# Jeremy Cai

> Jeremy Cai is a seed investor at Italic (San Francisco) backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Italic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/italic)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 6%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremyhcai
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/jjeremycai
- Website: https://x.com/jjeremycai
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JeremyHCai

Jeremy Cai is a seed investor at Italic in San Francisco focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Jeremy Cai is the Founder and CEO at Italic . Jeremy Cai attended Babson College.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3M–$8.3M |
| Angel | $2M–$2M |
| Pre-Seed | $592k–$1.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 6 | 33% |
| Financial Services | 5 | 28% |
| Software | 4 | 22% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 22% |
| Banking | 3 | 17% |

32 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 17% |
| Angel | 2 | 11% |
| Series A | 2 | 11% |
| Series B | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 9 | 50% |
| India | 2 | 11% |
| Kenya | 1 | 6% |
| Canada | 1 | 6% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 6% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Series | Series provides full-stack enterprise financial services designed for institutions & enterprises. |  | Seed | Sep 26, 2023 |  |
| Series | Series provides full-stack enterprise financial services designed for institutions & enterprises. | $25M | Series A | Sep 26, 2023 |  |
| Kapu | Kapu operates as a B2C Ecommerce start-up. | $8M | Seed | Dec 04, 2022 |  |
| Aladdin | Aladdin is an open digital bank that provides savings accounts, loans, payments, money transfers, trading, and other financial services. | $600K | Pre-Seed | May 13, 2022 |  |
| Ellis | Ellis is a high-tech, high-touch immigration law firm offering premier immigration support for startups and growing companies. We ensure your international hires arrive on-time, stay compliant, and feel valued from Day 1. | $5.6M | Seed | Apr 14, 2022 |  |
| Pluto | Pluto is the most comprehensive & powerful corporate card and spend management platform built for MENA businesses. From small businesses to the largest multi-national group holdings, businesses such as Property Finder, Knight Frank and Swissport have trusted Pluto with all of their non-payroll spending.Pluto combines the power of gettingaccess to instant issuance unlimited corporate cards, full end-to-end reimbursements, petty cash & account payables management all within one platform. No more chasing for receipts, manually approving invoices on long e-mail threads or sharing one corporate card with several people. Pluto's enterprise platform brings control back to complex finance and accounting business processes and creates a streamlined approach to controlling your company's spending. | $6M | Seed | Feb 03, 2022 |  |
| Jar | Jar is an investment tech startup that allows users to save money by taking spare change from online transactions and investing it in digital gold automatically which can be redeemed anytime or withdrawn easily through UPI. The company was co-founded in 2021 by Nishchay AG and Misbah Ashraf and is based in Bangalore, Karnataka. | $32M | Series A | Feb 03, 2022 |  |
| Canvas | Canvas is a collaborative data exploration tool that helps modern business teams make decisions without SQL. | $2M | Angel | Jan 28, 2022 |  |
| Supernova | Supernova harnesses the power of AI and design to enable wealth managers, investors and financial advisors to leverage data for better allocation, client-centric experiences and compliance with (new) regulation. This way, we are illuminating the sustainable investing universe for a new generation of owners. | $2M | Angel | Jan 28, 2022 |  |
| Passport | Passport offers international shipping, compliance, and localization services tailored for e-commerce brands. The company focuses on facilitating direct-to-consumer sales by ensuring that businesses can navigate the complexities of global markets. Passport provides logistics solutions that streamline the shipping process, helping brands reachcustomers efficiently. Additionally, the company supports compliance with international regulations, making it easier for brands to operate across various regions. By integrating technology into their services, Passport enhances the overall customer experience and assists brands in expanding their global presence. | $39M | Series B | Jan 25, 2022 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [High Alpha](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-alpha-llc) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Giant Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/giant-ventures-global) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Adapt Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adapt-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Animal Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animal-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Basis Set Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/basis-set-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Buckley Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/buckley-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Italic

VC Fund

Italic is building the modern "everything store." We empower consumers to shop quality goods straight from the same manufacturers as top brands but at 50-80% lower prices. For manufacturers, we provide the tools, distribution, and technology necessary to access a global customer base to build a completely new revenue stream.

3 contacts available at Italic.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jeremy Cai | Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeremy-cai |
| Asher Hunt | Angel Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asher-hunt |
| Derek Tu | Product Manager, Growth | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/derek-tu |

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## FAQ

### What does Jeremy Cai invest in?

Jeremy Cai invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 18 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 Jeremy Cai's check size?

Jeremy Cai typically joins rounds of $3M–$8.3M at Seed, $2M–$2M at Angel and $592k–$1.1M 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 Jeremy Cai participates in.

### When did Jeremy Cai last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jeremy Cai closed in Sep 2023. Shizune tracks 18 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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