# Shine Capital: portfolio, investments and team

> Shine Capital is a vc firm based in United States. 65 investments on record, 15 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026.

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

United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors)

# Shine Capital

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 65 cheques on record.

Email

Deploying now New fund $1.0M, Aug 2026 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Agriculture B2B Built Environment

Follow Shine Capital and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fshine-capital)

Deploying now

**71%** of best year **15** **cheques in 12 months**, 65 on record

Since the last cheque **36** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$14M** Cheque size, as they say **$50K – $6.0M** Rounds led **5 of 65** Sole investor **6 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 90%**

Pitch Shine Capital

## Shine Capital highlights

- 01 15 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series A and Seed: 64% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 6 rounds, median $2.3M

## What they do

> Shine is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with creative, convincing, relentless entrepreneurs to build iconic businesses. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $50K – $6.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Agriculture B2B Built Environment
- **Based in:** New York, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **65 appearances**

- **2026** 11 rounds
- **Sept** **[Rivet](https://millionrounds.com/company/rivet)** Seed · IN · Inc42 **$11M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Pilgrim](https://millionrounds.com/company/pilgrim)** Seed · US · TechStartups **$25M** With 7 others
- **Aug** **[Antares](https://millionrounds.com/company/antares)** Series C · US · TechCrunch **$470M** With 5 others
- **Jun** **[Turnout](https://millionrounds.com/company/turnout)** Series A · US **$35M** With 1 other
- **May** **[MOTHER.Tech](https://millionrounds.com/company/mother-tech)** Seed · US · AlleyWatch **$15M** With 3 others
- **May** **[10Beauty](https://millionrounds.com/company/10beauty)** Venture · US **$24M** With 3 others
- **May** **[Mother Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/mother-games)** Seed · US **$15M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Zenskar](https://millionrounds.com/company/zenskar)** Series A · Ventureburn **$15M** With 8 others
- **Apr** **[Gizmo](https://millionrounds.com/company/gizmo)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$22M** *Led*
- **Mar** **[Denki](https://millionrounds.com/company/denki)** Seed · US · Crunchbase News **$4.1M** *Led*
- **Jan** **[Cosmos](https://millionrounds.com/company/cosmos)** Series A · US · AlleyWatch **$15M** *Led*
- **2025** 17 rounds
- **Dec** **[Antares](https://millionrounds.com/company/antares)** Series B · US · TechCrunch **$96M** *Led*
- **Dec** **[Jingweida Automobile](https://millionrounds.com/company/jingweida-automobile)** Venture **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Nov** **[Numerai](https://millionrounds.com/company/numerai)** Series C · US · TechStartups **$30M** With 2 others
- **Nov** **[iVerify](https://millionrounds.com/company/iverify)** Venture · US **$12M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Audioshake](https://millionrounds.com/company/audioshake)** Series A · US **$14M** With 5 others
- **Sept** **[Reggora](https://millionrounds.com/company/reggora)** Growth · US · Firms' own news pages **$18M** With 4 others
- **Sept** **[Orchard Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/orchard-robotics)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$22M** *Led*
- **Sept** **[Jodell Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/jodell-robotics)** Venture **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Digitgate Communication Technology](https://millionrounds.com/company/digitgate-communication-technology)** Series C **$14M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Turnout](https://millionrounds.com/company/turnout)** Seed · US **$21M** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[EVT Aerotechnics](https://millionrounds.com/company/evt-aerotechnics)** Venture **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[Caremo](https://millionrounds.com/company/caremo)** Venture **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[Remark](https://millionrounds.com/company/remark)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$16M** With 5 others
- **Jun** **[Polimorphic](https://millionrounds.com/company/polimorphic)** Series A · US **$19M** With 6 others
- **May** **[Plasma](https://millionrounds.com/company/plasma)** Token sale · GB **$373M** With 4 others
- **May** **[Glide](https://millionrounds.com/company/glide)** Series A · US **$15M** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[Bliss Aesthetics](https://millionrounds.com/company/bliss-aesthetics)** Seed · US **$18M** With 1 other
- **2024** 8 rounds
- **Dec** **[Baijiayun](https://millionrounds.com/company/baijiayun)** **$50M** With 1 other
- **Dec** **[Suqian Times Energy Storage](https://millionrounds.com/company/suqian-times-energy-storage)** Venture **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Oct** **[[untitled]](https://millionrounds.com/company/untitled)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Mother Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/mother-games)** Pre-seed · US **$5.0M** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[SIDANDA](https://millionrounds.com/company/sidanda)** Series A **$14M** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[10Beauty](https://millionrounds.com/company/10beauty)** Series A · US **$17M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[BinIt](https://millionrounds.com/company/binit)** Seed · US **$6.4M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[Visia](https://millionrounds.com/company/visia)** Seed · US **$6.4M** Sole investor
- **2023** 8 rounds
- **Nov** **[VitaDAO](https://millionrounds.com/company/vitadao)** Seed · CA **$2.0M** With 1 other
- **Oct** **[Kaiosi Data Technology](https://millionrounds.com/company/kaiosi-data-technology)** Series A **$14M** With 1 other
- **Oct** **[Genie](https://millionrounds.com/company/genie)** Pre-seed · US **$1.2M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Mentra](https://millionrounds.com/company/mentra)** Seed · US **$3.5M** 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 **4 named**

