# PivotNorth Capital

> PivotNorth Capital is a VC fund in Menlo Park backing Software and E-Commerce. See 78 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, United States
- Total investments: 78
- Last investment: Mar 2025
- Lead investor: 37%
- Last fund: Dec 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/pivotnorth
- Website: http://www.pivotnorth.com

PivotNorth Capital is a venture capital firm in Palo Alto, California. It was founded in 2011 by Tim Connors, formerly of U.S. Venture Partners and Sequoia Capital. PivotNorth raised a 35 million fund when it began in 2011 and sought to raise a second in late 2013.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 12 | 15% |
| E-Commerce | 8 | 10% |
| SaaS | 6 | 8% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 6% |
| Advertising | 4 | 5% |

107 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 24 | 31% |
| Series A | 15 | 19% |
| Pre-Seed | 11 | 14% |
| Series B | 7 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 6 | 8% |

9 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tim Connors | Founder | 30 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tim-connors |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TIKI | Zero-party data monetization. License, manage, and add ZPD to any stack —unlock value in your user-base. Join hundreds of developers creating data programs users love. Use TIKI's infrastructure to license data from YOUR users to increase opt-ins, maintain compliance, create revenue streams, train algorithms, and more.Programatic,enforceable, and scalable —user data stays in YOUR system. Use TIKI's SDKs to capture consent, and create licenses at your application layer Use TIKI's APIs to manage and enforce data rights, regardless of backend. Backed by immutable, digitally signed (by you and your user), data contracts. |  | Pre-Seed | Mar 01, 2025 |  |
| Vinly.co | Firefly is a two-way real time messaging platform empowered by generative AI to help individuals scale and build their own communities. | $400K | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2025 |  |
| Yelo | A platform exclusive to your college community. No strangers. No surge. | $700K | Pre-Seed | Oct 24, 2024 |  |
| FutureAI | Waymo For Your Interface. FutureAI is an AI layer on top of your database to build your interface generatively instead of by a human. | $5.8M | Seed | Aug 13, 2024 |  |
| FutureAI | Waymo For Your Interface. FutureAI is an AI layer on top of your database to build your interface generatively instead of by a human. | $5.8M | Seed | Aug 13, 2024 |  |
| Subconscious.ai | Subconscious.ai significantly speeds up market research by combining human survey responses with responses generated by artificial intelligence (AI). This method has been proven to reduce costs by 100 times and research time by 1,000 times compared to traditional methods like consultants and surveys while maintaining human-level accuracy. Theyleverage cutting-edge Large Language Models (LLMs) and Causal AI to explore the "why" behind any human decision.Subconscious.ai aims to understand the underlying reasons for human choices. Their focus is on responsible AI development, with their target audience being anyone seeking to understand the decision-making process of LLMs. They offer the ability to analyze cause-and-effect relationships at scale, ensuring the safety of AI implementation. |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 10, 2024 |  |
| Thriftly | Unifying Thrift Point of Sale and E-commerce | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | May 06, 2024 |  |
| Accredible | Accredible provides a digital badge and certificate platform. It is designed for creating, issuing, and managing secure digital certificates and badges. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. |  | Series B | Sep 28, 2023 |  |
| OpStart | OpStart is a management consulting company that offers bookkeeping, tax, back office setups, fractional CFO, and administrative support. |  | Seed | Jun 23, 2023 |  |
| MOGL | MOGL provides brands with scalable advertising solutions to build awareness and increase profitability. They connect with athletes for marketing campaigns. Their services include influencer campaigns, affiliate marketing, appearances, and brand ambassadors. They respond to customer inquiries by phone, contact form, and email. | $2.6M | Seed | Mar 23, 2023 |  |

10 of 78 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Village Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/village-global-2) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Baseline Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baseline-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
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- [Interlace Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/interlace-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Accolade Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accolade-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does PivotNorth Capital invest in?

PivotNorth Capital invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 78 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 PivotNorth Capital?

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### Who are the partners at PivotNorth Capital?

The team at PivotNorth Capital includes Tim Connors (Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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