Alpaca VC
VC Fund
New York, United States
Alpaca VC is a VC fund in New York focused on E-Commerce and Software. Alpaca VC leads Seed rounds in founders that are reshaping the real world. We believe that layering technology over daily life transforms how the real world works, so we invest in the people, products, and processes that power commerce in the physical world. Led by a diverse team of company builders, operators, and analytical thinkers, Alpacadevelops a repeatable playbook to help its entrepreneurs most efficiently progress from Seed to Series A.
- Total investments:
- 132
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 20%
- Fund size:
- $63M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Alpaca VC invests in
Stages Alpaca VC invests in
Countries Alpaca VC invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1.5M–$7.5M
- Series A
- $4M–$25M
Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 19 (14%)
- Software 18 (14%)
- Real Estate 11 (8%)
- Artificial Intelligence 11 (8%)
- Financial Services 9 (7%)
Stage
- Seed 69 (52%)
- Series A 22 (17%)
- Funding Round 13 (10%)
- Series B 7 (5%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 4 (3%)
Country
- United States 87 (66%)
- Canada 5 (4%)
- Israel 1 (1%)
- Belgium 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Daniel Fetner
General Partner
|
General Partner | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
David Goldberg
General Partner
|
General Partner | Total investments: 15 | Find email | |
Ray Updyke
VP Operations & Finance
|
VP Operations & Finance | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Ryan Freedman
General Partner
|
General Partner | Total investments: 23 | Find email | |
Aubrie Pagano
General Partner
|
General Partner | Total investments: 19 | Find email | |
| See all 7 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Applied Atomics, Inc.
|
Co-located nuclear power plants to unlock the next 1,000 years of advanced industry. | $8.3M / Seed / Mar 25, 2026 | |
Brilliant Harvest
|
Brilliant Harvest is an AI-powered Helpdesk designed to support equipment dealer teams throughout the customer experience (CX), from purchase to repair. | $4M / Seed / Feb 05, 2026 | |
Amplio
|
Amplio enables you to reclaim control of your supply chain by making sourcing more cost-effective. | $11.1M / Series A / Sep 24, 2025 | |
Trially
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Trially brings deep knowledge of the clinical trial landscape together with cutting-edge AI, offering unprecedented agility to research. | $4.7M / Seed / Sep 16, 2025 | |
Ultimarii
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Ultimarii is an AI based technology company that accelerates and streamline complex and large project across various industries. | $5.2M / Seed / Sep 09, 2025 | |
Bonus Homes
|
Bonus Homes offers a home equity solution that delivers immediate funds while enabling homeowners to share in their property’s future value. It presents a cash payout of full home equity, without listing the home, paired with retention of ownership and preservation of low mortgage rates. The company manages and maintains the property, coversrelated expenses, and distributes a share of any appreciation when the home is eventually sold or bought back after a holding period. The model aims to empower homeowners to access liquidity now and benefit financially down the line, while simplifying the process with no staging, showings, or need for a buyer. | $65.5M / Seed / Aug 19, 2025 | |
Autopoiesis Sciences
|
Autopoiesis Sciences builds next-generation AI models designed to unlock transformative scientific breakthroughs across all critical research domains. The company's approach focuses on developing foundational reasoning capabilities that can autonomously drive discovery in areas where traditional AI has failed to deliver reliable results. | Pre-Seed / Jul 30, 2025 | |
Optiversal
|
Optiversal is a provider of AI, NLP, and GPT-3 powered content and merchandising solutions. The company accelerates the content creation process from ideation to publication by producing content suggestions trained on the product catalog. | $5.5M / Series A / May 20, 2025 | |
Tapstitch
|
Tapstitch is the all-in-one solution that empowers entrepreneurs to start and scale successful fashion brands. It takes care of manufacturing, inventory, and fulfillment, so our customers can focus on building the businesses of their dreams. | $21.8M / Series A / May 02, 2025 | |
|
Applied Atomics, Inc.
|
Co-located nuclear power plants to unlock the next 1,000 years of advanced industry. | $2M / Pre-Seed / Mar 20, 2025 | |
| See all 132 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Alpaca VC invest in?
Alpaca VC invests primarily in E-Commerce, Software and Real Estate startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 132 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Alpaca VC's check size?
Alpaca VC typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$7.5M at Seed and $4M–$25M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Alpaca VC participates in.
How do I contact Alpaca VC?
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Who are the partners at Alpaca VC?
The team at Alpaca VC includes Daniel Fetner (General Partner), David Goldberg (General Partner) and Ray Updyke (VP Operations & Finance), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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