About Corazon Capital
Corazon Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2014. It is primarily based out of Chicago, United States. As of Jun 2022, Corazon Capital has invested in 32 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Consumer and Retail. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of Tellie Overall, Corazon Capital portfolio has seen 9 acquisitions including key companies like Mantle, Keybase and Authy. A lot of funds co-invest with Corazon Capital, with names like Chicago Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Corazon Capital has team of 14 people including 6 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 2 more
Portfolio Soonicorns
Corazon Capital's List of Top Investments
Corazon Capital has a portfolio of 32 companies. Their most notable investments are in Gated and Heretik.Their portfolio spans across United States and Canada. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Retail and 15 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 2 more. Here is the list of top investments by Corazon Capital:
1. Mantle
Manufacturer of tooling solutions combining CNC machining with 3D printing. The company provides solutions for prototype and production tooling applications. It offers software and tool steels for precision tooling with accuracy and surface finish.
Key facts about Mantle
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $61.5M
- Employee Count: 40 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Foundation Capital, 11.2 Capital and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jul 10, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
2. Clarifai
Provider of AI-based image and video recognition solution for multiple industries. It offers image and video recognition technology based on machine vision and deep learning. It offers an API feature that includes software that summarizes videos and recognizes specific activities, customers counts, and more. It also provides customer insights with AI-driven social listening to measure customer sentiment and conducts audience research. It caters its solution to industries such as ecommerce, aviation, public sector, and more.
Key facts about Clarifai
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Acqui-Hired
- Total Funding till date: $101M
- Employee Count: 50 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Qualcomm Ventures, TriplePoint Capital and 19 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Oct 15, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. GetCarro
Carro is an influencer marketing platform. The platform helps brands to discover, connect, and collaborate with influencers for promoting campaigns and creating content. It also helps with influencer outreach, campaign management, and tracking of multiple influencers and campaigns from one place.
Key facts about GetCarro
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Irvine (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $34M
- Employee Count: 45 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Alpha Edison, PayPal Ventures and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Aug 23, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Telnyx
Provider of voice AI platform with global telecommunications infrastructure. The platform offers tools for building conversational AI agents. It provides voice, messaging, and connectivity solutions. The platform supports speech-to-text, text-to-speech, SIP trunking, and SMS capabilities. It offers APIs and SDKs for developers to integrate voice AI. The platform facilitates real-time audio streaming and contextual memory.
Key facts about Telnyx
- Founded Year: 2009
- Location: Chicago (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $2.22M
- Employee Count: 412 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Glynn Capital, Frontline Ventures and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Nov 13, 2014, $*****
5. Greenfly
Cloud based content management platform. It offers a digital content platform that helps sports leagues, teams, and media companies produce and distribute video and other media content via a network of influencers, brand ambassadors, and employees across television, social media, and the public web. AI based automation to organize thousands of digital assets in real time.
