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Top Corner Capital

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We offer more efficient ways to fund early stage businesses by investing both debt and equity.

We have been investing in venture capital for over 25 years. From the boom in the late 90s to the dot-com bust, the 2008 financial crisis, the run up in the 2010s, and now a post COVID environment, we have seen venture capital through peaks, valleys, and many cycles of disruption. Throughout this journey, we have had the privilege to partner with some incredible entrepreneurs. Our key learnings from these relationships and years of experience are the ethos of Top Corner Capital.

Financing should never be one-size fits all, but that does not mean it can't be simple and transparent. We believe in partnering with founders to optimize their capital needs either through debt and or equity. Early stage businesses have traditionally been underserved when it comes to the different forms of financing they can access. Why not offer more tailored financing solutions for founders when dilution has the greatest impact at the earliest stages? Our genesis was born out of this question and is the reason we are laser focused on early stage investing.

After many years working in the venture capital ecosystem, we discovered a relatively untapped market for emerging companies looking to pair equity with less-dilutive financing while retaining the same, hands-on support from traditional venture investors.

We are early stage technology investors. We look at companies across the spectrum -- with special expertise in enterprise, consumer and healthcare. Each of our companies gets our full attention and equal support -- we don’t play favorites.

We partner with Seed and Series A stage companies to allow them to grow faster and increase their chances of raising their next round.

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