# Prelude Fund

> Prelude Fund is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 27 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Salt Lake City, United States
- Total investments: 27
- Last investment: Jun 2023
- Lead investor: 41%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://prelude.mercatopartners.com

Prelude Fund is a VC fund in Salt Lake City focused on Software and Information Technology. Prelude supports experienced founders who are building deep customer relationships through product leadership and nimble execution. Proprietary sourcing technology applied to undeserved geographies provides access to a continuous flow of attractively priced opportunities.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 11 | 41% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 19% |
| SaaS | 4 | 15% |
| Marketing | 4 | 15% |
| Analytics | 3 | 11% |

55 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 33% |
| Series A | 8 | 30% |
| Series B | 4 | 15% |
| Convertible Note | 2 | 7% |
| Series C | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Davis Warnock | Managing Director | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/davis-warnock |
| Zach Sivertson | Managing Director | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zach-sivertson |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cyware | Cyware Labs provides cyber fusion solutions to help businesses detect and stop advanced cyberattacks.Cyware offers the technology organizations need to build a virtual cyber fusion center. With separate but integrated solutions including an advanced threat intel platform (TIP), vendor-agnostic security automation (SOAR), and security casemanagement, organizations are able to increase speed and accuracy while reducing costs and analyst burnout. Cyware's virtual cyber fusion solutions make secure collaboration, information sharing, and enhanced threat visibility a reality for enterprises, sharing communities (ISAC/ISAO), MSSPs, and government agencies of all sizes and needs. | $30M | Series C | Jun 29, 2023 |  |
| alphaMountain.ai | alphaMountain offers domain and IP intelligence feeds for cyber protection and investigational platforms. It aims to build next-generation cybersecurity products and services to enhance malicious investigations and protect individuals on the Internet. The company offers Enterprise data services and APIs for web content classification, sitereputation and risk, and impersonation (typosquatting) detection.Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, Alpha Mountain AI was founded in 2020. | $2.7M | Seed | Apr 20, 2022 |  |
| GUIDEcx | GuideCX offers everything you need to provide a self-serve implementation experience in one versatile and dynamic package. Use templates to automate and reproduce repetitive processes that involve customers and 3rd parties. (i.e. Onboarding, Procurement...). Automated communication provides updates and maintains accountability. By improving theefficiency and transparency of the onboarding process, you can do more with less when you use GuideCX. | $25M | Series B | Feb 02, 2022 |  |
| Aumni | Aumni is an investment analytics platform for private capital markets that include venture funds, family offices, university endowments, and corporate venture firms. By combining the best of A.I. and human expertise, Aumni’s platform extracts and analyzes critical deal data buried in dense legal agreements. Aumni has analyzed an unprecedentedbreadth and depth of private capital data representing investors with over $1 trillion in assets under management.The company was founded by former BigLaw corporate attorneys, Tony Lewis and Kelsey Chase in Salt Lake City, Utah. | $50M | Series B | Aug 26, 2021 |  |
| ReversingLabs | ReversingLabs is the trusted name in file and software security. We provide the modern cybersecurity platform to verify and deliver safe binaries. Trusted by the Fortune 500 and leading cybersecurity vendors, the ReversingLabs Spectra Core powers the software supply chain and file security insights, tracking over 40 billion searchable files dailywith the ability to deconstruct full software binaries in seconds to minutes.Only ReversingLabs provides that final exam to determine whether a single file or full software binary presents a risk to your organization and your customers. | $56M | Series B | Aug 05, 2021 |  |
| FreightPOP | Multimodal TMS solution includes planning/optimization, execution, track and trace/visibility, & performance management features. Cloud software with connections to ERP, WMS, CRM, & more. Some of our features: -One login connects all your carriers for LTL, FTL, Parcel, Intermodal, Air & Ocean. -Quick & easy set up.Evaluate in minutes. -Centralized Tracking & Alerts. -Customizable reporting for data-driven decisions. | $6M | Seed | Jul 08, 2021 |  |
| Cyware | Cyware Labs provides cyber fusion solutions to help businesses detect and stop advanced cyberattacks.Cyware offers the technology organizations need to build a virtual cyber fusion center. With separate but integrated solutions including an advanced threat intel platform (TIP), vendor-agnostic security automation (SOAR), and security casemanagement, organizations are able to increase speed and accuracy while reducing costs and analyst burnout. Cyware's virtual cyber fusion solutions make secure collaboration, information sharing, and enhanced threat visibility a reality for enterprises, sharing communities (ISAC/ISAO), MSSPs, and government agencies of all sizes and needs. | $30M | Series B | Mar 16, 2021 |  |
| GloveBox | GloveBox is a insurance technology that independent agents can offer to their clients allowing access to manage their policies on a self-service platform. The mobile and web app is connected to all carrier systems in one of two ways, allowing for seamless access to policy documents, billing, and claims. | $3M | Seed | Mar 12, 2021 |  |
| GUIDEcx | GuideCX offers everything you need to provide a self-serve implementation experience in one versatile and dynamic package. Use templates to automate and reproduce repetitive processes that involve customers and 3rd parties. (i.e. Onboarding, Procurement...). Automated communication provides updates and maintains accountability. By improving theefficiency and transparency of the onboarding process, you can do more with less when you use GuideCX. | $10M | Series A | Nov 12, 2020 |  |
| Cyware | Cyware Labs provides cyber fusion solutions to help businesses detect and stop advanced cyberattacks.Cyware offers the technology organizations need to build a virtual cyber fusion center. With separate but integrated solutions including an advanced threat intel platform (TIP), vendor-agnostic security automation (SOAR), and security casemanagement, organizations are able to increase speed and accuracy while reducing costs and analyst burnout. Cyware's virtual cyber fusion solutions make secure collaboration, information sharing, and enhanced threat visibility a reality for enterprises, sharing communities (ISAC/ISAO), MSSPs, and government agencies of all sizes and needs. | $10M | Series A | Aug 18, 2020 |  |

10 of 27 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Prelude Fund invest in?

Prelude Fund invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and SaaS startups, most often at Seed 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 Prelude Fund?

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### Who are the partners at Prelude Fund?

The team at Prelude Fund includes Davis Warnock (Managing Director) and Zach Sivertson (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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