Born Capital

Born Capital, founded in 2021 and based in Palo Alto, California, is a specialized venture capital firm focused on financing early-stage startups. The firm primarily targets companies in the fintech, big data, cloud, artificial intelligence, and robotic process automation sectors. Born Capital aims to invest between $100,000 and $500,000 in pre-seed deals, often seeking to be the sole investor. The firm prides itself on its ability to identify startups with high potential, particularly those led by passionate and determined founders who have demonstrated early traction. Managed by a full-time general partner with extensive entrepreneurial experience and a strong network of advisors, Born Capital leverages its industry knowledge to support innovative solutions in finance transformation.

Wouter Born

Managing Partner

Marcel Vlug

Chairman Investment Committee

17 past transactions

Pluto

Seed Round in 2025
Pluto is the most comprehensive & powerful corporate card and spend management platform built for MENA businesses. From small businesses to the largest multi-national group holdings, businesses such as Property Finder, Knight Frank and Swissport have trusted Pluto with all of their non-payroll spending. Pluto combines the power of getting access to instant issuance unlimited corporate cards, full end-to-end reimbursements, petty cash & account payables management all within one platform. No more chasing for receipts, manually approving invoices on long e-mail threads or sharing one corporate card with several people. Pluto's enterprise platform brings control back to complex finance and accounting business processes and creates a streamlined approach to controlling your company's spending.

Dost

Seed Round in 2024
Dost is a provider of a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform designed to streamline supplier financial and accounting management for mid-size and large companies. The platform utilizes artificial intelligence and intelligent process automation to automate the processing of incoming supplier invoices, delivery notes, and supplier orders. This technology enhances efficiency and accuracy in data entry while significantly reducing the time required for invoice processing. Dost's solution includes a proprietary supplier portal for document reception and capture, along with advanced data extraction and line-by-line reconciliation capabilities. This allows companies to minimize administrative costs and eliminate human errors by automating data entry into their existing ERP or accounting software, facilitating smoother and more reliable financial operations.

Puzzle Financial

Series A in 2023
Puzzle Financial is a stealth mode SaaS startup focused on developing core accounting software designed to improve financial decision-making for startups. The platform aims to create a scalable foundation that supports fundraising, tax management, and real-time insights into overall business health. By transforming traditional accounting practices into a system of financial intelligence, Puzzle Financial enables startups to enhance their financial performance and gain greater trust and confidence in their financial operations.

Jirav

Series B in 2023
Jirav Inc. is a developer of cloud-based financial forecasting and analysis software tailored for small business finance teams. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers a platform that connects financial and operational data, allowing users to analyze historical operations and accurately forecast key metrics such as bookings, revenues, workforce, expenses, and cash flows. Jirav's software facilitates the comparison of planned versus actual performance, provides rolling forecasts, and visualizes data to uncover opportunities within organizations. Its functionality extends to generating interactive reports and sharing pertinent information among stakeholders. Additionally, the platform includes best practice templates that help users create precise budgets and forecasts across various business aspects, streamlining the financial planning and analysis process while reducing reliance on error-prone spreadsheets.

Aimplan

Seed Round in 2023
Aimplan is a provider of next-generation Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) software solutions that enhance financial management capabilities for organizations. The company offers a software-as-a-service platform that extends the Microsoft Power BI framework, enabling users to utilize their existing Power BI models. Aimplan's platform includes features for planning, forecasting, financial reporting, and master data management, allowing organizations to improve their financial planning processes and reporting accuracy. Through these tools, Aimplan aims to help businesses achieve better financial insights and operational efficiency.

Invopop

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Invopop specializes in providing invoicing solutions for global software companies, ensuring compliance with local invoicing regulations. The company offers an API that efficiently records sales, generates invoices, and formats them according to the requirements of the relevant tax authorities. Its invoicing software incorporates a comprehensive library and micro-services that define local tax structures, validation rules, and digital signature protocols. By converting invoices into various local formats, such as PDFs and XML standards, and facilitating their transmission to accounting platforms, Invopop simplifies the invoicing process for developers and finance teams. This enables businesses to navigate complex regulatory environments with ease.

OnPlan

Seed Round in 2022
OnPlan is a financial modeling platform based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in providing tools for budgeting, forecasting, and performance tracking. Established in 2016, the company offers a modular software solution that includes features such as KPI tracking, dashboard creation, and benchmarking. Its platform allows businesses to synchronize data across Google Sheets, Microsoft Excel, Airtable, and OnPlan itself, facilitating collaboration within teams. Users can access tools for Budget versus Actual analysis, pre-made dashboards, and various modules for sales, marketing, and staffing. Additionally, OnPlan supports scenario analysis and allows for customizable role designations and permissions, thereby enhancing overall visibility and decision-making capabilities for organizations.

TrueRev

Pre Seed Round in 2022
TrueRev is a financial operations platform specifically tailored for small and medium-sized businesses operating in the subscription economy. Its software streamlines subscription management by addressing common challenges such as high processing costs, communication gaps between departments, and excessive manual data entry. By connecting customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, TrueRev provides a unified solution for managing customer orders, renewals, billing, revenue recognition, and financial metrics. This comprehensive approach helps businesses reduce errors, minimize frustration, and save time, ultimately preventing costly mistakes linked to improperly recorded revenue.

