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

Co-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 technology company specializing in Kubernetes-native observability. It provides a platform that offers end-to-end visibility of applications, from infrastructure to application logic, for developers, site reliability engineers, and DevOps teams. Metoro's solution leverages eBPF (extended Berkeley Packet Filter) to collect telemetry data at the kernel level, requiring no code changes and only a single agent installation. The platform employs artificial intelligence and machine learning for anomaly detection, root cause analysis, and recommendation generation, enabling faster debugging of production issues.

Omnisearch

Seed Round in 2023
Omnisearch is an enterprise search service that specializes in handling unstructured data, such as audio and video files, PDFs, Word documents, images, and presentations. The company has developed software that enables users to upload, index, transcribe, and search various file types effectively. This capability allows customers to integrate Omnisearch's software into their websites, providing a seamless search experience for end users. With features that enable users to locate specific moments in audio and video content, as well as highlight occurrences in textual and visual materials, Omnisearch enhances the accessibility and usability of diverse information sources, facilitating efficient content retrieval.

TransCrypts

Pre Seed Round in 2023
TransCrypts is a developer of a record management platform specifically designed for Human Resource Departments. The company offers a solution that automates the issuance of employment and income verification documents through blockchain technology. By providing a proprietary process, TransCrypts facilitates compliance management, allowing HR departments to save time and resources. The platform empowers employees by giving them direct control over how their work-related information is shared, as it delivers verification forms to them on a monthly basis. This innovative approach not only streamlines the verification process but also enhances the overall efficiency of HR operations.

Wilderness Labs

Seed Round in 2023
Wilderness Labs is a technology company that has developed an innovative IoT platform called Meadow, designed specifically for regular web and mobile developers to create secure, embedded applications efficiently. By offering a complete solution that integrates defense-grade security with the ability to run full .NET standard applications on microcontrollers, Wilderness Labs enables enterprises and professional developers to build and manage their IoT solutions at scale. The platform includes Meadow.Cloud, a Software as a Service (SaaS) component that facilitates the ongoing management of these applications in the field. After operating in stealth mode for several years, the company transitioned to public visibility and successfully completed a Kickstarter campaign. Currently, Wilderness Labs is in its post-revenue phase, with customer purchase commitments exceeding $2 million for 2021, while still refining its offerings in beta.

Farseer

Seed Round in 2022
Farseer is a developer of a financial planning and analysis platform that aims to enhance cash flow management and profitability for companies. The platform allows users to construct financial models, seamlessly import actual data, and automatically generate forecasts across various revenue and cost categories. Additionally, it supports the rapid creation of what-if scenarios, significantly reducing manual work while improving accuracy and security. Through its advanced predictive features, Farseer provides valuable insights that facilitate informed decision-making within the realm of financial planning and analytics.

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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