Zero Capital

ActiveVenture Capital

Updated: Dec 5, 2025 ·

Financial History

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Valuation

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Sep 1, 2024	Kindlee	$120K Seed	—	Human Augmentation Syndicate, Techstars, Alexander Torrenegra, John M. Mueller
Oct 1, 2023	Frec	$26.0M Series A	—	Ascend Vietnam Ventures, Citi Ventures, DNX Ventures, Greylock, i/o Ventures, Ligature, Long Journey Ventures, OVO Fund, Think + Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Zigg Capital, Alexandre Carel, Eric Ver Ploeg
Sep 1, 2022	Climate Robotics	$50K Seed	—	Array Ventures, Blackhorn Ventures, Buckley Ventures, Endeavor8, Golan Ventures, LGF, Race Capital, Recursive Ventures, Tango.vc, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Vitalize Venture Group, Aaron Rosenson, Elad Kushnir, Ran Makavy
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, Recharge 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, 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	Fathom	$5.0M Seed	—	10100, 1/1 Capital, 6th Man Ventures, Accelr8, Adjacent, Afore Capital, Alchemy Ventures, Alkeon Capital, Alpine Ventures, Alumni Ventures, American Express Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Array Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Better Capital, Blu Venture Investors, BoxOne Ventures, Buckley Ventures, Chemistry VC, Cornerstone VC, Coughdrop Capital, Dale Venture, Matt Ocko, DCVC (Data Collective), Earl Grey Capital, East West Ventures EWV, Elevate Ventures, Embedded Ventures, Endeavor8, Endeavor Venture Funds, Aniq Kassam, Firework Ventures, FirstHand Alliance, Flexsteel Industries Inc., Foundation Capital, Fuel Capital, Galaxy Digital, Goat Capital, Golan Ventures, GSF Accelerator, GSV Acceleration, GSV Ventures, Heretic Ventures, High Alpha, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Ignition Partners, Index Ventures, Industrious Ventures, Kohala Ventures, LAUNCH, LGF, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lobby Capital, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Majinx Capital, Mantis VC, Master Ventures, Master Ventures Investment Management, Maven Ventures, MS&AD Ventures, Ben Huh, Orion Willow Parrott, Paradigm, Pario Ventures, Pear VC, Polychain Capital, Portage Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Preface Ventures, Primetime Partners, Race Capital, Recursive Ventures, Ride Home Fund, Runa Capital, Scale Asia Ventures, Shaan's All Access Fund, SNR, Spark Capital, Sprout Social, Inc., SRB Ventures, Summit Partners, SuperSeed, TM3 Capital, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Trajectory Ventures, Tribe Capital, True Ventures, Vitalize Venture Group, Y Combinator, Aaron King, Aaron Rankin (Sprout Social), Aaron Rosenson, Adam Michalski, Andrew Steinwold, Ashish Toshniwal, Balaji Srinivasan, Bill Tai, Charlie Songhurst, Chris Fanini, Daniel Kan, Dharmesh Shah, Elad Kushnir, Elizabeth Iorns, Emmett Shear, Henry Davis, Immad Akhund, James Beshara, Jason Hunt, Jay Jamison, Joi Ito, Kunal Shah, Kyle Vogt, Mark Pincus, Mikhail Seregine, Narendra Rocherolle, Odell Beckham Jr., Oleg Rogynskyy, Ran Makavy, Rayn Ong, Rick Morrison, Rob May, Ted Serbinski, Tim Seears, Tom Williams, Vikas Gupta, Viral Bajaria, Vishal Rao
Jul 1, 2021	Sonero	$460K Seed	—	Atomico, B Capital Group, Pareto Holdings, Quiet Capital, Charlie Songhurst, Jose Gaztelu, Mark Pincus
Jun 1, 2021	Bringg	$100.0M Series E	—	01 Ventures, 8090 Industries, 8VC, Array Ventures, Rexhep Dollaku, Bedrock Capital, Blumberg Capital, Buckley Ventures, Chapter One Ventures, Craft Ventures, Creandum, Endeavor8, Eunoia Capital Partners, Felicis Ventures, Fika Ventures, Flucas Ventures, Golan Ventures, Insight Partners, Lakestar, LGF, MaC Venture Capital, Mantis VC, Next47, NFX, Oak HC/FT, OurCrowd, Race Capital, Recursive Ventures, Roosh Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Social Capital, Sound Ventures, StageOne Ventures, The Hit Forge, Thirdbase Capital, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Tribe Capital, Viola Ventures, Vitalize Venture Group, Webtalk Ltd, Weekend Fund, WorkLife Ventures, Anne Wojcicki, Austin Ogilvie, Bradley Horowitz, Elad Kushnir, Gil Agmon, Jeff Morris, Jeff Seibert, Jim Pallotta, Jon Runyan, Marc Benioff, Michael Ma, Neil Hunt, Peter Ackerson, Ran Makavy, Ryan Chan, Sahin Boydas, Shervin Pishevar, Sung ho Choi, Valentin Gui, Wayne Chang, Yair Tauman
