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    Backstage Capital

    Los Angeles, California, United StatesFounded 2015
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    Backstage Capital is a venture capital fund that invests in startups led by underrepresented founders — women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ founders. Founded in 2015 by Arlan Hamilton, the firm has invested in over 200 companies and is launching a $200 million fund in 2025 in partnership with 360 Venture Collective.

    Their most common stage is seed (44% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $5.7M (across 38 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    44

    Fund Size

    $200M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Arlan Hamilton

    Arlan Hamilton

    Founder + Managing Partner

    Brittany Davis

    Brittany Davis

    General Partner

    Jocelyn Goldfein

    Jocelyn Goldfein

    Zetta Venture Partners

    Bethany Herwegh

    Bethany Herwegh

    Christina Yang

    Christina Yang

    Christophe Fraise

    Christophe Fraise

    David Abrams

    David Abrams

    David Onek

    David Onek

    Holly Levow

    Holly Levow

    Holly Lui

    Holly Lui

    Ian Spivey

    Ian Spivey

    Insiyah Saeed

    Insiyah Saeed

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    45 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Akash Systems logoAkash SystemsSeed$3.1MNov 2024
    BBoldHueSeed$3.4MJul 2024
    Hello Alice logoHello AliceSeries C—Apr 2024
    Hale logoHalePre-Seed—Jan 2023
    Guava logoGuavaPre-Seed$2.4MJul 2022
    Sēkr logoSēkrSeed$2.3MFeb 2022
    Career Karma logoCareer KarmaSeries B$40MJan 2022
    77th AveSeed$2.5MNov 2021
    Shop Latinx logoShop LatinxPre-Seed$1MOct 2021
    A Kids Co. logoA Kids Co.Series A$7MAug 2021
    AA Kids Company AboutSeries A$7MAug 2021
    Nickson logoNicksonSeries A$12MJun 2021
    Bookclub logoBookclubSeries A$20MJun 2021
    Upsie logoUpsieSeries A$18.2MMay 2021
    Gumroad logoGumroadSeries A$6MMar 2021
    AMP Beauty LA logoAMP Beauty LASeed$8MJan 2021
    FFrequency MachineSeed—Jan 2021
    Modern Picnic logoModern PicnicPre-Seed$900KJan 2021
    SShearshareSeed$2.3MDec 2020
    UUndockSeed$1.6MNov 2020
    Edlyft logoEdlyftSeed$1.4MOct 2020
    ShearShare logoShearShareSeed$2.3MOct 2020
    The Juggernaut logoThe JuggernautSeed$2MOct 2020
    Milk Stork logoMilk StorkSeed$900KJan 2020
    Lorals logoLoralsUnknown——
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    Top Co-Investors

    Precursor Ventures6 shared
    Gaingels5 shared
    Debut Capital5 shared
    Emerson Collective4 shared
    M254 shared
    Techstars4 shared
    Bread & Butter Ventures3 shared
    Kapor Capital3 shared
    MaC Venture Capital3 shared
    Menlo Ventures3 shared
    S3 Ventures3 shared
    Bumble Fund2 shared
    Rise of the Rest Seed Fund2 shared
    Hustle Fund2 shared
    Y Combinator2 shared
    The Community Fund2 shared
    Pipeline Angels2 shared
    Social Capital2 shared
    Fearless Fund2 shared
    Structural Capital1 shared

    Last updated: 9 September 2026