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    Exceptional Capital

    Miami, Florida, United StatesFounded 2022

    Exceptional Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Miami, investing in foundational B2B enterprise software at the pre-seed and seed stages in the US and globally. Founded by Marell Evans, the firm uses proprietary AI-enabled software to identify elite founder talent within hyper-growth organizations.

    Their most common stage is seed (56% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $11.7M (across 27 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    36

    Fund Size

    $50M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    4

    Team

    Andrew Van Nest

    Andrew Van Nest

    Partner

    Marell Evans

    Marell Evans

    Founder + Partner

    Graham Stoddard

    Graham Stoddard

    Investor

    Melissa Morano Aurigemma

    Melissa Morano Aurigemma

    Chief of Staff

    Shane Bates

    Shane Bates

    Chief Financial Officer

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    43 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Gradient Labs logoGradient LabsSeries A$26MJun 2026
    Evaro logoEvaroSeries A$25MJan 2026
    Punto Health logoPunto HealthSeed—Dec 2025
    AccessGrid logoAccessGridSeed$4.4MOct 2025
    ZZipline AISeed$7MAug 2025
    Sava logoSavaSeries A$19MJul 2025
    Gradient Labs logoGradient LabsSeries A—Jul 2025
    ReportAId logoReportAIdPre-Seed—May 2025
    level zero logolevel zeroPre-Seed$6.9MFeb 2025
    Zipline logoZiplineSeed$7MJan 2025
    ReportAId logoReportAIdPre-Seed—Jan 2025
    Circe Bioscience logoCirce BioscienceSeed$5MSep 2024
    CCirce BiosciencesSeed$5MSep 2024
    Sava logoSavaSeed—Jun 2024
    Punto Health logoPunto HealthSeed—May 2024
    Coactive logoCoactiveSeries B$30MMay 2024
    Foundation Health logoFoundation HealthSeed$6MMar 2024
    Juniper logoJuniperPre-Seed—Feb 2024
    Pacifico Biolabs logoPacifico BiolabsPre-Seed$3.3MFeb 2024
    Evaro logoEvaroSeed—Jan 2024
    Lumu logoLumuSeries B$30MSep 2023
    LastMile AI logoLastMile AISeed$10MSep 2023
    LLastmileSeed$10MJan 2023
    Rest Less logoRest LessSeries A—Dec 2022
    Payload logoPayloadSeed$4.7MNov 2022
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    Last updated: 20 October 2026