Original Capital is a U.S.-focused venture capital firm investing early in founders building vertical software, fintech and AI-enabled companies. The firm prefers to partner as early as pre-incorporation when possible and emphasizes founder alignment, lower ownership and cap-table support rather than board seats. Its investment activity spans seed, early-stage and later-stage venture rounds, with portfolio signals across enterprise software, SaaS, payments, blockchain, HR technology and construction automation. Portfolio companies include Anthropic, Ramp, Solana, Pave and Rogo.