Pre-seed to Series A · Early-stage venture capital
We invest in world-class technical founders in the United States and Israel building in enterprise, security and AI infrastructure. Then we connect you to the global networks behind us, across Asia Pacific, Latin America and beyond.
Stage
Pre-seed to Series A
First check
$3M–$7M
Focus
Enterprise, security and AI infrastructure
Where
United States and Israel
Why founders choose us
01
We lead or take a meaningful role in your first institutional round, and we tell you where we stand early. No drawn-out process, no surprises.
02
We back only a few companies a year, so each founder works with all of our partners on hiring, first customers, financing strategy and the next round. Over the first 12 to 18 months, we focus on helping you find product-market fit and win your first commercial markets.
03
Exited founders, senior operators across big tech and finance, and enterprise partners in the United States, Asia Pacific and Latin America who work directly with our companies. We put them to work finding your first design partners and customers globally, the ones who shape early product decisions.
How we invest
Most often we lead or co-lead the pre-seed or seed and become your first institutional partner.
Simility · Upriver · Canotera · Celera Semiconductor
Sometimes we start smaller, help with first customers and product fit, and step up in the next round.
RapidCanvas · Factify · Stellar Cyber · Archiboost AI
When an exceptional team demonstrates extraordinary market pull, we bring a meaningful check and pull in global leaders who open doors across Asia Pacific, Latin America and beyond.
TensorMesh · NanoCo · Decart · SciFin · Orca Bio
Team
Steve O’Hara
Founder, Managing Partner
Stephen Wong
Managing Partner
Mitchell Kokko
General Partner
Antonio Espinosa
General Partner
From our founders
“I have worked with Valley Capital Partners twice now — first on Simility and now on RapidCanvas. The VCP team have actively enabled our success. They have provided value beyond just capital as investors and we are proud to be backed by such an amazing team.”
Rahul Pangam, Founder and CEO, RapidCanvas; Founder and CEO, Simility (acquired by PayPal)
Most of our founders reach us through someone we both trust. Warm introduction or not, if you’re building in enterprise, security or AI infrastructure in the United States or Israel and want to win globally, we want to hear from you.
