# Caroline Broder

> Caroline Broder is a seed investor at Crosslink Capital (San Francisco) backing Software and SaaS. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Crosslink Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crosslink-capital)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cbroder/

Caroline Broder is a Principal at Crosslink Capital. She previously worked at Lyft. Caroline Broder attended Amherst College.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 44% |
| SaaS | 2 | 22% |
| Human Resources | 2 | 22% |
| Banking | 1 | 11% |
| FinTech | 1 | 11% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 56% |
| Series A | 2 | 22% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 56% |
| Germany | 1 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Denki | Denki is an AI-powered platform designed to automate internal auditing tasks, enhancing compliance with regulations like SOX 404 and BSA/AML through efficient evidence collection and financial reconciliation. The company integrates with existing systems such as Auditboard and Jira, automating control processes and facilitating bettercompliance through features mapped to frameworks like COSO. | $4.1M | Seed | Mar 05, 2026 |  |
| throxy | throxy makes it impossible for your prospects to ignore your outreach through unmatched personalization. | $6.2M | Seed | Sep 04, 2025 |  |
| Noto | Noto all-in-one platform for managing tutoring businesses, music schools and more. | $3.8M | Seed | Apr 11, 2025 |  |
| handly | handly is becoming the leading company in the Service Tech industry. We enable people to create their ideal living environment, while empowering home service companies to build their business and saving time for a quality life. | $3.9M | Seed | Feb 18, 2025 |  |
| Belfry | Belfry is a technology provider that offers a software platform for managing security guard services and businesses. Its platform offers an optimized schedule, maintains engagement in deployed officers, and prepares payroll that help clients scale their businesses by simplifying and automating workforce management. | $12M | Series A | Jan 21, 2025 |  |
| Dripos | Dripos is a software platform that provides POS, employee scheduling, payroll, and everything in between for coffee shops. | $11M | Series A | Apr 24, 2024 |  |
| Clasp | With Clasp, HR and vertical SaaS platforms can design and launch a fully-featured benefits product in just a few weeks. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Feb 29, 2024 |  |
| Clasp | With Clasp, HR and vertical SaaS platforms can design and launch a fully-featured benefits product in just a few weeks. | $1.5M | Seed | Feb 29, 2024 |  |
| Koxa | Koxa is an API platform that connects accounting software. | $6.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 22, 2022 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-twenty-minute-vc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Base10 Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/base10-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Material Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/material-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Aglaé Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aglae-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Crosslink Capital

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Crosslink, founded in 1989, is a premier early-stage venture capital firm with over $1.3B in assets. Crosslink partners with founders that are market disrupters and category creators, typically at the Seed-Series A stage, across highly dynamic enterprise and consumer technology sectors. Over its history, Crosslink has had the opportunity topartner with defining companies such as Bleacher Report (acquired by TWX), BuildingConnected (acquired by ADSK), Chime, Coupa (COUP), DataStax, Molekule, Omniture (acquired by ADBE), Personal Capital (acquired by Empower Retirement), Postmates (acquired by UBER), ServiceMax (acquired by GE), Verodin (acquired by FEYE), Vungle (acquired by Blackstone) and Weave.

5 contacts available at Crosslink Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Caroline Broder | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caroline-broder |
| David Silverman | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-silverman |
| Eric Chin | General Partner & Alpha Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-chin |
| Gary Hromadko | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gary-hromadko |
| James Feuille | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jim-feuille |

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## FAQ

### What does Caroline Broder invest in?

Caroline Broder invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Human Resources startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Caroline Broder last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Caroline Broder closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 9 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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