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Stellation Capital
Stellation cultivates the conditions needed for founder visions to become inevitable through capital, counsel, and the right coalition of peer founders.
Stellation Capital
Stellation cultivates the conditions needed for founder visions to become inevitable through capital, counsel, and the right coalition of peer founders. The firm invests at formation, leading and co-leading with up to $2.5M checks, and backs exceptional founders across four core areas: Minds, Machines, Markets, and Matter. It propels founders through recruiting, fundraising, strategic counsel, and community.
General information
Firm type
Private Equity
Year founded
2021
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
Brooklyn
Corporate office
Brooklyn, NY, United States
Principals
David Gabeau
Investor
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
What does Stellation Capital mean by 'philomath founders'?
The firm uses the term philomath to describe founders with a demonstrated love of learning and deep technical or domain expertise. Portfolio examples include Oxford PhDs in computer vision (Vybe) and MIT-trained engineers who spun out of Apple (Software Applications Inc). The thesis is that this type of founder builds more defensible, mission-critical software.
Which sectors does Stellation Capital explicitly avoid?
Stellation does not publish a formal exclusion list. Based on its portfolio, the firm avoids deep tech hardware, biotech, and traditional industrials. The focus stays on software — enterprise, consumer, AI, and home services — with no life sciences or clean-energy holdings visible.
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