We back
the bold.

Nahkoda Capital partners with exceptional founders building transformative companies across Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology, and Cloud.

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$200M
Assets Under Management
50+
Portfolio Companies
10+
Years in Silicon Valley
3
Unicorns Backed

Exceptional founders
don't need permission.
They need a partner.

Founded in 2014, Nahkoda Capital is headquartered in Palo Alto and is a subsidiary of Samudra Pacific. We manage $200M across a global investor network of family offices and accredited investors from Asia, the United States, and Europe.

We invest exclusively at Seed and Series A — when conviction matters most and the right partner can change everything. Our team brings 75+ combined years of operating, engineering, and investment experience.

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Three sectors.
Infinite possibility.

Artificial Intelligence

Foundation models, enterprise AI, and intelligent automation. We back teams building AI systems that fundamentally transform how businesses operate.

Enterprise AI ML Infrastructure AI Agents

Biotechnology

Digital health, genomics, and life sciences platforms. We partner with scientists and clinical entrepreneurs reimagining how medicine is discovered and delivered.

Digital Health Genomics Drug Discovery

Cloud & SaaS

Infrastructure, developer tools, and enterprise software. We invest in platforms that become the operating layer for modern businesses — scalable, defensible, indispensable.

Infrastructure Dev Tools Enterprise SaaS

Category-defining
companies.

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"The best time to back a founder is before the world knows their name."

— TIRTO ADJI, FOUNDING PARTNER

From the frontiers
of technology.

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Building something
extraordinary?

We invest at Seed and Series A in AI, BioTech, and Cloud. If you are a founder with an exceptional vision and the conviction to build it, we want to hear from you.

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