Welcome to Sunflower Capital
Sunflower Capital is a modern, interactive venture capital website built with Next.js 14. The site showcases a beautiful full-page scrolling experience with animated flower visuals, portfolio filtering, and testimonials carousel.From Seed to Sunflower - This website represents Sunflower Capital’s mission to partner at the earliest stage with companies building foundational infrastructure for modern enterprises, critical industries, and the physical world.
Key features
This Next.js application combines cutting-edge web technologies with thoughtful UX design:Full-page scrolling
Built with ReactPageScroller for seamless vertical navigation through content sections
Interactive animations
Animated sunflower visuals with hover effects, growth animations, and breathing effects
Dynamic portfolio
Filterable portfolio table with 56+ companies across AI/ML, Fintech, Security, and more
Responsive design
Adaptive layouts for portrait/landscape orientations with device detection
Architecture
The website is built as a client-side React application using Next.js 14 with the App Router. Here’s how the main components are structured:Page structure
The application uses a full-page scroller with six distinct sections:src/app/page.tsx
Custom brand colors
Sunflower Capital uses a distinctive color palette defined in Tailwind config:tailwind.config.ts
Animations
The hero section features multiple animated sunflower SVGs with different interaction patterns:Breathing center flower
The central flower has a continuous breathing animation:src/app/globals.css
Interactive expand effect
Clicking the center flower triggers a dramatic expand animation:src/app/page.tsx
Portfolio system
The portfolio table manages 56+ portfolio companies with dynamic filtering:Sample portfolio companies
AI/ML companies
AI/ML companies
- Cohere - LLMs and RAG capabilities for enterprises
- Ollama - Easiest way to get up and running with LLMs
- Roboflow - Build and deploy computer vision models faster
- Tecton - Abstracting away data engineering for AI
Developer tools
Developer tools
- Vercel - The frontend cloud for a faster, personalized web
- Retool - Fastest way to build internal software
- Warp - The modern terminal, reimagined with AI
- VoidZero - Unified toolchain for Javascript
Infrastructure
Infrastructure
- Temporal - Open source durable execution
- Railway - Deploy software instantly at scale
- Cal - Open source scheduling infrastructure
- Xata - Serverless data platform for PostgreSQL
Responsive approach
The site uses a sophisticated responsive system based on aspect ratios and device detection:src/app/page.tsx
Breakpoints
Custom screen breakpoints ensure perfect display across devices:tailwind.config.ts
Typography
The site uses two custom font families:Arya
Used for headings and the main title. Bold, distinctive, perfect for brand identity.
Bitter
Used for body text and descriptions. Variable font with weights from 100-900.
Tech stack
Next steps
Ready to get started? Follow the quickstart guide to set up your development environment and run the site locally.Quickstart
Clone the repository and start the development server in minutes
Deployment
Deploy to Vercel with automatic CI/CD and preview deployments