# Coughdrop Capital

> Coughdrop Capital is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 65 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 65
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Fund size: $650k
- Last fund: Sep 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/stuartdsmith
- Website: http://coughdropcapital.com

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!

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $750k–$9M |
| Pre-Seed | $125k–$3.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 16 | 25% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 10 | 15% |
| FinTech | 8 | 12% |
| Financial Services | 7 | 11% |
| E-Commerce | 6 | 9% |

110 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 36 | 55% |
| Pre-Seed | 17 | 26% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 6% |
| Series A | 3 | 5% |
| Series B | 1 | 2% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 45 | 69% |
| Canada | 3 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Austin Petersmith | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/austin-smith-9d37 |
| Austin Petersmith | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/austin-petersmith |
| Stu Smith | General Partner. & Chief Compliance Officer | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stu-smith |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ergo | 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 AI | 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 | Falconer develops software tools that automate customer communications, workflows, and data management processes for businesses. |  | Seed | Feb 25, 2025 |  |
| Hamming AI | Hamming AI is an experimentation platform that helps teams build reliable AI products. | $3.8M | Seed | Dec 18, 2024 |  |
| Hello Patient | AI meets Healthcare Operations Coming soon | $6.3M | Seed | Oct 31, 2024 |  |
| BuiltRight | BuiltRight is an AI-powered website builder and social media automation tool for home service businesses. | $750K | Seed | Oct 01, 2024 |  |
| BuiltRight | 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. | 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 | 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 | Kobalt Labs provides an AI copilot for risk and compliance teams at financial institutions. |  | Seed | Oct 01, 2023 |  |

10 of 65 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bossa Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bossanova-investimentos) — VC Fund, 17 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 15 deals together
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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 65 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 $750k–$9M at Seed and $125k–$3.2M at Pre-Seed. 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?

Public channels for Coughdrop Capital include X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### 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 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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