Copper Sky Capital
Scottsdale, AZ · Invests in North America · Website
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Copper Sky Capital backs founders in non-obvious, underserved markets across the American Interior — outside Silicon Valley, NYC, and Boston — where proximity-based insight produces transformative companies at a fraction of coastal valuations. The firm leads or co-leads Seed and Series A rounds, typically investing $2–4M in AI-first software products showing early product-market fit.
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Avoids sky-high coastal valuations, consumer apps, hardware-only plays, and companies dependent on hype-driven multiples. Does not invest in gambling, pure gaming, or non-software businesses.
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Usually leads
- Typical decision
- ~1 month
- Warm intro
- Not required
- Involvement
- Takes a board seat
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Assets under mgmt
- $115M
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
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Recent activity
- Mar 2026
Prickly Pear Health
Pre-Seed · Participated
- Jan 2026
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Seed · Lead
- Sep 2025
Nuclearn
Series A · Participated
- May 2025
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Series A · Participated
- Dec 2024
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2 months ago
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2 months ago
TechCrunch
Thiel Capital’s Jack Selby nabs stakes in hot startups like Etched through Arizona connections
2 months ago
Crain Currency
Investor Jack Selby explains why he’s betting on Middle America’s AI ambitions
3 months ago
| Arizona Board of Regents
From the classroom to the marketplace: Arizona’s public universities fuel the next wave of startups
3 months ago
Arizona Commerce Authority
Arizona Tech Week Impact
4 months ago
The Business Journals
InvisionAZ merger with Silicon Oasis has ripple effects for tech ecosystem
5 months ago
The Business Journals
Arizona venture capital firm rebrands, eyes $300M for second fund
6 months ago
Pulse 2.0
Copper Sky Capital Rebrands From AZ-VC To Expand North America Investment Mandate
6 months ago
Yahoo Finance
AZ-VC Rebrands as Copper Sky Capital as it Continues to Extend its Investment Mandate
6 months ago
TechCrunch
Fearless Fund grant program was already ‘at risk’ before lawsuit
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TechCrunch
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Jun 2022
TechCrunch
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