# Archivist

> Archivist is a VC fund in Portland backing Software and SaaS. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Portland, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Mar 2020
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/archivistcapital/
- Website: https://www.archivistcapital.com/

Archivist is a VC fund in Portland focused on Software and SaaS. Archivist Capital is a firm founded by Portland software executive Stephen Marsh.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Archivist. Shizune tracks 2 team members at Archivist. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/archivist-capital?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 75% |
| SaaS | 2 | 50% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 50% |
| CRM | 1 | 25% |
| Internet | 1 | 25% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sam Kolbert Hyle | Partner | 0 | — |
| Stephen Marsh | Founder | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Qualtik | Qualtik is a loan portfolio analysis software that accelerates and deepens commercial loan portfolio analysis and reporting. The filtering capabilities of Qualtik allow users to dive right into analyzing their commercial loan portfolio or a single loan, uncovering insights, proactively identifying risk, and making more strategic decisions.Qualtiksoftware is designed specifically for commercial lenders such as banks, debt funds, multifamily lenders, portfolio lenders, agency lenders, insurance companies, and credit unions. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Mar 02, 2020 |  |
| Streem | Streem is an award winning technology company that enhances real-time communication and collaboration by creating an intelligent camera. The platform delivers a combination of augmented reality (AR), computer vision, and machine learning. It equips the expert with the capability to remotely capture crucial information by using proprietary spatialmapping, OCR, and object & pose estimation technology. | $2M | Seed | Mar 28, 2018 |  |
| Responsive | Founded by a trio of former RFP responders in 2015, RFPIO streamlines the RFP response process through collaboration tools, a consolidated answer library, and an AI-enabled recommendation engine. With a single-minded focus on efficiency, we’re on a mission to give time back to our customers — giving them the freedom to spend their time on whatmatters most. We operate in 100 countries and serve over 70,000 users around the world. Customers include Microsoft, Adobe, LinkedIn, FireEye, and Google. | $1.5M | Seed | Oct 01, 2016 |  |
| Brandlive | Reinventing virtual experiences. As the world bends towards virtual, and Zoom becomes the everyday meeting place, Brandlive empowers companies to create and stream high-end virtual experiences that stand out from the crowd.Strike a pose, bring the pow, and make a splash — in a virtual world, Brandlive products help customers raise the bar in newand memorable ways. With Events, companies can maximize attendee engagement and capture value in a virtual format with audience tracking, rich analytics, and the ability to drive impressions for content and sponsors. With Showrooms, brands create their own compelling go-to-market video hub for their products each season. Each show helps drive business outcomes by educating global teams (both internally and accounts) in a secure fashion on what’s hitting the market next.With Greenroom, users can create professional video content as easily as hosting a video call or webcast. Greenroom gives event hosts access to high-end, integrated video production tools that are designed for anyone to use, not just technical producers.The result is elevated shows that blow everyday video meetings away. (Greenroom is not sold separately from Events or Showrooms) |  |  | Apr 15, 2016 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Oregon Venture Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oregon-angel-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Portland Seed Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/portland-seed-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [The R-Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-r-group-llc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Bend Venture Conference — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Commerce Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/commerce-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Elevate Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elevate-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Archivist invest in?

Archivist invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Archivist?

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### Who are the partners at Archivist?

The team at Archivist includes Sam Kolbert Hyle (Partner) and Stephen Marsh (Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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