Jun 1, 2021	Simplified	$2.0M Seed	—	Array Ventures, Buckley Ventures, Contrary Capital, Endeavor8, Glade Brook Capital Partners, Golan Ventures, Goodwater Capital, LGF, Race Capital, Recursive Ventures, Target Global, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Venture Highway, Vitalize Venture Group, Y Combinator, Aaron Rosenson, Elad Kushnir, Gerald Parloiu, Oliver Jung, Ran Makavy
Jun 1, 2020	Aptuno	$680K Seed	—	Human Augmentation Syndicate, Techstars, John M. Mueller
Apr 1, 2020	Bringg	$30.0M Series D	—	01 Ventures, 8090 Industries, 8VC, Array Ventures, Rexhep Dollaku, Bedrock Capital, Buckley Ventures, Chapter One Ventures, Craft Ventures, Creandum, Endeavor8, Eunoia Capital Partners, Felicis Ventures, Fika Ventures, Flucas Ventures, Golan Ventures, Insight Partners, Lakestar, LGF, MaC Venture Capital, Mantis VC, Next47, NFX, Oak HC/FT, OurCrowd, Race Capital, Recursive Ventures, Roosh Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Social Capital, Sound Ventures, The Hit Forge, Thirdbase Capital, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Tribe Capital, Viola Ventures, Vitalize Venture Group, Weekend Fund, WorkLife Ventures, Austin Ogilvie, Bradley Horowitz, Elad Kushnir, Jeff Morris, Jeff Seibert, Jim Pallotta, Jon Runyan, Marc Benioff, Michael Ma, Peter Ackerson, Ran Makavy, Ryan Chan, Sahin Boydas, Shervin Pishevar, Sung ho Choi, Valentin Gui, Wayne Chang, Yair Tauman
Apr 1, 2020	Concertio	$4.0M Seed	—	Atomico, B Capital Group, Bullpen Capital, Differential Ventures, Fin Capital, Laconia Capital Group, Mischief Venture Capital, Oak HC/FT, Pareto Holdings, QED Investors, Quiet Capital, ValueStream Ventures, Vouch Insurance, Al Goldstein, Charlie Songhurst, Jeffrey Wald, Jose Gaztelu, Mark Pincus, William Hockey
Feb 1, 2020	Paystand	$20.0M Series B	—	Ascend Vietnam Ventures, BlueRun Ventures, Citi Ventures, DNX Ventures, FINTOP Capital, Greylock, Innovius Capital, i/o Ventures, Ligature, Long Journey Ventures, Lumia Capital, OVO Fund, Think + Ventures, Thomvest Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Wildcat Ventures, Zigg Capital, Alexandre Carel, Eric Ries, Eric Ver Ploeg, Greg Kidd, Oneal Bhambani, Susan Kimberlin
Feb 1, 2019	Eastnine	$3.0M Seed	—	AngelList Syndicator, Anthemis Group, Atlantic Bridge, Atomico, B Capital Group, Cherry Ventures, Conviction Partners, Crossover, Felicis Ventures, Forerunner Ventures, MMC Ventures, Jeff Immelt, Vanessa Larco, Next Play Ventures, Obvious Ventures, OurCrowd, Pareto Holdings, Quiet Capital, Thomvest Ventures, Transformation Capital, Vertex Ventures, Aaron Levie, Andy Chung, Ben Kaminski, Charlie Songhurst, Errol Damelin, Jeffrey Wald, Joe White, Jose Gaztelu, Khaled Helioui, Marissa Mayer, Mark Pincus, Robin Klein, Victor Jacobsson
Jan 1, 2019	Bringg	$25.0M Series C	—	8090 Industries, 8VC, Array Ventures, Rexhep Dollaku, Bedrock Capital, Buckley Ventures, Chapter One Ventures, Craft Ventures, Creandum, Endeavor8, Eunoia Capital Partners, Felicis Ventures, Fika Ventures, Flucas Ventures, Golan Ventures, Lakestar, LGF, MaC Venture Capital, Mantis VC, Next47, Oak HC/FT, Race Capital, Recursive Ventures, Roosh Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Social Capital, Sound Ventures, The Hit Forge, Thirdbase Capital, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Tribe Capital, Vitalize Venture Group, Weekend Fund, WorkLife Ventures, Austin Ogilvie, Bradley Horowitz, Elad Kushnir, Jeff Morris, Jeff Seibert, Jim Pallotta, Jon Runyan, Marc Benioff, Michael Ma, Peter Ackerson, Ran Makavy, Ryan Chan, Sahin Boydas, Shervin Pishevar, Sung ho Choi, Valentin Gui, Wayne Chang
Dec 1, 2018	Stackbit	$4.0M Seed	—	Abstract Ventures, Afore Capital, Array Ventures, Blackbird Ventures Australia, Buckley Ventures, Core Innnovation Capital, Costanoa Ventures, Endeavor8, Golan Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Kleiner Perkins, LGF, M8 Ventures, Main Sequence Ventures, Operator Partners, PS Investments, Race Capital, Recursive Ventures, RiverPark Ventures, Rosecliff Ventures, Silicon Badia, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Valar Ventures, Vitalize Venture Group, Vouch Insurance, Aaron Rosenson, David Yaffe, Elad Kushnir, Kelvin Beachum Jr., Siddharth Singhal, Vivek Garipalli
