# Goodwater Capital

> Goodwater Capital is a VC fund backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 879 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Burlingame, United States
- Total investments: 879
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/goodwater-capital
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/GoodwaterCap
- Website: http://www.goodwatercap.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goodwatercap

Goodwater Capital is a VC fund in Burlingame focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Goodwater empowers exceptional entrepreneurs everywhere to change the world for the better. They believe consumer technology is a force on earth, shaping culture and transforming the global economy at unprecedented speed and scale. They invest in promising entrepreneurs to solve pressing problems. As a combined force, Goodwater companies are aglobal force for change, poised to measurably improve billions of lives.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $850k–$7.5M |
| Pre-Seed | $125k–$2.1M |
| Series A | $4.5M–$31M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 58 | 7% |
| Financial Services | 54 | 6% |
| Software | 45 | 5% |
| Health Care | 43 | 5% |
| E-Commerce | 42 | 5% |

246 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 206 | 23% |
| Series A | 56 | 6% |
| Pre-Seed | 54 | 6% |
| Series B | 32 | 4% |
| Funding Round | 30 | 3% |

16 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 162 | 18% |
| India | 40 | 5% |
| South Korea | 23 | 3% |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1% |
| Canada | 10 | 1% |

35 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chi-Hua Chien | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | 47 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chi-hua-chien |
| Eric Sung | VP of Product and Principal | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-sung |
| Zhi Lin | VP. Engineering | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zhi-lin |
| Benjamin Painter | CFO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benjamin-painter-dfe2 |
| Coddy Johnson | Partner | 11 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coddy-johnson-5e3c |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pure | Pure Poker is a privately held fintech and software company that develops a legal, compliant, rake-free real-money online poker platform. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company replaces the traditional casino "house" model with a trusted, identity-verified social gaming network. | $8M | Seed | Jul 15, 2026 |  |
| Kaon | FlowGPT is a LLM prompt platform that allows anyone to explore, use, and share prompts across different LLMs. On FlowGPT, users can find high-quality prompts and their potential use cases. It is also an open-source community, a "Github" for prompt creators to collaborate, iterate, and manage their prompts. | $60M | Series B | Jul 08, 2026 |  |
| Idilio | Idilio TV is a media‑tech startup building an AI‑powered microdrama platform primarily for Spanish‑ and Portuguese‑speaking audiences. | $5.5M | Seed | Jun 09, 2026 |  |
| Contrario | Contrario is an entirely autonomous recruiting agency that operates on the basis of advanced artificial intelligence technology. | $2.3M | Seed | May 20, 2026 |  |
| Astor | Astor is an SEC-registered AI investment advisor that delivers personalized market analysis and investment advice to busy professionals. | $5M | Seed | Apr 23, 2026 |  |
| Slash | Slash provides a financial technology platform that enables businesses to manage banking, payments, and financial operations through a unified digital system. The company offers services such as business accounts, corporate cards, treasury management, and payment processing, allowing organizations to handle spending, transfers, and cash flow withina single interface. Its platform integrates core financial functions including checking accounts, ACH and wire transfers, and multi-entity account management, enabling businesses to operate across multiple entities or accounts with centralized visibility. The system also supports virtual and physical corporate cards with configurable spending controls, allowing companies to manage expenses and enforce financial policies at scale. | $100M | Series C | Apr 16, 2026 |  |
| Rork | Rork is an AI-powered platform that lets you build complete, cross-platform mobile apps in minutes by simply describing what you want. It uses AI and React Native to generate fully functional apps-examples include visual novel games, Airbnb-style apps, meditation timers, and more. You can export these apps, use them on your phone, and even sharethem via QR codes or links. | $15M | Seed | Apr 09, 2026 |  |
| Posh | Posh is a social platform designed for creating and discovering real-life experiences, ranging from club parties to music festivals. Curated by design and built for impact, Posh gives organizers and attendees the tools to create, discover, and amplify the experiences that define their scene. From intimate activities to large-scale events, we powerreal-world connections through seamless ticketing and event discovery. | $37M | Series B | Mar 19, 2026 |  |
| Mega | Mega is an AI marketing platform that automates SEO and digital advertising for businesses. | $11.5M | Series A | Mar 09, 2026 |  |
| QFEX | QFEX is the 24/7 exchange for traditional financial markets. We let you trade US equities, commodities and FX pairs with (or without) leverages of up to 50x. On QFEX, UX comes first: brokerless market access, seamless integration with traditional payment rails, and ultra-efficient Perpetual Futures offered over all asset classes. Trading hasnever been simpler or cheaper than with QFEX.Founded by Quants and Engineers from Citadel & Tower Research who saw an opportunity to make markets how they always should have been, QFEX will eventually replace the entire $100 billion exchange and clearing industry. | $9.5M | Seed | Mar 05, 2026 |  |

10 of 879 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Goodwater Capital invest in?

Goodwater Capital invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 879 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 Goodwater Capital's check size?

Goodwater Capital typically joins rounds of $850k–$7.5M at Seed, $125k–$2.1M at Pre-Seed and $4.5M–$31M 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 Goodwater Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Goodwater Capital?

Public channels for Goodwater 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 Goodwater Capital?

The team at Goodwater Capital includes Chi-Hua Chien (Co-Founder & Managing Partner), Eric Sung (VP of Product and Principal) and Zhi Lin (VP. Engineering), among 16 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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