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Copper Sky Capital stages, portfolio and investment profile

Scottsdale early-stage venture firm (formerly AZ-VC) investing Series A in non-coastal North American software companies — Fund I deployed $115M+; Fund II launched September 2025 targeting $300M with a disciplined valuation thesis.

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Stage-based planning range

$1M–$10M

This is a planning range inferred from stage coverage, not a firm-disclosed check size.

Methodology: Stage bucket inferred from the rounds a fund leads or invests in.

No firm-specific check-size disclosure is recorded.

Source link not recorded Confidence: 25% Verified: Not recorded View methodology

Investment stages

Leads: Series A

Participates: Seed, Series A, Series B+

Sector focus

Enterprise SaaS · AI & Machine Learning · Fintech · Generalist Technology

Geography

Scottsdale, AZ

Founded 2021

Fund size / AUM

$115M+ (Fund I; public reporting)

A separate fund-size evidence record is not yet available.

Portfolio in our directory

Linked startup profiles

Latest fund vehicle

Not recorded

Vehicle name, size, and vintage are not yet structured.

Recent tracked investment

Nuclearn

Series A · $10.5M · September 2025

Rounds they lead

Series A

Rounds they invest

Seed Series A Series B+

Last verified: Not recorded. Check-size evidence is labeled by basis so planning estimates are not presented as firm disclosures.

Portfolio companies we track

Startups in our directory that list Copper Sky Capital as an investor (1 total).

Nuclearn AI platform built for nuclear power plant operations, engineering, and regulatory compliance.

FAQs about Copper Sky Capital

Stage fit, check size, thesis, and how founders typically approach this firm — based on public sources and our directory.

Series A-focused with post-revenue, product-market-fit companies; may participate in seed and follow-ons.

Scottsdale, Arizona — rebranded from AZ-VC in February 2026 while broadening beyond Arizona-only mandate.

Disciplined entry valuations for high-quality software in the American Interior — non-coastal markets outside CA, NY, and MA.

Series A materials with revenue traction and clear category story; firm opened doors via PayPal-network relationships per public bios.

Yes — Series A lead is the stated model for Fund I and Fund II.

Managing Partner Jack Selby — former PayPal executive and Thiel Capital managing director per public profiles.

Public Fund I names include Etched, Bluetail, Nuclearn, Stax.ai, Soraban, and Uplinq — treat list as indicative.

Yes — AZ-VC rebranded to Copper Sky Capital in February 2026; same team and Scottsdale roots.

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