Apertu Capital

Apertu Capital, founded in 2022 and based in San Mateo, California, is a specialized venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups. The company focuses on pre-seed and seed investments in sectors such as cloud computing, data infrastructure, developer tools, and artificial intelligence. Its co-founders bring operational expertise from founding software companies, which informs their investment strategy. Apertu Capital is particularly interested in startups emerging from the open source community, believing that significant value in software as a service will stem from these innovations. Additionally, the firm is committed to supporting open source contributors, including efforts to engage individuals from underrepresented populations in technology professions.

Enrico Marini Fichera

Founder

Don Sheu

Founder and General Partner

9 past transactions

Graze

Pre Seed Round in 2025
Graze is a platform designed for creating custom feeds on Bluesky, allowing users to curate their social media experience. The company enables the creation of personalized feeds, community feeds for friend groups, and specialized feeds centered around specific hobbies.

Probabl

Seed Round in 2024
Probabl is a mission driven company, provider of open-source data science and machine learning solutions and services above and beyond scikit-learn and its 1.5 billion downloads.

Metoro

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Metoro is a Kubernetes native observability platform. Metoro gives devs, SREs and Devops teams end to end observability of their applications from the infra to the application logic. Metoro uses eBPF to gather telemetry data at the Kernel level, this means zero code changes are needed, just a single agent install. Live demo at https://demo.us-east.metoro.io/?filter=%7B%22client.namespace%22%3A%5B%22demo%22%5D%7D

Omnisearch

Seed Round in 2023
Omnisearch is an enterprise search service that specializes in managing unstructured data, including audio, video, PDFs, Word documents, images, and presentations. The company's software enables users to upload, index, transcribe, and search various types of files, allowing for a comprehensive search experience. It facilitates the integration of search capabilities into clients' websites, enhancing the ability to locate specific content easily. Users can pinpoint exact moments in audio and video files and highlight relevant occurrences in textual, image, and presentation materials. This functionality supports organizations in efficiently accessing and utilizing their diverse data resources.

TransCrypts

Pre Seed Round in 2023
TransCrypts is a platform designed to assist Human Resource Departments in automating the issuance of employment and income verification documents. By utilizing blockchain technology, TransCrypts streamlines the creation and distribution of these documents, delivering them directly to employees on a monthly basis. This innovative approach not only enhances compliance with verification requirements but also empowers employees with greater control over their work-related information. The platform aims to alleviate the administrative burdens faced by HR departments, ultimately saving time and resources.

Wilderness Labs

Seed Round in 2023
Wilderness Labs has developed an innovative IoT platform called Meadow, designed to empower web and mobile developers to create secure, embedded applications efficiently and cost-effectively. This platform allows developers to build enterprise-grade IoT solutions that incorporate defense-grade security, running full .NET standard applications on microcontrollers. In addition to the Meadow platform, the company provides Meadow.Cloud, a SaaS solution that facilitates the management of these applications at scale in the field. Founded 4.5 years ago, Wilderness Labs emerged from stealth mode last year and has successfully launched a Kickstarter campaign, securing over $2 million in customer purchase commitments for 2021. Although currently in beta, the company has transitioned to a post-revenue phase, indicating a strong market interest in its offerings.

Farseer

Seed Round in 2022
Farseer is a developer of a financial planning and analysis platform aimed at enhancing cash flow management and profitability for businesses. The platform allows users to construct financial models, import mapped actuals, and generate automated forecasts across various revenue and cost categories. It also facilitates the rapid creation of what-if scenarios, thereby streamlining processes and reducing manual workloads. By focusing on accuracy and security, Farseer provides companies with valuable insights in financial planning and analytics, ultimately helping them to optimize their financial operations.

QDC.ai

Pre Seed Round in 2022
QDC.ai specializes in developing advanced optimization software that integrates scientific computing and mathematical modeling with artificial intelligence and quantum-inspired algorithms. Their flagship product, VeloXQ, is a cloud-based middleware designed to address complex combinatorial optimization challenges. By integrating VeloXQ into existing data pipelines, businesses gain access to real-time analytics, simulations, and actionable insights, enabling them to make informed decisions based on the latest advancements in theoretical computer science and quantum computing. QDC.ai's solutions aim to enhance operational efficiency and drive innovation across various industries.

Anaconda

Venture Round in 2021
Anaconda, Inc. is a leading provider of a Python data science platform designed to facilitate the adoption of open data science practices across various industries, including energy, finance, defense, biology, and medicine. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, the company offers the Anaconda Distribution, which provides access to essential data science packages, and Anaconda Enterprise, an open data science platform tailored for corporate and academic environments. In addition to its software solutions, Anaconda provides training programs in Python to support individuals transitioning into data science careers, as well as services focused on addressing technical computing challenges related to data management, optimization, and visualization. With a user base exceeding 45 million across 250 countries, Anaconda is recognized as a key player in the data science and AI sectors, serving a significant portion of Fortune 500 companies and fostering a vibrant community around open-source innovation.
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