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Jason Caplain

General Partner at Southern Capitol Ventures

Durham, North Carolina

Overview 

Jason Caplain is a General Partner at Bull City Venture Partners in Durham, North Carolina, with a focus on investing in Series B, Series A, and Seed stages in sectors such as SMB Software and E-commerce. He has a successful track record of investing in companies like Levitate and Zift Solutions, and has held key roles at organizations like Southern Capitol Ventures and Red Hat, showcasing his expertise in venture capital and strategic partnerships. Caplain's career highlights include co-founding Southern Capitol Ventures and making successful investments in companies like Levitate (Series C) and Zift Solutions (Series B), demonstrating his strong leadership in the venture capital industry and his ability to identify promising startups for growth and success.

Work Experience 

  • General Partner

    2013 - Current

Bull City Venture Partners is a venture capital firm.

  • Board Member

    2023

  • Board Observer

    2019 - 2023

Levitate develops a relationship marketing platform that provides communication tools and an AI dashboard.

Raised $55,000,000.00 from Bull City Venture Partners, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures and Harbert Growth Partners.

  • Board Observer

    2022

Get Spiffy is an on-demand car wash and detailing service.

Raised $90,100,000.00 from Triangle Tweener Fund, Trog Hawley Capital, MANN+HUMMEL, Shell Ventures, Tribeca Venture Partners, Gaingels, Edison Partners, Flucas Ventures, Private Access Network and Attinger.

  • Board Observer

    2022

Extend your ecommerce cash flow with capital and banking solutions built specifically for online sellers.

Raised $71,000,000.00 from Triangle Tweener Fund, Bull City Venture Partners, Anamcara Capital, Triangle Tweener Fund, Viola Ventures, Angular Ventures and Salesforce Ventures.

  • Investment Advisory Board

    2015

    Formed in 2005, Virginia Venture Partners invests in Virginia-based companies and takes Limited Partner positions in venture capital funds to generate significant economic returns for entrepreneurs, General Partners, co-investors, and the Commonwealth of Virginia. VVP is consistently the most active seed investor in the state.

Virginia Venture Partners invests in seed-stage technology and life science companies.

  • Mindshare Organizing Board

    2024

    MIndshare is an invitation-only, non-profit network established to develop and execute a one-year training and mentorship program for the region's most promising, disruptive, high growth companies and CEOs. Mindshare's mission is to designed to build community and the ecosystem amongst entrepreneurs by fostering innovation, knowledge and collaboration. The mission also is built to strengthen networks, access to recognized leaders in the community, advisors and investors as the CEOs build successful companies. Since inception over the past 20 years, the program has graduated over 1,200 CEOs who are now part of the Alumni Network.

  • General Partner and Co-Founder

    2000

Southern Capitol Ventures is an American venture capital firm funding technology companies in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.

  • Finance & Operations

    1998 - 2000

    Finance & Operations Group

Red Hat is a software company that offers enterprise open source software solutions.

  • Partner

    1996 - 1998

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