Fuel Capital

United States
"FUEL Capital is an early-stage venture fund dedicated to being more than a source of capital - we want to be true confidantes to every founder in the FUEL family. We stand in our founder’s corner, not their kitchen. We leverage our resources, connections, experience, and expertise to carve a shortcut for them - so their energy is spent on buildingthe future, instead of knocking on doors. FUEL was founded in 2013 by Chris Howard. Leah Solivan, founder of TaskRabbit, joined as a General Partner in 2017. FUEL invests in consumer, business software and cloud/ infrastructure companies. With a strong track record - including investments in 4 unicorns (Convoy, Flexport, Katerra and Weave), several recently acquired companies (CTRL-Labs - acquired by Facebook, CoreOS - acquired by RedHat, Nervana - acquired by Intel, Hightower - acquired by View the Space), as well as numerous up-and-coming companies (Clearbit, Figma, Highspot, Lattice, Mesosphere/ D2IQ, and thredUP) - Fuel has rightfully earned the reputation of being one of Silicon Valley’s leading seed funds."
Founded:2013
Firm Location:United States • San Francisco Bay Area
Fuel Capital Team
Photo of Chris Howard, Partner at Fuel Capital
Chris Howard
Fuel Capital·Partner
Sweet spot: $500K
Range: $500K - $1M
Investors in Canada, Investors in San Francisco (CA)
Investors in DeepTech (Pre-seed), Investors in AR/VR (Pre-seed), Investors in AR/VR (Seed), Investors in Creator/Passion Economy (Pre-seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Pre-seed), Investors in Web3/Crypto (Pre-seed), Investors in BioTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Web3/Blockchain (Pre-seed), Investors in Creator/Passion Economy (Seed), Investors in DeepTech (Seed), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Pre-seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in Web3/Crypto (Seed), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Creator/Passion Economy (Pre-seed), Investors in Web3/Blockchain (Seed), Investors in Creator/Passion Economy (Pre-seed), Investors in AI (Pre-seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Creator/Passion Economy (Seed), Investors in DeepTech (Pre-seed), Investors in AR/VR (Pre-seed), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Creator/Passion Economy (Seed), Investors in DeepTech (Seed), Investors in DeepTech (Pre-seed), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Pre-seed), Investors in AR/VR (Seed), Investors in AR/VR (Pre-seed), Investors in Web3/Crypto (Pre-seed), Investors in BioTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Web3/Blockchain (Pre-seed), Investors in Canada (Other Lists), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Pre-seed), Investors in DeepTech (Seed), Investors in AR/VR (Seed), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Pre-seed), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Pre-seed), Investors in BioTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Pre-seed), Investors in Web3/Blockchain (Pre-seed), Investors in Web3/Crypto (Pre-seed), Investors in Web3/Crypto (Seed), Investors in Web3/Blockchain (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in AI (Pre-seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Pre-seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Seed), Investors in Web3/Blockchain (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in AI (Pre-seed), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Angel, Scout, and Solo-Capitalists (Other Lists), Investors in Web3/Crypto (Seed), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)
Photo of Leah Solivan, General Partner at Fuel Capital
Leah Solivan
Fuel Capital·General Partner
Sweet spot: $875K
Range: $750K - $1M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)