# Lateral Capital: portfolio, investments and team

> Lateral Capital is a vc firm based in United States. 4 investments on record, latest Nov 2024. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

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# Lateral Capital

Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Mar 2026, closing $3M. Last cheque observed Nov 2024.

Quiet New fund $3.1M, Mar 2026 VC firm

Growth Pre-seed Seed Consumer FinTech Finance & Crypto

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 4 on record

Since the last cheque **720** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$6.5M** Rounds led **2 of 4**

Pitch Lateral Capital

## Lateral Capital highlights

- 01 4 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 100% of its rounds
- 03 Led 2 rounds

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Growth Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Consumer FinTech Finance & Crypto
- **Based in:** United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **4 appearances**

- **2024** 2 rounds
- **Nov** **[Wattnow](https://millionrounds.com/company/wattnow)** TN · Firms' own news pages **Undisclosed** *Led*
- **Oct** **[Octavia Carbon](https://millionrounds.com/company/octavia-carbon)** Seed · KE · Disrupt Africa **$5.0M** *Led*
- **2019** 1 round
- **Jul** **[Tivic Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/tivic-health)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$8.0M** With 6 others
- **2013** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Once Innovations](https://millionrounds.com/company/once-innovations)** Series A · US · finsmes.com **$5.3M** With 2 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **3 named**

JN **John N. Lilly** Managing Member of the General Partner and Management Company i Filing they signed

SG **Steven Grin** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

TJ **Timothy J. Kost** Managing Director of the Management Company i Filing they signed

We also hold **4** 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.

New fund on file

**$3.1M**

raised in Mar 2026

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

## The cheque

Growth Pre-seed Seed

Median round joined **$6.5M** the round, not its cheque

Led 2 of 4 rounds **50%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Nov 2024

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *2*
- Series A said *1*
- Growth said *-*
- Pre-seed said *-*
- Series B said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

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## Recently backed

The latest companies Lateral Capital put money into.

[**Wattnow** Nov 2024](https://millionrounds.com/company/wattnow)[**Octavia Carbon** $5.0M · Oct 2024](https://millionrounds.com/company/octavia-carbon)[**Tivic Health** $8.0M · Jul 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/tivic-health)

## Quick answers about Lateral Capital

### What does Lateral Capital invest in?

Lateral Capital invests most often at Seed and Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Consumer, FinTech and Finance & Crypto.

### How active is Lateral Capital?

4 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 2. The most recent was in Nov 2024.

### What has Lateral Capital invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Wattnow (Nov 2024), Octavia Carbon (Seed, Oct 2024) and Tivic Health (Seed, Jul 2019).

### How big are Lateral Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $6.5M.

### Is Lateral Capital investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Nov 2024.

### What kind of investor is Lateral Capital?

Lateral Capital is a VC firm based in United States.

### Has Lateral Capital raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Mar 2026, reporting $3.1M raised.

### When was Lateral Capital founded?

Lateral Capital was founded in 2017.

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