# Break Trail Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Break Trail Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 4 investments on record, latest Aug 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Break Trail Ventures

Last cheque observed Aug 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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Quiet New fund, Aug 2018 VC firm

Seed Series A Series B Payment Finance Lending

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 4 on record

Since the last cheque **2643** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$2.5M** Rounds led **1 of 4**

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## Break Trail Ventures highlights

- 01 4 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 100% of its rounds
- 03 Led 1 rounds

## What they do

> Break Trail Ventures is an early stage venture fund based in Columbus, OH and Boulder, CO. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Payment Finance Lending
- **Based in:** Boulder, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **4 appearances**

- **2019** 2 rounds
- **Aug** **[TimeDoc](https://millionrounds.com/company/timedoc)** US · FinSMEs **$2.5M** With 2 others
- **May** **[Cusa Tea](https://millionrounds.com/company/cusa-tea)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$2.5M** *Led*
- **2018** 2 rounds
- **Oct** **[Pattern89](https://millionrounds.com/company/pattern89)** US · FinSMEs **$3.5M** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[Aunt Flow](https://millionrounds.com/company/aunt-flow)** Seed · US · Linkedin **$1.5M** With 16 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 **1 named**

JH **Jay Hirsh** Director i Filing they signed

We also hold **1** person 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 they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**13** of 60 we have independently watched raise

[Aunt Flow](https://millionrounds.com/company/aunt-flow)[Cotopaxi](https://millionrounds.com/company/cotopaxi)[Expectful](https://millionrounds.com/company/expectful)[Goodreads](https://millionrounds.com/company/goodreads)[Nikola Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/nikola-labs)[Shinesty](https://millionrounds.com/company/shinesty)[Shotzr](https://millionrounds.com/company/shotzr)[Time+Doc+](https://millionrounds.com/company/timedoc)[Whitagram-Image](https://millionrounds.com/company/pair-eyewear)[Whitagram-Image](https://millionrounds.com/company/cognovi-labs)[Whitagram-Image 3](https://millionrounds.com/company/hammerspace)[Whitagram-Image+2](https://millionrounds.com/company/cusa-tea)[biofire](https://millionrounds.com/company/biofire) Entrepreneurialbynature HalfDaysWhitagram-Image IMG_5728 IMG_7281 Outpost PFTP Repeat Screenshot Screenshot Share Whitagram-Image Whitagram-Image Whitagram-Image 15 Whitagram-Image 16 Whitagram-Image 17 Whitagram-Image 18 Whitagram-Image 19 Whitagram-Image 2 Whitagram-Image 2 Whitagram-Image 2 Whitagram-Image 2 copy Whitagram-Image 21 Whitagram-Image 22 Whitagram-Image 23 Whitagram-Image 24 Whitagram-Image 25 Whitagram-Image 3 Whitagram-Image 3 Whitagram-Image 4 Whitagram-Image 4 Whitagram-Image 5 Whitagram-Image 5 Whitagram-Image 5 Whitagram-Image 5 Whitagram-Image 5 Whitagram-Image 6 Whitagram-Image 6 Whitagram-Image 6 Whitagram-Image 7 Whitagram-Image 7 Whitagram-Image+4 frontsight image0 image1 image1 image1 2 silverton and 4 more

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

New fund on file

**Raised**

a new fund in Aug 2018

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

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$2.5M** the round, not its cheque

Led 1 of 4 rounds **25%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Aug 2019

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *1*
- Series A said *1*
- Series B said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2018 2019

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## Recently backed

The latest companies Break Trail Ventures put money into.

[**Cusa Tea** $2.5M · May 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/cusa-tea)

## Quick answers about Break Trail Ventures

### What does Break Trail Ventures invest in?

Break Trail Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Payment, Finance and Lending.

### How active is Break Trail Ventures?

4 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Aug 2019.

### What has Break Trail Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: TimeDoc (Undisclosed round, Aug 2019), Cusa Tea (Series A, May 2019) and Pattern89 (Undisclosed round, Oct 2018).

### How big are Break Trail Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $2.5M.

### Is Break Trail Ventures investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Aug 2019.

### What kind of investor is Break Trail Ventures?

Break Trail Ventures is a VC firm based in Boulder, United States.

### Has Break Trail Ventures raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Aug 2018.

### Does Break Trail Ventures take cold pitches?

Yes: its own website says it reads unsolicited pitches.

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