Stage 2 Capital

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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.

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Location

United States

Employees

1-10

Founded date

2018

Investment Type

Venture Capital

Investment Stage

Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A

Portfolio 10

Date	Name	Website	Total Raised	Location
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Feb 25, 2026	MedScout, Inc.	medscout.io	$15.8M	United States
Feb 24, 2026	Slang.ai	slang.ai	$56M	United States
Feb 24, 2026	Letter AI	letter.ai	$40M	United States
Oct 20, 2025	basistheory	basistheory.com	$33M	United States
May 11, 2023	Cable	cable.tech	$16.3M	United Kingdom, England, London
May 2, 2023	Gappify	gappify.com	$10M	United States, California, Oakland
Jul 20, 2022	Veremark	veremark.com	$40.31M	United Kingdom
Feb 22, 2022	PERCHPEEK	perchpeek.com	$13.75M	United Kingdom, England, London
Jul 21, 2021	Sales Impact Academy	salesimpactacademy.co.uk	$26M

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	Mark	Mikitka	Limited Partner, Stage 2 Capital Catalyst	LinkedIn		Sign up to see
	Michelle	Crothers	Limited Partner, Stage 2 Capital Accelerator	LinkedIn		Sign up to see
	Jill	Rowley	GTM Advisor & LP	LinkedIn		Sign up to see
	Jason (Jay)	Webb	Limited Partner, Stage 2 Capital Catalyst	LinkedIn		Sign up to see

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Jun 24, 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...
Jun 24, 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...
Jun 3, 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...
May 19, 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...
	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 ...
	[ROLE PLAY] Customer Cancellation Call with OJ, CRO @Asana and former VP of Sales @Dropbox	For most businesses, economic performance and the volume of customer cancellation calls are inversely correlated. Not surprisingly, many have experienced an accelerated volume of these types of calls over the past two month. It’s worth aski...
	Crisis Management - A Cheat Sheet for Startup CEOs	Organizations look to their CEOs and managers for the steadying hand of direction. The general paradigm is that leaders see the path forward and make decisions to achieve that vision. In short, they have the answers. The paradigm especially...
	Measuring What Matters: CRM Dashboards that Accelerate Sales	One of the most important aspects of sales management is measuring performance, and using your CRM dashboards is a great way to do this. However, all dashboards are not created equal. Three of the most common dashboard mistakes are: What ...
	“COVID19” in sales emails decreases reply rates by 40%. See what else we learned with Sydney Sloan, CMO @SalesLoft	Which demand generation tactics are most effective post market downturn? In the below video, I discuss this question with Stage 2 Capital LP, Sydney Sloan, for insight. Sydney is the CMO of Salesloft, the #1 sales engagement platform that ...
	How to improve revenue in the current environment (hint: it’s not more pipeline)	Now that we are two months in, we looked at a few dozen companies with minimal impact to their revenue (consistent revenue) and a few dozen with more pronounced impact (underperforming revenue) to understand execution patterns. We did our b...
	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...
	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...
	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...
	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...
	Using Surveys to Re-Learn Buyer Sentiment and Assess Employees Comfort with Returning to the Office. 5 Minute Interview with Leela Srinivasan, CMO @SurveyMonkey	Whether understanding employee sentiment or re-learning buyer preferences, surveys have played a key role in many marketing, HR, and general leadership tactics this quarter. To explore some of the best practices on these topics, I chatted w...
	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...

