Race Capital

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Investor type

VC

Founded

2019

AUM

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Location

Palo Alto, California, United States

Investment Ticket

$1-5 m

Investment Stage

Pre-seed Seed

Region of investment

North America
Investor profile last updated: 16 August, 2026

Profile

Race Capital is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2019. Led by founder-operator Alfred Chuang, the firm focuses on early-stage investments in enterprise and infrastructure sectors. The team consists of six professionals who provide CEO-to-CEO coaching and leverage their experience as first-check backers in companies like Databricks and Solana.

The firm invests in sectors such as AI, Web3/Crypto, data, enterprise applications, and fintech. Race Capital typically writes checks ranging from $100K to $5M, focusing on pre-seed and seed stages. They primarily invest in the USA and have a portfolio of 51 companies with 18 exits.

Notable investments include Databricks - data analytics platform, Groq - acquired by Nvidia, Skypilot - enterprise software, Goodnotes - digital note-taking app, and Vectara - AI-powered search platform.

Industry

Web3 AI Fintech

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Alfred Chuang General Partner
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Chris McCann General Partner
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FAQs about Race Capital

Race Capital is a venture capital firm. It backs companies at Pre-seed and Seed, writing tickets of $1-5 m.
Race Capital is located in Palo Alto, California, United States.
Race Capital was founded in 2019.
Race Capital invests in companies and startups in Web3, AI, Fintech.
Race Capital invests in companies and startups in North America.
Race Capital invests in companies and startups at Pre-seed, Seed.
Race Capital usually invests $1-5 m on average.
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