Human Capital
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
Human Capital is a venture firm for builders. We believe ambitious builders turn great ideas into great companies. We invest in founders, teams, and startups that share this mindset.In the last 6 years, that mantra has led us to invest in 15 companies before they became unicorns, including Snowflake, Anduril, Livongo, and Brex (where we wrote thefirst check). We have over $1.3B in total capital committed and we've built a community of over 5,000 incredible, driven, ambitious builders.
- Total investments:
- 177
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 20%
- Fund size:
- $287M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Human Capital invests in
Stages Human Capital invests in
Countries Human Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $2.3M–$13M
- Series A
- $11M–$50M
- Series B
- $20M–$120M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 31 (18%)
- Software 30 (17%)
- Health Care 21 (12%)
- FinTech 15 (8%)
- Financial Services 15 (8%)
Stage
- Series A 56 (32%)
- Seed 35 (20%)
- Series B 28 (16%)
- Series C 17 (10%)
- Pre-Seed 9 (5%)
Country
- United States 95 (54%)
- United Kingdom 3 (2%)
- Brazil 1 (1%)
- Canada 1 (1%)
- France 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Adelia Curtis Duarte
Talent Advisor & Head of Portfolio Operations
|
Talent Advisor & Head of Portfolio Operations | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Baris Akis
Co-Founder, President and Managing Partner
|
Co-Founder, President and Managing Partner | Total investments: 13 | Find email | |
Armaan Ali
Co-Founder, CEO and Managing Partner
|
Co-Founder, CEO and Managing Partner | Total investments: 8 | Find email | |
Brian Blond
Investment Partner
|
Investment Partner | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
Jim Baaden
Chief Operating Officer
|
Chief Operating Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flow Engineering develops AI-powered systems engineering software for requirements management, validation, and hardware design workflows. | $50M / Series B / Sep 30, 2026 | ||
| Buildots specializes in transforming construction sites into a data-driven digital environment. Its platform enables maximum control of construction processes at minimal effort. The solution turns every site walk into valuable process data that can immediately be used for gaining full control of a certain project. | $130M / Series E / Sep 14, 2026 | ||
| The Boring Company is an infrastructure and tunnel construction company that facilitates underground transportation networks. It aims to create safe, fast-to-dig, and low-cost transportation, utility, and freight tunnels. | $3B / Series D / Sep 09, 2026 | ||
| From PA generation to appeals, enrollments, & pharmacy navigation, Forus handles the end-to-end medication access process. Forus supports every drug, insurance, and pharmacy to help patients get access to life-changing medications. | $150M / Series C / Sep 08, 2026 | ||
| Archive automates e-commerce digital marketing workflows with two products: (1) Archive App (AA) is a digital asset manager built for modern digital marketers. App automates the collection and metadata labeling of all your brand's social content (including ephemeral stories) and automates the workflow to convert and distribute this content asoptimized advertising creative across your favorite retention marketing and media platforms. (2) Archive Communities (AC) automates a brand's influencer seeding program to drive impressions and generate affiliates. | Seed / Sep 02, 2026 | ||
| NewLimit specializes in treating age-related diseases to extend the human health span. It works on developing epigenetic reprogramming medicines to treat diseases with large unmet needs. | $435M / Series C / Jun 02, 2026 | ||
| Luel develops AI training data marketplace that supplies training datasets to connect AI enterprises and content contributors. | $31M / Seed / May 15, 2026 | ||
| Monaco functions as a unified system of record, building total addressable market data, running outbound campaigns, capturing interactions, and managing pipeline activity within a single environment. It includes account databases, intent and signal tracking, sequencing tools, pipeline management, and call recording to support demand generationthrough conversion. Monaco automates account discovery, enrichment, and scoring to keep target markets current. Its onboarding process establishes TAM, configures sequences, overlays signals, and imports existing pipeline data from day one. | $50M / Series B / May 12, 2026 | ||
| Cloaked provides privacy-focused digital identity and data protection tools for individuals and businesses. The company offers a platform that generates alternative identities such as emails, phone numbers, and payment details to limit exposure of personal information. Its system enables users to manage, share, and revoke access to these identitiesacross online services and transactions. It also includes monitoring features that help track data usage and detect potential exposure risks. The platform integrates with applications and services to support secure authentication and communication. The organization focuses on helping users control how their personal data is shared and stored across digital environments. | $375M / Series B / Mar 19, 2026 | ||
| Monaco functions as a unified system of record, building total addressable market data, running outbound campaigns, capturing interactions, and managing pipeline activity within a single environment. It includes account databases, intent and signal tracking, sequencing tools, pipeline management, and call recording to support demand generationthrough conversion. Monaco automates account discovery, enrichment, and scoring to keep target markets current. Its onboarding process establishes TAM, configures sequences, overlays signals, and imports existing pipeline data from day one. | $25M / Series A / Feb 11, 2026 | ||
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FAQ
What does Human Capital invest in?
Human Capital invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Health Care startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 177 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 Human Capital's check size?
Human Capital typically joins rounds of $2.3M–$13M at Seed, $11M–$50M at Series A and $20M–$120M 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 Human Capital participates in.
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Who are the partners at Human Capital?
The team at Human Capital includes Adelia Curtis Duarte (Talent Advisor & Head of Portfolio Operations), Baris Akis (Co-Founder, President and Managing Partner) and Armaan Ali (Co-Founder, CEO and Managing Partner). 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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