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Sep 3, 2026	Axle Raises $17.5M Series A Round	NEW YORK, NY, Axle, the AI-native clearinghouse for insurance, has announced $17.5 million in Series A funding led by Base10 Partners. >> Click here for more funding data on Axle AI >> To export Axle AI funding data to PDF and ...
Sep 3, 2026	Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, September 3, 2026: Base10 Partners, Gradient Ventures, Point72, Y Combinator & More	Today’s funding narrative reinforces that investors are targeting AI-driven solutions across diverse sectors rather than generic “new AI” startups. Major new rounds span from space manufacturing in New Zealand to AI-augmented medical diagno...
Aug 11, 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...
Mar 5, 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...
Feb 27, 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 ...
Feb 25, 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...
Feb 25, 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...
Feb 25, 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,...
Feb 25, 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...
Feb 24, 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...
Feb 24, 2026	Slang AI Raises $36M in Series B Funding	Slang AI, a NYC-based provider of an AI platform purpose-built for hospitality, raised $36M in Series B funding. The round included $28M of equity and $8M of debt. Backers included Thayer Investment Partners and former Stripe COO Claire Hug...
Feb 24, 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...
Feb 24, 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...
Feb 4, 2026	Veremark Secures $26 Million to Propel Global Workplace Trust	Veremark, a London-based workplace trust company, raised $26 million in Series B funding. This investment propels global expansion, AI development, and product diversification. The firm offers comprehensive, "always-on" trust solu...
Feb 3, 2026	Veremark: $26 Million Series B Raised To Expand Globally And Add Always-On Workplace Trust Services	Veremark, a London-based workplace trust company, announced it has raised $26 million in Series B funding to accelerate international expansion and broaden its product suite across screening, conduct-risk monitoring, and credential verifica...
Feb 3, 2026	London-based Veremark secures €22 million to expand AI-driven background screening tools	Veremark, a British workplace trust company, has raised €22 million ($26 million) in Series B funding to drive further investment in new products, AI, and continuing to expand the company’s global scale. The round was led by Gresham House V...
Feb 3, 2026	$26M funding round backs Veremark’s international expansion and service rollout	London-based Veremark has raised $26 million in Series B funding, led by Gresham House Ventures, with participation from existing investors Samaipata, ACF Investors, and Stage 2 Capital, alongside a multi-million dollar debt facility from S...
Jan 28, 2026	ERM and Auquan Bring Agentic AI to Sustainability Advisory	ERM, the world’s largest specialist sustainability consultancy, and Auquan, a leader in agentic AI for institutional finance, today announced a collaboration to deploy AI agents across sustainability workflows for financial institutions. ER...
Oct 20, 2025	Paytech Basis Theory Announces $33M Series B	Basis Theory, an independent payments infrastructure company, this week announced a $33 million Series B round led by Costanoa, with participation from Stage 2 Capital, Moneta VC, and continued support from Bessemer Venture Partners, Kindre...
Sep 30, 2025	Tie Raises $10M Series A Funding	Tie (fka Revenue Roll), a Miami, FL-based provider of an AI-powered identity platform helping e-commerce brands turn anonymous website visitors into high-value customers, raised $10M in Series A funding. The round was led by Innovating Capi...
Sep 4, 2025	Fiveonefour Raises $17M in Total Funding	Fiveonefour, a Portland, OR-based company which specializes in data and analytics AI and developer tooling, raised $17M in total funding. The round was led by Dimension Capital, with participation from Stage 2 Capital, Flybridge Capital Par...
Sep 24, 2024	Rampersand leads AUD $5.1 million funding round for Restoke.ai	Australian venture capital leader Rampersand has led a funding round for Restoke.ai, a technology platform that helps restaurants increase profitability through automation. The $5.1 million raise was supported by Mandalay Venture Partners, ...
Sep 4, 2024	The Rise of Strategic Partnerships and AI in Business Growth	In the fast-paced world of business, change is the only constant. Companies are on a relentless quest for growth. They seek innovative solutions to stay ahead. Two recent developments highlight this trend: Orchestry's expansion in the Asia-...
Sep 3, 2024	AI Startup Champion Raises $3.3Million to Fuel the Era of Customer-Led Growth	Champion, the AI-powered customer advocacy platform, today announced the closing of its oversubscribed $3.3 million Seed round led by Flyover Capital, with continued investment from High Alpha and participation from Bread & Butter Ventu...
