Duke Capital Partners is a Durham-based venture capital platform tied to Duke University that backs Duke-connected entrepreneurs and early-stage companies across the United States. The firm facilitates investment opportunities for investors with a Duke connection, has acted as a lead investor, and invests from pre-seed and seed through Series A and later-stage venture rounds. Its activity spans AI and machine learning, enterprise software, supply chain and logistics, blockchain, cybersecurity, space, healthtech, medical devices, semiconductors, biotechnology, life sciences, hardware and deep tech.