# SGH CAPITAL

> SGH CAPITAL is a VC fund backing Software and Financial Services. See 141 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Total investments: 141
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 4%
- Last fund: May 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sgh-capital
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/SGHCAPITAL
- Website: https://www.sghcapital.com

SGH Capital is a group of funds focusing on disruptive business models and creative entrepreneurs in the US, Europe, and India. SGH is agnostic and constantly enters new Technology verticals. The firm was founded in 2014 by Alexandre Azoulay and is headquartered in Luxembourg.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $150k–$6.3M |
| Pre-Seed | $120k–$27M |
| Series A | $1.7M–$14M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 25 | 18% |
| Financial Services | 17 | 12% |
| FinTech | 15 | 11% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 15 | 11% |
| E-Commerce | 13 | 9% |

173 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 68 | 48% |
| Series A | 22 | 16% |
| Pre-Seed | 10 | 7% |
| Series B | 8 | 6% |
| Funding Round | 7 | 5% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 78 | 55% |
| France | 16 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 10 | 7% |
| India | 1 | 1% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |

10 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alexandre Azoulay | Managing Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexandre-azoulay |
| Guillaume Deback | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guillaume-deback |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Constellation Space | Constellation Space develops software that predicts satellite link failures and automates network routing using AI and real-time telemetry. | $6.5M | Seed | Mar 28, 2026 |  |
| Cell Type | Cell Type develops models that simulate human drug response and analyze single-cell data for target selection and clinical design. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Mar 01, 2026 |  |
| Valar Atomics | Uses nuclear fission to create gas and oil from ambient air. | $105M | Series A | Nov 10, 2025 |  |
| Stoke Space | Stoke Space develops the Nova rocket, a fully reusable launch vehicle designed to provide affordable access to and from Earth's orbit. The vehicle features a reusable upper stage that enables on-demand access to any orbit for cargo, logistics, and asset operations. Stoke Space operates vertically integrated design and manufacturing to buildand rapidly iterate on its rocket engines and structures. | $860M | Series D | Oct 08, 2025 |  |
| Databricks | Databricks is a software platform that helps its customers unify their analytics across the business, data science, and data engineering. It also provides a Unified Analytics Platform for data science teams to collaborate with data engineering and lines of business to build data products. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered inSan Francisco, California. | $1B |  | Sep 08, 2025 |  |
| Persona AI | Persona AI is a robotics company that provides robotic solutions. | $27M | Pre-Seed | May 07, 2025 |  |
| OpenAI | OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company that conducts research and develops machine learning technologies. OpenAI works on projects that involve autonomous learning and task performance. It serves industries such as technology, healthcare, and education. | $6.6B | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 02, 2024 |  |
| Groq | Groq is a technology company that designs and provides specialized artificial intelligence compute solutions focused on accelerating AI inference workloads using its custom-built Language Processing Unit (LPU) hardware and associated software stack. The company’s core products include purpose-designed silicon and cloud-accessible platforms thatsupport real-time execution of large language models and other AI tasks with low latency and high throughput, enabling developers and enterprises to integrate AI services into production environments efficiently. Groq also delivers cloud-based services that allow customers to access inference capabilities via APIs compatible with popular development tools, supporting seamless integration into existing AI workflows. Its engineering efforts emphasise deterministic performance and streamlined deployment, targeting use cases where speed and cost predictability are critical. Groq engages with partners and customers across sectors that require rapid AI inferencing, and the company’s technology has attracted significant strategic interest and investment within the broader AI infrastructure ecosystem. |  | Series F | Sep 22, 2024 |  |
| Groq | Groq is a technology company that designs and provides specialized artificial intelligence compute solutions focused on accelerating AI inference workloads using its custom-built Language Processing Unit (LPU) hardware and associated software stack. The company’s core products include purpose-designed silicon and cloud-accessible platforms thatsupport real-time execution of large language models and other AI tasks with low latency and high throughput, enabling developers and enterprises to integrate AI services into production environments efficiently. Groq also delivers cloud-based services that allow customers to access inference capabilities via APIs compatible with popular development tools, supporting seamless integration into existing AI workflows. Its engineering efforts emphasise deterministic performance and streamlined deployment, targeting use cases where speed and cost predictability are critical. Groq engages with partners and customers across sectors that require rapid AI inferencing, and the company’s technology has attracted significant strategic interest and investment within the broader AI infrastructure ecosystem. | $640M | Series D | Aug 05, 2024 |  |
| Forepont Capital Partners | Forepont Capital Partners provides permanent capital to invest in the asset manager and strengthen this partnership. It was founded in 2014 and is based in New York. Forepont's mission is to provide scientific, technological, financial, and operational support to biotech, medtech, and e-health start-ups in the United States and Europe.Forepont boosts its performance by leveraging its talent, expertise, partners, and global ecosystem. |  |  | Apr 26, 2024 |  |

10 of 141 investments shown.

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- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 19 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does SGH CAPITAL invest in?

SGH CAPITAL invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 141 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 SGH CAPITAL's check size?

SGH CAPITAL typically joins rounds of $150k–$6.3M at Seed, $120k–$27M at Pre-Seed and $1.7M–$14M 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 SGH CAPITAL participates in.

### How do I contact SGH CAPITAL?

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### Who are the partners at SGH CAPITAL?

The team at SGH CAPITAL includes Alexandre Azoulay (Managing Partner) and Guillaume Deback (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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