Jul 26, 2024	The Rise of AI and Strategic Partnerships: A New Era for Business Innovation	** In the fast-paced world of technology, the synergy between artificial intelligence (AI) and strategic partnerships is reshaping industries. Companies are not just adopting AI; they are integrating it into their core operations, enhancing...
Jul 25, 2024	Momentum: Customer Intelligence Company Secures $13 Million In Series A Funding	Momentum, the customer intelligence platform that enables enterprise listening and automation, announced that it has raised $13 million in Series A funding led by FirstMark Capital with participation from Stage 2 Capital. This brings Moment...
Jul 23, 2024	Momentum raises $13M to enhance AI-driven customer intelligence platform Your vote of support is important to us and it helps us keep the content FREE. One click below supports our mission to provide free, deep, and relevant content. Join our community on YouTube Join the community that includes ...	Customer intelligence platform startup Momentum Labs Inc. announced today that it has raised $13 million in new funding to accelerate product development and drive business expansion. Founded in 2020, Momentum offers a platform that taps in...
Jun 27, 2024	Pear Commerce Secures $10M in Series A Funding to Transform Shoppable Media & Enhance Retail E-commerce	On June 27, 2024, Pear Commerce, a retail e-commerce enablement platform, announced it has secured $10 million in Series A funding led by Stage 2 Capital. This follows Pear’s significant 5x year-over-year growth and its pivotal role in crea...
Oct 20, 2023	Auquan Secures $3.5 Million to Accelerate Generative AI for Financial Services	Auquan, an AI innovator for financial services, announced the closing of its $3.5 million seed round, led by early-stage investor Neotribe Ventures. The company also formally announced its Auquan Intelligence Engine™, powered by retrieval a...
Jul 30, 2023	Stage 2 Capital Launches 15 New B2B Companies in its 2023 Catalyst Cohort	NYC-based venture capital firm Stage 2 Capital announced 15 companies that are joining its 2023 Catalyst program. The group consists of B2B software companies across a wide range of verticals, from DevOps to GenAI to payment processing to d...
Jun 28, 2023	MedScout Raises $5M Seed Investment to Transform Selling Into Healthcare	"We’re grateful for Stage 2’s support and belief in our vision, and we think it’s a perfect fit. The first VC firm backed by hundreds of GTM executives supporting the GTM platform for selling into healthcare!”. Austin, Texas (PRWEB) Ju...
Apr 25, 2023	Cusp Capital y Stage 2 Capital invierten €6,2M en Taclia	25/04/2023 Nota de prensa CUSP CAPITAL Y STAGE 2 CAPITAL INVIERTEN €6,2M EN TACLIA Taclia ha anunciado su exitosa ronda de inversión de más de 6 millones de euros de las entidades de capital riesgo (venture capital) Cusp Capital y Stage ...
Sep 16, 2022	Tech-talent provider MVP Match raises €5M in seed funding to launch nearshore talent hubs across Europe	Jessel Thomas, Tech Times 16 September 2022, 01:09 am MVP Match, a marketplace and community for matchmaking fast-growing companies with global vetted tech talent, raises €5 million in seed funding and expands to Portugal, Georgia and Egypt...
Sep 13, 2022	VC funds still rolling as Northzone announces largest fund, while Salkantay is largest Peru fund	While capital infusion into companies took a summer siesta, some venture capital firms continue to see their coffers runneth over. Three years after raising a $500 million fund, European venture capital firm Northzone is back with what part...
Aug 17, 2022	Stage 2 Capital Closes $150M Fund III	Stage 2 Capital, a San Francisco, CA-based venture capital firm that combines early-stage investing expertise with a diverse community of 300+ go-to-market limited partners, closed its Fund III, at USD150M. With this new capital, Stage 2 Ca...
Jul 20, 2022	UK-based background screening platform Veremark raises €8.3M to make career credential checks painless	London-based Veremark, a background screening and reference checking platform, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $8.5M (approximately €8.3M) in a fresh round of funding. The round comes just after the startup raised its initial $2.8...
May 4, 2022	Sales Impact Academy Launches New Foundation To Create Career Paths For Marginalized People Worldwide	SEATTLE (PRWEB) May 04, 2022 Sales Impact Academy (SIA), the world’s leading go-to-market learning platform, believes that there should never be a barrier to entry for those seeking a lucrative career in sales and go-to-market roles at fast...
Mar 30, 2022	Sales Impact Academy Secures $22M in Funding to Accelerate Learning Solution for Go-To-Market Sales Professionals	SEATTLE (PRWEB) March 30, 2022 Sales Impact Academy (SIA), the world’s leading go-to-market learning platform, today announced $22 million in new funding to accelerate the growth and development of its learning solutions. This investment is...
