventures, Thirty Five Ventures, Thrive Capital, Alain Hanover, Alex Pattis, Anne Wojcicki, Jeremy Yap, Julie McDermott
Jan 1, 2024	Recraft	$12.0M Series A	—	7percent Ventures, Accel, AirAngels, Array Ventures, Autotech Ventures, AV8 Ventures, Benchmark, C2 Investment, FirstHand Alliance, Flex Capital, Greycroft, Greylock, Harrison Metal, Investo, Khosla Ventures, LGF, Motier Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Passion Capital, Plug & Play Ventures, Polygon, Positive Sum VC, Redpoint Ventures, True Ventures, Uncork Capital, Unusual Ventures, UpHonest Capital, Weekend Fund, Xfund, Y Combinator, Akshay Kothari, Arash Ferdowsi, Claire Hughes Johnson, Dharmesh Shah, Elad Gil, John Collison, Patrick S. Chung, Roxanne Varza, Siqi Chen, Steve Norall, Suhail Doshi, Thibaud Elziere, Tom Blomfield, Zehan Wang
Jan 1, 2024	Perplexity	$74.0M Series B	—	7BC Venture Capital, Alt Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital, Bold Capital Partners, Cedar Capital Group, CRV, E1 Ventures, Flybridge, Hanabi Capital, Romero Rodrigues, HOF Capital, IVP, Kepler Operator’s Fund, Kindred Ventures, Northzone, Preston-Werner Ventures, Rain Capital, Nakul Gupta, Safar Partners, Samsung NEXT Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, SignalFire, Spark Capital, Susa Ventures, The Hit Forge, Upload Ventures, Y Combinator, Ameet Patel, Amjad Masad, Arash Ferdowsi, Balaji Srinivasan, Bob Young, Cory Levy, Gokul Rajaram, John Collison, Jonathan Lenson, Manik Gupta, Mathilde Collin, Sahin Boydas, Sam Altman, Sam Lambert, Scott Belsky, Tobias Lutke, Tyler Willis, Guillermo Rauch
Dec 1, 2023	Extropic AI	$14.0M Seed	—	186 Ventures, 7BC Venture Capital, Accomplice VC, Alchemy Ventures, Alt Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Arrive, Bain Capital, Baird Capital, Baseline Ventures, Bold Capital Partners, Boston Seed Capital, CRV, E1 Ventures, FirstHand Alliance, foobar.vc, Founder Collective, General Catalyst, Global Founders Capital, Goat Capital, Gradient Ventures, Greenoaks Capital, Grotech Ventures, Haun Ventures, Christian Miele, HOF Capital, Impellent Ventures, Index Ventures, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Initialized Capital, Innovation Endeavors, Jude Gomila Rolling Fund, Kima Ventures, Kindred Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, monashees, Motier Ventures, NextGen Venture Partners, NextView Ventures, Operator Collective, Polychain Capital, Predictive VC, Preston-Werner Ventures, Quassar Capital, Safar Partners, Saga, Samsung NEXT Ventures, Sarona Ventures, Sequoia Capital, The Hit Forge, Union Square Ventures, Village Global, VitalStage Ventures, Y Combinator, Ameet Patel, Amit Agarwal, Amjad Masad, Anjney Midha, Arash Ferdowsi, Balaji Srinivasan, Bob Young, Bradley Horowitz, David Chang, Drew Houston, Eric Wu, Guy Podjarny, Immad Akhund, Jeff Seibert, Jennifer Lum, Lukas Biewald, Mathilde Collin, Sam Altman, Scott Belsky, Stanley Tang, Tim Griffin, Tobias Lutke, Vivek Patel, William Hockey
Dec 1, 2023	Quaise	$21.0M Series A	—	7BC Venture Capital, Bain Capital, Bold Capital Partners, Prelude Ventures, Preston-Werner Ventures, Safar Partners, Samsung NEXT Ventures, The Hit Forge, Ulu Ventures, Bob Young, Tobias Lutke
