A  Umami Capital

https://umamicap.com/




     Office Locations:

New York, NY

 
Stages:

  • Early
  • Seed
 
Industries:

  • Information Technology
  • Software & Internet


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    Description:

    Umami Capital is the world's largest angel syndicate powered by Forbes 30U30 listers. Umami Capital is led by James Lu Morrissey, co-founder of an enterprise SaaS startup. The group has invested $20M+ in 60+ companies alongside leading funds including a16z, Founders Fund, Kleiner Perkins, Harvard's endowment, Sequoia, NEA, YC, and many more. Umami's typical check size is $100k-$500k. Umami Capital venture-ops is managed by Alice Shen, Associate Director of Product Management at Wayfair. Most of Umami's deals are Pre-seed, Seed, or Series A.



    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)    		No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)    		$2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)    		$7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     
    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
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    Alice Shen Operations
    James Lu Morrissey Founder

     
    Recent Funding Events (trailing 12 months):


      Date
      Name
      State
      Amount
      Stage

      01/29/2026
      BoldVoice
      NY
      $21,000,000
      Series A

     
    Portfolio companies include:


      Active Surfaces
        web link


      Aquaria
        web link


      BoldVoice
        web link


     
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