Stage 2 Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early stage B2B software companies and sits shoulder to shoulder with leadership teams to operationalize sustainable revenue growth and sales operations. Backed by top go-to-market professionals from leading tech companies, Stage 2 Capital leverages its deep sales expertise to help entrepreneurs scale their businesses in addition to providing capital.
Location: United States
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2018
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
Portfolio 9
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 25.02.2026 | MedScout, ... | medscout.io | $15.8M | United Sta... |
| 24.02.2026 | Slang.ai | slang.ai | $56M | United Sta... |
| 24.02.2026 | Letter AI | letter.ai | $40M | United Sta... |
| 20.10.2025 | basistheor... | basistheory.com | $33M | United Sta... |
| 11.05.2023 | Cable | cable.tech | $16.3M | United Kin... |
| 02.05.2023 | Gappify | gappify.com | $10M | United Sta... |
| 20.07.2022 | Veremark | veremark.com | $40.31M | United Kin... |
| 22.02.2022 | PERCHPEEK | perchpeek.com | $13.75M | United Kin... |
| 21.07.2021 | Sales Impa... | salesimpactacademy.co.uk | $26M | - |
Persons 5
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| - | John | Guerci | Limited Pa... | linkedin.c... | - | j**n@stage... | - |
| - | Mark | Mikitka | Limited Pa... | linkedin.c... | - | m**k@stage... | - |
| - | Michelle | Crothers | Limited Pa... | linkedin.c... | - | m******e@s... | - |
| - | Jill | Rowley | GTM Adviso... | linkedin.c... | - | j**l@stage... | - |
| - | Jason (Jay... | Webb | Limited Pa... | linkedin.c... | - | j*y@stage2... | - |
News 17
| Date | Title | Description |
| 11.08.2020 | What to do when demand increases 30X overnight? Interview with Hilary Headlee, Head of Global Sales Operations and Enablement @Zoom | What to do when demand increases 30X overnight? Today we look inside Hilary Headlee’s world as she mobilized the sales team to handle our societal dependence on Zoom as we transitioned to a post-pandemic context. Hilary is the Head of Glob... |
| 24.06.2020 | The Science of Re-Establishing Growth: When and How Fast? | Should we re-establish growth and, if so, how fast? This decision of when to scale and how fast has intrigued me over the years. Moving too quickly yields unnecessary burn of valuable capital assets, often leading to insolvency. Moving too... |
| 24.06.2020 | The Science of Re-Establishing Growth: When, Where, How? | The Science of Re-establishing Growth: When and How Fast? Over the past three months, founders have navigated tumultuous times, stabilized financial positions, pivoted product messaging, and mobilized remote workplace culture. Now, many fo... |
| 03.06.2020 | Coaching Your Salesperson through a Deal that is Pushing. 3 Minute Role Play with John McMahon, Board Member at MongoDB, Snowflake, and Sprinklr | “Bad news. The deal is slipping to next quarter.” We have all been there. The end of the quarter is just weeks away. The team is forecasting 105% of goal with 60% already booked. However, 20% of the forecast is dependent on that “whale” ac... |
| 19.05.2020 | Managing Investor and CEO Expectations, including Elon Musk! 5 Minutes with Jon McNeill, Former President @Tesla | During an economic downturn, one of our toughest responsibilities as senior management is “managing up”. What was once a supportive, relatively passive relationship with our investors has suddenly evolved into nearly daily correspondences a... |
| - | I Cut My Marketing Budget. Now what? 5 Minutes with Former Rapid7 CMO, Carol Meyers | Our campaign budget has been cut. Our staff has been reduced. We are in line with the post-COVID company plan. Now what? As marketers, how can we optimize our time to help our company accelerate through this new economic context? To discus... |
| - | Matching Sales Capacity with Demand Gen using a Bottoms Up Growth Model | Across the globe, almost every startup has had to throw out their original forecast and start from scratch. Projecting the year-end ARR or next set of hires no longer follows the simple equation of taking last year’s number and multiplying ... |
| - | 5 Steps to Pivoting Sales for Success in a Down Economy | Step 1: Re-invent ICP and CVP When the outer context shifts, rapid adaptation is necessary, starting with the organization’s Customer Value Proposition (CVP) and Ideal Customer Profile (ICP). This is not easy. Change is riddled with anxi... |
