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Palm Drive Capital

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 89 cheques on record.

Deploying nowNew fund $42M, Jan 2024VC firm

SeedSeries ASeries BSoftwareRecurringCollaboration Tools

Deploying now
52%of best year12cheques in 12 months, 89 on record
Since the last cheque5days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$8.0MCheque size, as they say$200K – $10MRounds led1 of 89Mostly inUnited States, 72%
Pitch Palm Drive Capital

Palm Drive Capital highlights

  1. 01

    12 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Venture and Series A: 54% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Led 1 rounds

What they do

Palm Drive Capital is a venture capital firm backing generational founders at pre-seed and seed.From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$200K – $10M as they say
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries B
Sectors
SoftwareRecurringCollaboration Tools
Based in
New York, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first89 appearances

  1. 2026

    10 rounds

  2. Oct
    ParadevSeed · US · Google News search$12MWith 10 others
  3. Jul
    Vector LegalSeed · US$5.2MWith 3 others
  4. Apr
    JinbaVenture · USUndisclosedWith 3 others
  5. Apr
    GGWPSeries A · US$15MWith 5 others
  6. Mar
    ZeroSettlePre-seed · US$500KWith 1 other
  7. Mar
    TraversePre-seed · US$500KWith 2 others
  8. Feb
    AveniaSeries A · BR · LatamList$17MWith 7 others
  9. Feb
    GetDynastyVenture · USUndisclosedWith 5 others
  10. Jan
    VelaFiSeries B · LatamList$20MWith 7 others
  11. Jan
    MaraVenture · BRUndisclosedWith 3 others
  12. 2025

    18 rounds

  13. Dec
    SellRazeVenture · USUndisclosedWith 4 others
  14. Nov
    LuminalSeed · US · TechCrunch$5.3MWith 7 others
  15. Oct
    APRO OracleVenture · SGUndisclosedWith 4 others
  16. Sept
    GetASAPVenture · USUndisclosedWith 5 others
  17. Sept
    QashioVentureUndisclosedWith 4 others
  18. Sept
    ZaniaSeries A · US$18MWith 3 others
  19. Sept
    throxySeed · GB$6.2MWith 5 others
  20. Aug
    AurelianSeries A · US · New Enterprise Associates$14MWith 5 others
  21. Aug
    AlbiwareVenture · USUndisclosedWith 3 others
  22. Aug
    Naluri LifeSeries B$5.0MWith 3 others
  23. Jul
    Cascade SpaceSeed · US$5.9MWith 6 others
  24. Jul
    Boba NetworkGrowth · US$70MWith 5 others
  25. Jul
    Ticket WalletSeed · US$6.0MWith 4 others
  26. Jun
    NutilitiVenture · US$11MWith 1 other
  27. Jun
    Vector InstituteGrant · CA$2.6MWith 5 others
  28. Mar
    MisprintPre-seed · US$500KWith 3 others
  29. Feb
    PhaseSeries A · DE · TechCrunch$13MWith 12 others
  30. Jan
    LemFiSeries B · NG · Disrupt Africa$53MWith 7 others
  31. 2024

    11 rounds

  32. Dec
    PlatusPre-seed · US$500KWith 3 others
  33. Dec
    iDox.aiVenture · US$10MWith 1 other
  34. Nov
    EyewaSeries C · AE · TechCrunch$100MWith 8 others
  35. Oct
    MealMeSeries A · US · TechCrunch$8.0MWith 7 others
  36. Oct
    Party IconsSeed · HK$9.0MWith 4 others
  37. Sept
    Ply HealthPre-seed · US$500KWith 3 others
  38. Jun
    StanlySeed · US$8.0MWith 3 others
  39. May
    RefineSeed · US$2.8MWith 3 others
  40. May
    RobinFoodVenture · CO$4.0MWith 3 others
  41. Mar
    PopulariumSeed · US$2.0MWith 3 others
  42. Mar
    Louisa AISeed · US$5.0MWith 2 others
  43. 2023

    12 rounds

  44. Dec
    MAKAPre-seed$2.6MWith 1 other

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 registration4 named

HLHendrick LeeManaging Member of the Manager of the Co-ManageriFiling they signed
JCJocelyn Cortez YoungManaging Member of the Co-ManageriFiling they signed
SCSeamon ChanManaging Member of the Manager of the Co-ManageriFiling they signed
XCXiaoxiao CaiChief Compliance Officer, PartneriForm ADV

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 the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

$376Massets it managesOct 2026
Registeredinvestment adviserfull reporting to the SEC
Legal name
PALM Drive Capital LLC
SEC number
CRD 284014

Funds on its Form ADV

23 private funds, $376M in gross assets · filed Feb 2024

  1. Palm Drive Capital III L.P.Venture34 investors$90M
  2. Palm Drive Capital II L.P.Venture41 investors$76M
  3. Palm Drive Ventures I L.P.Venture30 investors$59M
  4. Palm Drive Capital IV L.P.Venture21 investors$41M
  5. PD BC LLCVenture3 investors$31M
  6. Palm Drive Ventures (WL), LLCVenture15 investors$23M
  7. PD CAT LLCVenture32 investors$8.7M
  8. PD Menlo LLCVenture19 investors$8.4M
  9. Minerva Palm Drive RF LLCVenture32 investors$6.0M
  10. PD ALBI LLCVenture11 investors$5.1M

And 13 more on the filing.

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Palm Drive Capital. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies Palm Drive Capital put money into.

Quick answers about Palm Drive Capital

What does Palm Drive Capital invest in?

Palm Drive Capital invests most often at Venture and Series A (54% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Software, Recurring and Collaboration Tools.

How active is Palm Drive Capital?

89 investments on record, 12 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

What has Palm Drive Capital invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Paradev (Seed, Oct 2026), Vector Legal (Seed, Jul 2026) and Jinba (Venture, Apr 2026).

How big are Palm Drive Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $8.0M. It says it writes cheques of $200K to $10M.

Does Palm Drive Capital lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 89 investments on record (1%).

Where does Palm Drive Capital invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (72%) and Brazil (6%).

Is Palm Drive Capital investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 12 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Palm Drive Capital invest alongside?

Most often Drive Capital (83 rounds together), Y Combinator (31 rounds together) and Pioneer Fund (12 rounds together).

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