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What does Crosscut Ventures invest in?
Crosscut Ventures invests most often at Series A and Series B (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Energy, Decarbonization and Space.
Crosscut Ventures highlights
- 01
3 rounds on record
- 02
Mostly Series A and Series B: 100% of its rounds
What they do
Crosscut is the first and longest-enduring early-stage venture capital firm in Los AngelesFrom their own website
- Type
- Private equity (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Up to $5.0M as they say
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
- Sectors
- EnergyDecarbonizationSpace
- Based in
- Santa Monica, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first3 appearances
- 2025
1 round
- Aug
- 2019
2 rounds
- Sept
- Jan
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 registration3 named
BCBrett C. BrewerManaging MemberiForm ADV
BMBrian M. GarrettManaging MemberiForm ADV
RLRick L SmithManaging MemberiForm ADV
We also hold 14 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
$367Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Crosscut Ventures Management, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 165792
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
14 of 23 we have independently watched raise
AaloBranchmessengerBuildopsCambiumcarbonCarbonridgeComparablyGumgumHivewatchPacasoProteus-spaceRadiantnuclearStandardnuclearSteadymdValaratomicsAirloomCorpHaxionHellopearlSolestialSolopulsecoUmbralabWhykeywayWithsutro
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.