# Brand Foundry Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Brand Foundry Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 64 investments on record, 8 in the last 12 months, latest Jul 2026.

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# Brand Foundry Ventures

Last cheque observed Jul 2026; 64 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund, Jul 2022 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Financial Services Fin-tech Fintechs

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**62%** of best year **8** **cheques in 12 months**, 64 on record

Since the last cheque **123** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$7.3M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $10M** Rounds led **1 of 64** Sole investor **12 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

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## Brand Foundry Ventures highlights

- 01 8 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Venture: 59% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 12 rounds, median $5.4M

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $100K – $10M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Financial Services Fin-tech Fintechs
- **Based in:** Austin, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **64 appearances**

- **2026** 5 rounds
- **Jul** **[Frozen One](https://millionrounds.com/company/frozen-one)** Seed · US **$5.8M** Sole investor
- **May** **[Crown Affair](https://millionrounds.com/company/crown-affair)** Series C · US **$5.0M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Frame](https://millionrounds.com/company/frame)** Seed · US **$4.3M** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[Climatic Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/climatic-health)** Seed · US **$10M** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[Bawi](https://millionrounds.com/company/bawi)** Seed · US **$4.2M** Sole investor
- **2025** 12 rounds
- **Dec** **[Loonen](https://millionrounds.com/company/loonen)** Seed · US **$6.1M** Sole investor
- **Dec** **[Zippy](https://millionrounds.com/company/zippy)** Venture · US **$19M** Sole investor
- **Nov** **[Lucky Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/lucky-energy)** Series B · US **$25M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[QuoteWell](https://millionrounds.com/company/quotewell)** Series A · US **$12M** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[Prefix](https://millionrounds.com/company/prefix)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[Small Door](https://millionrounds.com/company/small-door)** Series C · US · AlleyWatch **$35M** With 7 others
- **Jun** **[Relief](https://millionrounds.com/company/relief)** Seed · US **$3.0M** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Local Infusion](https://millionrounds.com/company/local-infusion)** Series B · US **$30M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Ledgebrook](https://millionrounds.com/company/ledgebrook)** Series C · US **$65M** With 2 others
- **May** **[Para](https://millionrounds.com/company/para)** Venture · US **$4.7M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[CollX](https://millionrounds.com/company/collx)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$10M** *Led*
- **Jan** **[Leap](https://millionrounds.com/company/leap)** Venture · US **$20M** With 3 others
- **2024** 5 rounds
- **Nov** **[Crown Affair](https://millionrounds.com/company/crown-affair)** Series B · US **$9.0M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Hello Cake](https://millionrounds.com/company/hello-cake)** Series B · US **$18M** With 1 other
- **Oct** **[Vizit](https://millionrounds.com/company/vizit)** Series B · US **$25M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Grayce](https://millionrounds.com/company/grayce)** Series A · US **$10M** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[The Sill](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-sill)** Crowdfunding · US **$158K** With 3 others
- **2023** 4 rounds
- **Oct** **[ChannelApe](https://millionrounds.com/company/channelape)** Venture · US **$727K** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[Jinx](https://millionrounds.com/company/jinx)** Series B · US **$18M** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[Mixlab](https://millionrounds.com/company/mixlab)** Series A · US **$10M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Frame](https://millionrounds.com/company/frame)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **2022** 8 rounds
- **Aug** **[Own Up](https://millionrounds.com/company/own-up)** Series C · US **$26M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[KITE Scouting](https://millionrounds.com/company/kite-scouting)** Seed · US **$3.0M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[twine](https://millionrounds.com/company/twine)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[LOLA](https://millionrounds.com/company/lola)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **May** **[Adgile Media Group](https://millionrounds.com/company/adgile-media-group)** Seed · US **$5.0M** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[BriteCo](https://millionrounds.com/company/briteco)** Series A · US **$9.0M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[Trace](https://millionrounds.com/company/trace)** Series C · US **$47M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Returnity Innovations](https://millionrounds.com/company/returnity-innovations)** Series A · US **$3.1M** With 1 other
- **2021** 2 rounds
- **Sept** **[Haus](https://millionrounds.com/company/haus)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[Two Robbers Hard Seltzer](https://millionrounds.com/company/two-robbers-hard-seltzer)** Series A **$6.0M** Sole investor
- **2020** 1 round
- **Jan** **[Goby](https://millionrounds.com/company/goby)** Venture **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **2019** 9 rounds
- **Nov** **[Jinx](https://millionrounds.com/company/jinx)** US · TechCrunch **$5.7M** With 8 others
- **Oct** **[Koio](https://millionrounds.com/company/koio)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$6.0M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[PreFix](https://millionrounds.com/company/prefix)** Seed · US · Siliconhillsnews **$2.7M** With 2 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.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **2 named**

AC **Andrew C. Mitchell** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed

BA **Brian A. Spaly** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed

We also hold **3** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$355M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** BFV Management, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 311838

New fund on file

**Raised**

a new fund in Jul 2022

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$7.3M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$5.4M**

Led 1 of 64 rounds **2%**

- **Said size:** $100K – $10M
- **Sole investor:** 12 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Jul 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *20*
- Venture *15*
- Series A said *12*
- Series B said *7*
- Series C *5*
- Pre-seed said *-*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

Often in the room with

- [Lerer Hippeau](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau) 8
- [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) 6
- [Forerunner Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forerunner-ventures) 4
- [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/great-oaks-venture-capital) 4
- [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) 4
- [Correlation Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/correlation-ventures) 3

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Brand Foundry Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Lerer Hippeau** VC firm **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau)[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**Forerunner Ventures** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forerunner-ventures)[**Great Oaks Venture Capital** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/great-oaks-venture-capital)[**New Enterprise Associates** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates)[**Correlation Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/correlation-ventures)[**FJ Labs** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs)[**Greycroft** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft)[**Maveron** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maveron)[**American Family Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/american-family-ventures)[**Andy Dunn** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andy-dunn)[**BoxGroup** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Brand Foundry Ventures put money into.

[**Frozen One** $5.8M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/frozen-one)[**Crown Affair** $5.0M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/crown-affair)[**Frame** $4.3M · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/frame)[**Climatic Health** $10M · Jan 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/climatic-health)[**Bawi** $4.2M · Jan 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/bawi)[**Loonen** $6.1M · Dec 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/loonen)

## On podcasts

1 episode naming Brand Foundry Ventures in the title.

- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 23 Dec 2015 · 28 min 20 VC: Are Unicorns Necessary To Make Big Returns and The Series A Crunch with Sumeet Shah @ Brand Foundry Ventures With [Sumeet Shah](https://millionrounds.com/person/sumeet-shah) Mentions [Brand Foundry Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brand-foundry-ventures)[Sarah Lacy](https://millionrounds.com/person/sarah-lacy) Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Brand Foundry Ventures

### What does Brand Foundry Ventures invest in?

Brand Foundry Ventures invests most often at Seed and Venture (59% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Financial Services, Fin-tech and Fintechs.

### How active is Brand Foundry Ventures?

64 investments on record, 8 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Jul 2026.

### What has Brand Foundry Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Frozen One (Seed, Jul 2026), Crown Affair (Series C, May 2026) and Frame (Seed, Apr 2026).

### How big are Brand Foundry Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $7.3M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $10M.

### Does Brand Foundry Ventures lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 64 investments on record (2%).

### Where does Brand Foundry Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

### Is Brand Foundry Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 8 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Brand Foundry Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Lerer Hippeau (8 rounds together), Alumni Ventures (6 rounds together) and Forerunner Ventures (4 rounds together).

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