Recharge Capital

This thematic-first VC firm invests in emerging sectors like fintech, women's healthcare, synthetic biology, and digital assets to drive innovation and impac...

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Recharge Capital is a leading thematic-first private investment firm focused on driving innovation and impact across various sectors including fintech infrastructure, women's healthcare, synthetic biology, semiconductor enablement, and digital assets. Recharge Capital operates from its offices in New York, Los Angeles and Singapore, serving as a catalyst for positive change in the global investment landscape.

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Apr 1, 2025	Eyeball Games	$3.0M Seed	—	10X Capital, 2.12 Angels, Altai Ventures, Jean de Fougerolles, B Capital Group, Coinbase Ventures, Equity Alliance, Flexcap, INBlockchain, Magma Partners, Morpheus Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Revel Partners, Tuesday Capital, White Star Capital, Anthony Pompliano, Faizan Khan (Unchained Capital), Mei Z.
Jul 1, 2024	Haruko	$6.0M Series A	—	10X Capital, 2.12 Angels, Altai Ventures, Anthemis Group, Jean de Fougerolles, Balderton Capital, B Capital Group, Coinbase Ventures, Equity Alliance, Flexcap, INBlockchain, Magma Partners, MMC Ventures, Morpheus Ventures, Outrun Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Revel Partners, Tuesday Capital, White Star Capital, Anthony Pompliano, Faizan Khan (Unchained Capital), Mei Z.
Oct 1, 2023	Overstory	$14.0M Series A	—	10X Capital, 2.12 Angels, Afore Capital, Altai Ventures, Jean de Fougerolles, Autotech Ventures, B Capital Group, Bling Capital, Clocktower Technology Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Concrete Rose Capital, Convective Capital, Equity Alliance, Flexcap, FPV Fund, Human Capital, Humba Ventures, INBlockchain, Khosla Ventures, Magma Partners, Morpheus Ventures, Moxxie Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Revel Partners, Ribbit Capital, Tuesday Capital, White Star Capital, Anthony Pompliano, Arjan Dijk, Bobby Lo, Faizan Khan (Unchained Capital), Gopi Kallayil, Mark Cuban, Mei Z., Rikard Steiber, Tikhon Bernstam, Vivek Garipalli
Sep 1, 2023	Rengage	$3.0M Seed	—	Baukunst, Bolt, Deciens Capital, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, MAGIC Fund, Precursor Ventures, Reciprocal Ventures, Tet Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Vera Equity, Charles Delingpole
Jul 1, 2023	Eyeball Games	$2.0M Seed	—	10X Capital, 2.12 Angels, Altai Ventures, Jean de Fougerolles, B Capital Group, Coinbase Ventures, Equity Alliance, Flexcap, INBlockchain, Magma Partners, Morpheus Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Revel Partners, Tuesday Capital, White Star Capital, Anthony Pompliano, Faizan Khan (Unchained Capital), Mei Z.
May 1, 2023	Figure	$70.0M Series A	—	10X Capital, 2.12 Angels, Altai Ventures, Jean de Fougerolles, B Capital Group, Coinbase Ventures, Equity Alliance, Flexcap, INBlockchain, Magma Partners, Morpheus Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Revel Partners, Tuesday Capital, White Star Capital, Anthony Pompliano, Faizan Khan (Unchained Capital), Mei Z., Rich Nelson
Dec 1, 2022	Gynger	$12.0M Seed	—	Baukunst, Bolt, Cocoa, Deciens Capital, DNX Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Flash Ventures, Flex Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, Gradient Ventures, Humba Ventures, MAGIC Fund, Northzone, Nyca Partners, Polychain Capital, Precursor Ventures, QED Investors, Reciprocal Ventures, Tet Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Tribe Capital, Unusual Ventures, Vera Equity, Andrej Henkler, Andy Leaver, Asif Moosani, Charles Delingpole, Jason Lemkin, Louis Beryl, Mark Ghermezian, Tom Blomfield
