Abstraction Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Kansas City, Missouri, investing in technical founders building developer tools, DevOps, and software infrastructure. Founded in 2020 by Taylor Clauson, the firm typically invests between $50K and $400K in pre-seed and seed rounds.
30% of their portfolio is in Developer Tools. Their most common stage is seed (80% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $3.3M (across 10 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
9
Fund Size
$15M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
SL
Scott Lippert
Founding Partner
TC
Taylor Clauson
Managing Partner
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
10 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Athenic AI | Seed | $4.3M | Jan 2025 |
 Lekko | Seed | $4.5M | Jul 2024 |
 Digma | Seed | $6M | Sep 2023 |
 Architect.io | Seed | $5M | Feb 2022 |
 Octane | Seed | $2M | Aug 2021 |
 Buf | Pre-Seed | $1M | Jan 2020 |
| Buf | Seed | $3.7M | Jan 2020 |
 Quiltt | Seed | $4M | — |
 dScribe AI | Pre-Seed | $1.2M | — |
 CatalyzeX | Seed | $1.6M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Haystack2 shared
Amplify Partners2 shared
Garage Capital2 shared
nvp capital1 shared
First Bridge Ventures1 shared
Motivate Venture Capital1 shared
Greycroft1 shared
Tectonic Ventures1 shared
Bessemer Venture Partners1 shared
CPT Capital1 shared
FinTech Collective1 shared
Third Prime1 shared
British International Investment1 shared
Basis Set Ventures1 shared
Contour Venture Partners1 shared
Breakout Ventures1 shared
Stage 2 Capital1 shared
BMW i Ventures1 shared
Boost VC1 shared
Spacecadet Ventures1 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026