Citta Capital
VC Fund
Palo Alto, United States
Citta Capital is a VC fund in Palo Alto focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Founded in 2020, Citta Capital is a venture capital based in Palo Alto, California. The firm prefers to invest in early stage and early growth stage companies. The firm seeks to invest in artificial intelligence/machine learning, big data, cloud, healthcare technology, IoT, marketplaces, SaaS and enterprise, security, blockchain, androbotics.
- Total investments:
- 31
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 6%
Last updated:
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Industries Citta Capital invests in
Stages Citta Capital invests in
Countries Citta Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $800k–$5M
- Series A
- $16M–$20M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 7 (23%)
- Software 6 (19%)
- Biotechnology 5 (16%)
- Machine Learning 5 (16%)
- Health Care 4 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 13 (42%)
- Series A 5 (16%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (10%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (6%)
- Series B 2 (6%)
Country
- United States 19 (61%)
- Canada 1 (3%)
- Israel 1 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Fred Sun
Senior Investor
|
Senior Investor | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Jim Mao
Founding and Managing partner
|
Founding and Managing partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Sherry Kuang
Analyst
|
Analyst | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galatea Bio, a US-based biotechnology company was founder by Carlos Bustamante, Nicholas Katsanis and Alexander Ioannidis. Our mission is to drive groundbreaking discoveries in healthcare by pairing genetic diversity with cutting-edge data analytics. Our passion is fueled by a focus on populations historically underrepresented in genetics research.We achieve this by leveraging our world-class clinical network and biobank, cutting-edge algorithms, and innovative analyses to discover and validate new tests, treatments, and cures that will improve the lives of all. | $8M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 27, 2025 | ||
| OptimHire is an online recruiting and hiring platform for job seekers & recruiters. | $5M / Mar 13, 2025 | ||
| Otis AI (meetotis.com) is the AI digital advertiser for growing businesses and agencies—automating ad campaign management across Meta, Google, TikTok, LinkedIn, and more.Otis does the work of a professional performance marketer—helping you launch and optimize cross-channel ads in minutes, with no training required. Just connect your platforms anddata, and let Otis handle retargeting, creative testing, budget allocation, and performance optimization for you.On average, Otis users see: • 2–3x higher return on ad spend (ROAS) • 2x more leads and revenue • 70% lower management costs • 90% time savedWhether you're a growing business with a lean (or no) marketing team, or an agency managing multiple client campaigns, Otis empowers you to reach the right audience, on the right channels, at the right time—with better results.Trusted by 1,000+ users and partners, Otis has been featured in Forbes 30 Under 30, named Startup of the Year at Startup Grind Global Conference 2023, won 1st Place Pitch at both Startup Grind North America and Europe, and ranked #5 Product of the Week on Product Hunt. Otis is also an official Small Business Partner of the New York Jets! | Seed / Jan 30, 2025 | ||
| KamiwazaAI offers scalable AI solutions for cloud, core, and edge environments. | $2.5M / Pre-Seed / Jan 09, 2025 | ||
| Otis AI (meetotis.com) is the AI digital advertiser for growing businesses and agencies—automating ad campaign management across Meta, Google, TikTok, LinkedIn, and more.Otis does the work of a professional performance marketer—helping you launch and optimize cross-channel ads in minutes, with no training required. Just connect your platforms anddata, and let Otis handle retargeting, creative testing, budget allocation, and performance optimization for you.On average, Otis users see: • 2–3x higher return on ad spend (ROAS) • 2x more leads and revenue • 70% lower management costs • 90% time savedWhether you're a growing business with a lean (or no) marketing team, or an agency managing multiple client campaigns, Otis empowers you to reach the right audience, on the right channels, at the right time—with better results.Trusted by 1,000+ users and partners, Otis has been featured in Forbes 30 Under 30, named Startup of the Year at Startup Grind Global Conference 2023, won 1st Place Pitch at both Startup Grind North America and Europe, and ranked #5 Product of the Week on Product Hunt. Otis is also an official Small Business Partner of the New York Jets! | Seed / Aug 13, 2024 | ||
| Akool provides a generative AI platform that supercharges business with personalized premium quality visual content for marketing and advertisement. | Series A / Jun 20, 2024 | ||
| Ex-human offers empathetic AI characters that keep conversations lively and engaging. Our characters interact using text, audio, images, and video responses, effortlessly entertaining users for hours. Ideal for clients in gaming, dating, chatbots, and influencer marketing industries. | $800K / Seed / May 01, 2024 | ||
| Honeycomb Credit is a developer of a peer-to-peer lending platform allowing friends and family to fund small businesses. | Seed / Sep 19, 2023 | ||
| CoPilot AI is an AI-powered sales-enablement tool that helps businesses find and engage high-intent leads through LinkedIn. The platform uses real-time intent data and LinkedIn insights to surface the right prospects at the right time, leading to more meetings and higher conversions, with less manual effort. Unlike generic automation andprospecting tools, CoPilot AI focuses on quality over quantity, ensuring sales outreach resonates and drives results.Key features include sophisticated lead targeting, automated LinkedIn message sequences, and AI-powered behavioral insights on each prospect to drive personalized interactions at scale. CoPilot AI is ideal for sales teams, marketing agencies, recruiters, and financial advisors. | Seed / Aug 15, 2023 | ||
| Evil Genius Games is the developer and publisher of Everyday Heroes™—the newest, modern-day, d20 Modern, 5th edition compatible tabletop roleplaying system for a wide range of officially licensed movie franchise campaigns. Designed by some of d20’s original design team and based on the open-source version of the D&D 5th edition ruleset, theEveryday Heroes collection of movie games and systems is made to delight d20 and genre film franchise fans everywhere.Made up of film geeks who also love playing Dungeons & Dragons, the Evil Genius Games team blends game design expertise and modern innovation to broaden how gaming fans of all ages and experiences can engage in exciting, meaningful tabletop roleplaying adventures—all built around the core Everyday Heroes™ rulebook for ease of play.The world of Everyday Heroes takes players into officially licensed, popular film franchise settings such as The Crow, Rambo, Total Recall, Escape from New York, and others for an infinite number of campaign adventures. Flexible and innovative, each Cinematic Adventure in the Everyday Heroes world can be adapted for home campaigns with characters created by players from scratch, as well as adventures inspired by the film that put characters into the shoes of well-known Hollywood heroes. | Seed / May 24, 2023 | ||
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FAQ
What does Citta Capital invest in?
Citta Capital invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Biotechnology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 31 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 Citta Capital's check size?
Citta Capital typically joins rounds of $800k–$5M at Seed and $16M–$20M 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 Citta Capital participates in.
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Who are the partners at Citta Capital?
The team at Citta Capital includes Fred Sun (Senior Investor), Jim Mao (Founding and Managing partner) and Sherry Kuang (Analyst). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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