Venture Capital for the Rest of Us

Back in the old days (i.e. 10+ years ago), software was an industry unto itself, headquartered in Silicon Valley. These days, software is everywhere. As has been said, software is eating the world. Put another way, it is eating every industry, one at a time. And those industries are almost all located outside Silicon Valley. Today, the skills of software-based disruption also now exist outside Silicon Valley. And we invest in the companies that are doing it. We don’t really care if you’ve never even been to Silicon Valley. It’s ok, because we have. We spent most of our careers there as entrepreneurs, senior executives and investors doing it the old way. So, we can help. We can lead you through the idiosyncrasies and minefields of starting, scaling and fundraising for your company. You don’t need to be a Silicon Valley insider anymore to start and scale a company. And, we’re here to help. Learn more about Blue Collar VC.

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Tactical Help

We've conceived of, built, launched and scaled internet software products our whole careers. We can help you hone the fieldcraft of company building.

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Network

The Mucker partners and mentor network bring decades of successful (and unsuccessful) company building experience, both inside and outside Silicon Valley.

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Bridge to Silicon Valley

We spent decades in Silicon Valley. You don’t have to. We can level the playing field and connect you with people and capital that will accelerate your business.

MuckerLab

MuckerLab is not your typical pre-seed accelerator program. We work with only 20-25 companies per year in annual cohorts. No three month bootcamps. No demo days. Just heads-down business building for one year -- or however long it takes to reach the next set of critical business milestones.

Mucker Capital

Mucker Capital invests in Seed and Series A stage companies across the United States, Canada, and beyond. We believe great companies can be built anywhere. While we are headquartered in Los Angeles, where there is a large and growing startup ecosystem, we also have offices in Austin and Toronto, with closer proximity to the portfolio companies we serve.

Based in Los Angeles, Mucker invests in Southern California and in other, similarly underfunded ecosystems outside Silicon Valley.

Mucker Offices Map

Our name is inspired by Thomas Edison’s vision of creating a place where brilliant entrepreneurs and inventors could work together to create new and better products that either disrupted existing industries or created entirely new markets. Mucker is named after the original "hackers", who worked with Edison in his labs –- Thomas Edison’s Muckers.

Historians have often called the commercial R&D laboratory Edison’s greatest invention. Before Edison came along, inventors typically worked alone and relied more on inspiration than a repeatable process. Edison changed all that by effectively creating the modern innovation and commercialization laboratory by marrying a proprietary innovation process with a team of brilliant and ambitious young men from all over United States and Europe to work with him. Many Muckers eventually moved on to become successful inventors and entrepreneurs themselves after spending time with Edison.

Companies

You are the company you keep. We are privileged to serve these companies and the others in our portfolio.

AuditBoard

Leading GRC Platform AuditBoard is easy-to-use, fully integr...

AuditBoard

Leading GRC Platform

AuditBoard is easy-to-use, fully integrated GRC platform. Trusted by Fortune 500 companies to manage audits, internal controls, and SOX 404 testing.

Co-Investors: Donnelley Financial | Battery Ventures

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emailage

Fraud Risk Assessment Based on Email Address Emailage provid...

emailage

Fraud Risk Assessment Based on Email Address

Emailage provides an innovative and efficient way to identify the fraud risk associated with an email address, which helps retailers, financial institutions, payment processors, ecommerce companies, and banks to mitigate online financial fraud.

Co-Investors: Felicis Ventures | Google Ventures | Anthos Capital

Exit: Acquired by LexisNexis

Emotive

Texting that's human, at any scale. People want to talk to people, not...

Emotive

Texting that's human, at any scale.

People want to talk to people, not marketing blasts. Emotive enables eCommerce businesses to scale 1:1 relationships through conversational text messaging.

Co-Investors: CRV, Stripes

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HMBradley

We are building a bank for the next 100 years. Banking is ol...

HMBradley

We are building a bank for the next 100 years.

Banking is old. Building is new. Open an HMBradley account today and start saving your way to 3% APY.

Co-investors: Index Ventures, Accomplice VC, Walkabout Ventures

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honey

Shopping online? Honey has your back. The simplest way to sa...

honey

Shopping online? Honey has your back.

The simplest way to save online. Honey automatically finds and applies coupon codes at checkout for you! Download Honey for free on your browser.

Exit: Acquired by PayPal

LeaseLock

Rent Payment Insurance The first nationwide rent payment ins...

LeaseLock

Rent Payment Insurance

The first nationwide rent payment insurance program. LeaseLock helps renters get approved. Better than a cosigner or extra deposits, qualified renters pay a fee that gets their lease approved while simultaneously insuring the property for all rent payments. LeaseLock is backed by insurance rated A- (Excellent) by A.M. Best.

Co-Investors: American Family Insurance| Wildcat Venture Partners| Moderne Ventures

ResortPass

Get pool, spa, and amenity access at luxurious resorts Resor...

ResortPass

Get pool, spa, and amenity access at luxurious resorts

ResortPass is an online booking platform for access to resorts and hotels for the pool, spa, fitness, and amenities. Our day guest program provides hotels and resorts with a new market and revenue channel of registered hotel day guests. We have over 80 hotel partners including Hyatt, Marriott, Hilton, Omni Resorts, Ritz Carlton, Four Seasons, Fairmont, and many more.

Co-Investors: Charles River Ventures (CRV)

Service Titan

Service Management Automation Software ServiceTitan's online...

Service Titan

Service Management Automation Software

ServiceTitan's online and mobile SaaS service management platform powers the world's best service businesses, including Mr. Rooter, Mr. Electric, and many others. Only ServiceTitan combines traditional service management (scheduling appointments, dispatching technicians) with modern CRM capabilities (marketing analytics, sales automation) to help our average customers grow revenue by 70% within the first year of adoption.

Co-Investors: Bessemer Venture Partners| Battery Ventures | Iconiq Capital

UpKeep

Mobile First CMMS UpKeep is a modern, intuitive, and mobile-...

UpKeep

Mobile First CMMS

UpKeep is a modern, intuitive, and mobile-first CMMS that is proven to streamline the work order process.

Co-Investors: Battery Ventures, Emergence