OSS Capital

OSS Capital

The first and only early-stage VC exclusively dedicated to backing leading COSS (commercial open source) startup founders on a global basis since 2018.

Venture CapitalSan Francisco, United Statesosscapital
Open to pitchesLeads rounds

About

Founded in 2018, OSS Capital is the first and only institutional VC firm exclusively dedicated to COSS (open source startups).

We’ve led 40+ founding seed rounds on a global basis (India, UK, EU, Canada, US, Singapore, and beyond) — usually at incorporation. Five years in, we hold the largest concentrated portfolio of the fastest growing and most vibrant open source projects in AI/ML, DevTools, API / Middleware Infra, Data, Consumer & Enterprise Apps, and more, serving 120 million+ users, 10,000+ open source contributors and more than 25 projects in the top 0.001% of all open source ecosystems globally by reach and activity.

Our firm is backed + supported by the founders and operators of the most successful COSS startups of the last 30 years including HashiCorp, MongoDB, Elastic, Red Hat, GitLab, Cloudera, Grafana, Confluent, and many more.

AI & DataSaaS & SoftwareVenture Capital & Private Equity

Investment criteria

  1. Pre-seed

    Invests

  2. Seed

    Invests

  3. Series A

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  4. Series B

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  5. Growth

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Sectors
AI & DataSaaS & SoftwareVenture Capital & Private Equity
Geographies
Canada · Finland · Germany · India · Ireland · Singapore · United Kingdom · United States
Round role
Leads and co-leads rounds

Highlights

Highlights coming soon

Notable work and milestones will show up here.