Nov 1, 2022	Overstory	$5.0M Seed	—	10X Capital, 2.12 Angels, Afore Capital, Altai Ventures, Jean de Fougerolles, Autotech Ventures, B Capital Group, Bling Capital, Clocktower Technology Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Concrete Rose Capital, Convective Capital, Equity Alliance, Flexcap, FPV Fund, Human Capital, Humba Ventures, INBlockchain, Khosla Ventures, Magma Partners, Morpheus Ventures, Moxxie Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Revel Partners, Ribbit Capital, Tuesday Capital, White Star Capital, Anthony Pompliano, Arjan Dijk, Bobby Lo, Faizan Khan (Unchained Capital), Gopi Kallayil, Mark Cuban, Mei Z., Rikard Steiber, Tikhon Bernstam, Vivek Garipalli
Jul 1, 2022	Fieldproxy	$750K Seed	—	Baukunst, Bolt, Deciens Capital, DNX Ventures, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Flex Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, KRM Interests LLC, MAGIC Fund, Precursor Ventures, Reciprocal Ventures, SparkLabs Global Ventures, SuperAngel.Fund, Tet Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Untapped Capital, Unusual Ventures, Vera Equity, Charles Delingpole, Luke Sherwin, Mark Ghermezian, Neil Parikh
Jul 1, 2022	Gemini Sports Analytics	$2.0M Seed	—	10X Capital, 2.12 Angels, Altai Ventures, Jean de Fougerolles, B Capital Group, Coinbase Ventures, Equity Alliance, Flexcap, INBlockchain, Magma Partners, Morpheus Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Revel Partners, Tuesday Capital, White Star Capital, Anthony Pompliano, Faizan Khan (Unchained Capital), Mei Z.
Jul 1, 2022	Oncoustics AI	$5.0M Seed	—	2.12 Angels, Bascom Ventures, Creative Ventures, DTX Ventures, Fabric Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Saltagen Ventures, Jed Ng, Nina Faulhaber
Jun 1, 2022	NymCard	$23.0M Series A	—	500 Falcons, Baukunst, Bolt, Deciens Capital, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, MAGIC Fund, Precursor Ventures, QED Investors, Reciprocal Ventures, Tet Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Vera Equity, Charles Delingpole, Mark Ghermezian
May 1, 2022	FloorFound	$11.0M Series A	—	Alumni Ventures, Baukunst, Bolt, Deciens Capital, DNX Ventures, FirstMark Capital, Flex Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, LiveOak Venture Partners, MAGIC Fund, Next Coast Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Reciprocal Ventures, S3 Ventures, Schematic Ventures, Tet Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Vera Equity, Charles Delingpole, Mark Ghermezian
Apr 1, 2022	Market AI	$5.0M Venture Round	—	Baukunst, Bolt, Deciens Capital, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, Lerer Hippeau, MAGIC Fund, Precursor Ventures, Reciprocal Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Tet Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Vera Equity, Charles Delingpole, Mark Ghermezian
Mar 1, 2022	Haruko	$10.0M Seed	—	10X Capital, 2.12 Angels, Altai Ventures, Jean de Fougerolles, B Capital Group, Coinbase Ventures, Equity Alliance, Flexcap, INBlockchain, Magma Partners, Morpheus Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Portage Ventures, Revel Partners, Tuesday Capital, White Star Capital, Anthony Pompliano, Faizan Khan (Unchained Capital), Mei Z.
Feb 1, 2022	Endgame	$30.0M Series B	—	Accel, Array Ventures, Austin Ventures, Baukunst, Bolt, Buckley Ventures, Deciens Capital, DNX Ventures, Emergence Capital, Endeavor8, EQT Ventures, Flex Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, Founder Collective, Golan Ventures, Grace Beauty Capital, Kaya Ventures, LGF, MAGIC Fund, Menlo Ventures, Monarch Collective, Next Coast Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Race Capital, Reciprocal Ventures, Recursive Ventures, Red Swan Ventures, S3 Ventures, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Springdale Ventures, StartHer, Tet Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Trajectory Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Vera Equity, Vitalize Venture Group, Zero Capital, Aaron Rosenson, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Brian Cruver, Charles Delingpole, Dave Balter, Elad Kushnir, Ethan Austin, Ian Lopatin, Jiake Liu, Mark Cuban, Mark Ghermezian, Ran Makavy, Suhail Doshi, Thomas Vu, Vince Thompson
