# StartCaps Ventures

> StartCaps Ventures is a VC fund in San Francisco backing Mobile and Software. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Dec 2015
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startcaps/about/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/StartCaps
- Website: http://www.startcaps.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Startcaps-Ventures-165745893518677/

StartCaps Ventures is an investment company that finances startups with a high growth potential at their early stages of development. It offers support to projects within the new technologies sector. The company provides its clients with technological support as well as mentoring and guidance.StartCaps Ventures’ focus areas include mobile,healthcare, gaming, big data, and education. The company was founded in 2011 by Ignacio Vilela.It is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $770k–$5.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 4 | 44% |
| Software | 2 | 22% |
| Virtual Reality | 2 | 22% |
| Apps | 1 | 11% |
| SaaS | 1 | 11% |

30 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 11% |
| Series A | 1 | 11% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 8 | 89% |
| Spain | 1 | 11% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Carlos Redondo | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carlos-redondo |
| Marco Gabaldon | CoFounder & Partner/Technical advisor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marco-doncel-gabaldon |
| Ricardo Paz Iglesias | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ricardo-paz-iglesias |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Qwil | Qwil provides individual contractors, freelancers, and small businesses with financial tools and solutions. It offers an application that enables its users to manage and spend their earnings through their Qwil debit card. Qwil also enables its users to earn and spend money before they are paid for their services.The company was founded in 2015and is based in San Francisco, California. | $125K | Pre-Seed | Dec 27, 2015 |  |
| ShipBob | ShipBob is a technology company that fulfills e-commerce orders for direct-to-consumer brands. As an end-to-end fulfillment solution, ShipBob provides warehousing and package delivery in 1-2 business days, with a network of fulfillment centers across the US. Its software combines order and inventory management, customer communication, predictiveinsights, and optimized shipping for online merchants. ShipBob’s software is also fully integrated with e-commerce platforms, including eBay, Shopify, Amazon, Magento, and many more. Based in Chicago, Illinois, ShipBob was founded in 2014 by | $1M | Seed | Apr 29, 2015 |  |
| Sentisis | Sentisis is the Customer Experience platform for the Spanish language. We work with clients in Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Chile and Central America to make sense of their text data, specially focused in Social Media and Customer Experience data. | $1.3M | Series A | Mar 17, 2015 |  |
| Nurep | Nurep is Global on-demand medical device support with a vision of ensuring each patient receives the best operative outcome | $1.7M | Seed | Jan 28, 2015 |  |
| AltspaceVR | AltspaceVR is a virtual reality software company. AltspaceVR is bringing two-dimensional web content into shared virtual spaces, and extending the web to create fully holographic experiences. Through the software users will be able to watch streaming video, play games, and get work done, together and entirely inside of virtual reality. The softwareis powered by, and fully embraces, the modern open web. | $5.2M | Seed | Sep 11, 2014 |  |
| Authy | Authy provides a two-factor authentication smartphone application for consumers, a 2FA Rest API for developers, and an authentication platform for enterprises. It enables every user, group, and organization to customize their settings and configure security rules through its platform. Authy achieves and maintains compliance with PCI, HIPAA, FIPS140, and other regulatory mandates worldwide. It offers protection for various apps, including Facebook, Gmail, Dropbox, or any account that supports Google Authenticator. Authy’s login verification options include a unique verification code, a text message, and a singular answer question that appears only on its users’ mobile device. | $2.3M | Seed | Sep 08, 2014 |  |
| One Month | At One Month, we teach beginners how to code HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Python. We know the two most difficult things about learning to code are starting and motivation, so we’ve designed our courses for true beginners. From day one of all our courses, you will build something awesome! Over 60,000 students have used One Month’s computerprogramming courses to launch their side hustles, level up their careers, and build things they couldn’t even imagine before. Our courses combine video tutorials, human support, and the opportunity to build real-world projects from day one.One Month students have gone on to work at top companies including Google, Bloomberg L.P., Facebook, and Salesforce. Our coding curriculum is used and trusted by Stripe, Columbia University, and Y Combinator. Are you a non-technical founder? Head of sales? Marketing team member? HR professional? We have a course called Programming for Non-Programmers that is just for you! Jump into any of our upcoming online coding bootcamps, and this time next month you’ll have the confidence to say “I know how to code.” | $770K | Seed | Jun 24, 2014 |  |
| Virtuix | Virtuix Inc. is the developer of “Omni,” the premier brand of omni-directional treadmills that enable players to walk and run in 360 degrees inside video games and other virtual reality applications. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Virtuix has raised more than $50 million from investors including Mark Cuban, 12 venture funds,and 2 strategics. | $3M | Seed | Apr 24, 2014 |  |
| Beyond Games | Beyond Games is a San Francisco based team of world class artists, designers, and engineers with a passion for production quality, attention to detail, and designs that favor collaborative goals, shared spaces, massively concurrent systems, and strategic depth. | $2.8M | Convertible Note | Oct 01, 2013 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Augusta Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/urizen-ventures-i) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Google Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/google-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Wefunder](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wefunder) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Winklevoss Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/winklevoss-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does StartCaps Ventures invest in?

StartCaps Ventures invests primarily in Mobile, Software and Virtual Reality startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 9 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 StartCaps Ventures's check size?

StartCaps Ventures typically joins rounds of $770k–$5.2M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds StartCaps Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact StartCaps Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at StartCaps Ventures?

The team at StartCaps Ventures includes Carlos Redondo (Partner), Marco Gabaldon (CoFounder & Partner/Technical advisor) and Ricardo Paz Iglesias (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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