Aventra Capital

For Founders

Aventra Capital backs pre-seed founders building vertical B2B SaaS and AI companies that replace fragmented workflows with centralized systems of record for SMB and mid-market industries in North America.

We are especially interested in products that become core infrastructure for how an industry operates, not another tool sitting off to the side.

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Aventra Capital has 250+ operators and executives focused on supporting our portfolio

Founder Fit

You're likely a fit if...

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  • You are building vertical B2B SaaS or applied AI for a specific industry.
  • Your product replaces manual work, spreadsheets, email chains, or disconnected point solutions with one central platform.
  • You are building a system of record, a system of action, or both.
  • You know the workflow deeply because you have lived it, sold into it, or operated close to it.
  • You are early, but you already have a sharp view on the customer, the pain, and why the current stack is broken.
  • You want an investor who can help with GTM, metrics, positioning, and fundraising readiness as the company grows.
Focus sectors

Markets we are especially excited about

We focus on legacy industries where the workflow is complex, the software stack is fragmented, and the best product can become the system of record for daily operations.

Construction

If you are building software that centralizes estimating, bidding, project management, field coordination, change orders, invoicing, or payments for contractors and construction teams, reach out.

Manufacturing

If you are building a system that unifies production planning, inventory, procurement, quality control, supplier coordination, or shop-floor workflows for manufacturers, reach out.

Healthcare

If you are building software that streamlines clinical, administrative, billing, scheduling, patient, or provider workflows in a way that can become core operational infrastructure, reach out.

Legal

If you are building a centralized platform for matter management, intake, client communication, document workflows, billing, or law-firm operations, reach out.

Hospitality

If you are building software that brings reservations, guest operations, front-desk workflows, back-office management, staff coordination, or payments into one operating system, reach out.

Field services

If you are building a platform for scheduling, dispatch, quoting, technician workflows, customer communication, invoicing, or collections for service businesses, reach out.

Logistics

If you are building software for dispatch, routing, brokerage, shipment visibility, warehouse workflows, or supply-chain operations that can replace fragmented systems, reach out.

Financial operations

If you are building software that centralizes billing, reconciliation, approvals, reporting, treasury workflows, or finance automation for SMB and mid-market operators, reach out.

Adjacent Sectors

We also track adjacent sectors including property operations, insurance, agriculture, education, and energy or infrastructure software when the product is solving a deep operational workflow inside a legacy market.

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What gets us excited

The product patterns we look for

  • A painful workflow that still runs on spreadsheets, inboxes, phone calls, or legacy tools.
  • A product that can become the system of record for the customer.
  • A wedge that starts with one urgent workflow but can expand across the operating stack.
  • Strong founder-market fit and clear operational insight.
  • Early user pull, customer urgency, or signs of repeatable value.
  • A path to durable retention, expansion, and healthy unit economics over time.
Founder support

Why founders work with Yannick

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  • Yannick Kpodar is a General Partner at Aventra Capital and founder of Full Stack CEO. Over the last 15 years, he has helped B2B SaaS teams raise about $396M, supported one company through a unicorn outcome, and scaled ARR from single digits to tens of millions across multiple companies.
  • His experience spans operator roles at LinkedIn, PayFit, Amenitiz, and Groupe BPCE, plus direct work with founders on GTM resets, pricing, retention, capital efficiency, and board-ready operating plans. That is the lens founders get when they work with Aventra.

Beyond the check

Support from
pre-seed to Series B

Aventra founders can access Full Stack CEO, the operating room, labs, and advisory system Yannick built to help B2B SaaS and AI founders build control over GTM, metrics, capital, and leadership as they grow. The model is designed for founders navigating real inflection points, from early validation to board pressure and Series B readiness.

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CEO Operating Room

An ongoing room for founders who want practical conversations, operator pattern recognition, and sharper thinking on GTM, metrics, and capital.

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Stage-based Labs

Structured programs built for the moments that matter most: pre-seed validation, repeatable GTM, and stronger control as complexity rises.

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Operator access

Deeper work on GTM design, scorecards, fundraising narrative, and board-level operating plans when the stakes are highest.

$1.2B+ raised by operators in your room
23+ exits
12 unicorns built or scaled
4 IPOs
25+ operators every week

We are industry agnostic

But we are particularly interested in companies operating at the intersection of software and real economic workflows, including:

We have 500+ operators and executives focused on supporting our portfolio

“Aventra Capital is built on a simple belief:
the next durable software companies in legacy industries will be centralized systems of record, with AI and automation embedded in the workflows that run the business. We back founders building those systems and support them from pre-seed through Series B.”

Yannick Kpodar
General Partner at Aventra Capital

Build With Clarity

We partner with a small number of founders who value disciplined execution, capital efficiency, and thoughtful decision-making. If that aligns with how you want to build, we should talk.

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Aventra Capital

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Aventra Capital is a San Francisco-based pre-seed fund led by General Partner Yannick Kpodar, investing in vertical B2B SaaS and AI companies building centralized systems of record for legacy SMB and mid-market industries in North America. Founders can also access operator support through the Full Stack CEO platform from pre-seed through Series B.

The fund is managed through Decile Group’s Start Fund platform and offered under Rule 506(c) to verified accredited investors only.
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