Lobby Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2021. Born out of the Lobby Conferences, the firm invests in technology companies across fintech, AI, enterprise software, consumer, and other sectors, leveraging a community of over 2,000 entrepreneurs to support portfolio companies.
38% of their portfolio is in AI. Their most common stage is series-a (81% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $14.1M (across 19 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
19
Fund Size
$300M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
1
Team
Buddy Arnheim
General Partner
Candice Faktor
Venture Partner
Howard Hartenbaum
Venture Partner
Kevin Johnson
Venture Partner
Selina Tobaccowala
Venture Partner
Kevin Pineda
Director of Portfolio Management
Linda Wong
Director of Finance
Abby Hipps
General Counsel
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
Portfolio
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Mesh Security | Series A | $12M | Jan 2026 |
 Apera AI | Series A | — | Jul 2025 |
 Stack AI | Series A | $16M | Jan 2025 |
| Apera AI | Series A | — | Jan 2025 |
 Kolena | Series A | $15M | Sep 2023 |
 Kolena | Series A | $21M | Sep 2023 |
 Faros Ai | Series A | $20M | Jun 2023 |
| FFaros | Series A | $20M | Jun 2023 |
 Procyon | Series A | $6.5M | Feb 2023 |
| Kolena | Unknown | $15M | Jan 2023 |
 Fletch | Series A | $12.5M | Jan 2023 |
 ForeVR Games | Series A | $10M | Oct 2022 |
 Better Trucks | Unknown | $15M | Jan 2022 |
 Smart Access | Series A | $12M | Jan 2022 |
 Vowel | Series A | $13.5M | Sep 2021 |
 Hidden Level | Series A | $17.6M | Jan 2021 |
 Vantage Discovery | Series A | $16M | — |
 Apate AI | Seed | $11.4M | — |
 Ownify | Seed | $7M | — |
 Smart Access | Series A | $12M | — |
 StackAI | Series A | $16M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Last updated: 20 October 2026