Dec 1, 2018	Outlaw	$2.0M Seed	—	1984 Ventures, 500 Global, Addition, Alt Capital, Atomico, B Capital Group, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Blackhorn Ventures, Climate Capital, Data Point Capital, Fearless Ventures, Independent, LGF, NextGen Venture Partners, Pareto Holdings, Quiet Capital, Saga, SNR, Third Sphere, Vouch Insurance, Y Combinator, Aaron Levie, Charlie Songhurst, Gokul Rajaram, Immad Akhund, Jason Gardner, Jeffrey Wald, Jose Gaztelu, Louis Beryl, Maia Bittner, Marc Benioff, Mark Pincus, Max Mullen, Oleg Rogynskyy, Sam Altman, Scott Belsky
Sep 1, 2018	Homrun	$3.0M Seed	—	Array Ventures, Buckley Ventures, Endeavor8, Golan Ventures, LGF, Race Capital, Recursive Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Vitalize Venture Group, Aaron Rosenson, Elad Kushnir, Ran Makavy
Aug 1, 2018	Braavo Capital	$6.0M Series A	—	Ascend Vietnam Ventures, Citi Ventures, Creandum, Dawn Capital, DNX Ventures, Fuse, Greylock, Headline (formerly e.ventures), i/o Ventures, Ligature, Long Journey Ventures, N49P Ventures, OVO Fund, Partners Resolute, Picus Capital, Silverton Partners, Something new, Think + Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Zigg Capital, Alexandre Carel, Eric Ver Ploeg
Jul 1, 2018	Dynamic Signal	$10.0M Series E	—	Ascend Vietnam Ventures, Citi Ventures, DNX Ventures, Greylock, i/o Ventures, Ligature, Long Journey Ventures, OVO Fund, Think + Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Zigg Capital, Alexandre Carel
Jul 1, 2018	Xwing	$4.0M Seed	—	9Yards Capital, Kevin Hartz, Accomplice VC, Addition, Adverb Ventures, Airtree Ventures, Array Ventures, Avenir, Avid Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Blackbird Ventures Australia, Bond, Buckley Ventures, C2 Investment, Endeavor8, ENIAC Ventures, Euclid Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Founders Co-op, Golan Ventures, Golden Ventures, Kairos HQ, Kipaki Ventures, Level2 Ventures, LGF, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lowercarbon Capital, LvlUp Ventures, Musha Ventures, Jeff Richards, Not Boring Capital, Osney Capital, Pareto Holdings, Primary Venture Partners, Quake Capital, Race Capital, Recursive Ventures, Stellar Capital, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Village Global, Vitalize Venture Group, XSeed Capital, Aaron Rosenson, Bangaly Kaba, Elad Kushnir, Greg Kidd, Julia Hartz, Mark Cuban, Matt Mazzeo, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Ran Makavy, Tom Williams
Jul 1, 2018	Page Vault	$400K Series A	—	Array Ventures, Buckley Ventures, Endeavor8, Golan Ventures, LGF, Race Capital, Recursive Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Vitalize Venture Group, Aaron Rosenson, Elad Kushnir, Ran Makavy
Jul 1, 2018	PPRO	$50.0M Series C	—	Ascend Vietnam Ventures, Citi Ventures, DNX Ventures, Greylock, i/o Ventures, Ligature, Long Journey Ventures, OVO Fund, Think + Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Zigg Capital, Alexandre Carel, Eric Ver Ploeg
Jan 1, 2018	Bringg	$12.0M Series B	—	Array Ventures, Rexhep Dollaku, Bedrock Capital, Buckley Ventures, Endeavor8, Felicis Ventures, Golan Ventures, LGF, Mantis VC, Race Capital, Recursive Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Vitalize Venture Group, Elad Kushnir, Gil Agmon, Ran Makavy
Nov 1, 2017	Braavo Capital	$940K Seed	—	01 Advisors, AngelPad, Ascend Vietnam Ventures, Canaan Partners, Citi Ventures, Craft Ventures, Creandum, Dawn Capital, DNX Ventures, First Round Capital, Flex Capital, Four Rivers Group, Greylock, Harrison Metal, Headline (formerly e.ventures), i/o Ventures, Ligature, Lobby Capital, Long Journey Ventures, Origin Ventures, OVO Fund, Partech Ventures, Partners Resolute, Picus Capital, Rainfall Ventures, SciFi VC, Silverton Partners, Something new, Spark Capital, SV Angel, Tekton Ventures, Think + Ventures, Union Square Ventures, WGI Group, Zigg Capital, Alexandre Carel, Ameet Ranadive, Anthony Soohoo, Eric Ver Ploeg, Jared Kopf, Jeff Seibert, Kamiar Kordari, Kevin Weil, Othman Laraki
Sep 1, 2017	mParticle	$35.0M Series C	—	8090 Industries, Amara VC, Array Ventures, Ascend Vietnam Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, B Capital Group, Canaan Partners, Citi Ventures, Coatue, Coelius Capital, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Greylock, HOF Capital, i/o Ventures, Jlabs, Ligature, Long Journey Ventures, Operator Collective, OVO Fund, QED Investors, rocketship.vc, SignalFire, Social Capital, StarVest Partners, Think + Ventures, Tiger Global Management, Tribe Capital, Truist Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Zigg Capital, Alexandre Carel, Bill Campbell, Clark Landry, Eric Ver Ploeg, Gil Elbaz, Mauro Pretolani, Sundeep Madra