Nov 1, 2023	Liquid AI	$38.0M Seed	—	7BC Venture Capital, Accel, Awesome Ventures, Bain Capital, Bold Capital Partners, Creandum, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Andrew Wheeler, Lightspeed India Partners, Lux Capital, M13, NextView Ventures, Outrun Ventures, Plug & Play Ventures, Point Nine Capital, Preston-Werner Ventures, RET Ventures, Safar Partners, Samsung NEXT Ventures, Seaside Ventures, Serena Ventures, The Hit Forge, Amjad Masad, Bill Ackman, Bob Young, Christian Reber, Fredrik Björk, Jayant Kadambi, Kerry Ritz, Lukas Biewald, Marc Baghadjian, Nicolas Pinto, Susan Standiford, Tobias Lutke
Nov 1, 2023	AppFlowy	$6.0M Seed	—	7GC & Co, Acrew Capital, Alumni Ventures, Builders, C2 Investment, DGF Investimentos, Embedded Ventures, Friedom Partners, FTX Ventures, GoAhead Ventures, Greycroft, Jett Fein, Innovation Endeavors, Lakeside Capital, monashees, Vanessa Larco, Preston-Werner Ventures, REMUS Capital, Scalebridge Capital, SignalFire, Spark Capital, SparkLabs Group, Union Square Ventures, Valor Capital Group, Adeel Hussain, Amr Awadallah, Biz Stone, Bob Young, Dustin Moskovitz, Elia Montanari, Ishani Patel, Jaan Tallinn, Jared Leto, Jason Haider, Justin David Blau, Kelvin Beachum Jr., Kevin Lin, Peter Sonsini, Preetha Parthasarathy, Siddharth Singhal, Steve Chen, Vikas Sabnani
Oct 1, 2023	Rapport	$2.0M Seed	—	7percent Ventures, Acrew Capital, Benchmark, C2 Investment, Flex Capital, Future Africa, Greylock, LGF, Passion Capital, Positive Sum VC, Sapphire Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Claire Hughes Johnson, Elad Gil, John Collison, Tom Blomfield, Zehan Wang
Oct 1, 2023	Sincera	$4.0M Seed	—	Accelerator Ventures, AperiamVentures, Chapter One Ventures, Decasonic, FJ Labs, Flex Capital, LightShed Ventures, Math Capital, Mayfield, Multicoin Capital, NextView Ventures, Obvious Ventures, Plug & Play Ventures, Tribe Capital, Vast Ventures, WGI Group, Anthony Pompliano, Balaji Srinivasan, Cameron Lester, Eric Seufert, Furqan Rydhan, Georges Harik, Jeff Morris, Jeremy Zimmer
Sep 1, 2023	Pixis	$85.0M Series C	—	Airtree Ventures, Amasia, Amplify Partners, Avalon Ventures, Cedar Capital Group, Celesta, Dell Technologies Capital, Five Sigma, Fuel Capital, Genoa Ventures, Heavybit, IDG Ventures, Madrona Ventures, Alexander Rosen, Gil Penchina, Salesforce Ventures, Softbank Group, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Tiger Global Management, Vertex Ventures, Alex Payne, Eric Ries, Jeremy LaTrasse, Kyle York, Mark Williamson
Aug 1, 2023	Daybreak Health	$13.0M Series B	—	125 Ventures, 14W, Adjacent, BBG Ventures, B Capital Group, Beckley Waves, Bond, BoxGroup, Cherubic Ventures, Ali Tamaseb, Dragoneer Investment Group, Elefund, Fifty Years, Future Perfect Ventures, General Catalyst, GenNx360, GE Ventures, Giant Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Hoxton Ventures, LAUNCH, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lionheart Ventures, Listen, LombardStreet Ventures, Lux Capital, Maven Ventures, Mystic Ventures, Oak HC/FT, PsyMed Ventures, Resolute Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Sound Ventures, Supply Change Capital, Target Global, Teamworthy Ventures, Uncork Capital, Union Square Ventures, Uprising, Anne Wojcicki, Darius Contractor, Darran Garnham, Edvard Engesæth, Jeremy Yap, Joe Greenstein, Julie McDermott, Kirill Makharinsky, Liron Petrushka, Marc Benioff, Michael Birch, Oleg Tscheltzoff, Pete Moore, Raj Luhar, Saki Georgiadis, Yoni Assia

