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Lobster Capital
Venture capital investor; participated in Perseus Defense's $6M seed round.
Lobster Capital is a San Francisco-based venture fund founded by Gabriel Jarrosson, who built an angel-investing track record and audience via a YouTube channel documenting his YC-startup investments before formalizing the fund in 2023. It invests exclusively in Y Combinator-backed startups, historically in B2B SaaS, fintech infrastructure, and AI, with a recent expansion into hardware and defense-adjacent companies.
Overview
- Firm
- Lobster Capital
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA
- Founded
- 2023
- AUM
- Stages
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Thesis
- Invests exclusively in Y Combinator-backed startups, concentrating on the top tier of each batch; has recently expanded from software into hardware and defense given founder Gabriel Jarrosson's stated view that Ukraine, Taiwan tensions, and AI competition with China changed the calculus for hardware investing.
- X / Twitter
- x.com/LobsterCapVC
- Website
- www.lobstercap.com/
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Frequently asked
- What is Lobster Capital?
- Invests exclusively in Y Combinator-backed startups, concentrating on the top tier of each batch; has recently expanded from software into hardware and defense given founder Gabriel Jarrosson's stated view that Ukraine, Taiwan tensions, and AI competition with China changed the calculus for hardware investing.
- What stages does Lobster Capital invest at?
- Lobster Capital invests at Pre-Seed, Seed.
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Lobster Capital participated in Perseus Defense's $6M seed round
Tectonic Defense: Exclusive: YC-backed Perseus Defense Closes $6M Seed RoundVerified2025-09-18