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Divergent Capital is a pre-seed venture capital firm based in New York, founded in 2020 by Katie Shea and Lucy Wang. The firm backs deeply technical and scientific founders modernizing essential systems across physical, digital, and biological domains, combining capital with go-to-market expertise and structured fellowships.
Deal activity increased 100% year-over-year (2 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is seed (45% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $14.7M (across 34 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
30
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
2
Team
KS
Katie Shea
Founder & Partner
LW
Lucy Wang
Founder and Partner
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
38 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| EEnera | Pre-Seed | $2M | Jun 2026 |
 THEA | Series B | $100M | May 2026 |
 Thea Energy | Series B | $100M | Jan 2026 |
| THEA | Series B | $100M | Jan 2026 |
 Baton | Series A | $10M | Jan 2025 |
 Coherence Neuro | Seed | $10M | Jan 2025 |
 Tiimo | Seed | $1.6M | Aug 2024 |
 Ceragen | Seed | $2M | Jul 2024 |
 Motif Neurotech | Series A | $18.8M | Jan 2024 |
 Wasted | Seed | $5.7M | Jan 2024 |
 Bedrock Energy | Seed | $8.5M | Oct 2023 |
 LinusBio | Series A | $8M | May 2023 |
| LinusBio | Series A | $16M | Jan 2023 |
 Opya | Series A | $15.4M | Jan 2023 |
| WWasted* PBC | Seed | — | Jan 2023 |
| Tiimo | Seed | — | Sep 2022 |
 The Shellworks | Seed | — | May 2022 |
 Experiment | Unknown | $1M | Apr 2022 |
| Baton | Series A | $10.5M | Mar 2021 |
| Opya | Series A | $15.4M | Jan 2021 |
 Wicket | Unknown | $2.8M | Jul 2018 |
| AAppuri | Seed | $2M | Mar 2017 |
 socedo | Seed | $1M | Jan 2016 |
| CCloudCoreo | Seed | $2.9M | Jan 2016 |
 Iron.io | Series A | $8M | Sep 2015 |
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Top Co-Investors
Bloomberg Beta4 shared
Madrona Venture Group4 shared
Obvious Ventures3 shared
Burst Capital3 shared
75 & Sunny3 shared
FJ Labs3 shared
Gaingels3 shared
Calm Ventures3 shared
Overlay Capital3 shared
Emerald Technology Ventures3 shared
DCVC3 shared
REV Venture Partners3 shared
Goodwater Capital2 shared
Awesome People Ventures2 shared
Crowberry Capital2 shared
Baseline Ventures2 shared
Techstars2 shared
Alumni Ventures2 shared
Lowercarbon Capital2 shared
General Catalyst2 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026