# Collide Capital

> Collide Capital is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 35 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brooklyn, United States
- Total investments: 35
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 43%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Collide Capital is a VC fund in Brooklyn focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Collide Capital operates as a venture capital firm.

## Contacts

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

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $4M–$8M |
| Pre-Seed | $930k–$3.3M |
| Series A | $7.9M–$86M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 7 | 20% |
| Software | 6 | 17% |
| FinTech | 5 | 14% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 11% |
| SaaS | 3 | 9% |

57 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 15 | 43% |
| Pre-Seed | 7 | 20% |
| Series A | 6 | 17% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 9% |
| Series B | 1 | 3% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 24 | 69% |
| Mexico | 1 | 3% |
| Ecuador | 1 | 3% |
| Colombia | 1 | 3% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aaron Samuels | Founder and Managing Partner | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aaron-samuels-2 |
| Brian Hollins | Founder and Managing Partner | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-hollins |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cortex Ventures | Cortex Ventures is an AI platform acquiring and scaling electrical engineering firms to accelerate hardware design and engineering delivery. | $10M | Seed | Jul 14, 2026 |  |
| Braven | We automate, optimize, and enhance various operational processes. This includes tasks such as document processing, fraud detection, customer support, risk assessment, compliance monitoring, and transaction management. By integrating AI into these workflows, institutions can reduce manual effort, increase processing speed, and improve accuracy,resulting in more efficient operations and better customer experiences. | $4.6M | Seed | Jun 16, 2026 |  |
| Prefix Maintenance | Prefix Maintenance offers repair and maintenance software for restaurants. The company's R&M software with AI-powered tools automates routine tasks, sends intelligent reminders, and streamlines data entry to eliminate busy work for the team. | $7.5M | Seed | Apr 09, 2026 |  |
| Flourish Care | FlourishFund is a digital platform that empowers and supports new and expecting families. The platform consists of two parts: a marketplace with evidence-based goods and vetted maternal wellness services and a funding mechanism for friends and families to contribute to a positive birth and parenting journey. | $5.7M | Seed | Mar 18, 2026 |  |
| Slang | Slang.ai is a digital phone concierge that answers questions, takes reservations, and satisfies callers. | $28M | Series B | Feb 24, 2026 |  |
| Jelou.ai | https://jelou.ai/ helps businesses to launch digital solutions without building costly and complex apps. Jelou replaces mobile apps with Intelligent agents using conversational interfaces to serve any type of users in the digital world. | $10M | Series A | Jan 26, 2026 |  |
| Flux Marine | Flux Marine builds electric marine propulsion systems characterized by performance. | $15M |  | Nov 19, 2025 |  |
| Helios Artificial Intelligence | Helios Artificial Intelligence, Inc., is building the world’s most predictive AI software for supply chain disruptions. Our vision is to build an AI platform that analyzes billions of signals in real-time to identify and predict supply chain disruptions before they happen, helping our customers identify risks from political, economic, and climatechanges. | $4.7M | Seed | Sep 22, 2025 |  |
| Beltic | Beltic helps fintechs onboard businesses faster by using KYB data, signals, and LLMs to assess risk, flag fraud, and explain decisions. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Aug 31, 2025 |  |
| Creditop | Creditop orchestrates loans by providing a multi-lender payment method that enables merchants to efficiently sell by credit. | $3.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 05, 2025 |  |

10 of 35 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Flybridge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flybridge-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
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- [The Graduate Syndicate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sueco-and-the-graduate-syndicate) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Collide Capital invest in?

Collide Capital invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 35 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 Collide Capital's check size?

Collide Capital typically joins rounds of $4M–$8M at Seed, $930k–$3.3M at Pre-Seed and $7.9M–$86M 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 Collide Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Collide Capital?

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### Who are the partners at Collide Capital?

The team at Collide Capital includes Aaron Samuels (Founder and Managing Partner) and Brian Hollins (Founder and Managing Partner). 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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