# Inception Studio Capital: portfolio, investments and team

> Inception Studio Capital is an accelerator based in United States. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/inception-studio-capital (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Inception Studio Capital

No observed cheques in the sources we track. That is a limit of our coverage, not a finding about this organisation.

Unknown New fund $5.8M, May 2026 Accelerator

Pre-seed Seed AI

Cheques on record

**No rounds observed yet** A limit of the sources we read, not a finding about the firm.

Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $1.5M**

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## What they do

> Our non-profit accelerator takes 0% equity, attracting founders who would never join YC or traditional programs. From their own website

- **Type:** Accelerator
- **Cheque size:** $100K – $1.5M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed
- **Sectors:** AI
- **Based in:** Palo Alto, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

No rounds observed yet. That is a limit of the sources we read, not a finding about the firm. If it has invested, a round will put it here. [Know a round it was in? Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=inception-studio-capital).

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **2 named**

JW **John Whaley** Managing Partner of the Manager of the General Partner of the Fund i Filing they signed

MM **Michael Morris** Managing Partner of the Manager of the General Partner of the Fund i Filing they signed

We also hold **7** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**12** of 37 we have independently watched raise

[Alex AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/alex)[Coframe logo Coframe](https://millionrounds.com/company/coframe)[Dryft](https://millionrounds.com/company/dryft)[Hexus logo Hexus](https://millionrounds.com/company/hexus)[Mariana Minerals](https://millionrounds.com/company/mariana-minerals)[Mem0](https://millionrounds.com/company/mem0)[Omi logo Omi](https://millionrounds.com/company/omi)[Pie logo Pie](https://millionrounds.com/company/pie)[PrismaX logo PrismaX](https://millionrounds.com/company/prismax)[Queue logo Queue](https://millionrounds.com/company/queue)[Scorecard logo Scorecard](https://millionrounds.com/company/scorecard)[Synthpop logo Synthpop](https://millionrounds.com/company/synthpop) AIx2 logo AIx2 AethexAI logo AethexAI Axiom Bio Bon logo Bon Emerald logo Emerald First Intelligence Glasp logo Glasp Greenflash logo Greenflash GuestOS logo GuestOS Hyperscale logo Hyperscale Infinity logo Infinity Iqsurgical Jest L Lovie Cohort Lightning Rod Octagon logo Octagon Precognition Labs Saywise logo Saywise Secondly logo Secondly Sela logo Sela Subatomic logo Subatomic Subtle logo Subtle Sup AI Trellis logo Trellis Ventrilo logo Ventrilo

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

New fund on file

**$5.8M**

raised in May 2026

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

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## Quick answers about Inception Studio Capital

### What does Inception Studio Capital invest in?

Inception Studio Capital says it invests in AI.

### How big are Inception Studio Capital's cheques?

It says it writes cheques of $100K to $1.5M.

### Is Inception Studio Capital investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months.

### What kind of investor is Inception Studio Capital?

Inception Studio Capital is an accelerator based in Palo Alto, United States.

### Has Inception Studio Capital raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in May 2026, reporting $5.8M raised.

### Where does this information on Inception Studio Capital come from?

From public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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