Engineering Capital

Engineering Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm that leads seed rounds in companies founded by technical entrepreneurs. Its stated focus is on software businesses that define new categories in information technology, with particular attention to artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data infrastructure, enterprise software, software engineering and data centres. The firm's investment geography is technology-driven software businesses across the United States.

The firm positions itself as willing to invest before traditional venture firms are, and it leads seed rounds rather than participating as a follower. Its stated selection criterion is technical insight on the part of the founder: the firm backs entrepreneurs whose understanding of a technical domain underpins the case for a new category. Check size, fund structure and founding year are not disclosed.

Engineering Capital is led by Founder and Chief Engineer Ashmeet Sidana, whose background combines building enterprise technology products with managing venture funds. The firm is based in Mountain View, California. It also convenes founders and technology leaders through the Engineering Summit and publishes writing on technical insight and the future of data centres.