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Leadership Team

Key people at Audrey Capital.

Matt Mullenweg

Partner

Leadership Team

Key people at Audrey Capital.

Matt Mullenweg

Partner

Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

Audrey Capital is an angel investment and research firm founded by Matt Mullenweg, the creator of WordPress, with a mission to nurture and support innovative ideas through strategic investments. The firm focuses on early-stage ventures, particularly in technology sectors such as deep tech, health tech, fintech, and consumer products, emphasizing projects that align with open-source values and social impact. Audrey Capital’s investment philosophy is research-driven and data-informed, aiming to back companies that push boundaries and bring unique solutions to market. Its impact on the startup ecosystem includes fostering growth in creative and technology-driven startups, leveraging a strong network of industry experts to enhance portfolio companies’ potential[1][2][3].

Origin Story

Audrey Capital was founded in 2010 by Matt Mullenweg, known for founding Automattic and WordPress. The firm emerged from Mullenweg’s desire to support innovative startups beyond his own ventures, using a research-driven approach to identify promising early-stage companies. Over time, Audrey Capital has evolved to focus on a broad range of sectors including software, education, health care, and food & beverage, investing primarily in pre-seed to Series C rounds. The firm has completed over 50 deals, with a portfolio that includes notable startups such as Pointy and Memrise, reflecting its commitment to nurturing early-stage innovation[1][3][4].

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Combines angel investing with rigorous research and data analysis to identify high-potential startups early.
Network Strength: Founded by a prominent tech entrepreneur, Audrey Capital leverages Matt Mullenweg’s extensive industry connections and expertise.
Track Record: Over 50 investments with a focus on early-stage ventures, including several successful exits.
Operating Support: Provides strategic guidance and access to a network of industry experts to accelerate portfolio company growth.
Sector Focus: Emphasizes open-source aligned projects and socially impactful technology innovations, differentiating it from traditional VC firms[1][4].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Audrey Capital rides the trend of early-stage, research-driven venture investing, particularly in technology sectors that emphasize open-source principles and social impact. The timing is favorable due to increasing demand for innovative solutions in health tech, fintech, and consumer tech, alongside a growing ecosystem that values transparency and community-driven development. By focusing on early-stage companies and leveraging a founder-led approach, Audrey Capital influences the broader ecosystem by supporting startups that might otherwise be overlooked by traditional venture capital, thus fostering diversity and innovation in tech[1][3].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Audrey Capital is likely to continue expanding its portfolio in emerging technology sectors, especially those aligned with open-source and social impact values. Trends such as AI, clean energy, and decentralized technologies may shape its investment focus. Given Matt Mullenweg’s leadership and the firm’s research-driven approach, Audrey Capital’s influence could grow as a key early-stage investor that helps shape the next generation of transformative tech companies. Its unique blend of angel investing and strategic support positions it well to capitalize on evolving market dynamics and continue driving innovation[1][3][4].

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High-Level Overview

Origin Story

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Combines angel investing with rigorous research and data analysis to identify high-potential startups early.
Network Strength: Founded by a prominent tech entrepreneur, Audrey Capital leverages Matt Mullenweg’s extensive industry connections and expertise.
Track Record: Over 50 investments with a focus on early-stage ventures, including several successful exits.
Operating Support: Provides strategic guidance and access to a network of industry experts to accelerate portfolio company growth.
Sector Focus: Emphasizes open-source aligned projects and socially impactful technology innovations, differentiating it from traditional VC firms[1][4].