# Hyper

> Hyper is a VC fund in San Francisco backing Software and Analytics. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/we-are-hyper/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/hyper_
- Website: https://hyper.com/

Hyper is an early-stage venture firm focused on the things modern startups need most: distribution, community, mentorship, talent, and funding. We invest in a small number of startups.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Hyper. Shizune tracks 4 team members at Hyper. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/hyper-406a?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.3M–$10M |
| Series A | $10M–$10M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 27% |
| Analytics | 3 | 20% |
| Blockchain | 3 | 20% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 13% |
| iOS | 1 | 7% |

37 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 53% |
| Series A | 3 | 20% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 10 | 67% |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Fauerbach | Vice President of Software Engineering | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-fauerbach |
| Lisa Price | Chief Financial Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lisa-price-b57e |
| Russell Senesac | Vice President of Innovation and Strategic Alliances | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/russell-senesac-89c2 |
| Wendi Runyon | Chief Strategy Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wendi-runyon-1ef9 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Checkmate | Checkmate's a browser extension that generates you personalized deals based on who you are at 100k online stores. Your data's everywhere. Put it to work. Tell Checkmate about yourself in 30 seconds and start saving everywhere. | $5M | Seed | Sep 26, 2022 |  |
| HomeOptions | Home ownership redefined - We pay homeowners to be their future real estate broker. | $9.3M | Seed | May 01, 2022 |  |
| Earth | Earth is the creators of soil transformation, an environmentally-friendly alternative to burial and cremation. Over a 30-day process, they gently transform a body into nutrient-rich soil.Families receive a portion of this soil - to scatter or plant - and the remaining soil is sent to conservation land that we acquire, to restore and protect itfor future generations.Their experience is carbon neutral, digital-first and underpinned by best-in-class family care.Earth is headquartered in Seattle, Washington and was founded in 2020. | $10M | Seed | Apr 22, 2022 |  |
| Arogga | Arogga App is the first Bangladeshi app that brings prescription and healthcare services to your doorstep. Easy and efficient, with just a click of a button, upload your prescription and we will ensure safe delivery of your medicine at the earliest possible time. Arogga, brings complete prescription and healthcare products from a complete range ofmedicines and over-the-counter items, including vitamins, diet/fitness supplements, herbal products, mother and baby care products, beauty products, and much more. With new services in plan, Arogga will be the number one healthcare platform for Bangladesh. | $1.3M | Seed | Apr 07, 2022 |  |
| Rarify | Rarify is currently working on making a service where minting and selling digital assets can become a non-hassle for industries such as music, gaming, applications and entertainment. | $10M | Series A | Mar 03, 2022 |  |
| Rarify Labs | Rarify Labs advancing the next-generation interoperability rarimo protocol | $10M | Series A | Mar 03, 2022 |  |
| Libation Labs | Libation Labs is revolutionizing the wine industry with cutting-edge technology. Founded in 2022 and is based in San Francisco, California, United States. | $600K | Pre-Seed | Feb 28, 2022 |  |
| DEX Screener | DEX Screener is a real-time blockchain analytics app used by 1.5M+ crypto traders every month. |  | Seed | Feb 28, 2022 |  |
| Antenna | Antenna provides best-in-class market intelligence to direct-to-consumer subscription businesses. Antenna is a data and analytics startup that aims to expand knowledge of subscriber behavior so brands can entertain, inspire, and empower the world. It provides industry and competitive benchmarks across key metrics so their customers can know ‘whatgood looks like’, market intelligence so they can learn how to build a best-in-class business, and insights to inform their strategic decision-making. |  | Series A | Feb 24, 2022 |  |
| Actual | ACTUAL provides SaaS modeling for large scale sustainable infrastructure projects.There is a massive wave of sustainable “net-zero” infrastructure proposed to mitigate climate change, address the challenges of growing populations, and other planetary challenges.But are they investible? Making sense of these projects requires multidisciplinaryexpertise in many technologies, regulatory regimes, financial and business models.ACTUAL is “SimCity” for the stakeholders of large scale sustainable infrastructure projects.ACTUAL’s platform brings together these stakeholders, giving them the tools to originate, understand and develop intuition, identify investable projects, and build them at the speed the world needs. | $5M | Seed | Feb 17, 2022 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Buckley Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/buckley-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [1745 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bertelsmann-digital-media-investments) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Circle Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/circle-ventures-5201) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [City Light Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/city-light-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Earl Grey Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/earl-grey-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Hyper invest in?

Hyper invests primarily in Software, Analytics and Blockchain startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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 Hyper's check size?

Hyper typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$10M at Seed and $10M–$10M 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 Hyper participates in.

### How do I contact Hyper?

Public channels for Hyper 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 Hyper?

The team at Hyper includes Chris Fauerbach (Vice President of Software Engineering), Lisa Price (Chief Financial Officer) and Russell Senesac (Vice President of Innovation and Strategic Alliances). 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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