# Linseed Capital

> Linseed Capital is a VC fund in Omaha backing Software and Apps. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Omaha, United States
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Apr 2021
- Lead investor: 8%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/linseed-capital/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/LinseedCapital
- Website: http://linseedcapital.com

Linseed Capital is a VC fund in Omaha focused on Software and Apps. We founded and manage Linseed Capital to invest in great companies, help people achieve their ambitions and to make money. We are angel investors living in Omaha, Nebraska and Montecito, California. We actively mentor and support the entrepreneurial environment in the Midwest. We invest both independently and as members of The Nebraska Angelsinvestment group. We sponsor Big Omaha, an annual innovation and entrepreneurship conference and were regional founders of the Pipeline Entrepreneur Fellowship Program. We serve together on the board of KANEKO, and separately on other nonprofit- and for-profit boards.Jim is Senior Associate to the President of the University of Nebraska and President of the University Technology Development Corporation. He is also Professor of Pathology and Microbiology at University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). He earned his B.S. in Biochemistry and Microbiology from Iowa State University, and his M.D, from UNMC. After residency training at Duke University he returned to UNMC, where he has been on the faculty since 1983. His experience in the private sector includes servings as a corporate officer at Cytyc Corporation, a leading manufacturer of medical devices, from 1995 thru 2007. He now is the a founder and Chief Medical Officer of Constitution Medical Inc., a Warburg Pincus company.Karen is President of Tethon3D and a member of Women Investing in Nebraska (WIN) philanthropic group. She earned her B.S. degree in Biology from Nebraska Wesleyan University. In 1995, she founded the School of Cytotechnology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and is Past President of the American Society for Cytotechnology. In 2001, she founded a reference laboratory, Heartland Pathology, Inc. and sold it in 2011. Her book profiling women business leaders, “The Women of Berkshire Hathaway”, was published in 2012.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 25% |
| Apps | 2 | 17% |
| Mobile | 2 | 17% |
| iOS | 1 | 8% |
| SaaS | 1 | 8% |

41 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 50% |
| Series A | 3 | 25% |
| Angel | 1 | 8% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| James Linder | Founder and Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jim-linder |
| James Linder | Founder and Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-linder-3f00 |
| Karen Linder | Co-Founder | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karen-linder |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Workshop | Workshop is a delightful company intranet designed for efficient internal communication | $3.5M | Seed | Apr 01, 2021 |  |
| Flywheel | Flywheel helps creatives do their best work through a series of well-designed products and resources, including its namesake product, a delightful WordPress hosting platform, and Local by Flywheel, a fuss-free local development application. The company is laser-focused on crafting sleek and simple tools that allow users to quickly build, launch,and manage any and all of their WordPress sites. From small agencies to giant clients, Flywheel products have helped over 100,000 people scale their business on the WordPress platform. | $4M | Series A | Apr 05, 2016 |  |
| Travefy | Travefy is the easiest online and mobile group travel planner. Through Travefy, groups can collaborate on trip details, build rich itineraries, and collect shared expenses so no one is stuck with the bill.Travefy is available directly to consumers and branded Pro versions are available for travel brands, suppliers, and agents among others. It hasbeen featured in The New York Times, Forbes, Fast Company, and U.S. News and World Report among other publications and has won numerous innovation awards. | $1.2M | Seed | Apr 27, 2015 |  |
| Flywheel | Flywheel helps creatives do their best work through a series of well-designed products and resources, including its namesake product, a delightful WordPress hosting platform, and Local by Flywheel, a fuss-free local development application. The company is laser-focused on crafting sleek and simple tools that allow users to quickly build, launch,and manage any and all of their WordPress sites. From small agencies to giant clients, Flywheel products have helped over 100,000 people scale their business on the WordPress platform. | $1.2M | Seed | Sep 05, 2014 |  |
| Bulu | Bulu Box builds and rebuilds subscription box programs. It is one of the first subscription boxes and continues to pioneer the industry. The website bulubox.com continues to operate while the Bulu Box team works with multi-billion dollar companies executing full or à la carte Turnkey Subscription Box Solutions. Bulu Box is the Subscription BoxChampion working with partners to win. It was created in 2011 and launched in 2012. | $3.6M | Series A | May 07, 2014 |  |
| Travefy | Travefy is the easiest online and mobile group travel planner. Through Travefy, groups can collaborate on trip details, build rich itineraries, and collect shared expenses so no one is stuck with the bill.Travefy is available directly to consumers and branded Pro versions are available for travel brands, suppliers, and agents among others. It hasbeen featured in The New York Times, Forbes, Fast Company, and U.S. News and World Report among other publications and has won numerous innovation awards. | $320K | Angel | Sep 23, 2013 |  |
| Leap.it | Leap2 is a social search platform that delivers relevant previews for web, images, videos, news, local listings, and more. Leap2 was founded in 2011 and is based in Kansas City, Kansas. | $1.6M | Seed | Apr 30, 2013 |  |
| Travefy | Travefy is the easiest online and mobile group travel planner. Through Travefy, groups can collaborate on trip details, build rich itineraries, and collect shared expenses so no one is stuck with the bill.Travefy is available directly to consumers and branded Pro versions are available for travel brands, suppliers, and agents among others. It hasbeen featured in The New York Times, Forbes, Fast Company, and U.S. News and World Report among other publications and has won numerous innovation awards. | $45K | Angel | Jan 15, 2013 |  |
| Bulu | Bulu Box builds and rebuilds subscription box programs. It is one of the first subscription boxes and continues to pioneer the industry. The website bulubox.com continues to operate while the Bulu Box team works with multi-billion dollar companies executing full or à la carte Turnkey Subscription Box Solutions. Bulu Box is the Subscription BoxChampion working with partners to win. It was created in 2011 and launched in 2012. | $550K | Series A | Sep 05, 2012 |  |
| SkyVu AR | Mobile VR/AR developer & publisher of PlacesVR, a social mixed reality platform, and the BATTLE BEARS games franchise with over 30 million downloads. | $1.2M | Seed | Aug 14, 2012 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Nebraska Angel Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nebraska-angel-network) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Dundee Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dundee-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Lightbank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightbank) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Ludlow Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ludlow-ventures-llc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Eugene M. Lang Entrepreneurial Initiative Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/columbia-university-lang-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hyde Park Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyde-park-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Linseed Capital invest in?

Linseed Capital invests primarily in Software, Apps and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Linseed Capital?

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### Who are the partners at Linseed Capital?

The team at Linseed Capital includes James Linder (Founder and Managing Director), James Linder (Founder and Managing Director) and Karen Linder (Co-Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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