Backend Capital is an early-stage venture capital fund that backed technical founders and engineers, co-founded by Dave Fontenot and Lucy Guo. Backend Capital's Twitter Score is 21 out of 1000 as of September 2026, ranking #45,828 (top 10%) among 486,860 tracked accounts.
Backend Capital was co-founded by Dave Fontenot and Lucy Guo, with Fontenot serving as managing member of Backend Capital GP II, LLC, the general partner of Backend Capital II, LP, a Delaware-organized pooled investment fund. Recent characterizations describe Backend Capital as Fontenot's prior venture fund, with his current focus having shifted to HF0, a residency program for repeat founders that grew out of the Hacker Fellowship, a residential program Backend Capital operated for engineers starting companies. Backend Capital is also affiliated with Backend Capital Advisors, LLC.
Backend Capital participated in crypto and blockchain financing, including investments in blockchain infrastructure and decentralized protocols. Backend Capital has published 10 posts on the platform and has been mentioned by 10 accounts a total of 14 times. Backend Capital's portfolio includes Flare, Zebec Network, unshETH and indexer.xyz.
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The accounts that follow Backend Capital include 102 founders, 41 angel investors, 15 influencers and 4 VCs. Among them are John Wang, Ali Yahya, Matthew Graham, Lily Liu, Vinny Lingham and VCs Congratulating Themselves.