| - | The 3 Step Playbook to Hiring Your First Sales Leader | Hiring the first sales leader is a make-or-break decision for a startup and the founding team. Get the hire right and you will likely accelerate your revenue growth for the next few years. Get it wrong and it may sink you. So, who do you hi... |
| - | Navigating GTM in Today's Market with Josh Allen (CRO, Drift) and Kim Walsh (Global VP, HubSpot) | Join us for an all-star webinar on GTM strategies and tactics to navigate today's market and work-from-home. Stage 2 Capital Participants Host: Jay Po, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Stage 2 Capital Limited Partners: Josh Allen (CRO, D... |
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Mentions in press and media 49
| Date | Title | Description |
| 11.08.2026 | Axle Raises $17.5M in Series A Funding | Axle, a NYC-based provider of an AI-native clearinghouse platform for insurance, raised $17.5M in Series A funding. The round was led by Base10 Partners with participation from Y Combinator, Gradient, Stage 2 Capital, and industry angels. T... |
| 05.03.2026 | MedScout: $10 Million Raised To Expand AI Agents For MedTech Commercial Teams | MedScout, a commercial intelligence platform for MedTech companies, announced a $10 million growth funding round led by Fulcrum Equity Partners with participation from existing investors Live Oak Venture Partners and Stage 2 Capital. The fu... |
| 27.02.2026 | Letter AI Secures $40 Million to Revolutionize Revenue Enablement with AI | Letter AI, a Chicago-based innovator, successfully raised $40 million in Series B funding. Battery Ventures championed the round. This significant capital influx will propel the company's AI-native revenue enablement platform. The platform ... |
| 25.02.2026 | Slang AI Secures $36 Million to Transform Hospitality Communications | Slang AI, a leader in hospitality voice AI, just secured $36 million in Series B funding. This capital injection brings its total funding to $68 million. The NYC-based company’s "Superhost" platform utilizes agentic voice AI to re... |
| 25.02.2026 | Slang AI Raises $36M Series B to Scale AI for Guest Communications Across Every Restaurant | , the first and leading AI platform purpose-built for hospitality, announced that it has secured $36 million in Series B funding led by US Venture Partners (USVP), bringing the company’s total funding to $68 million. The round includes $28M... |
| 25.02.2026 | MedScout raises $10M to deploy AI agents to assist medtech commercial and marketing teams Send us a News Tip EXTRACT THE SIGNAL FROM THE NOISE Cookies | MedScout, a startup providing an artificial intelligence-driven commercial strategy engine for medical industry sales and marketing, announced Tuesday that it has raised $10 million in early-stage growth funding. The round was led by Fulcru... |
| 25.02.2026 | Letter AI raises $40 million | Revenue enablement platform Letter AI Letter AI Founded: 2023 Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois, United States Total Funding: $55.05M See full company profile "> has raised a $40 million Series B funding round led by Battery Ventures,... |
| 24.02.2026 | Letter AI Raises $40M in Series B Funding | Letter AI, a Chicago, IL -based AI-native revenue enablement platform for go-to-market teams, raised $40m in Series B funding. The round was led by Battery Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator, Lightbank, Northwestern Mutual Futur... |
| 24.02.2026 | Slang AI: $36 Million Series B Closed For Hospitality Voice AI Platform | Slang AI, an AI platform purpose-built for the hospitality industry, announced it has raised $36 million in Series B funding, bringing its total funding to $68 million to date. The round was led by US Venture Partners and included $28 milli... |
| 24.02.2026 | Letter AI: $40 Million Series B Raised For AI-Native Revenue Enablement Platform | Letter AI, an AI-native revenue enablement platform for enterprise go-to-market teams, has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round led by Battery Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator, Lightbank, Northwestern Mutual Future V... |
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