Alacrity Ventures

Alacrity Ventures is a Berkeley, California-based angel capital investment firm founded in 1999, focused on funding and guiding startup companies through their initial stages of development. The firm invests at seed and early-stage in AI, data analytics, and software companies across North and South America, combining seed financing with hands-on mentorship. Partner Christopher Allen leads the firm's investment activity, which reflects the depth of a long career at the early end of the venture ecosystem. Alacrity has built a portfolio of 6 companies with 5 investments and 2 exits, deploying initial checks of up to $500,000 per company. Recent portfolio activity includes Webdox, a legal tech company that completed a Series A-II round in April 2023, and Tripeur, which exited in April 2023. WR Hambrecht is a co-investor across a portion of the portfolio. The firm focuses on companies with differentiated technology positions in AI, data analytics, IT, and SaaS. Alacrity operates as a boutique angel fund — distinct from Alacrity Global, the larger Canadian-based venture acceleration programme — and is well-suited to founders seeking a patient, experienced early-stage partner with deep roots in the Bay Area technology ecosystem. The firm's 25-plus year history reflects a commitment to the earliest stages of company formation, where its combination of capital and mentorship has the most direct impact on a startup's trajectory toward sustainable growth and eventual exit.