# Heracles Capital

> Heracles Capital is a VC fund in Austin backing Software, Gaming and Mobile. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Austin, United States
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 7%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://hrcls.vc/

Heracles Capital is a venture capital investment firm.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.3M–$7.5M |
| Pre-Seed | $904k–$2.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 20% |
| Gaming | 2 | 13% |
| Mobile | 2 | 13% |
| Blockchain | 2 | 13% |
| Advertising | 2 | 13% |

35 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 47% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 40% |
| Cyprus | 1 | 7% |
| Israel | 1 | 7% |
| Poland | 1 | 7% |
| Austria | 1 | 7% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ContextSDK | ContextSDK enhances the app by leveraging real-time user context to increase conversions enhance user satisfaction and raise app revenue. | $4M | Seed | Sep 18, 2024 |  |
| Arya | Arya is building the Couples Wellness category, poised to become the next billion-dollar cornerstone in the global wellness market.Couples are falling into routine and many are experiencing increased loneliness. While billions are spent on fitness, mindfulness, and sleep, emotional and physical intimacy is often neglected. We invest in swipingfor the right partner and then trying to fix it (or spend a fortune divorcing them)... but not much in between.Arya's AI concierge makes it radically easy for couples to invest in their relationship and love life, both inside and outside the bedroom - a crucial ingredient to a successful relationship. | $7.5M | Seed | Jun 12, 2024 |  |
| Arya | Arya is building the Couples Wellness category, poised to become the next billion-dollar cornerstone in the global wellness market.Couples are falling into routine and many are experiencing increased loneliness. While billions are spent on fitness, mindfulness, and sleep, emotional and physical intimacy is often neglected. We invest in swipingfor the right partner and then trying to fix it (or spend a fortune divorcing them)... but not much in between.Arya's AI concierge makes it radically easy for couples to invest in their relationship and love life, both inside and outside the bedroom - a crucial ingredient to a successful relationship. | $7.5M | Seed | Jun 12, 2024 |  |
| Punchup.live | Punchup is developing innovative tools to allow live entertainers to own and activate the relationship with their fans |  | Pre-Seed | Sep 01, 2023 |  |
| Made on Earth Games | Made on Earth Games is a mobile gamedevelopment company founded in 2021.Our objective is to combine high quality art, deep creative gameplay and modern technologies. We want to deliver an amazing game experience to mobile devices across the world.At Made on Earth Games all team members have a unique chance to contribute to the final productand the whole company. | $3.3M | Seed | Aug 21, 2023 |  |
| Scenario | Scenario is a developer of application modeling 3D objects for the metaverse. This technology makes and shares 3D experiences that help in scanning and capturing anything in the world with a smartphone. | $6M | Seed | Jan 19, 2023 |  |
| lockr | lockr is the first consumer-focused platform for identity, consent and data. The value exchange of the Internet – trading user data for subsidized access to digital content – was originally negotiated without consumers at the table. the impending deaths of the cookie and the device ID present a unique opportunity to redefine this model andincorporate consumer choice and consent into the equation.lockr is building the means for this revolution: a universal digital identity solution for tomorrow’s consumer that is congruent with the Internet economy. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Dec 25, 2022 |  |
| Spindl | Spindl develops a blockchain-based attribution system to help businesses accelerate user growth. It also provides data analytics of customer behavior and retention rates and ROIs on token drops, customer acquisition costs on advertising spend and wallet conversion rates. | $7M | Seed | Oct 20, 2022 |  |
| INCRMNTAL | INCRMNTAL is developing an innovative AI powered marketing insights platform. The software was built in a privacy first world requiring no user-level data. The platform is completely self-service and hands-free giving marketers control over recommended tests and actionable insights to get even more value out of their marketing spend. Integrationto the platform requires no code or SDK and works seamlessly alongside any marketing tools such as attribution, analytics, and CRM tools you may already be using. It is designed for privacy and does not require any device identifiers or cookies to function. | $4.1M | Seed | Jul 25, 2022 |  |
| Lumi Interactive | Lumi Interactive was founded with one goal in mind: to make the world a kinder place. | $6.8M | Seed | Jun 21, 2022 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Heracles Capital invest in?

Heracles Capital invests primarily in Software, Gaming and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 15 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 Heracles Capital's check size?

Heracles Capital typically joins rounds of $3.3M–$7.5M at Seed and $904k–$2.5M 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 Heracles Capital participates in.

### When did Heracles Capital last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Heracles Capital closed in Sep 2024. Shizune tracks 15 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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