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Gutter Capital Activity

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New Fund

Upstarts Media article reveals Gutter Capital's $75M Fund III backing the second Elbow Grease accelerator cohort. The piece follows the first cohort's startups like QuickSecure and notes applications are open for the second batch backed by the new fund.

Gutter Capital

Gutter CapitalGutter Capital

upstartsmedia.comJUN 2026

JUN 2026

Press

Dan Teran discusses Gutter's hands-on approach, 70+ founders across 12 portfolio companies at Canal Street HQ, and emerging GutterOS tool for portfolio support tracking.

Dan Teran on evolving from founder to investor (Hunter Walk)

hunterwalk.comAPR 1, 2026

APR 1, 2026

6 investments· DEC 2025 – FEB 2026Show all

Investment

Participated in Forerunner's previously unannounced $12.7M Series A led by Union Square Ventures.

Forerunner

Forerunner Gutter Capital

prnewswire.comFEB 5, 2026

FEB 5, 2026

Investment

Keeper Systems (listed as Keeper on Gutter's site) was selected for the inaugural Elbow Grease cohort. Received $300K pre-seed investment from Gutter Capital. Achieved first enterprise customer wins during the program.

Keeper Systems

Keeper Systems Gutter Capital

upstartsmedia.comJAN 2026

JAN 2026

Investment

SwitchBoard, an insurance platform for small businesses, was selected for the inaugural Elbow Grease cohort. Received $300K pre-seed investment from Gutter Capital. Achieved big customer wins during the program.

Switchboard

Switchboard Gutter Capital

upstartsmedia.comJAN 2026

JAN 2026

Investment

Galileo Space, developing cheaper, higher-quality low-earth-orbit satellite imagery, was selected for the inaugural Elbow Grease cohort. Received $300K pre-seed investment from Gutter Capital. Team includes backgrounds from Lockheed Martin, SpaceX, and Google. Received endorsement from Air Force Research Laboratory's Director of Space-Based Sensing.

Galileo Space

Galileo Space Gutter Capital

upstartsmedia.comJAN 2026

JAN 2026

Investment

QuickSecure, a school safety platform combining software and hardware for emergency response, was selected for the inaugural Elbow Grease accelerator cohort. Received $300K pre-seed investment from Gutter Capital. Founders Rohan Kumar and William Susskind relocated to NYC post-program and raised follow-on investment from Gutter.

QuickSecure

QuickSecure Gutter Capital

upstartsmedia.comJAN 2026

JAN 2026

Investment

Led FarmEvo's strategic funding round to expand AI-driven remote sensing for agriculture and forestry.

FarmEvo

FarmEvo Gutter Capital

igrownews.comDEC 22, 2025

DEC 22, 2025

News

Launched Elbow Grease, an 8-week AI accelerator with 5 pre-seed companies at $300K each, based at 221 Canal Street NYC starting January 2026.

Elbow Grease AI Accelerator Launch

medium.comOCT 15, 2025

OCT 15, 2025