# Passport Capital

> Passport Capital is a VC fund in San Francisco backing Energy and Internet. See 27 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 27
- Last investment: Feb 2021
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/passport-capital
- Website: http://www.passportcapital.com

Passport Capital is an investment firm.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Passport Capital. Shizune tracks 8 team members at Passport Capital. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/passport-capital?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 4 | 15% |
| Internet | 4 | 15% |
| Software | 4 | 15% |
| FinTech | 3 | 11% |
| Big Data | 3 | 11% |

61 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 5 | 19% |
| Series A | 4 | 15% |
| Series D | 3 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 11% |
| Seed | 2 | 7% |

13 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Joanne Cormican | CFO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joanne-cormican |
| Zhan Onayev | Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zhan-onayev |
| Jim Cunningham | Portfolio Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jim-cunningham |
| Joanne Poile | COO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joanne-poile |
| John Burbank | Founder & Chief Investment Officer | 18 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-burbank-2 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TomoCredit | TomoCredit is building the next generation credit card designed for Millennials with no credit history or credit score by analyzing alternative data sources through its proprietary algorithm. founding team is made up of immigrant founders who all felt the challenge of getting a credit card as foreign nationals. The team is comprised of alum fromCoinbase, The Kenetic Hedge Fund and Google and have attended schools including MIT and UC Berkeley. | $7M | Seed | Feb 10, 2021 |  |
| Solana | Solana is a crypto startup that builds and develops crypto apps for decentralized apps and marketplaces. The startup was founded in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $20M | Series A | Jul 30, 2019 |  |
| Solana | Solana is a crypto startup that builds and develops crypto apps for decentralized apps and marketplaces. The startup was founded in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California. |  | Seed | Jul 30, 2019 |  |
| Dharma Labs | Dharma Labs is a protocol for generic tokenized debt agreements. Dharma enables open, permissionless innovation in the lending industry, enabling aspiring entrepreneurs to build lending companies that take advantage of blockchain technology. Whether it’s a consumer lending platform, a margin lending network, or a platform for crowdfundingmunicipal bonds, you can quickly and securely build your lending company on Dharma. | $7M | Series A | Feb 05, 2019 |  |
| Republic | Republic gives people the opportunity to invest in the future they believe in by providing access to startup, real estate, crypto, and video game investments. Focused on creating a diverse, sustainable, and connected world, Republic has facilitated over $500 million in investments from over one million members of the global community. With a globalteam in six countries, Republic is backed by Galaxy Digital, The Motley Fool, Binance, Naspers, AngelList, and more. | $12M | Initial Coin Offering | Jun 08, 2018 |  |
| Zuora | Zuora provides cloud-based software on a subscription basis that enables companies in various industries to launch, manage, and transform into a subscription business. The firm offers Zuora Central platform that acts as an intelligent subscription management hub that automates the subscription order-to-cash process, including quoting, billing,collections, analytics, and revenue recognition. Its products include Zuora Billing, Zuora RevPro, Zuora CPQ, Zuora Insights, and Zuora Collect. Zuora caters to various industries comprising software, hardware, media, transportation, construction, healthcare, education, retail, Internet of Things, and others worldwide.It was founded in 2007 and headquartered in San Mateo, California. | $115M | Series F | Mar 11, 2015 |  |
| Hortonworks | Hortonworks is a commercial vendor of Apache Hadoop, the preeminent open source platform for storing, managing, and analyzing big data. Hortonworks Data Platform, powered by Apache Hadoop, provides an open and stable foundation for enterprises and a growing ecosystem to build and deploy big data solutions.Hortonworks is the trusted source forinformation on Hadoop, and together with the Apache community, Hortonworks is making Hadoop more robust and easier to install, manage, and use. Hortonworks provides unmatched technical support, training, and certification programs for enterprises, systems integrators, and technology vendors. | $100M | Series D | Mar 24, 2014 |  |
| Apartment List | Apartment List is a smart, simple, and seamless renting platform that’s dedicated to making the process fair and transparent for all. Their mission is to build a better world of renting for everyone, to get rid of the pain and complexity, and makes it more personal, flexible, and transparent.They make finding a home to love easy and enjoyable,with a personally curated search feature that gets to know the individual.It was incorporated in 2009 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $6M | Secondary Market | Feb 05, 2014 |  |
| Pixalate | Pixalate is a global intelligence platform and real-time fraud protection provider. Pixalate is a Media Rating Council certified vendor for display ad viewability. It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Santa Monica, California. | $4.6M | Series A | Dec 10, 2013 |  |
| Bright.com | At Bright, they believe that finding the right job should be easier than splitting an atom. Steeped in data science, Bright eliminates the noise in the hiring process by efficiently connecting job seekers to their best opportunities, and employers to their top prospects.They unlock the power of artificial intelligence to identify and establish aone-to-one signal between candidates and successful outcomes. Bright is not just an innovation in online job search — it’s a mission to move the labor markets faster.Their machine-learning algorithm, the Bright Score, examines thousands of data points to find the best fit between job seekers and job openings. By reducing time to hire, Bright is changing the way the world thinks about the hiring process. | $14M | Series B | Sep 18, 2013 |  |

10 of 27 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Capricorn Investment Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capricorn-investment-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [NGC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neo-global-capital-ngc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Allen & Company](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allen-and-company) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Benchmark](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benchmark) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BlackRock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackrock) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Blockchange Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blockchange-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Passport Capital invest in?

Passport Capital invests primarily in Energy, Internet and Software startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 27 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 Passport Capital?

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### Who are the partners at Passport Capital?

The team at Passport Capital includes Joanne Cormican (CFO), Zhan Onayev (Director) and Jim Cunningham (Portfolio Manager), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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