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DataTribe

Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Sep 2026, closing $25M. Last cheque observed Oct 2025.

QuietNew fund $25M, Sept 2026VC firm

Series ASeries BBig Data & AnalyticsCybersecurityHardware

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 10 on record
Since the last cheque385days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$1.9MRounds led1 of 10Sole investor5 roundsExits1 from the portfolioMostly inUnited States, 100%
Pitch DataTribe

DataTribe highlights

  1. 01

    10 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Series A: 100% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 5 rounds, median $1.7M

  4. 04

    1 exits from the portfolio

What they do

Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
Series ASeries B
Sectors
Big Data & AnalyticsCybersecurityHardware
Based in
Jackson, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first10 appearances

  1. 2025

    1 round

  2. Oct
    Quickcode.aiSeed · US · Firms' own news pages$1.4MWith 2 others
  3. 2019

    4 rounds

  4. Dec
    Code DxSeed · US · FinSMEs$2.0MSole investor
  5. Oct
    ReFirm LabsSeries A · US · FinSMEs$2.0MLed
  6. Jul
    PrevailionSeries A · US · FinSMEs$10MWith 1 other
  7. Jun
    BlueRidge.AISeed · US · FinSMEs$1.9MSole investor
  8. 2018

    2 rounds

  9. Oct
    Attila SecuritySeed · US · FinSMEs$2.5MWith 2 others
  10. Jun
    PrevailionSeed · US · FinSMEs$1.7MSole investor
  11. 2017

    2 rounds

  12. Nov
    ReFirm LabsUS · FinSMEs$1.5MSole investor
  13. Nov
    EnveilUS · FinSMEs$4.0MWith 3 others
  14. 2016

    1 round

  15. Aug
    DragosSeed · US · FinSMEs$1.2MSole investor

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 registration4 named

JLJohn Liam FungeManaging DirectoriForm ADV
MAMichael A JankeManaging Director of Managing MemberiFiling they signed
RRRobert Richard AckermanManaging Director of Managing MemberiFiling they signed
RARobert Ackerman, Jr.Managing MemberiFiling they signed

We also hold 13 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

$386Mgross assets of its funds, 2 advisers combinedOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
Datatribe Foundry, LLC
SEC number
CRD 315206

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

8 of 17 we have independently watched raise

BalanceTheoryBlackcloakContraforceDragosEnveilSixMapStriderXonasystemsAcquired by C2A SecurityCyber Innovation ConferenceFrenosInertialSenseRemotethreatRileveraThecyberwirefianuquickcode

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.

Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed1 in all

ReFirm LabsBought by MicrosoftUndisclosedJun 2021

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

Recently backed

The latest companies DataTribe put money into.

Quick answers about DataTribe

What does DataTribe invest in?

DataTribe invests most often at Seed and Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Big Data & Analytics, Cybersecurity and Hardware.

How active is DataTribe?

10 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Oct 2025.

What has DataTribe invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Quickcode.ai (Seed, Oct 2025), Code Dx (Seed, Dec 2019) and ReFirm Labs (Series A, Oct 2019).

How big are DataTribe's cheques?

The median round it joins is $1.9M.

Does DataTribe lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 10 investments on record (10%).

Where does DataTribe invest?

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

Is DataTribe investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2025.

What kind of investor is DataTribe?

DataTribe is a VC firm based in Jackson, United States.

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