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    Copper Sky Capital

    Scottsdale, Arizona, United StatesFounded 2021

    Copper Sky Capital (formerly AZ-VC) is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in Seed and Series A software companies, with a focus on AI-first products, in underserved non-coastal markets across the American Interior. Founded by former PayPal executive Jack Selby, it is Arizona's largest VC firm.

    40% of their portfolio is in Fintech. Their most common stage is seed (47% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $5.6M (across 14 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    12

    Fund Size

    $300M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Ashok Santhanam

    Ashok Santhanam

    Managing Director

    Jack Selby

    Jack Selby

    Managing Director

    Jason Pressman

    Jason Pressman

    Managing Director

    Jessica Pacheco

    Jessica Pacheco

    Managing Director

    JR

    John R. Selby (Jack)

    Managing Director at Peter Thiel’s family office, Thiel Capital

    Anthony Soohoo

    Anthony Soohoo

    Venture Partner

    Benjamin Brockwell

    Benjamin Brockwell

    Venture Partner

    Brad Kotansky

    Brad Kotansky

    Venture Partner

    Drew Harman

    Drew Harman

    Venture Partner

    Issac Roth

    Issac Roth

    Venture Partner

    Jacob Mullins

    Jacob Mullins

    Venture Partner Venture Partner GTM

    Jacob Mullins

    Jacob Mullins

    Venture Partner

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    15 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    DDecisiveaiUnknown$12MJan 2026
    Nuclearn logoNuclearnSeries A$10.5MSep 2025
    SShilo AiSeed$2.6MJun 2025
    SShilo AiSeed$2.6MJan 2025
    Nurture Boss logoNurture BossSeries A$4.0MDec 2024
    Grazzy logoGrazzySeed$4MJul 2024
    Right-Hand logoRight-HandSeries A$5MMar 2023
    Bluetail logoBluetailSeries A$2.2MFeb 2023
    Soraban logoSorabanSeries A—Jan 2023
    Soraban logoSorabanSeed$4.4MJan 2023
    Bearing logoBearingSeed$4.5M—
    Uplinq logoUplinqSeries A$10M—
    Uplinq logoUplinqSeed$5.6M—
    MMessageDeskSeed$1.6M—
    Uplinq logoUplinqSeries A$10M—

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    Last updated: 20 October 2026