Daft Capital
2026-08-31daftcapital.com
Overview
What they do
Daft Capital is an early stage investor founded by Jon Dishotsky. Daft focuses on pre-seed and seed, and provides mentorship to entrepreneurs specifically on finding product market fit, storytelling, fundraising and access to best-in-class investors.
Daft - Definition: foolish, insane, crazy.
Breakout startups sound “daft” to begin with.
They are laughed at, dismissed and ignored.
Before long they become mainstream.
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What they look for
We believe that technological innovation, from fire, to farming, to engines, to electricity, to computation, to the internet, to artificial intelligence, and on, is humanity’s greatest gift to future generations: the compounding force that expands possibility, prosperity, and the scope of freedom.
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Stage
Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B+
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Sectors
AI, Deeptech, SaaS, Fintech, Healthcare, HR and recruiting
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Based
San Francisco, US
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Sources
2026-08-29daftcapital.comOur firm looks beyond the surface to identify and nurture the nascent brilliance within…
Portfolio, cheque size and the rest
The 10 companies they have backed that we can see, the cheque they write, and whether they are deploying right now.
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