Data-Driven Pre-VC Stage Tech Investments

We are a San Francisco-based venture capital firm. Since inception in 2012, we have invested in over 1,900 pre-VC stage tech companies, making us a dominant institutional investor in the space.

Explore The Right Side Capital Difference

Invest At The Pre-VC Stage

We focus on investing in sub $500k funding rounds that are too small for professional VCs.  This lack of competition results in extremely attractive valuations. We call this stage Pre-VC.

Capital Efficient Tech Companies

We invest in capital-efficient, early-stage tech companies. Capital efficient companies are more resilient to tech downswings.

Ultra Diversified

RSCM constructs ultra-diversified investment portfolios that have exposure to 500+ companies per fund. This helps smooth out the risk curve of the Pre-VC market. And this allows us to capture right tail outcomes, the positive outliers, with high confidence - leveraging power law returns.

Tax-Efficient Investing

The majority of gains in RSCM funds are expected to be Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) gains, which are currently exempt from federal taxes and exempt from state taxes in 45 of 50 states.

Quantitative, Data-driven

We make our investment decisions almost entirely based on quantitative data rather than qualitative subjective analysis. This allows us to quickly gather the most relevant data points from a prospective investment, and then make a very fast decision. Founders give us a better price for our speed.

Operational Support

Our founders have FREE access to operational support for the life of their company. Our support in key areas like sales growth and future funding rounds improves the performance of our portfolio companies and therefore the outcome of our funds.

Key Stats

2000+

Pre-VC stage portfolio companies since 2012

$250M

Assets under management

145

Total positive exits

Deep Experience Starting, Building and Selling Companies.

Investing since 2012, RSCM has grown into a leading institutional investor with over 1,900 pre-VC stage tech companies in its portfolios.

Our Founders have worked together for 15 years. We have a Team of 12 professionals with expertise in starting, growing & exiting startups.

David Lambert
Managing Director
  • 12 years at Right Side Capital
  • 16 years as CEO and Founder of 2 technology startups Acorn Computer, WorkMetro
Kevin Dick
Managing Director
  • 12 years at Right Side Capital
  • 20 years experience as a leading industry expert in mathematical, data and process modeling​
  • Founder and CEO of Network Resonance
Jeff Pomeranz
Managing Director
  • 12 years at Right Side Capital
  • 20 years experience financial services
  • President & Founder of Hotovec, Pomeranz & Co
John Eng
Funding Ecosystem Partner
  • 25 years in B2B marketing & partnerships leadership
  • ​Microsoft, LinkedIn & Parallels
Paul Swiencicki
Growth Partner
  • 25 years experience as a sales leader in early-stage start-ups​
  • SurfControl, WorkMetro Inc, Swiftly​
Curt Pabst
Venture Partner
  • 40 years in public and private market investments​
  • Kidder Peabody, Merrill Lynch, Eagle Global Advisors
Samantha Lewis
Head of Marketing
  • 16+ years content marketing and editorial experience
  • Participated in 30+ startups with 2 IPOs
Katherine Francis
Analyst
  • 20 years executive level marketing and operations​
  • Participated in 25+ startups with two IPOs
Leslie Riley
Analyst
  • 20 years experience training facilitating and coaching teams​
  • Founder and CEO Lead Like a Girl​
Brayden Lander
Controller
  • Nine years in Venture Fund accounting and administration
  • ​Fund Manager for $2B fund administrator​
Sabrina Waite
Investor Relations
  • Six years financial services and client service
  • ​Managed operations for venture arm of $1B RIA​