Cleo Capital

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VCMatch tracks Cleo Capital as an investor focused on Cybersecurity, Fintech, and AI/ML companies, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds, and $100k to $1m check sizes. Upload your deck to compare your startup against the full private matching profile.

Check Size

$100k to $1m

Stages

Pre-Seed, Seed

Focus Areas

Cybersecurity, Fintech, AI/ML

Geography

Not specified

Investment Thesis

Cleo Capital is a generalist venture capital fund founded by Sarah Kunst in 2018 that focuses on backing founders at the earliest stages of company building. The firm believes in identifying software companies with multi-billion dollar potential across diverse market segments, with a particular emphasis on emerging opportunities in financial services, consumer technology, and enterprise solutions. Their approach combines early-stage conviction with hands-on support through their recently launched cybersecurity accelerator.

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Investment Focus

Who should take a closer look

Cleo Capital is most relevant for founders raising Pre-Seed and Seed rounds in Cybersecurity, Fintech, AI/ML, and Enterprise SaaS, with public check-size signals around $100k to $1m.

Focus statement

Cleo Capital primarily invests in Delaware c corps building software companies with the potential to become multi-billion dollar companies, with check sizes usually ranging between $100K-1M.

Value Add

Generalist approach with three main thesis areas: future of income, complicated consumer, and decentralized enterprise
Strong focus on early-stage founders with accelerator program for cybersecurity startups
Founder-led fund (Sarah Kunst as sole GP) with experience across high-fashion, corporate VC (Bumble Fund), and tech media
Diverse portfolio spanning fintech, consumer, enterprise, AI, and emerging sectors
Public thought leadership from managing director appearing regularly on major media outlets (CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox Business)