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REMUS Capital

About

We're looking for the rebels.

We invest in the underdogs. The contrarians. The resilient. We want to write the untold stories that rewire prevailing ways of thinking and doing.

We’re a VC firm that helps build, not bet on, companies transforming massive industries. We started from an MIT dorm room during the Great Recession and spent the last decade helping build industry-leading companies, often bringing them their biggest, million-dollar customers.

Everyone told us we were crazy when we got started. Now we have offices in Boston, San Francisco, and London.

We like defying the crowd, following our instincts, and proving them wrong. We love if you do too.

We admire people who think really big. Those who want to craft legendary, contrarian companies worth $5B or more. Those who have an irrational belief in your vision. We are very patient and have both youth and experience on our side, and we are hungry to build.

We lead Seed, Series A, and early Series B rounds. We prefer B2B companies tackling large traditional industries and/or commercializing research from top-tier groups. We are generalist, but themes that excite us include:

  • human-machine convergence (augmentation and automation)
  • consumer-enterprise interface (digitalization of the consumer experience)
  • enterprise agility (‘real-time’ actionable insights from novel data sources)
  • new industrial revolution (use of sensors and software in industry)
  • security of all data (more digitalization, more security problems)
  • software eating healthcare (making delivery more accurate, efficient, efficacious)
  • generation Z (the future)

How much are you looking to raise?

  • $0 - 3M (Pre-Seed / Seed): We write small checks into multiple companies at the Seed stage. Our goal is to work closely with you to determine whether we should continue our investment at the Series A. Historically, we have achieved a 2:1 ratio in terms of Seed investments to Series A follow-on rounds.
  • $3 - 10M (Series A): We lead $3-10M rounds at the Series A stage. Our core investments are either follow-on investments from companies we’ve seeded or first checks into new additions to our portfolio. As the lead institutional investor in your company, we will work closely with your executive team and board and serve as a true partner in your growth.
  • $10 - 20M (Series B): We lead $10-20M rounds at the Series B stage. A portion of these investments will be follow-ons from our Series A companies, but many will be new additions to our portfolio. We partner with entrepreneurs who are uninterested in raising artificially inflated rounds and who seek active partners to help hire executives, build boards, and optimize growth strategy.

How we help

We don’t bet. We build – and that starts from our first interaction with each entrepreneur. We work tirelessly to add value to the companies in our portfolio, and we base that strategy around four core pillars.

  • Customer Acquisition: We help you kick down doors, secure early pilots, and win contracts with key customers.
  • Building Go-to-Market Teams: We work closely with you to find and win the best talent for your most critical roles.
  • Fundraising Strategies: We guide you as you prepare and pursue additional capital to build and grow.
  • Board-Level Strategy: We support you in making decisions as an experienced voice at the table, and we bring in other players who can add outsized value.

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