Feb 22, 2022	Making overseas relocation less stressful, London-based startup perches on £8 million	As employers try to avoid the ‘great resignation’ by offering greater flexibility, choice and work-life balance to their employees while tapping into the global talent market to tackle the growing skills gap, the global employee relocation ...
Aug 23, 2021	Stage 2 Capital Closes Fund II, at $80M	Stage 2 Capital, a Boston, MA-based venture capital firm, launched its $80m Fund II. Backed by an LP base of GTM executives, Fund II will continue Stage 2 Capital’s strategy of combining deep venture capital expertise with go-to-market expe...
Aug 12, 2021	Stage 2 Capital Announces $80 Million Fund II Backed by 250+ Senior Go-to-Market Executives	Stage 2 Capital provides Early Stage Software Businesses with Capital and Best-In-Class Go-To-Market (GTM) Expertise from a LP Base of elite CROs, CMOs, and GTM Leaders Specializing in Scaling Revenue Stage 2 Capital, the first go-to-market...
Aug 6, 2021	Stage 2 Capital Announces $80MM Fund II Backed by 250+ Senior Go-To-Market Executives	BOSTON (PRWEB) August 06, 2021 Stage 2 Capital, the first go-to-market venture capital fund founded in 2018, today announced the launch of its $80 million Fund II. Backed by an unrivaled LP base of leading GTM executives, Fund II will conti...
Aug 6, 2021	Stage 2 Capital launches $80M Fund II targeting B2B software startups	Boston go-to-market venture capital firm Stage 2 Capital kicks off its second fund with plans to invest $80 million into B2B software companies. The firm’s approach combines venture capital expertise with a diverse community of over 250 lim...
Aug 6, 2021	Bitcoin mining is having a moment right now, but will it last?	This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox. Hurl whatever skepticism you want at Bitcoin, but the process of mining the cryptocurrency is, we...
Jul 21, 2021	Sales Impact Academy Secures $4M in Funding to Accelerate Learning Solution for Go-To-Market Teams	AUSTIN, Texas and LONDON (PRWEB) July 21, 2021 Sales Impact Academy, the world’s leading go-to-market learning platform, today announced the company secured a $4 million investment, including a $3 million seed round led by Stage 2 Capital a...
Jul 21, 2021	Sales Impact Academy receives boost from Stage 2 Capital with $4 million investment Up to 90% completion rates Addressing sales tech stack gap Show your support for our mission by joining our Cube Club and Cube Event Community of experts. Join the community that includes Amazon Web Services a ...	A growing go-to-market learning platform received a major boost forward today with the announcement that Stage 2 Capital would provide a $3 million seed round and $1 million in debt financing to fund additional educational content. Sales Im...
Jun 19, 2019	Enboarder Establishes U.S. Headquarters in Austin and Lands $8 Million in Funding	By LAURA LOREK, Publisher of Silicon Hills News
Mar 12, 2019	Klara Lands Funding from Stage 2 Capital	New York-based healthcare communication company Klara has taken its growth trajectory to the next level with recent investment from Stage 2 Capital, a fund specializing in sales, marketing, and customer success. Last summer, Klara raised it...
Mar 12, 2019	Klara Lands Funding from Stage 2 Capital	New York-based healthcare communication company Klara has taken its growth trajectory to the next level with recent investment from Stage 2 Capital, a fund specializing in sales, marketing, and customer success. Last summer, Klara raised it...
	How to own your career data? London’s Veremark checks in $8.5 million for hassle-free credential verification	The pre-employment screening market is estimated at $16 billion annually with strong continued global growth. To cash in on this, London-based pre-employment screening and verified career credentials firm, Veremark has raised a $8.5 million...
	Making overseas relocation less stressful, London-based startup perches on £8 million	As employers try to avoid the ‘great resignation’ by offering greater flexibility, choice and work-life balance to their employees while tapping into the global talent market to tackle the growing skills gap, the global employee relocation ...

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FAQ about Stage 2 Capital

When was Stage 2 Capital founded?

Stage 2 Capital was founded in 2018.

How many startups has Stage 2 Capital invested in?

Stage 2 Capital has 10 portfolio companies on Parsers VC, among them MedScout, Inc., Slang.ai and Letter AI.

What is the latest news about Stage 2 Capital?

Parsers VC has 17 news items about Stage 2 Capital, among them “The Science of Re-Establishing Growth: When and How Fast?” (Jun 24, 2020) and “The Science of Re-Establishing Growth: When, Where, How?” (Jun 24, 2020).

What has the press written about Stage 2 Capital?

Parsers VC has collected 52 articles mentioning Stage 2 Capital, among them “Axle Raises $17.5M Series A Round” (Sep 3, 2026) and “Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, September 3, 2026: Base10 Partners, Gradient Ventures, Point72, Y Combinator & More” (Sep 3, 2026).

Is Stage 2 Capital still active?

Yes, Stage 2 Capital is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 9, 2026.