Where we focus
Our mission is to change the venture game by backing founders who are building adaptive, equitable institutions—not extractive ones.
We believe:
- Everyone deserves access to reliable healthcare and financial security
- Communities should be able to withstand and recover from climate disruption
- AI should empower people, not displace or surveil them
- Durable value is created by strengthening systems—not exploiting them
We partner early, lead with conviction, and support founders at the beginning of long missions—because that’s where meaningful, venture-scale impact begins.
Stage
What does Pre-Seed mean? Ask 10 people and get 10 different answers. That’s because Pre-Seed is a spectrum.
We focus on companies that are post-product launch and have their 1st customer secured. Why? We like builders. Plus these days, it’s easy and oftentimes free to build and ship products using low-code and no-code tools. So the barrier between talking about the thing and doing the thing is a mindset, not capital. We believe that investing in builders makes good business sense. They’re capable of creating value to themselves, to us and by extension to our LPs.
Valuation
We focus on companies that are raising $1-3M rounds on a <$10M valuation.
Thesis
We care deeply about who benefits from technology—and who bears the cost.
Many of the industries we invest in have historically excluded marginalized communities. We believe the next generation of founders—often those with lived proximity to broken systems—are uniquely positioned to rebuild them better. When paired with AI, these founders can now move faster, scale smarter, and compete with entrenched incumbents for the first time.
As a Black woman, Sydney has experienced inequities in health and wealth systems firsthand. That lived experience shapes how we invest—alongside founders who share a commitment to building solutions rooted in trust, dignity, and long-term impact.
Founder profile
The founders we’re looking for are doers, deep learners and constantly pushing towards excellence. This means that you are building on an insight that you’ve gained through an “earned secret."
We don’t care what business school you attended or the alumni networks you belong to. We care about the intangibles – empathy, kindness and your proximity to the problems you’re solving – because these are things you can’t learn in a book, but can make all the difference for your business and the communities you serve.
Process
We are thoughtful about building our fund as a company, just like you. As founders, you are our customers, and we have organized our fund in order to serve you effectively.
That starts with a diligence form to replace the 30 minute sourcing/screening call that you are usually going through. After you fill it out, we review your company over 4-6 weeks to understand if you are a good fit for what we’re looking for.
We see our work together as a long term relationship where we leverage our expertise as investors and entrepreneurs and our extensive networks across various industries to help you grow your business. After our first check into your first round, we develop a set of KPIs with you that can help guide the growth of your business. Once you hit your targets, this unlocks additional capital from us.
Interested in working with us? Pitch Us Here.
Every VC tells you that they’re different. Here’s how we actually are.
At Symphonic Capital, we understand that true success takes time, effort, and investment. We recognize that building lasting institutions requires patience, dedication, and care. That's why we focus on companies that are creating systems with the potential to make a positive impact on the communities we love.
Be real with us, because we’ll be real with you.
Being a builder is all about learning – not pretending you have all the answers. The best founders are honest about where they need to grow. We are VCs who don’t want you to put on a show. By being candid, even vulnerable, with each other, we can support you in the intense personal growth journey that is entrepreneurship.
Building a great product means building a great company.
Too many VCs don’t know or care about the nuts and bolts of early-stage building. And too many founders end up getting bogged down in problems that have already been solved, and that true experts could help with. That’s where we come in – we’re a team of founders and company builders ourselves.
A partnership with Symphonic means access to the most experienced early stage investors, chief operating officers, chief people officers, and engineers in the game.
Driven by customer’s problems, not ego.
At Symphonic, we move differently. For starters, we’re not greedy and we don’t follow the herd. We want to return to a world where big checks and massive valuations are not the only things that define the success of a VC fund. That’s why we’re focused on the wins that actually deliver meaningful impact for underserved communities and our LPs.
Who We Are
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Drop us a line at hi@symphonic.vc and our team will get back to you ASAP!