Investment Strategy
We are operators who invest, not VCs. We capitalize on our 50 years of combined operating experience operating at the C-Level and starting and scaling businesses from scratch to help founders succeed. We identify exceptional founders with the capacity to be world-class operators building category-defining companies with huge market potential. We are here to be a trusted, experienced ally to founders – advising them on everything from launch, to hiring, go to market strategy, and finding their next investor.
ABOUT US
Capital F is founded by GPs Dawn Dobras and Margaret Coblentz, two digital operators with experience as founders, CEOs and investors.
Margaret Coblentz
Margaret is an investor and advisor for over 20 early-stage companies. As an operator she has successfully scaled digital businesses including founding her own DTC brand, Frances Austen, and growing it through acquisition. She is fluent in every step it takes to successfully start and scale a company. Margaret has a track record of hands-on help with her portfolio, partnering with them early on to hone their story, craft their pitch decks, and write the first check.
Margaret’s superpower is efficiency and drive (prime example: finishing her Stanford Business School application in the hospital, after giving birth). She lives with her husband and three children in San Francisco, and is hooked on continually learning new skills (currently: tennis and speaking French).
Dawn Dobras
Dawn holds over 30 years as a C-level executive, consumer operator, and board member. Most recently, she served as the CEO of Credo Beauty, named “World’s Most Innovative Beauty Company” by FastCo. Dawn is a huge champion for creating diversity on cap tables, as both an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Harvard Business School, where she received her MBA, and an investor with a proud portfolio of 90% female and 60% POC founded companies.
Dawn has a superpower to scale, with a history of unlocking revenue growth through innovation. She lives in Mill Valley with her husband and three surfing boys, is a third-generation entrepreneur, and competitive master rower (she likes to win).
Our Investments
Our Portfolio Includes 25+ Companies Consisting of:
90% Female Founders – 40% Under-Represented Founders – 90% Pre-Seed Investments
*Launching soon ** Acquired
INVESTMENT CRITERIA
We Look For:
Pre-Seed and Seed stage companies focused on: digital commerce & AI, the digital workplace and health.
A passionate, unique vantage point on overlooked problems and under-innovated industries
A superpower that specifically enables you to solve the problem, and the skill to get it done
Ambitious, imaginative, kind people
US-based businesses
Digital visionaries
Contact
General Inquiries
founders@capitalf.vc
Submit Your Pitch to Us
If you would like to pitch your company to us, please apply through our Deal Submission form below.