AP **Amanda Pei-Shiang Niu** CFO i Form ADV

JM **Josh Mohrer** Managing Member i Filing they signed

MK **Mo Koyfman** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

MJ **Moshe J Koyfman** Managing Member i Form ADV

We also hold **10** 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

**$599M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**2+** funds on file numbered funds in its name

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Shine Capital, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 311659

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**28** of 51 we have independently watched raise

[10Beauty](https://millionrounds.com/company/10beauty)[Antares](https://millionrounds.com/company/antares)[Audioshake](https://millionrounds.com/company/audioshake)[Cosmos](https://millionrounds.com/company/cosmos)[Denki](https://millionrounds.com/company/denki)[Endaoment](https://millionrounds.com/company/endaoment)[Gizmo](https://millionrounds.com/company/gizmo)[Goldsky](https://millionrounds.com/company/goldsky)[Hivemapper](https://millionrounds.com/company/hivemapper)[Meow](https://millionrounds.com/company/meow)[Molecule](https://millionrounds.com/company/molecule)[Nala](https://millionrounds.com/company/nala)[Numerai](https://millionrounds.com/company/numerai)[Orchard Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/orchard-robotics)[Plasma](https://millionrounds.com/company/plasma)[Polimorphic](https://millionrounds.com/company/polimorphic)[Rose Rocket](https://millionrounds.com/company/rose-rocket)[Sika Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/sika-health)[Swan](https://millionrounds.com/company/swan)[Tropic](https://millionrounds.com/company/tropic)[TryNow](https://millionrounds.com/company/trynow)[Turnout](https://millionrounds.com/company/turnout)[Two](https://millionrounds.com/company/two)[Udhaar Book](https://millionrounds.com/company/udhaar-book)[Visia](https://millionrounds.com/company/visia)[Walden Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/walden-robotics)[Zenskar](https://millionrounds.com/company/zenskar)[iVerify](https://millionrounds.com/company/iverify) Blackbird Cedar Contour Counter Health Curie Bio Curio Flamingo DAO Flare Flashtract Logo Exited Givon Glide Hopscotch Kingdom Supercultures Learned Hand Mentra Mother Octup Pilgrim Remark Rivet SafeWorld Supergood Untitled

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

**$1.0M**

raised in Aug 2026

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

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$14M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$2.3M**

Led 5 of 65 rounds **8%**

- **Said size:** $50K – $6.0M
- **Sole investor:** 6 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *21*
- Seed said *18*
- Venture *10*
- Series B *5*
- Pre-seed said *4*
- Series C *3*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Bond](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bond) 16
- [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) 6
- [Lerer Hippeau](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau) 5
- [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) 3
- [Caffeinated Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/caffeinated-capital) 3
- [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) 3

**Pitching Shine Capital?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque.

Add to your CRM *→*

## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Bond** Growth equity **16** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bond)[**BoxGroup** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup)[**Lerer Hippeau** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau)[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**Caffeinated Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/caffeinated-capital)[**General Catalyst** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst)[**Google Ventures** Corporate VC **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv)[**Addition** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/addition)[**Bessemer Venture Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners)[**Converge VC** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/converge-vc)[**Framework Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/framework-ventures)[**Inspired Capital Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inspired-capital)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Shine Capital put money into.

[**Antares** $470M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/antares)[**Turnout** $35M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/turnout)[**MOTHER.Tech** $15M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/mother-tech)[**10Beauty** $24M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/10beauty)[**Mother Games** $15M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/mother-games)[**Zenskar** $15M · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/zenskar)

## Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name Shine Capital in their description, not their title.

- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 8 Aug 2022 · 49 min 20VC: Investing Lessons from Fred Wilson and Why Small Funds Outperform Large Funds | Why the Secret to Winning in Venture is Splitting Deals |Learnings From the Biggest Hits and Biggest Losses | Why Anyone That Always Does Their Pro-Rata is Wrong with Mo Mentions [Fred Wilson](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fred-wilson)[Polychain](https://millionrounds.com/fund/polychain)[Shine Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shine-capital) *+3* Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Shine Capital

### What does Shine Capital invest in?

Shine Capital invests most often at Series A and Seed (64% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Agriculture, B2B and Built Environment.

### How active is Shine Capital?

65 investments on record, 15 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 5. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

### What has Shine Capital invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Rivet (Seed, Sept 2026), Pilgrim (Seed, Sept 2026) and Antares (Series C, Aug 2026).

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

The median round it joins is $14M. It says it writes cheques of $50K to $6.0M.

### Does Shine Capital lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 5 of its 65 investments on record (8%).

### Where does Shine Capital invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (90%).

### Is Shine Capital investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 15 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Shine Capital invest alongside?

Most often Bond (16 rounds together), BoxGroup (6 rounds together) and Lerer Hippeau (5 rounds together).

## Raising now?

Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board.

Find similar investorsOpen your CRM

Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=shine-capital) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=shine-capital)