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LucidCloud

San Francisco, CA · Invests in US · Website

Pre-SeedSeedSeries AB2B SaaSAI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsData & AnalyticsCybersecurityDeveloper Tools & InfrastructureSecurity & CybersecurityEnterprise Software

Thesis

Technical founders building transformational infrastructure and AI companies in data, security, and enterprise tools. We provide capital, operational guidance, and network access to accelerate growth. The best companies are built by teams that deeply understand their domain and solve hard technical problems.

Likely not a fit for

Consumer businesses, non-technical founders, business models without defensibility, passive capital seekers

How they invest

Lead or follow
Usually follows
Typical decision
~2 weeks
Warm intro
Preferred
Involvement
Advisor
Fund status
Actively deploying
Decision process
Solo GP

Partners & team

1 contact on file

SK

Shawn Kung

General PartnerFounder & Super Angel · Primary contact

+ Pitch

s•••@lu•••.io

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Portfolio

NeonMedia Entertainment

Neon is a film production and distribution company founded in 2017, known for distributing independent films and winning multiple awards, including two Best Picture Oscars.

MotherduckEnterprise Software

MotherDuck is a serverless data warehouse built on DuckDB, designed to provide analytics solutions for data teams, software engineers, and data scientists, enabling them to query data easily using SQL or natural language.

DatabricksDeveloper Tools Infra

Databricks is a leading Data and AI platform that empowers enterprises to build and scale data and AI applications, analytics, and agents. With a unified Data Intelligence Platform, it serves over 20,000 organizations globally, including more than 60% of the Fortune 500.

Postgres Search
Query Router
AI WritingEnterprise Software

AI Writing provides valuable insights and resources to help businesses and individuals leverage the power of AI copywriting, focusing on content creation, marketing strategies, and the ethical implications of AI in writing.

Enterprise RAG
BI Platform
GreyBeamEnterprise Software

Greybeam provides fully managed DuckDB clusters that allow users to route their Snowflake BI queries to DuckDB, significantly reducing costs for smaller queries.

DepthFirstSecurity Cyber

DepthFirst is an AI-native security platform that analyzes code, business logic, and infrastructure to identify real vulnerabilities, reduce false positives, and provide actionable fixes for developers.

PerfectScaleEnterprise Software

PerfectScale is an automated Kubernetes optimization and management platform that helps organizations optimize their cloud costs and improve the performance and availability of their Kubernetes environments.

Zuora

Zuora is a leading provider of subscription management and monetization solutions, empowering businesses to nurture and monetize direct digital relationships with their customers. With a comprehensive suite of products, including billing, revenue recognition, and subscription experience platforms, Zuora supports a wide range of pricing models and helps companies streamline their financial operations.

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LucidCloud Advisors Research Investment Thesis LucidCloud Advisors is a specialized super angel and advisory firm focused on early-stage venture-scale software startups. Founded in 2009 by Shawn Kung, the firm believes in hands-on advisory and strategic guidance to help technical founders build transformational companies. LucidCloud operates at the intersection of infrastructure, data, AI, and sec

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