Fifth Down Capital
VC Fund
Boston, United States
Fifth Down Capital is a VC fund in Boston focused on Software and Enterprise Software. Fifth Down primarily invests in early and growth stage companies within the technology and consumer sectors.
- Total investments:
- 44
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 18%
Last updated:
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Industries Fifth Down Capital invests in
SoftwareEnterprise SoftwareInformation TechnologyArtificial IntelligenceFinTech
Stages Fifth Down Capital invests in
Series ASeries BSeries CSeedSeries D
Countries Fifth Down Capital invests in
United StatesSouth Korea
Contacts
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Andrew Spellman
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Jayni Shah
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Liam Patrick
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Elissa McGinty
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Laura Sirhal
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 13 (30%)
- Enterprise Software 7 (16%)
- Information Technology 7 (16%)
- Artificial Intelligence 7 (16%)
- FinTech 6 (14%)
Stage
- Series A 11 (25%)
- Series B 8 (18%)
- Series C 7 (16%)
- Seed 5 (11%)
- Series D 2 (5%)
Country
- United States 25 (57%)
- South Korea 1 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Andrew Spellman
Founder & Managing Partner
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Founder & Managing Partner | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
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Jayni Shah
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
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Liam Patrick
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Elissa McGinty
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Compliance Officer
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Chief Financial Officer & Chief Compliance Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Laura Sirhal
Financial Accountant
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Financial Accountant | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Peregrine Technologies
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Peregrine creates technology to help public safety agencies make data-driven decisions, power the operations, and maintain strong community relationships. Its software fuses disconnected data across secure networks and empowers public safety leaders with new ways to search, analyze, and collaborate. The company delivers industry-leading privacy andsecurity controls to help government institutions unlock complex data workflows, enable new types of public-private partnerships, and build trust with the communities they serve. | $250M / Series D / Jun 22, 2026 | |
Chapter
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Chapter provides a technology-enabled advisory platform that helps individuals navigate Medicare and retirement-related healthcare decisions. The company offers access to licensed advisors who guide users through plan selection, enrollment timing, and coverage evaluation based on individual needs and preferences. It uses data and software tools tocompare Medicare plans across multiple insurance providers, enabling users to review options and understand cost, coverage, and benefits. It supports decision-making by analyzing plan details and presenting recommendations that align with a user’s healthcare requirements and financial considerations. Its services include ongoing support after enrollment, helping individuals manage their coverage and make adjustments when necessary. The platform also provides digital tools, such as applications for tracking healthcare benefits and accessing over-the-counter allowances.Chapter collaborates with financial institutions, healthcare providers, and content platforms to integrate Medicare guidance into broader client and patient services. It delivers advisory support through partnerships, enabling organizations to offer healthcare coverage guidance as part of their existing offerings. The company combines advisory services with data analysis to simplify complex insurance decisions and assist users in understanding available Medicare options. Its operations focus on improving transparency in plan comparisons and supporting individuals throughout different stages of retirement healthcare planning. | $100M / Series E / Apr 09, 2026 | |
Cape
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Cape develops privacy-enabling technology that allows users to reclaim their privacy and security on electronic devices. The company's technology communicates with electronic devices while maintaining anonymity and privacy without compromising user experience. | $100M / Series C / Mar 19, 2026 | |
Northslope
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Northslope develops mission-specific AI applications on the Palantir operating system for enterprise customers. The company designs applied AI software that runs on Palantir platforms, focusing on practical decision-support and workflow automation. Its applications serve enterprise users that rely on Palantir for data integration, analytics, andoperations. Northslope collaborates with Palantir as a Vanguard: Elite partner to expand AI-driven outcomes for customers. Solutions target organizations that want to operationalize AI on existing Palantir deployments across complex use cases. | $22M / Series A / Jan 29, 2026 | |
Valinor Enterprises
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Valinor Enterprises develops technology solutions addressing operational challenges for defense customers. | $54M / Series A / Jan 08, 2026 | |
Numeric
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Numeric is an AI-native accounting automation platform designed to streamline and accelerate the month-end close process. It centralizes transaction data from ERPs, bank feeds, CSVs, and more, enabling real-time visibility into financial operations. Numeric automates account reconciliations, journal entries, and flux variance explanations byleveraging machine learning and AI. It provides a task-management workflow to manage close items, while its Analytics Suite supports detailed variance reporting, anomaly detection, and management reporting. The platform also supports cash management through automated matching of bank transactions to ledger entries. Numeric’s system aims to reduce manual accounting work, improve control, and surface meaningful financial insights. | $51M / Series B / Nov 19, 2025 | |
MaintainX
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MaintainX is a software company that provides maintenance and asset management tools for industrial and frontline operations. Its platform helps organizations manage work orders, preventive maintenance, inspections, reporting, asset tracking, and parts inventory through a centralized digital system. The company integrates AI-powered features thatassist teams with troubleshooting, data collection, operational analysis, and predictive maintenance workflows. MaintainX is used across industries such as manufacturing, facilities management, food and beverage, retail, and distribution to improve equipment uptime and streamline maintenance processes. The platform also supports compliance and safety procedures by digitizing workflows and standardizing maintenance operations across multiple sites. | $150M / Series D / Jul 09, 2025 | |
Arena
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Arena accelerates testing, debugging, and optimization for the world’s most advanced hardware. Atlas is an AI hardware engineer grounded in applied physics with an understanding of the real-world environment. | $30M / Series B / Apr 08, 2025 | |
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Peregrine Technologies
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Peregrine creates technology to help public safety agencies make data-driven decisions, power the operations, and maintain strong community relationships. Its software fuses disconnected data across secure networks and empowers public safety leaders with new ways to search, analyze, and collaborate. The company delivers industry-leading privacy andsecurity controls to help government institutions unlock complex data workflows, enable new types of public-private partnerships, and build trust with the communities they serve. | $190M / Series C / Mar 04, 2025 | |
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Numeric
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Numeric is an AI-native accounting automation platform designed to streamline and accelerate the month-end close process. It centralizes transaction data from ERPs, bank feeds, CSVs, and more, enabling real-time visibility into financial operations. Numeric automates account reconciliations, journal entries, and flux variance explanations byleveraging machine learning and AI. It provides a task-management workflow to manage close items, while its Analytics Suite supports detailed variance reporting, anomaly detection, and management reporting. The platform also supports cash management through automated matching of bank transactions to ledger entries. Numeric’s system aims to reduce manual accounting work, improve control, and surface meaningful financial insights. | $28M / Series A / Oct 10, 2024 | |
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FAQ
What does Fifth Down Capital invest in?
Fifth Down Capital invests primarily in Software, Enterprise Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 44 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Fifth Down Capital?
The team at Fifth Down Capital includes Andrew Spellman (Founder & Managing Partner), Jayni Shah (Partner) and Liam Patrick (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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