# Crosslink Capital

> Crosslink Capital is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 409 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 409
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 37%
- Fund size: $350M
- Last fund: Dec 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/crosslink-capital
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/CrosslinkCap
- Website: http://www.crosslinkcapital.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Crosslink-Capital/217113671656632

Crosslink Capital is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Software and Information Technology. 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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.8M–$8.5M |
| Series A | $4.3M–$20M |
| Series B | $9.3M–$45M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 83 | 20% |
| Information Technology | 39 | 10% |
| SaaS | 33 | 8% |
| Internet | 33 | 8% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 31 | 8% |

283 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 99 | 24% |
| Seed | 85 | 21% |
| Series B | 58 | 14% |
| Series C | 36 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 31 | 8% |

15 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 228 | 56% |
| Canada | 3 | 1% |
| Japan | 1 | 0% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 0% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Caroline Broder | Principal | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caroline-broder |
| David Silverman | Partner | 25 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-silverman |
| Eric Chin | General Partner & Alpha Founder | 42 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-chin |
| Gary Hromadko | Venture Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gary-hromadko |
| James Feuille | Venture Partner | 36 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jim-feuille |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Abstract Security | Abstract Security is a company that offers data management solutions to enhance security and compliance analytics. It focuses on optimizing data usage while ensuring effective detection and compliance without burdening security teams. The services include managed data pipelines, real-time analytics, and a privacy-first data lake architecture. | $25M | Series A | Jul 22, 2026 |  |
| Apaluma | Apaluma builds sets of APIs that any developer, business, or government agency can access. Through our AI and machine learning model, we are able to standardize datasets and turn them into actionable insights. | $5.6M | Seed | Jul 16, 2026 |  |
| Flex | Flex is a financial technology company that offers an end-to-end finance platform that integrates business and personal finance management. Their services include business banking with zero monthly fees, 1% cashback on eligible purchases, and high-yield accounts with up to 2.99% APY on idle cash. They provide a business credit card featuring 0%interest for 60 days on eligible purchases, unlimited cashback, and flexible rewards. Flex also offers accounts payable automation with features like fraud prevention, AI-powered bill scanning, and real-time payment tracking. Additionally, their platform supports global payments across over 180 countries in 32 currencies, catering to businesses with international operations. | $70M | Series B | Jul 14, 2026 |  |
| SOND | SOND is a startup company providing digital health solutions | $7M | Seed | May 27, 2026 |  |
| Darkhive | Autonomy for Everyone | $30M | Series B | May 07, 2026 |  |
| Clasp.com | Stride Funding (AlmaPact Inc.) is a mission-driven company focused on enabling debt-free lives for students, by supplementing student loans with flexible income sharing agreements. Unlike student loans that lock students into a single rigid payment, Stride’s payments rise and fall with a student’s income so that payments are always affordable. Thecompany has been recognized as a visionary leader by FinTech analysts for its efforts on income protection and career support. Stride was created by students, for students, aiming to change student lives for the better. The company has been recognized by Harvard and MIT as a top new venture. Stride has received venture investments from GSV Accelerate, Slow Ventures, Sinai Ventures and Pear VC; and its strategic investors include Strada Education. Its advisors include serial entrepreneurs, Doug Levin and Tina Sharkey. Fund your Future, Find your Stride! | $20M | Series B | Mar 26, 2026 |  |
| Veritus | Veritus is a fintech start-up that builds an AI-native platform of intelligent agents for the consumer lending industry. | $10.1M | Seed | Feb 05, 2026 |  |
| Compa | Compa provides a software platform that supplies compensation data and analytical tools for corporate pay decision processes. The company offers real-time market compensation information drawn from internal systems and a secure network to support benchmarking of employee cash, offers, equity, and skills-based pay. It also delivers AI-drivenanalysis agents that help interpret market trends, assess pay strategy, and support compensation planning workflows. Compa’s platform connects with human capital and applicant tracking systems to automate data integration and reduce manual work. The service emphasizes structured insights that align compensation strategy with market conditions and organizational policies. | $35M | Series B | Jan 26, 2026 |  |
| Hamlet | Hamlet transforms local information into accessible insights you can use and shares it via newsletter. | $5M | Seed | Dec 05, 2025 |  |
| Flex | Flex is a financial technology company that offers an end-to-end finance platform that integrates business and personal finance management. Their services include business banking with zero monthly fees, 1% cashback on eligible purchases, and high-yield accounts with up to 2.99% APY on idle cash. They provide a business credit card featuring 0%interest for 60 days on eligible purchases, unlimited cashback, and flexible rewards. Flex also offers accounts payable automation with features like fraud prevention, AI-powered bill scanning, and real-time payment tracking. Additionally, their platform supports global payments across over 180 countries in 32 currencies, catering to businesses with international operations. | $60M | Series B | Dec 04, 2025 |  |

10 of 409 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Crosslink Capital invest in?

Crosslink Capital invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and SaaS startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 409 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 Crosslink Capital's check size?

Crosslink Capital typically joins rounds of $1.8M–$8.5M at Seed, $4.3M–$20M at Series A and $9.3M–$45M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Crosslink Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Crosslink Capital?

Public channels for Crosslink Capital include LinkedIn, 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 Crosslink Capital?

The team at Crosslink Capital includes Caroline Broder (Principal), David Silverman (Partner) and Eric Chin (General Partner & Alpha Founder), among 13 team members tracked by Shizune. 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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