# Austin Rief: angel investments and portfolio > Austin Rief is an angel. 3 investments on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/austin-rief (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Austin Rief Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 3 cheques on record. Email Deploying now New fund $158K, Apr 2021 Angel Seed Series A Follow Austin Rief and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Faustin-rief) Deploying now **100%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 3 on record Since the last cheque **2** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$13M** Rounds led **0 of 3** Pitch Austin Rief ## Austin Rief highlights - 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 100% of its rounds ## What they do - **Type:** Angel (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **3 appearances** - **2026** 1 round - **Oct** **[ShareWillow](https://millionrounds.com/company/sharewillow)** Seed · US · AlleyWatch **$8.5M** With 7 others - **2025** 1 round - **May** **[Affiniti](https://millionrounds.com/company/affiniti)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$17M** With 6 others - **2022** 1 round - **Aug** **[Hark](https://millionrounds.com/company/hark)** Seed · US · Lightbank VC **Undisclosed** With 9 others An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. New fund on file **$158K** raised in Apr 2021 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Seed Series A Median round joined **$13M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 3 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Oct 2026 Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed *2* - Series A *1* Cheques by month Led Joined Nov 2023 Oct 2026 **Pitching Austin Rief?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Recently backed The latest companies Austin Rief put money into. [**ShareWillow** $8.5M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/sharewillow)[**Hark** Aug 2022](https://millionrounds.com/company/hark) ## On podcasts 3 episodes naming Austin Rief in the title, and 1 more that mention it. - [The Peel](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/the-peel) 12 Dec 2024 · 1h 13m How Morning Brew Grew to 6 Million Subscribers and $70 Million Revenue in Six Years | Austin Rief, Co-founder & CEO Mentions [Austin Rief](https://millionrounds.com/fund/austin-rief)[University of Michigan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/university-of-michigan) Apple PodcastsShow page - [Village Global Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/village-global) 30 Mar 2021 · 42 min The State of Direct-To-Consumer in 2021 with Austin Rief and Nik Sharma With [Nik Sharma](https://millionrounds.com/person/nik-sharma) Mentions [Austin Rief](https://millionrounds.com/fund/austin-rief) Apple PodcastsShow page - [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) 4 Mar 2021 · 32 min How I Built Resilience: Alex Lieberman and Austin Rief of Morning Brew Mentions [Austin Rief](https://millionrounds.com/fund/austin-rief)[University of Michigan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/university-of-michigan) Apple Podcasts ### Mentioned in - [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) 1 Apr 2021 · 32 min Rapid Response: The trampoline effect, w/ Morning Brew CEO Alex Lieberman Apple Podcasts ## Quick answers about Austin Rief ### What does Austin Rief invest in? Austin Rief invests most often at Seed and Series A (100% of the rounds on record). ### How active is Austin Rief? 3 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2026. ### What has Austin Rief invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: ShareWillow (Seed, Oct 2026), Affiniti (Series A, May 2025) and Hark (Seed, Aug 2022). ### How big are Austin Rief's cheques? The median round it joins is $13M. ### Is Austin Rief investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months. ### What kind of investor is Austin Rief? Austin Rief is an angel. ### Has Austin Rief raised a new fund? Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Apr 2021, reporting $158K raised. ### Where does this information on Austin Rief come from? From 5 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night. ## Raising now? 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