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Outside Capital

Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
Boulder, United States
Countries of investment
  • United States
  • Canada
Investment stages
  • Pre-Seed
  • Seed
Industries
  • Outdoor Industry
  • Consumer
  • Recreation
  • Wellness
  • Lifestyle Tech
  • Active Lifestyle
About
Outside Capital is a Boulder-based VC focused on early-stage outdoor and active lifestyle companies. Their focus spans outdoor industry, consumer, recreation, wellness, and lifestyle tech across the United States and Canada. The firm supports founders from Pre-Seed through Seed.
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$250K
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$2M
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Investment Thesis

Outside Capital is a pre-seed and seed-stage venture capital firm deploying capital across outdoor industry, consumer, recreation, wellness, and lifestyle technology sectors. They invest in founders building category-defining companies serving the outdoor and active lifestyle communities with operator-investor support. The firm differentiates itself through its Boulder positioning at the heart of the US outdoor industry, dedicated thesis on outdoor and active lifestyle brands, and operator-investor expertise across consumer brands and outdoor recreation markets.
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Manager's Experience

The Outside Capital founding team brings combined consumer brand investing and outdoor industry expertise with dedicated thesis on outdoor and active lifestyle brands. The team operates from Boulder at the heart of the US outdoor industry, leveraging deep relationships across outdoor recreation, wellness, and consumer brand ecosystems to support founders building category-defining outdoor and lifestyle companies.

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Team

Tom Black - Co-Founder

Parth Dalal - Co-Founder

Portfolio

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Upward

Benji

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