Jan 1, 2022	HUBUC	$10.0M Seed	—	20VC, 2xN, 8090 Industries, Alt Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Asset Management Ventures, Banana Capital, Baukunst, Bolt, Buckley Ventures, Casa Verde Capital, Comal Ventures, CRV, Deciens Capital, DNX Ventures, Aniq Kassam, Felicis Ventures, Flex Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, Founder Collective, Founders Fund, GE Ventures, Greylock, Hyper, Infinite Niches, Initialized Capital, LGF, Lightspeed Venture Partners, LocalGlobe, Lowercarbon Capital, MAGIC Fund, Not Boring Capital, O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, Owl Ventures, Plaid, Point Nine Capital, Precursor Ventures, Reciprocal Ventures, Rubicon VC, Stripe, Tet Ventures, The Hit Forge, TLcom Capital, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Trajectory Ventures, Tribe Capital, Two Sigma Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Vera Equity, Village Global, WndrCo LLC, Y Combinator, Anne Wojcicki, Carmelo Anthony (Melo7 Tech Partners), David Mytton, Frank Westermann, Halle Tecco, James Beshara, Jason Katzer, Mark Ghermezian, Matt Brezina, Namrata Ganatra, Sahin Boydas, Scott Belsky, Susan Danziger
Dec 1, 2021	Whym	$6.0M Seed	—	7GC & Co, Accel, Baukunst, B Capital Group, Bolt, Commerce Ventures, Deciens Capital, DNX Ventures, FinTech Collective, Flex Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, F-Prime Capital Partners, Gaingels, Illuminate Financial Management, Innovation Endeavors, Investo, Jump Capital, Luno Expeditions, MAGIC Fund, March Capital, Hans Tung, Oak HC/FT, Point72 Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Reciprocal Ventures, Tet Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Vera Equity, Wollef Ventures, WorldQuant Ventures, XFactor Ventures, Ayush Sood, Charles Delingpole, Derrick Li, Jonathan Swanson, Mark Ghermezian, Matt Brezina, Scott Belsky, Tom Eisenmann
Dec 1, 2021	Kueski	$100.0M Series C	—	10X Capital, 2.12 Angels, Accel, Altai Ventures, Jean de Fougerolles, B Capital Group, Coatue, Coinbase Ventures, Cometa, Endeavor Catalyst, Equity Alliance, Felicis Ventures, Flexcap, Flex Capital, GAIN, Human Augmentation Syndicate, INBlockchain, Lightspeed India Partners, Magma Partners, Morpheus Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Shailendra Singh, Preston-Werner Ventures, Revel Partners, Richmond Global Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Tuesday Capital, White Star Capital, Y Combinator, Anthony Pompliano, Augusto Marietti, Ben Tossell, Christopher Golda, Faizan Khan (Unchained Capital), Kevin Weil, Mei Z., Scott Belsky
Nov 1, 2021	Maker Wine	$2.0M Seed	—	040 Capital, 1/1 Capital, 1776, 2xN, 9Yards Capital, AirAngels, Alchemy Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Archetype, Awesome Ventures, Baukunst, BBG Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Beta Boom, Blackbird Ventures Australia, Blockchain.com Ventures, Bolt, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Capital Today, Climate Capital, Cowboy Ventures, CRV, Cubit Capital, Deciens Capital, DNX Ventures, Firework Ventures, Flex Capital, Flexsteel Industries Inc., Flybridge Capital Partners, Founders Fund, FPV Fund, Geek Ventures, gener8tor, General Catalyst, Goat Capital, GSV Acceleration, Hack VC, Harrison Metal, Helium-3 Ventures, Heretic Ventures, Immeasurable, Incisive Ventures, Index Ventures, Initialized Capital, Jetstream, Kleiner Perkins, LAUNCHub Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, LombardStreet Ventures, MAGIC Fund, Main Sequence Ventures, Mantis VC, Mosaic Ventures, Offline Ventures, Owl Ventures, Pear VC, Penny Jar Capital, Pillar VC, Precursor Ventures, Reciprocal Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Sequoia Capital China, Serena Ventures, Shield Capital, SNR, Tet Ventures, Thirty Five Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Tribe Capital, Twenty Seven