We understand early-stage companies, better than most.
01The shift
More companies are being built, and more institutions are using AI to decide which ones to back.
02The gap
But general-purpose AI does not understand how a venture fund, bank or accelerator evaluates an early-stage company, or how to handle the sensitive information behind that decision.
03Why Caplia
Caplia exists to bring trusted, private intelligence to those decisions.
04How
We combine a consistent framework for assessing companies with the context each institution needs.
That intelligence works through our platform or inside the tools decision-makers already use, helping them understand what is strong, what is missing and where to focus their time.
What we believe
01Structureover fragmentation.
02Clarityover scattered information.
03Speedover manual workflows.
04Sharedover disconnected.
OUR PARTNERS ACROSS THE EARLY-STAGE ECOSYSTEM
$2bnAggregated company value of founders on Caplia
20+Countries where companies use Caplia
3.9xMore likely to raise within 12 months, for companies scoring 600+ on the CRI
Our Team
The founding team behind the mission
We bring together product, engineering, and operations to build with clarity and purpose.
Connor WellsCo-founder & CEO at CapliaOperator turned founderTook a venture-backed startup through Series A as Managing Director, after senior commercial roles at L’Oréal and Dyson.At CapliaLeads the company and its work with founders, funds, accelerators and banks.Multinational leadership · L’Oréal · Dysonin
Paul DoddCo-founder & CTO at CapliaRepeat technical founderCo-founded Huboo and architected the technology behind a business that scaled to 750+ employees and raised $160m.At CapliaLeads platform architecture, engineering and oversees Caplia Labs.Huboo · $160m raised · EY finalistin
Prof. Thomas HellmannAcademic Advisor, CRI & OCIRS StudyProfessor at the University of OxfordA leading authority on venture capital and entrepreneurial finance. Stanford PhD, former visiting professor at Harvard and Wharton.At CapliaDeveloped the Caplia Readiness Index and leads the Oxford Caplia Investment Readiness Study.Oxford · Stanford · Harvard · Whartonin
Daniel HafeziAI Lead at CapliaLeads Caplia’s AIMSc Computing with Distinction, ranked 1st in his cohort.At CapliaOwns the intelligence behind the CRI and Phronel, with deterministic scoring and every finding checked against its source.Deterministic scoring · Verified evidencein