Lobster Capital, LLC
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Lobster Capital is an investment firm that focuses exclusively on Y Combinator startups, targeting the top 2% of each batch. It operates as a fund for limited partners, providing access to YC deals.
Lobster Capital, LLC is a venture capital firm headquartered in San Francisco, United States, founded in 2023. It invests both directly in companies and in funds as a limited partner, from seed to Series A, in YC startups and technology. Its stated cheque size is $1M to $10M LP checks. 47 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“We back Y Combinator companies exclusively.”
— Lobster Capital, LLC, own website
- Layer
- Direct + LP
- Type
- Venture capital
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Invests in
- US
- Sectors
- YC startups, technology
- Cheque size
- $1M to $10M LP checks
- Founded
- 2023
- Portfolio
- 47 companies
Co-invests most often with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 45 co-investors found.
- DG Daiwa Ventures 4 shared companies: onlook.com, keye.co, harperinsure.com, madebythomas.ai
- ZAKA VC 3 shared companies: finaldose.ai, lunabill.com, inversionsemi.com
- Rebel Management, LLC 2 shared companies: ycombinator.com, arraylabs.io
- Kima Ventures 2 shared companies: ionworks.com, zeroentropy.dev
- Founder Factor 2 shared companies: finaldose.ai, pantainsure.com
- AgFunder 1 shared company: ycombinator.com
- Alter Global 1 shared company: ycombinator.com
- Angel Invest 1 shared company: ycombinator.com
- Beyond Earth Ventures 1 shared company: ycombinator.com
- Butterfly Ventures 1 shared company: ycombinator.com
and 35 more — the graph.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Lobster Capital, LLC publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.lobstercap.com/name, is_investor, layer, type, hq_country, hq_city, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, founded, status, confidence
- https://www.lobstercap.com/how-to-invest-in-yc-startups-as-an-lp/cheque_size
- https://www.lobstercap.com/companies/portfolio_count
- https://www.lobstercap.com/about/people
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Record 3540 · added 2026-09-03 · link last verified 2026-09-06 · confidence high
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