Ventures, Ulu Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Unpopular Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Vera Equity, Vista Venture Partners, Wellington Management, Yes VC, Alex Pack, Anastasia Andrianova, Andre Iguodala, Andy Katz - Mayfield, Carlos Julio Garcia, Charles Delingpole, Chris Fanini, Curtis Lee, Daniel Kan, Darrell Silver, David Vélez, Elliott Cohen, Fernando Martinelli, Gabriel Braga, Gabriel Jarrosson, George Ruan, Henry Davis, Immad Akhund, James Beshara, James Park, Julian Shapiro, Keith Masback, Kyle Vogt, Louis Beryl, Manish Chandra, Mark Ghermezian, Matt Bellamy, Nate Cavanaugh, Nick Green, Odell Beckham Jr., Pablo Gonzalez, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Ricardo Weder, Scott Tannen, Stani Kulechov, TJ Parker, Tom Blomfield, Tracy Sun, Vikas Sabnani, Vince Thompson, William Hockey
Nov 1, 2021	Lovely Day Foods	$3.0M Seed	—	Baukunst, Bolt, Deciens Capital, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, MAGIC Fund, Precursor Ventures, Reciprocal Ventures, Tet Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Vera Equity, Charles Delingpole, Mark Ghermezian
Sep 1, 2021	Fieldproxy	$270K Seed	—	Baukunst, Bolt, Deciens Capital, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, MAGIC Fund, Precursor Ventures, Reciprocal Ventures, Tet Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Vera Equity, Charles Delingpole, Mark Ghermezian
Jul 1, 2021	Archipelo	$8.0M Seed	—	10X Capital, 2.12 Angels, Altai Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Jean de Fougerolles, B Capital Group, Blockchain.com Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Correlation Ventures, Electric Capital, Equity Alliance, Evolve VC, Flexcap, Forum Ventures, Founders Fund, F Prime Capital, Hack VC, Haun Ventures, INBlockchain, Kindred Ventures, La Famiglia, Lowercarbon Capital, Magma Partners, Maven Ventures, Morpheus Ventures, MS&AD Ventures, Offline Ventures, Oyster Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Revel Partners, Ridge Ventures, Saga, Seven Seven Six, Surface Ventures, SV Angel, Tuesday Capital, Valar Ventures, Visionaries Club, White Star Capital, Y Combinator, Anthony Pompliano, Curtis Lee, Drew Houston, Faizan Khan (Unchained Capital), Frederic Kerrest, George Burke, Mei Z., Varsha Rao
Jul 1, 2021	Endgame	$12.0M Series A	—	Baukunst, Bolt, Deciens Capital, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, MAGIC Fund, Menlo Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Reciprocal Ventures, Tet Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Vera Equity, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Charles Delingpole, Mark Ghermezian
Jul 1, 2021	Endgame	$5.0M Seed	—	Abstract Ventures, AirAngels, Alt Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Audacious Ventures, Austin Ventures, Balderton Capital, Baukunst, Bolt, C2 Investment, CRV, Deciens Capital, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, Flying Fish Partners, Founder Collective, Goat Capital, Grace Beauty Capital, Gradient Ventures, Index Ventures, Kaya Ventures, La Famiglia, LGF, MAGIC Fund, Monarch Collective, Next Coast Ventures, Offline Ventures, Operator Partners, Outrun Ventures, Playfair Capital, Polychain Capital, Precursor Ventures, Reciprocal Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Red Swan Ventures, S3 Ventures, Sequoia Capital, SignalFire, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Springdale Ventures, StartHer, Stripe, Tet Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Trajectory Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Vera Equity, Y Combinator, Adam Gross, Akshay Kothari, Amit Agarwal, Brian Cruver, Charles Delingpole, Christian Reber, Dave Balter, Ethan Austin, Gokul Rajaram, Ian Lopatin, Jacques Fu, Jason Katzer, Jiake Liu, Kenny Van Zant, Mark Cuban, Mark Ghermezian, Mathilde Collin, Matias Woloski, Nicolas Pinto, Scott Belsky, Suhail Doshi, Thomas Vu, Vince Thompson, Yvonne Wassenaar

