# Julian Shapiro

> Julian Shapiro is a seed investor at Julian Capital backing Software and Information Technology. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Julian Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julian-capital)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliandeanshapiro/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/Julian
- Website: http://julian.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/julianshapiro

Julian Shapiro is a deeptech seed investor at Julian.capital. He previously worked as the Founder of Demand Curve, a Columnist — Growth Marketing at TechCrunch, and VP of Marketing at Webflow. Julian attended Y Combinator.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $4M–$11M |
| Pre-Seed | $500k–$4.5M |
| Series A | $14M–$36M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 8 | 35% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 17% |
| SaaS | 3 | 13% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 13% |
| B2B | 2 | 9% |

54 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 12 | 52% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 22% |
| Series A | 2 | 9% |
| Angel | 1 | 4% |
| Series B | 1 | 4% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 12 | 52% |
| Bangladesh | 3 | 13% |
| Pakistan | 2 | 9% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| Algeria | 1 | 4% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Owner | Owner provides a suite of tools designed to assist local restaurant owners in enhancing their sales and online visibility. The platform features solutions like mobile ordering and customer rewards, which aim to improve customer engagement. Additionally, Owner offers a free website grading tool that helps restaurants evaluate their online presenceand identify areas for improvement. These resources empower restaurant owners to optimize their marketing strategies and connect more effectively with their customers. By focusing on practical solutions, Owner supports the growth and development of local dining establishments. | $33M | Series B | Jan 02, 2024 |  |
| Agroshift | Agroshift helps farmers sell their produce to businesses and consumers by providing a tech-enabled supply chain. | $1.8M | Pre-Seed | Oct 25, 2022 |  |
| DealCart | DealCart enables users to buy their favorite products in groups by allowing users to buy in groups and sharing deals on WhatsApp and other social media platforms. | $4.5M | Pre-Seed | Jul 27, 2022 |  |
| Pogo | Pogo enables people to earn money and save on shopping, finances, and more by unlocking the power of their data. Pogo allows users to take control of their data and how they monetize it, as well as to be compensated when their data is used for market research and personalized advertising. It pushes recommendations based on the data users choose tolink with the app, which users can act on in a few clicks. | $12.3M | Seed | Jul 26, 2022 |  |
| ClassDojo | ClassDojo is a school communication platform that teachers, students, and families use to build close-knit communities. It connects teachers with students and parents to build amazing classroom communities and instantly share photos, videos, and announcements on Class Story, or privately message with any parent. It aims to bring communitiestogether and give kids a learning experience they love.ClassDojo was founded in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $125M | Series D | Jul 21, 2022 |  |
| Givebutter | Givebutter is a product-led company that develops an operating system for nonprofit fundraising. It was founded in 2016 by Ari Krasner, Liran Cohen, and Max Friedman. | $7M | Seed | Jun 27, 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 |  |
| Kindred | Kindred provides a home swapping network. | $7.8M | Seed | Apr 21, 2022 |  |
| Kindred | Kindred provides a home swapping network. | $7.8M | Seed | Apr 21, 2022 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Ratio](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ratio-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bessemer-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Buckley Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/buckley-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [DN Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dn-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Hyper](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyper-406a) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Sketchnote Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sketchnote-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Julian Capital

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Julian Capital is the best deeptech seed fund for founders who value (1) future fundraising help (2) introductions to initial hires and customers and (3) help with branding and design. Why? Because they own DeepChecks.vc—the central hub of deeptech fundraising, where they know every VC in the space and have thousands of scientific founders in theirCRM who can help founders.Unlike typical deeptech funds, Julian Capital provides full-stack design execution by building and maintaining portfolio companies' websites from scratch, plus hands-on growth strategy work backed by founder Julian Shapiro's background as VP of Marketing at Webflow and growth lead at major startups.They invest in robotics, chips, energy, materials, medtech, chemicals, and nearly every other deeptech hardware sector.

3 contacts available at Julian Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Julian Shapiro | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julian-shapiro |
| Jacob Jackson | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jacob-jackson-764e |
| John Forbes | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-forbes-9407 |

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## FAQ

### What does Julian Shapiro invest in?

Julian Shapiro invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 23 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 Julian Shapiro's check size?

Julian Shapiro typically joins rounds of $4M–$11M at Seed, $500k–$4.5M at Pre-Seed and $14M–$36M 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 Julian Shapiro participates in.

### When did Julian Shapiro last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Julian Shapiro closed in Jan 2024. Shizune tracks 23 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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