Glean AI

Seed Round in 2022
Glean AI is a New York-based company that provides an all-in-one spend management solution tailored for small and mid-market businesses. Utilizing advanced artificial intelligence, Glean analyzes expense drivers and offers detailed insights that are frequently missed by finance teams and budget owners. Its platform not only automates financial processes but also delivers line-item level data analysis, empowering finance teams to achieve significant cost savings. By streamlining invoice payments and reducing manual work, Glean enhances overall financial efficiency, allowing companies to better manage their spending.

Hudson Labs

Seed Round in 2021
Hudson Labs is software that extracts hard-to-find information in a public company filing like annual reports.

Synder

Seed Round in 2021
Synder is a cloud-based accounting platform tailored for e-commerce and SaaS businesses, founded in 2016. The software automates bookkeeping, streamlines the reconciliation process, and enhances reporting capabilities, including profit and loss statements and balance sheets. It integrates seamlessly with various sales channels such as Shopify, Amazon, Stripe, Square, Etsy, WooCommerce, and PayPal, enabling the management of high volumes of online transactions. In 2020, Synder processed over one billion dollars in transactions and supported more than 20,000 businesses, demonstrating significant growth and customer satisfaction. The platform is recognized for its high-quality software and customer support, receiving over 1,000 five-star reviews on the QuickBooks App Store, along with top ratings on other review platforms. Synder continually expands its offerings by integrating new sales channels and implementing features like Smart Rules and multicurrency transactions, making it a comprehensive solution for businesses seeking efficient accounting automation.

Keeper

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Keeper provides software designed to assist bookkeepers in managing their clients' back-office operations more effectively. The application streamlines the month-end closing process by offering an integrated platform that includes a client portal, task management features, file quality assurance tools, and management reporting capabilities. By centralizing these functions, Keeper aims to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of bookkeeping tasks, ultimately supporting professionals in delivering better service to their clients.

Doublefin

Seed Round in 2021
Doublefin is a developer of a collaborative people management and planning platform tailored for human resource teams, finance partners, and budget owners. The company provides a suite of solutions that includes headcount management, budget planning, finance process automation, and spend analytics. Its platform enables organizations to track headcount and hiring insights, facilitating intelligent growth planning through real-time analytics and intuitive management workflows. By streamlining finance workflows and enhancing budget management, Doublefin supports businesses in making informed decisions regarding their workforce and financial resources.

KPI Sense

Seed Round in 2021
KPI Sense is a provider of B2B SaaS financial reporting solutions focused on assisting startups and SaaS companies. The company offers tools that aggregate, optimize, and report financial data, streamlining the process of data collection and analysis. Its innovative software gathers information from various sources and organizes it into comprehensive summaries, allowing businesses to easily understand their financial performance. KPI Sense also specializes in finance model management, helping companies establish scalable financial strategies, clean up historical data, and generate insightful reports. By offering automated financial principles, KPI Sense supports founders and business builders in making informed decisions for strategic growth.

Bluelight

Seed Round in 2021
Bluelight is a financial data platform designed to support high-performing startups and home service contractors by automating financial data collection and categorization. The platform addresses the challenge of fragmented financial data, providing users with tools for financial analysis and benchmarking. It offers features such as revenue projections, pace reporting, and variance analysis, which enable users to gain real-time insights into their business performance. By integrating with popular contractor tools, Bluelight helps contractors identify areas for improvement and make informed, data-driven decisions to enhance revenue and expand their customer base.

OnPlan

Seed Round in 2021
OnPlan is a financial modeling platform based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in providing tools for budgeting, forecasting, and performance tracking. Established in 2016, the company offers a modular software solution that includes features such as KPI tracking, dashboard creation, and benchmarking. Its platform allows businesses to synchronize data across Google Sheets, Microsoft Excel, Airtable, and OnPlan itself, facilitating collaboration within teams. Users can access tools for Budget versus Actual analysis, pre-made dashboards, and various modules for sales, marketing, and staffing. Additionally, OnPlan supports scenario analysis and allows for customizable role designations and permissions, thereby enhancing overall visibility and decision-making capabilities for organizations.

Skopos.AI

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Cyber security has grown old and is ready for disruption. Two key questions come to mind on any organization when it comes to cyber security. First, how vulnerable are we against attacks from professional hackers and script kiddies? Second, what must we do to stay safe? Two important questions. 60% of med-sized businesses experienced a cyber-attack in 2018. Of those attacks, 4 in 5 evade antivirus software. Yet, the majority of medium-sized businesses rely on anti-virus, firewalls and Windows policies like requiring a password. This is clearly not sufficient. Cyber risks are correlated; you cannot separate a vulnerable laptop from the employee or the credentials that are out there on the dark web. Hackers exploit a weakness in a user to get a foothold on a laptop in order to get access to confidential data. For this reason: we believe that to protect an organization, a holistic approach is required. An approach that focusses on employee, websites, devices and organization. The CISO or CTO should have a quick answer to basic clients. For example: How much effort does it take a hacker to breach us? What is the risk of ransomware attacks? What data of our company has been exposed to criminals? How do we perform compared to peers? Skopos helps to answer these questions in real time. We detect the weakest link in your chain by smart pairing of humans and machines. Skopos is the future of cyber security
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