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    Palm Drive Capital

    New York, New York, United StatesFounded 2014
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    SaaSFintechEnterprise SoftwareE-Commerce & MarketplaceCybersecurity

    Palm Drive Capital is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2014 that backs generational founders at the pre-seed and seed stages, with offices in New York and San Francisco. The firm invests across software-focused technology sectors including SaaS, fintech, and enterprise software.

    Average disclosed round size is $18.1M (across 38 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    45

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    2

    Team

    AC

    Alejandro Cercio

    Investment

    CC

    Catherine Cai

    Investment

    HL

    Hendrick Lee

    Investment

    HW

    Henry Woram

    Investment

    NH

    Nick Hsu

    Investment

    SH

    Salmaan Hussain

    Investment

    SC

    Seamon Chan

    Investment

    ZE

    Zachary Ewing

    Investment

    DC

    Dorie Chang

    Operations

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    47 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Naluri logoNaluriSeries B$5MAug 2026
    Clipto logoCliptoSeed—Jan 2026
    Cascade Space logoCascade SpaceSeed$5.9MJul 2025
    PHASE logoPHASEUnknown$13MFeb 2025
    Zania logoZaniaSeries A$18MJan 2025
    CClipto AISeed—Jan 2025
    MealMe logoMealMeSeries A$8MOct 2024
    Stanly logoStanlySeries A$8MJun 2024
    Popularium logoPopulariumSeed$2MMar 2024
    Moove logoMooveSeries B$100MMar 2024
    BOX ID logoBOX IDSeed—Feb 2024
    Edufi logoEdufiPre-Seed—Nov 2023
    Novig logoNovigSeed$6.4MAug 2023
    Galactic Holdings logoGalactic HoldingsSeed$10MJan 2023
    GoFreight logoGoFreightSeries A$23MNov 2022
    IInvygoSeries A$10MOct 2022
    Priceoye logoPriceoyeSeed—Aug 2022
    Holograph logoHolographSeed$2.8MApr 2022
    Umba logoUmbaSeries A$15MApr 2022
    RobinFood logoRobinFoodGrowth—Jan 2022
    CXIP Labs logoCXIP LabsSeed$6.5MJan 2022
    Matrixport logoMatrixportSeries C—Oct 2021
    Highstreet Market logoHighstreet MarketUnknown$5MAug 2021
    Merqueo logoMerqueoSeries C$50MJul 2021
    MealMe logoMealMeSeed$900KFeb 2021
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    Top Co-Investors

    Y Combinator9 shared
    Soma Capital6 shared
    Liquid 2 Ventures4 shared
    Animoca Brands4 shared
    500 Global3 shared
    Caffeinated Capital3 shared
    8VC3 shared
    Infinity Ventures Crypto3 shared
    Garage Capital3 shared
    Slow Ventures2 shared
    IGNIA2 shared
    New Enterprise Associates2 shared
    IDG Capital2 shared
    Polychain Capital2 shared
    Mubadala Ventures2 shared
    AfricInvest2 shared
    Future Africa2 shared
    Lux Capital2 shared
    RRE Ventures2 shared
    GL Ventures2 shared

    Last updated: 8 September 2026