A curated portfolio of seed-stage companies defining the future of hard tech and deep tech.
Every company in our portfolio received a seed-stage investment from FailUp Capital. We backed these founders when the technology was proven but the company was just beginning to take shape.
Airtable is a cloud-based no-code relational database platform that enables non-technical teams to build powerful applications and automated workflows. The company redefined the business software category by democratizing the ability to build custom tools without engineering resources. Airtable serves millions of users across enterprises, nonprofits, and small businesses worldwide and has become a cornerstone of the modern digital workplace stack.
Figma transformed the product design industry by building the first truly browser-based, real-time collaborative design platform. Replacing desktop-bound tools that fragmented creative teams, Figma gave designers, product managers, and engineers a single shared canvas. The platform accelerated product development cycles across thousands of companies and demonstrated that professional creative tools could be delivered as a collaborative web-first experience.
Fabric is a modular headless commerce platform designed for enterprise retailers and marketplace operators. By decoupling the commerce engine from the front-end presentation layer, Fabric enables brands to deliver personalized, high-performance buying experiences across any channel. The platform supports billions of dollars in gross merchandise value and has become a critical infrastructure layer for next-generation digital retail operations.
Boom Supersonic is designing the world's fastest commercial airliner — Overture — capable of flying passengers at Mach 1.7 with a net-zero carbon commitment. Boom's mission is to make supersonic flight accessible and sustainable, bringing every destination within reach. With airline orders from major carriers and a dedicated manufacturing facility under development, Boom is methodically rebuilding the commercial supersonic aviation category abandoned since the Concorde era.
Superhuman is the fastest email client ever built, designed for high-performance professionals who manage large volumes of communication. With AI-powered triage, keyboard-first interactions, and deep integrations with productivity tools, Superhuman helps users achieve and maintain inbox zero. The product commands exceptional retention and net promoter scores among its subscription user base of knowledge workers, executives, and founders.
Our diligence process is designed to be rigorous without being bureaucratic. We respect founder time and move decisively when we have conviction.
We review underlying science and engineering with independent domain experts. The technology must work — or have a credible path to working — before we commit capital.
We spend significant time with founding teams to understand their scientific depth, commercial instincts, and resilience. Great technology needs great operators.
We look for companies addressing large or emerging markets where a breakthrough technology can capture substantial value over a 10-year horizon.
We are actively seeking seed-stage investments in hard tech and deep tech. Send us your pitch — we read every submission.
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