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.
Deal activity decreased year-over-year (3 deals in the last 12 months vs 7 prior). Their most common stage is seed (58% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $10.0M (across 24 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
33
Fund Size
$50M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
3
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
38 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gradient Labs | Series A | $26M | Jun 2026 |
 Evaro | Series A | $25M | Jan 2026 |
 AccessGrid | Seed | $4.4M | Oct 2025 |
| ZZipline AI | Seed | $7M | Aug 2025 |
 Sava | Series A | $19M | Jul 2025 |
| Gradient Labs | Series A | — | Jul 2025 |
 ReportAId | Pre-Seed | — | May 2025 |
 level zero | Pre-Seed | $6.9M | Feb 2025 |
 Zipline | Seed | $7M | Jan 2025 |
| ReportAId | Pre-Seed | — | Jan 2025 |
 Circe Bioscience | Seed | $5M | Sep 2024 |
| CCirce Biosciences | Seed | $5M | Sep 2024 |
 Sava | Seed | — | Jun 2024 |
 Foundation Health | Seed | $6M | Mar 2024 |
 Juniper | Pre-Seed | — | Feb 2024 |
 Pacifico Biolabs | Pre-Seed | $3.3M | Feb 2024 |
| Evaro | Seed | — | Jan 2024 |
 LastMile AI | Seed | $10M | Sep 2023 |
| LLastmile | Seed | $10M | Jan 2023 |
 Rest Less | Series A | — | Dec 2022 |
 Payload | Seed | $4.7M | Nov 2022 |
 Net Purpose | Series A | — | Oct 2022 |
| CClerkenwell Health | Seed | — | Oct 2022 |
| Zipline | Seed | $12M | Jan 2014 |
 Afriex | Series A | — | — |
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Top Co-Investors
SV Angel4 shared
AME Cloud Ventures4 shared
2100 Ventures4 shared
Gradient Ventures3 shared
Liquid 2 Ventures3 shared
Octopus Ventures3 shared
Exor Ventures3 shared
HEARTFELT_3 shared
Italian Founders Fund3 shared
Stripe3 shared
Wing Venture Capital3 shared
Y Combinator2 shared
Giant Ventures2 shared
Meritech Capital2 shared
MTech Capital2 shared
Redpoint Ventures2 shared
Transpose2 shared
Calm/Storm Ventures2 shared
Transpose Platform2 shared
10x Founders2 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026