Right Side Capital Management

Right Side Capital Management is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage, pre-seed technology startups in underserved segments of the ecosystem. It invests in a high-volume, capital-efficient portfolio, typically funding rounds of 50,000 to 500,000 and making roughly 75 to 100 investments per year. The firm targets opportunities across the United States and internationally, including Canada, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, and Western Europe, prioritizing companies with scalable products and prudent capital use outside major metro hubs. Since its inception, it has built a broad portfolio across many states. It commits to a fast decision process, often delivering a yes or no within two weeks to help founders establish momentum.

Kevin Dick

Managing Partner

John Eng

Principal

Dave Lambert

Founder and Managing Director

David Lambert

Founder and Managing Director

Jeff Pomeranz

Managing Director

Paul Swiencicki

Partner

Past deals in Publishing

Ensemble

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Ensemble is a publication platform where artists sell artifacts from their creative process and tell the story of their project. Artifacts are auctioned as NFTs on the Zora Protocol.

Pippa

Convertible Note in 2017
Pippa is a company that specializes in simplifying and enhancing the podcasting experience for its users. It offers a platform that allows clients to easily import all their podcast episodes and content with a single click, facilitating seamless sharing through a dependable web hosting service. By focusing on understanding audience engagement, Pippa aims to help clients improve their podcasting efforts and drive profitability. The company is committed to making podcasting more accessible and effective for creators at all levels.

Drizzle Labs

Seed Round in 2016
Drizzle Labs operates a micropayment and paid subscription platform designed to help bloggers and publishers monetize their premium content. Located in Los Angeles, California, the company allows users to pay for individual pieces of content, including text, videos, podcasts, images, and more. It provides tools for implementing paywalls, enabling content creators to charge for access to specific items, while also collecting valuable user information such as names, emails, and demographic data. Drizzle Labs enhances user engagement by recommending popular and relevant content, thus retaining visitors and encouraging repeat interaction. The company generates revenue through a platform fee based on the transactions completed on its site. Founded in February 2016 by Timur Zhiyentayev and Kelly Burke, Drizzle Labs aims to facilitate a seamless monetization process for creators in the digital content landscape.

Daily Pnut

Convertible Note in 2016
Daily Pnut is a subscription-based newsletter service that delivers concise, global news coverage on geopolitics, foreign policy, national security, environmental issues, and technology trends to its readers.

StoryFit

Pre Seed Round in 2016
StoryFit is an AI-driven technology company serving the book publishing, film, and television industries. Its platform delivers predictive audience insights and analytics to help publishers and studios make development, marketing, and merchandising decisions. By analyzing metadata and comparing content to comparable works, StoryFit supports audience targeting, reader personas, writing evaluation, and stakeholder decision-making. The solution provides content recommendations and scenario simulations that estimate how audiences will respond to books, scripts, or finished productions, enabling strategic choices from development through marketing.

Drizzle Labs

Convertible Note in 2015
Drizzle Labs operates a micropayment and paid subscription platform designed to help bloggers and publishers monetize their premium content. Located in Los Angeles, California, the company allows users to pay for individual pieces of content, including text, videos, podcasts, images, and more. It provides tools for implementing paywalls, enabling content creators to charge for access to specific items, while also collecting valuable user information such as names, emails, and demographic data. Drizzle Labs enhances user engagement by recommending popular and relevant content, thus retaining visitors and encouraging repeat interaction. The company generates revenue through a platform fee based on the transactions completed on its site. Founded in February 2016 by Timur Zhiyentayev and Kelly Burke, Drizzle Labs aims to facilitate a seamless monetization process for creators in the digital content landscape.

Sidelines

Convertible Note in 2014
Sidelines, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that operates an online community designed to connect informed content creators with their audiences, particularly within the realm of sports. Founded in 2010, Sidelines amplifies writers' voices by featuring their work on premium digital publications and facilitates engaging discussions on content publishers' sites. Additionally, it allows brands to target specific demographics by sponsoring authentic discussions. The platform also functions as a social network for sports enthusiasts, enabling users to follow their favorite teams and share opinions, photos, videos, and articles with friends and fellow fans.

NMRKT

Convertible Note in 2014
NMRKT, Inc. is a New York-based company that offers a platform for content creators, such as bloggers, magazines, YouTube stars, and influencers, to establish their own online shops and monetize their influence. Founded in 2014, NMRKT enables publishers to optimize revenue and engagement by providing a proprietary native commerce technology that allows them to launch an affiliate shop on their website in under 30 minutes. The platform features an extensive affiliate product library with over 200 million aggregated and normalized items, facilitating connections between content providers and their preferred brands. This empowers creators to curate product assortments that resonate with their audience, effectively turning readers into shoppers.

Standard Analytics

Pre Seed Round in 2014
Standard Analytics is a New York-based company established in 2014 that focuses on enhancing the accessibility and reproducibility of scientific research. By developing an API for Science, it enables users to discover, reuse, and verify data, analytics, and results from various data-driven scientific endeavors. The company integrates elements from software development, such as dependency management and continuous integration, into the scientific process, thereby introducing innovative methods for publishing and sharing academic work. Additionally, Standard Analytics serves as a content management system for academic publishing, allowing for the incorporation of raw data and code in native formats. This approach not only streamlines the peer review process but also reduces costs for publishers while improving search capabilities within the scientific community.

Hullabalu

Convertible Note in 2014
Hullabalu is a New York City-based company dedicated to creating original stories aimed at the new generation. Drawing inspiration from a love of fantastical worlds and timeless classics, Hullabalu develops engaging narratives that promote strong values and positive character development. The company features a series of stories centered around a diverse group of characters, complemented by illustrations, music, and interactive activities. Through its innovative approach, Hullabalu seeks to provide children with entertaining and meaningful experiences that foster imagination and encourage positive growth.

Prolific Works

Seed Round in 2012
Prolific Works is a developer of an online publishing platform that connects authors with readers, facilitating the promotion and visibility of their literary works. The platform enables authors to engage with their audience by providing tools for marketing, including sneak peeks and bonus content. By fostering these connections, Prolific Works helps authors build their following and effectively reach new readers, allowing them to concentrate on their writing while enhancing their overall visibility in the market.

Marquee

Seed Round in 2012
Marquee operates as a digital studio that facilitates the creation of engaging publications for editorial teams. The platform features a user-friendly authoring tool that allows content producers to easily drag and drop files onto a page, making the publishing process straightforward and efficient. Content created on Marquee is fully responsive and optimized for various devices, ensuring a seamless user experience. By storing content as structured data rather than relying on templates, Marquee guarantees that published material remains adaptable and future-proof. The platform is designed to meet the diverse needs of content producers, ranging from individual creators to large organizations, supporting their efforts to build thriving digital experiences that attract and retain audiences. Established in 2012 through TechStars NYC, Marquee continues to serve as a vital resource for media and technology professionals.

Libboo

Seed Round in 2012
Libboo connects buzzers (readers who love to share and talk about books) with books they'll enjoy, to create the next digital bestseller and help talented authors get discovered. Buzzers get rewards such as free ebooks, and increase their influence by sharing great writing with their friends and followers via social media, email, and other online channels.

Carde.io

Carde.io is a software development company specializing in gaming management solutions. It provides a platform for tabletop game publishers to build and maintain relationships with retailers and players, track game transitions, and enhance player engagement. The platform offers features such as a player reward store, community forums, event planning tools, marketing suite, and various reporting functionalities to help users increase player interaction and drive retail engagement.
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