Investor Type | Firm |
Type of Fund | VC |
Industries | Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Material Science • Aerospace (& Defense) • DeepTech • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer • Woman Focused |
Stages | Early,Seed, Later Stage VC, Pre-seed |
Investing | United States • Canada |
Investment Range | $100,000 - $2,000,000 |
Investment Sweet Spot | $1,500,000 |
Assets Under Management | $50,000,000 |
Refactor Capital is a venture capital firm based in Burlingame, California, specializing in seed and early-stage investments. With a keen focus on transformative companies in the areas of aerospace, commercial services, food and beverage, transportation, software, wellness, healthcare, life sciences, health technology, and food technology, Refactor Capital seeks to reshape industries and the world through strategic funding. The firm typically leads or co-leads pre-seed and seed rounds, offering checks between $1-2 million, from their 4th fund, valued at $50 million, which started deployment in July 2024. Their investment thesis is underpinned by a belief that biology is changing the world, though they steer clear of med-tech devices, single-asset therapeutics, traditional enterprise software, and consumer mobile apps. As a solo capitalist fund, founded by Zal Bilimoria, Refactor Capital prides itself on swift decision-making and close, personal collaboration with its portfolio companies, offering one-on-one attention and an array of founder support services. These services include CFO support, communications training, and mental fitness programs, tailored to assist hard tech founders in industries such as bio, climate, energy, and aerospace. Refactor Capital possesses assets under management worth $50 million and prefers the term 'solo capitalist' to describe their approach, emphasizing highly responsive and personalized interaction with their founders. They are actively seeking to invest in healthcare, biotech, synthetic biology, aiming to bring onboard hard tech founders that are working on ambitious projects like onshoring critical technologies or using AI to accelerate biology. Refactor Capital looks to align with companies that are 'refactoring' their respective industries, which includes finding scalable and efficient solutions to formidable challenges in hard tech sectors.
We invest in healthcare, biotech, synthetic biology.