# Start Capital

> Start Capital is a VC fund in London backing Apps and Mobile. See 22 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 22
- Last investment: Dec 2020
- Lead investor: 5%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://start-capital.com

Start Capital is a global seed and early stage investment company. They are looking for fast-growth companies with visionary entrepreneurs looking to create and serve tomorrow’s needs.Start Capital is an active investor and assists startups in their fundraising.Beyond capital, early-stage companies need guidance and support. They provide itwith their expertise and a strong network to assist their startups.From consumer internet and digital media to biotechnology, they are looking for opportunities that will improve and disrupt their industries.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Start Capital. Shizune tracks 1 team members at Start Capital. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/start-capital?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$2M |
| Series A | $2M–$31M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 3 | 14% |
| Mobile | 3 | 14% |
| Customer Service | 3 | 14% |
| Machine Learning | 3 | 14% |
| iOS | 2 | 9% |

75 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 13 | 59% |
| Series A | 7 | 32% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 15 | 68% |
| Israel | 3 | 14% |
| Spain | 2 | 9% |
| Brazil | 1 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Paolo Rubatto | Managing Director, Founder | 12 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paolo-rubatto |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oliva Health | Oliva Therapy is an online therapy for busy people. It makes mental healthcare a natural part of modern daily life by removing the fear and uncertainty from the clinical, complex process of seeking care. Make real progress towards goals with expert-curated therapists, personalized matching by certified experts, focused one-hour sessions, and ahassle-free online experience.It was founded in 2020 and is based in Barcelona, Spain. |  | Pre-Seed | Dec 31, 2020 |  |
| DermBiont | DermBiont is a biotech company that develops skin microbiome therapeutics to treat and prevent skin diseases. It is at the intersection of two highly active sectors: dermatology and the microbiome. They harness naturally occurring microbes on the human skin that have evolved over hundreds of thousands of years to compete with pathogenic microbes(fungi, bacteria, viruses, etc.). The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with a satellite office in Emeryville, California. | $8M | Series A | Jun 18, 2019 |  |
| Qulab | Qulab automates molecular drug design by leveraging on the power of artificial intelligence and quantum computers. |  | Seed | Nov 21, 2018 |  |
| TEXEL | TEXEL is a cloud-based video technology startup company from Israel that addresses the streaming video services market, including entertainment, sports, and VOD. It’s product, Engagement Cloud™, enables leading streaming services to offer an individualized, multi-feed, highly-social, interactive viewing experience across all devices. | $3M | Seed | Sep 12, 2018 |  |
| Ample | Ample utilizes autonomous robotics and smart-battery technology to solve the energy delivery challenge for electric transportation. It created an economical, rapidly deployable, and widely accessible platform that delivers a full charge to any electric car in minutes. The aim is to make it possible to have “Electric Cars for Everyone”. It wasfounded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $31M | Series A | Aug 06, 2018 |  |
| Reps AI | Reps AI's agent assist technology increases customer productivity and satisfaction for B2C brands across the customers' service touchpoints. Reps AI's real-time assistant is showing agents in companies, like EasyJet and Marks and Spencer, how to create loyal customers. | $1.2M | Seed | Jun 01, 2018 |  |
| Pops (Aloa, Inc.) | Pops is a technology and printing company | $2M | Seed | Sep 14, 2017 |  |
| Paygilant | The mobile payments market is growing at an exponential rate, as consumers and merchants alike are adopting new financial, eCommerce and digital wallet payments methods. With mobile payments becoming mainstream, fraud continues to shift to the mobile channel, threatening this developing ecosystem. Banks, eCommerce and other payment providers arechallenged to raise the security of their money transfer and payment solutions, while at the same time providing a smooth user experience and maintaining trust.Paygilant’s frictionless authentication and mobile fraud prevention solution protects the entire user-journey, detecting fraudulent transactions from app download to ongoing transactions, while seamlessly authenticating the legitimate customers. Paygilant’s end-to-end (login to logout) mobile provides the customer with a smooth payment experience. This document showcases Paygilant’s Mobile fraud detection and frictionless authentication solution, referring to specific use cases, product architecture and solution benefits. |  | Series A | Feb 02, 2017 |  |
| LiveNeighborly | Smarter gardening, managed online. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2017 |  |
| Cozymeal | Discover. Savor. Connect. Welcome to the chef's table.Cozymeal is the #1 marketplace in the U.S. and Canada featuring the best culinary experiences and products, including top-rated cooking classes, private chef experiences, team building activities, cookware and more!Consumers and companies alike use Cozymeal to discover new ways toconnect through classes, food tours, mixology and more unforgettable culinary experiences. Whether it be for date nights, birthdays, holiday celebrations or team building events, you’re guaranteed a world-class experience. Plus, you can purchase our highly curated quality cookware as a gift or for use at home. |  | Series A | Nov 30, 2015 |  |

10 of 22 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Plug and Play](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plug-and-play-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Kima Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kima-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Alchimia Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alchimia-investments) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Civilization Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/civilization-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Aavishkaar Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aavishkaar-goodwell) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Start Capital invest in?

Start Capital invests primarily in Apps, Mobile and Customer Service startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 22 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 Start Capital's check size?

Start Capital typically joins rounds of $500k–$2M at Seed and $2M–$31M 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 Start Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Start Capital?

Public channels for Start Capital include 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 Start Capital?

The team at Start Capital includes Paolo Rubatto (Managing Director, Founder). 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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