# Capital Innovators

> Capital Innovators is a VC fund in St Louis backing Software and Health Care. See 119 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: St Louis, United States
- Total investments: 119
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 19%
- Last fund: Jan 2020
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/2340156
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/CapInnovators
- Website: http://capitalinnovators.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CapInnovators

Capital Innovators is a VC fund in St Louis focused on Software and Health Care. The Capital Innovators Accelerator Program provides $50,000 in seed funding, project-based mentorship from a seasoned pool of knowledgeable entrepreneurs, stellar perks, networking, and follow-on funding opportunities over the course of 12 weeks in addition to seed and Series A investments ranging from $250K to $1MM.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 28 | 24% |
| Health Care | 14 | 12% |
| SaaS | 11 | 9% |
| Mobile | 11 | 9% |
| Marketplace | 10 | 8% |

182 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 76 | 64% |
| Pre-Seed | 22 | 18% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 4% |
| Convertible Note | 4 | 3% |
| Angel | 3 | 3% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 95 | 80% |
| Canada | 3 | 3% |
| Israel | 3 | 3% |
| Ireland | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Frank Hopper | Managing Director | 9 | — |
| Judy Sindecuse | CEO & Managing Partner / Founder | 16 | — |
| Brett Luing | Program Director | 0 | — |
| Dev Turner | Entrepreneur in Residence | 0 | — |
| Henry Chi | Portfolio Manager | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Campus Ink - NIL Store | Campus Ink is a merch platform designed specifically for students and athletes. It is a licensed, open platform where college athletes can finally earn the money they deserve. | $1.7M |  | May 07, 2025 |  |
| StockSwap | StockSwap is a social trading application that allow users to do social research by viewing other users’ videos, posts, real portfolios and trades. They provide a forum for discussing securities which encourage users to learn about the markets. | $100K | Pre-Seed | Sep 20, 2022 |  |
| Farm to Flame Energy | Farm to Flame Energy produces biomass-powered generators created to use one or two feedstocks to power their engines. Founded in 2018, it offers electrical generators, ongoing fueling, monitoring service, and blockchain-based application, enabling clients to remotely access generators. | $100K | Pre-Seed | Sep 20, 2022 |  |
| Orbiton | Orbtion allows small to mid cap public companies sell their shares online. We collect the payment online and charge a monthly fee to each company for analytics on their investors. | $400K | Pre-Seed | Sep 20, 2022 |  |
| Fazit | Fazit offers vegan and cruelty-free skin patches to treat acne. | $100K | Pre-Seed | Sep 20, 2022 |  |
| Forij | Forij makes snack products. The company allows consumers to directly buy goods or services from a seller over the internet using a web browser or a mobile app. The company's products serve consumers. | $100K | Pre-Seed | Sep 20, 2022 |  |
| Veeper | Veeper is an internet company. | $100K | Pre-Seed | Sep 20, 2022 |  |
| Campus Ink - NIL Store | Campus Ink is a merch platform designed specifically for students and athletes. It is a licensed, open platform where college athletes can finally earn the money they deserve. | $1.7M | Seed | Sep 01, 2022 |  |
| AirWorks | AirWorks was founded in 2017, and spun out of MIT in the summer of 2018. The company has developed a patented algorithm and web application that converts aerial datasets into engineering base plans in CAD. This way, clients don't need any local processing resources, virtually no training and thanks to the automation we ensure the fastestturn-around times in the industry – saving hundred millions of hours of manual data labeling time. | $5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 01, 2022 |  |
| Purfresh Clean Inc. | Purfresh Clean is a leader in removing odor, mold, mildew, bacteria, germs, & viruses from enclosed spaces, yachts, & agricultural products. High tech oxygen-3 systems are automated and clean and remove odors and bacteria with no human labor requires. Special sensors and remote computer control allow for disinfection from molds, mildew,viruses, bacteria and more with scientifically proven O3 level control management and cloud bases electronic record keeping. | $780K | Seed | Mar 15, 2022 |  |

10 of 119 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Missouri Technology Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/missouri-technology-corporation) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Billiken Angels Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/billiken-angels-network) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Expert Dojo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/expert-dojo) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [St. Louis Arch Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/st-louis-arch-angels) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Arch Grants](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arch-grants) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BioGenerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/biogenerator) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Capital Innovators invest in?

Capital Innovators invests primarily in Software, Health Care and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 119 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 Capital Innovators?

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### Who are the partners at Capital Innovators?

The team at Capital Innovators includes Frank Hopper (Managing Director), Judy Sindecuse (CEO & Managing Partner / Founder) and Brett Luing (Program Director), 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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