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Kyber Knight Capital

Linus Liang's Kyber Knight Capital turns 50+ CEO and unicorn-founder LPs into a proprietary customer-access network for pre-seed and seed-stage startups.

Kyber Knight Capital

Kyber Knight Capital is an exempt reporting adviser, established in 2023. It provides investment advice to clients.

General information

Firm type

Asset Manager

Location

Region

North America

Country

United States

City

San Francisco

Corporate office

San Francisco, CA, United States

Principals

Linus Liang

Founder and Managing Partner

Sunny Dhillon

Partner

Afnaan Hashmi

Investor

Sector focus

CommerceAI/MLEnterprise SoftwarePropTechDefense TechSpaceTechClimateTechGamingDigital AssetsInsurTechLegalTech

Frequently asked questions

How does Kyber Knight source proprietary deal flow?

The firm’s primary sourcing mechanism is its luminary LP network of over 50 Fortune 500 CEOs, unicorn founders, and entertainment executives. These LPs actively open their networks for portfolio companies, which gives Kyber Knight an inside track on founders operating in commerce, AI, defense, and the built environment. The LP base also operates as an early-access reference network that can validate founders and markets faster than a cold outreach model.

Does Kyber Knight participate in fund commitments or only direct deals?

Kyber Knight invests directly in companies at the pre-seed and seed stages. The firm's website and portfolio disclosures show no fund-of-funds activity. All named positions — from SpaceX and Anduril to BitGo and a Meta-acquired agent platform — represent direct equity stakes in operating companies, with co-investors listed alongside each deal.

What investment stages does Kyber Knight typically target?

The firm states it is hyper-focused on pre-seed and seed-stage investing. It takes a low-volume, highly concentrated approach, which lets a small team remain deeply involved with each company post-investment. The portfolio includes businesses that later attracted growth-stage co-investors such as Softbank, General Catalyst, and Kleiner Perkins, but Kyber Knight‘s own entry point is at the earliest rounds.

Which sectors does Kyber Knight explicitly prioritize?

The firm identifies four thesis areas: the future of commerce, AI, labor, and the built environment. Disclosed portfolio holdings map onto AI-powered legal and tax software (legaltech), autonomous defense systems, reusable rocketry, carbon removal, digital-asset infrastructure, and consumer internet. The website does not list exclusionary sectors, but the portfolio density clusters around applied AI, frontier hardware, and enterprise infrastructure.

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