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Leadership Team

Key people at Recharge Capital.

Leadership Team

Key people at Recharge Capital.

Deep Dive

Recharge Capital is a thematic-first venture capital and multi-family office investment firm founded in 2016, headquartered in New York with offices in Singapore. Its mission is to act as a problem solver with capital by investing strategically in emerging, high-growth sectors such as fintech, women’s healthcare, synthetic biology, semiconductor enablement, and digital assets. The firm employs a data-driven, thematic investment philosophy that targets irreversible macro trends cutting across geographies and asset classes, aiming to close value loops within these themes and build sustainable, defensible businesses. Recharge Capital supports early- and growth-stage companies by leveraging deep industry expertise, a global network, and partnerships with operating businesses and academic institutions to drive innovation and transformative growth in its portfolio[1][2][3].

Founded by key partners including Lorin Gu and John C. Lo, Recharge Capital evolved with a focus on thematic investing that integrates cross-asset-class execution and sector specialization. The firm’s approach combines multiple investment teams with diverse sourcing networks and expertise, enabling concentrated, global-scale investments. It emphasizes innovative investment structures aligned with incentives and value-chain enhancement, often collaborating with industry leaders to solve manufacturing, distribution, and technical bottlenecks. Recharge Capital has a track record of over 30 deals, notable exits, and a commitment to fostering innovation in technology and healthcare sectors across North America, Asia, and Europe[1][2][5].

Core Differentiators

Thematic-First Investment Model: Focus on macro themes rather than traditional asset allocation by geography or asset class, targeting long-term alpha from irreversible trends.
Integrated Platform Synergies: Multiple specialized teams with interdisciplinary knowledge and global sourcing networks.
Industry Partnerships: Collaborations with leading operating businesses and academic institutions to address value-chain challenges.
Cross Asset-Class Execution: Ability to invest across asset classes within themes, maximizing value capture in early and late stages.
Data-Driven and Hands-On Support: Active operational guidance to portfolio companies, enhancing scalability and market impact.

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Recharge Capital rides the wave of thematic investing, which aligns capital with transformative, irreversible trends such as fintech innovation, advances in women’s healthcare, synthetic biology breakthroughs, and digital asset evolution. The timing is favorable due to accelerating technological development, growing demand for specialized healthcare solutions, and the maturation of digital financial infrastructure. By closing value loops and integrating cross-sector expertise, Recharge Capital influences the startup ecosystem by enabling companies to scale efficiently and innovate within complex value chains, thus shaping the future of these emerging sectors globally[1][2][3].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Recharge Capital is positioned to deepen its impact by expanding its thematic investment strategies and strengthening partnerships that enhance operational capabilities. Trends such as the digitization of finance, personalized healthcare, and synthetic biology’s commercial applications will likely shape its portfolio evolution. The firm’s influence may grow as it continues to pioneer incentive-aligned investment structures and cross-asset-class execution, potentially setting new standards for thematic venture investing and value creation in emerging sectors[2][6]. This forward-looking approach ties back to its core mission of being a problem solver with capital, driving innovation and impact in the global investment landscape.

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Core Differentiators

Thematic-First Investment Model: Focus on macro themes rather than traditional asset allocation by geography or asset class, targeting long-term alpha from irreversible trends.
Integrated Platform Synergies: Multiple specialized teams with interdisciplinary knowledge and global sourcing networks.
Industry Partnerships: Collaborations with leading operating businesses and academic institutions to address value-chain challenges.
Cross Asset-Class Execution: Ability to invest across asset classes within themes, maximizing value capture in early and late stages.
Data-Driven and Hands-On Support: Active operational guidance to portfolio companies, enhancing scalability and market impact.