Financial History

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Leadership Team

Key people at Zero Capital.

Adam Sah

Managing Partner

Leadership Team

Key people at Zero Capital.

Adam Sah

Managing Partner

Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

Zero Capital is an investment firm founded by Adam Sah, a former senior Google engineer with extensive experience in startups and angel investing. The firm focuses on driving success for a select group of pre-seed startups through close, one-on-one collaboration with seasoned startup veterans rather than broad, impersonal investments. Their investment philosophy centers on authenticity, transparency, and adding value beyond capital, inspired by the concept of "zero-to-one" innovation. Zero Capital primarily targets early-stage technology startups, aiming to foster deep connections and superlative execution in the startup ecosystem[1].

Origin Story

Founded by Adam Sah, who holds 25 US patents and has been involved in three IPOs and multiple successful angel investments, Zero Capital was created to embody a more personalized and authentic approach to venture investing. The firm’s name reflects the aspiration to create transformative, foundational innovations ("zero-to-one") and honors Sah’s father, mathematician Chih-Han Sah, who studied interconnections and transformations. The fund’s focus evolved around leveraging Adam Sah’s 30 years of product-building experience and a network of successful founders and investors who share these values[1].

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Focus on a small number of hand-picked pre-seed companies with intensive 1x1 collaboration rather than a "spray and pray" approach.
Network Strength: Backed by a diverse group of successful founders, nerds, and original investors who provide authentic mentorship and support.
Track Record: Founder Adam Sah’s background includes multiple IPOs, numerous patents, and successful angel investments, lending credibility and insight.
Operating Support: Emphasis on adding value beyond capital through transparency, authenticity, and positive reputation, fostering inspiration and joy in execution[1].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Zero Capital rides the trend of early-stage, high-impact venture investing that prioritizes deep founder collaboration and authentic value creation over volume-based funding. The timing is crucial as the startup ecosystem increasingly values meaningful mentorship and operational support alongside capital. Market forces favor firms that can leverage experienced operators and investors to guide startups through the challenging pre-seed phase, enhancing the quality and success rate of new ventures. Zero Capital influences the ecosystem by setting a standard for authenticity and deep engagement, potentially inspiring other funds to adopt similar models[1].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Zero Capital is poised to deepen its impact by continuing to back transformative early-stage startups with a hands-on approach. Trends such as increased demand for founder-centric investment models and the growing complexity of technology innovation will shape their journey. Their influence may expand as they demonstrate the value of authenticity and deep collaboration in venture capital, potentially attracting more founders and investors who prioritize quality over quantity. This approach ties back to their founding ethos of creating meaningful, zero-to-one innovations with joy and inspiration at the core[1].

Sources

High-Level Overview

Origin Story

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Focus on a small number of hand-picked pre-seed companies with intensive 1x1 collaboration rather than a "spray and pray" approach.
Network Strength: Backed by a diverse group of successful founders, nerds, and original investors who provide authentic mentorship and support.
Track Record: Founder Adam Sah’s background includes multiple IPOs, numerous patents, and successful angel investments, lending credibility and insight.
Operating Support: Emphasis on adding value beyond capital through transparency, authenticity, and positive reputation, fostering inspiration and joy in execution[1].