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Investor profile

Elaine Dai

Partner, Alt Capital

About

Elaine Dai is a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree who leads a $275M second fund at Alt Capital, focusing on enterprise software and AI investments from pre-seed through Series A with check sizes of $500K-$10M. She emphasizes backing outlier founders who bend reality to their vision and has developed expertise in how enterprise software revenue dynamics have changed, particularly how companies can now scale from $0 to tens of millions in ARR within a single year. Elaine Dai is a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree who leads a $275M second fund at Alt Capital, focusing on enterprise software and AI investments from pre-seed through Series A with check sizes of $500K-$10M. She emphasizes backing outlier founders who bend reality to their vision and has developed expertise in how enterprise software revenue dynamics have changed, particularly how companies can now scale from $0 to tens of millions in ARR within a single year.

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Investment focus

Stages
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Sectors
AI
Enterprise
SaaS
Energy
FinTech

Investment details

Avg check size$1M - $10M
Can lead rounds
Yes
Geographies
USA