Key facts about Greenfly
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Los Angeles (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $65.3M
- Employee Count: 89 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Mercato Partners, Alpha Edison and 23 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Mar 15, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Corazon Capital's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Corazon Capital has invested in 32 companies over the last 14 years, with an average of 2 new investments annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Tellie and most recent follow-on round was in TripScout.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
2021 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2018 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
2017 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Corazon Capital's Investments by Stage
Corazon Capital has made 15 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.48M, 12 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $7.08M, 4 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $13M and 1 investment in Conventional Debt stage with an average round size of $374M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 15 |
Series A | 12 |
Series B | 4 |
Conventional Debt | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Corazon Capital's Investments by Sector
Corazon Capital has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Retail, Vertical SaaS and FinTech. Notably, it has invested in 31 Tech companies, 21 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 20 Software companies and at least 14 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 19 |
Consumer | 12 |
Retail | 5 |
Vertical SaaS | 4 |
FinTech | 3 |
Others | 23 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Corazon Capital's Investments by Geography
Corazon Capital has made most investments in United States (31), followed by Canada where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 31 |
Canada | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Corazon Capital's recent investments
Corazon Capital has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Corazon Capital:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jun 14, 2022 | United States | Series A | 2312 | [+7] | |
Jun 02, 2022 | United States | Series A | 8637 | [+3] | |
Mar 23, 2022 | United States | Seed | 1227 | [+2] | |
Mar 03, 2022 | United States | Seed | 6746 | ||
Feb 14, 2022 | United States | Seed | 4844 | [+3] |
Acquired companies in Corazon Capital's Portfolio
9 companies from Corazon Capital's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Clarifai in May 2026 by Nebius for $*****.Here are Corazon Capital's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
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May 12, 2026 | Jul 2014 | Seed | 4053 | |
Nov 04, 2025 | Feb 24, 2021 | Series B | 6811 | |
Feb 04, 2025 | Apr 21, 2016 | Series B | 5240 | |
Apr 22, 2024 | Jan 17, 2022 | Series A | 9478 | |
Aug 29, 2022 | Dec 19, 2017 | Seed | 4831 |
Team profile of Corazon Capital
Corazon Capital has a team of 14 members including 6 Partners, 1 Venture Partner and 4 Principals located in United States. Corazon Capital's team sits on the board of 4 companies.Here is a list of top team members in Corazon Capital:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | Chicago | |||
Partner | Brooklyn | - | - | |
Partner | United States | - | ||
Partner | Los Angeles | ExecOnline and Batch | ||
Partner | - | |||
Partner | United States | - | ||
Venture Partner | United States | - | - | |
Principal | Los Angeles | - | ||
Principal | Chicago | - | ||
Principal | Chicago | - | ||
Principal | Chicago | - | - |
Co-investors of Corazon Capital
Over the past 14 years, 211 investors have co-invested in Corazon Capital's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Corazon Capital: Y Combinator, FireStarter Fund and 47 others have invested in rounds before Corazon Capital. There are 2 companies where Y Combinator has invested before Corazon Capital and 2 companies where FireStarter Fund has invested before Corazon Capital.
- Top Co-investors of Corazon Capital: 98 investors entered a company along with Corazon Capital. These include investors like Chicago Ventures (5 companies).
- Invested after Corazon Capital: A total of 64 investors have invested in Corazon Capital's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include NBA Equity (2 companies), Schooner Capital (1 company) and Fine Structure Ventures (1 company).
Recent News related to Corazon Capital
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Tellie, Web3 Starter Kit for Creators, Raises $10M Series A to Onboard Web2 Creators to Web3Userwalls•Jun 15, 2022•Tellie, Malibu Point Capital, Osage Venture Partners, Dapper Labs and 7 others
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Tripscout raises $14M, launches hotel booking through InstagramPhocusWire•Jun 02, 2022•TripScout, M25, New Stack Ventures, MATH Venture Partners and 2 others
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Gated Raises $3.5M in Seed FundingFinSMEs•Mar 23, 2022•Gated, Corazon Capital, Precursor Ventures, Burst Capital and 1 other
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Lovewick, An App for Couples, Raises $1 Million Pre-Seedsvdaily.com•Feb 15, 2022•Lovewick, Corazon Capital, Match Group, Tinder and 1 other
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Carro Raises $20M to Help Brands 'Sell More, Together'Yahoo•Nov 18, 2021•Carro, PayPal, GC1 Holding, Alpha Edison and 3 others
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Clarifai Raises $60M in Series C Funding to Bring AI to DevelopersCNW•Oct 15, 2021•Clarifai, New Enterprise Associates, Menlo Ventures, Union Square Ventures and 9 others
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Specialist in additively manufacturing metal tooling completes $25 million financing roundThe FABRICATOR•Oct 01, 2021•Mantle, Fidelity Investments, Hypertherm, Corazon Capital and 5 others
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Happs raises $4.7 million for a multicast livestream platform creator communityTechCrunch+•Jun 24, 2021•Happs, Bullpen Capital, Crosslink Capital, Goodwater Capital and 3 others
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