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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.

    Deal activity increased 33% year-over-year (4 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is seed (58% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $8.4M (across 14 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    23

    Fund Size

    $50M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    2

    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

    24 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Evaro logoEvaroSeries A$25MJan 2026
    AccessGrid logoAccessGridSeed$4.4MOct 2025
    Sava logoSavaSeries A$19MJul 2025
    Gradient Labs logoGradient LabsSeries AJul 2025
    ReportAId logoReportAIdPre-SeedMay 2025
    Circe logoCirceSeed$5MSep 2024
    CCirce BiosciencesSeed$5MSep 2024
    Sava logoSavaSeedJun 2024
    Foundation Health logoFoundation HealthSeed$6MMar 2024
    Juniper logoJuniperPre-SeedFeb 2024
    Pacifico BioLabs logoPacifico BioLabsPre-Seed$3.3MFeb 2024
    Evaro logoEvaroSeedJan 2024
    LastMile AI logoLastMile AISeed$10MSep 2023
    Rest Less logoRest LessUnknownDec 2022
    Payload logoPayloadSeed$4.7MNov 2022
    Net Purpose logoNet PurposeSeries A$12.1MOct 2022
    Afriex logoAfriexSeries A
    GINKO logoGINKOPre-Seed
    Alba Health logoAlba HealthSeed$2.5M
    Pixeltable logoPixeltableSeed$5.5M
    OpenHealth Technologies logoOpenHealth TechnologiesSeed$3M
    BonusX logoBonusXSeed
    Jove logoJoveSeed
    a1mobile logoa1mobileSeed$11.5M

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    Last updated: 8 September 2026