Coughdrop Capital
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
Coughdrop Capital is an early-stage venture firm based in San Francisco and Los Angeles.Typically, we write checks into pre-seed or seed stage startups. Regardless of sector, industry, or stage, we like to fund smart founders with ambitious plans. We love warm intros, but don't require them. Say hello!
- Total investments:
- 66
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
- Fund size:
- $650k
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Coughdrop Capital invests in
Stages Coughdrop Capital invests in
Countries Coughdrop Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $25k–$9M
- Pre-Seed
- $125k–$3.2M
- Series A
- $6.6M–$42M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 16 (24%)
- Artificial Intelligence 10 (15%)
- FinTech 8 (12%)
- Financial Services 7 (11%)
- E-Commerce 6 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 36 (55%)
- Pre-Seed 17 (26%)
- Series A 4 (6%)
- Funding Round 4 (6%)
- Series B 1 (2%)
Country
- United States 45 (68%)
- Canada 3 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Austin Petersmith
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Austin Petersmith
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Stu Smith
General Partner. & Chief Compliance Officer
|
General Partner. & Chief Compliance Officer | Total investments: 5 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ergo is AI that eliminates manual sales tasks, ensuring CRMs stay updated and deals move faster with smart automation. | $2.8M / Seed / Jun 16, 2026 | ||
| Kaaj is an agentic AI credit intelligence platform that automates small business loan underwriting from application to decision-ready analysis. The San Francisco-based company integrates seamlessly with existing loan origination systems, enabling lenders and brokers to scale efficiently while maintaining consistency and transparency. Kaaj'smission is to expand access to affordable capital for all small businesses by empowering lenders with category-leading technology. | $3.8M / Seed / Nov 18, 2025 | ||
| Falconer develops software tools that automate customer communications, workflows, and data management processes for businesses. | Seed / Feb 25, 2025 | ||
| Hamming AI is an experimentation platform that helps teams build reliable AI products. | $3.8M / Seed / Dec 18, 2024 | ||
| AI meets Healthcare Operations Coming soon | $6.3M / Seed / Oct 31, 2024 | ||
| BuiltRight is an AI-powered website builder and social media automation tool for home service businesses. | $750K / Seed / Oct 01, 2024 | ||
| BuiltRight is an AI-powered website builder and social media automation tool for home service businesses. | $1.3M / Pre-Seed / Oct 01, 2024 | ||
| Animation Inc. is an IT company that specializes in real-time generative animation based on artificial intelligence solutions. | $3.5M / Pre-Seed / May 22, 2024 | ||
| Brev.dev creates a cloud-based integrated development environment software suite that synchronizes development environments across projects. The company's technology connects the developer tools to a computer in the cloud, where they, along with the developer's files and existing workflows, are safe, allowing software developers to maketheir development faster, shareable, and standardized. | Pre-Seed / Dec 13, 2023 | ||
| Kobalt Labs provides an AI copilot for risk and compliance teams at financial institutions. | Seed / Oct 01, 2023 | ||
| See all 66 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Coughdrop Capital invest in?
Coughdrop Capital invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 66 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 Coughdrop Capital's check size?
Coughdrop Capital typically joins rounds of $25k–$9M at Seed, $125k–$3.2M at Pre-Seed and $6.6M–$42M 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 Coughdrop Capital participates in.
How do I contact Coughdrop Capital?
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Who are the partners at Coughdrop Capital?
The team at Coughdrop Capital includes Austin Petersmith (Partner), Austin Petersmith (Partner) and Stu Smith (General Partner. & Chief Compliance Officer). 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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