# Shorewind Capital

> Shorewind Capital is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence and Social. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Burlingame, United States
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 6%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/shorewind-capital/about/
- Website: https://www.shorewindcapital.com/

Shorewind Capital is a VC fund in Burlingame focused on Artificial Intelligence and Social. We believe everything relates back to how we operate or the effects human existence has had on the planet. We make Seed and Series A investments into companies that use science and tech to catalyze sea changes in health and climate. We also actively seek teams building frontier tech within other verticals.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.3M–$29M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.5M–$2.6M |
| Series A | $8M–$43M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 19% |
| Social | 2 | 13% |
| Software | 2 | 13% |
| Health Care | 2 | 13% |
| Sustainability | 2 | 13% |

36 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 6 | 38% |
| Seed | 5 | 31% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 13% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 13% |
| Series B | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 12 | 75% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 6% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nick Fragnito | Founding Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nick-fragnito-5a71 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Logcat AI | logcat.ai is an AI-native diagnostics and systems engineering platform built for OEMs, ODMs, chipmakers, and device engineering teams working across smartphones, connected vehicles, robotics, telecom equipment, and embedded hardware. The company’s proprietary Delta investigation engine deploys autonomous AI agents capable of parsing deep OSsignals—including kernel dumps, modem logs, bug reports, and dmesg files—to accurately identify root causes of system crashes or device regressions in minutes. | $2.6M | Pre-Seed | Jul 17, 2026 |  |
| Quartermaster AI | Quartermaster AI is a defense technology company that develops real-time distributed marine software via AI robot technology. | $43M | Series A | May 20, 2026 |  |
| Fleetzero | Fleetzero is building battery electric cargo ships to affordably decarbonize ocean freight. | $43M | Series A | Jan 16, 2026 |  |
| Prolific Machines | Prolific Machines is a biotech company developing cell technologies to redefine how cells are produced for a sustainable and healthy future. It combines cutting-edge technologies to enable cell production at a new scale. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $55M | Series B | Jun 06, 2024 |  |
| Cedar | Cedar is the operator of a platform designed to shorten the time between land acquisition and permitting. The web-based explorer of the company simplifies property search, site analysis, zoning, code compliance, and financial modeling, allowing clients to select the best design options for the site. | $3M | Seed | Oct 31, 2023 |  |
| Hypervolt | Hypervolt is a vertically integrated energy transition company, creating a new wave of grid management technologies, and empowering adoption of EVs and decarbonisation of transportation in the mobility sector. | $8M | Series A | Sep 30, 2023 |  |
| SiPhox Health | SiPhox offers a handheld testing device with RNA/DNA and protein testing for point-of-care and At-Home solutions. The company's kit is made by multiplexing RNA, antibody, and antigen tests on a single silicon photonic chip which is amplified by plasmon resonance and silicon photonic resonator readout, enabling users to undertake tests fordisease safely and in a disposable point-of-care and at-home manner.SiPhox was founded in 2020 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. | $17M | Series A | Jul 19, 2023 |  |
| Blumen Systems | Blumen is an early-stage technology company building software to streamline the regulatory challenges associated with upstream natural resources production in the US. We are focused on producers building and utilizing land-based assets powering the energy transition including carbon sequestration, geothermal, critical minerals, hydrogen, and RNGprojects. | $1.3M | Seed | Apr 04, 2023 |  |
| Type One Energy | Type One Energy is a fusion power system developer whose goal is to provide clean fusion power to cities. Through innovations in high-temp superconducting magnets and additive manufacturing, the company's system connects the compact, cost-effective stellarator fusion power plant to the grid, allowing people to access power when it is needed. | $29M | Seed | Mar 28, 2023 |  |
| Kodama Systems | Kodama Systems develops technology to restore forests. | $6.6M | Seed | Dec 15, 2022 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Darco Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/darco-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Breakthrough Energy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breakthrough-energy-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Caffeinated Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caffeinated-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Congruent Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/congruent-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Founders' Co-op](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-co-op) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Shorewind Capital invest in?

Shorewind Capital invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Social and Software startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 16 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 Shorewind Capital's check size?

Shorewind Capital typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$29M at Seed, $1.5M–$2.6M at Pre-Seed and $8M–$43M 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 Shorewind Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Shorewind Capital?

Public channels for Shorewind Capital include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Shorewind Capital?

The team at Shorewind Capital includes Nick Fragnito (Founding 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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