1SHARPE CAPITAL LLC

Thesis

1Sharpe Capital is a full-spectrum institutional investment management firm founded in 2016, headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm operates across credit, housing, and venture capital, with a strategic focus on identifying and investing in gaps within traditional industries, particularly real estate and financial technology. Their investment thesis centers on backing businesses that are bringing large, offline industries online and reshaping them through technology and innovation. They target sectors that have historically been underinvested in, often referred to as the "Forgotten 50%" of the GDP, including real estate, construction, manufacturing, and financial services. The firm believes that advancements in AI and technology infrastructure are creating opportunities to drive efficiencies, transform outputs, and establish new norms in these established categories. They primarily target early-stage investments, focusing on pre-seed, seed, and Series A rounds, with a geographic scope on North America and Europe, and have also invested in Latin America. Check sizes for early-stage investments range from $500,000 to $2 million. As of December 31, 2025, 1Sharpe Capital had $2.70 billion in regulatory assets under management (AUM) on a discretionary basis. The firm launched an inaugural fund of $90 million in May 2022, aimed at early-stage proptech investments.

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• Pre-seed Fintech investors
• Seed-stage Fintech investors
• Series A Fintech investors