Cleo Capital focuses on the Future of Income, Complicated Consumer, and Decentralized Enterprise, primarily leading pre-seed rounds. The article examines the Creator Economy, a sector the fund invests in.
Sarah Kunst, Cleo Capital managing director, and Eric Jackson, EMJ Capital founder and president, join ‘Last Call’ to give their takes on Apple’s new augmented reality headset the ‘Vision Pro’ and its hefty price tag.
Cleo Capital is a generalist venture capital fund founded by Sarah Kunst in 2018. It invests in Delaware c corps building software, usually at the earliest stages, with check sizes ranging from $100K to $1M.
Cleo Capital launches a remote, 12-week cybersecurity accelerator for pre-seed and seed startups worldwide, planning to select up to 10 companies and make a standard investment of $250,000 for 7% equity. Founder and managing partner Sarah Kunst says the program seeks companies in consumer, defense, dev tools, and infrastructure, including startups building identity verification, scam-alert, and other security tools. Applications are due January 20, and the program starts February 24.
