Alpaca VC
NYC office / Corigin Ventures heritage entry for Alpaca VC — commerce infrastructure, PropTech, and real-world economy from early seed through Series A. Canonical product firm profile is also /fund/alpaca-vc (SF HQ); same website alpaca.vc.
Typical check size
$500K-$1.5M (firm-stated initial check)
Founded
2013
Headquarters
127 W 26th St, New York, NY 10001
AUM
N/A
Rounds they lead
Seed
Series A
Rounds they invest
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Portfolio companies we track
Startups in our directory that list Alpaca VC as an investor (1 total).
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FAQs about Alpaca VC
Stage fit, check size, thesis, and how founders typically approach this firm — based on public sources and our directory.
No. This page is the NYC office / Corigin Ventures heritage entry. The canonical product firm profile is also /fund/alpaca-vc (San Francisco HQ). Both use the same website alpaca.vc — choose the page that matches the geography context you need.
This profile reflects Alpaca VC's New York heritage as Corigin Ventures. The team leads pre-seed through Series A rounds, with selective Series B+ follow-ons for breakout portfolio companies.
Alpaca VC publicly cites $500K–$1.5M initial checks at pre-seed and seed, consistent with the firm's current approach page. Larger follow-ons depend on company progress and fund reserves.
This entry maps to Alpaca VC's New York presence (127 W 26th St) and Corigin-era NYC heritage. For the primary SF HQ profile see /fund/alpaca-vc. The firm invests across the U.S. in commerce, PropTech, and real-world digitization — historically including early bets like Compass and Transfix.
The NYC lineage emphasizes PropTech, construction tech, marketplaces, fintech, and commerce infrastructure — the intersection of digital and physical worlds that defined Corigin Ventures before the Alpaca rebrand.
Alpaca VC leads or co-leads early rounds and takes board or observer roles. The firm was an early investor in several NYC real-estate and logistics technology companies before broadening to foundational industries.
In our directory, the alpaca-vc-nyc investor tag is linked to Firstbase (/startup/firstbase). Other historical bets like Compass and Transfix are referenced in the fund description but not yet fully profiled in our startup directory.
Founders should use alpaca.vc — the NYC and SF teams share the same site and brand after the Corigin rebrand. Warm intros from marketplace, PropTech, or commerce founders are the most common path.
See our Applied Atomics and Brilliant Harvest articles (/2026-alpaca-vc-applied-atomics-nuclear-pre-seed and /2026-alpaca-vc-brilliant-harvest-4m-seed), which cover recent Alpaca VC portfolio activity.