# DataTribe: portfolio, investments and team

> DataTribe is a vc firm based in United States. 10 investments on record, latest Oct 2025. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/datatribe (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# DataTribe

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

Quiet New fund $25M, Sept 2026 VC firm

Series A Series B Big Data & Analytics Cybersecurity Hardware

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 10 on record

Since the last cheque **385** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$1.9M** Rounds led **1 of 10** Sole investor **5 rounds** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

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## DataTribe highlights

- 01 10 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 100% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 5 rounds, median $1.7M
- 04 1 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Big Data & Analytics Cybersecurity Hardware
- **Based in:** Jackson, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **10 appearances**

- **2025** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Quickcode.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/quickcode-ai)** Seed · US · Firms' own news pages **$1.4M** With 2 others
- **2019** 4 rounds
- **Dec** **[Code Dx](https://millionrounds.com/company/code-dx)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$2.0M** Sole investor
- **Oct** **[ReFirm Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/refirm-labs)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$2.0M** *Led*
- **Jul** **[Prevailion](https://millionrounds.com/company/prevailion)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$10M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[BlueRidge.AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/blueridge-ai)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$1.9M** Sole investor
- **2018** 2 rounds
- **Oct** **[Attila Security](https://millionrounds.com/company/attila-security)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$2.5M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Prevailion](https://millionrounds.com/company/prevailion)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$1.7M** Sole investor
- **2017** 2 rounds
- **Nov** **[ReFirm Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/refirm-labs)** US · FinSMEs **$1.5M** Sole investor
- **Nov** **[Enveil](https://millionrounds.com/company/enveil)** US · FinSMEs **$4.0M** With 3 others
- **2016** 1 round
- **Aug** **[Dragos](https://millionrounds.com/company/dragos)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$1.2M** Sole 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 registration **4 named**

JL **John Liam Funge** Managing Director i Form ADV

MA **Michael A Janke** Managing Director of Managing Member i Filing they signed

RR **Robert Richard Ackerman** Managing Director of Managing Member i Filing they signed

RA **Robert Ackerman, Jr.** Managing Member i Filing 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

**$386M** gross assets of its funds, 2 advisers combined Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture 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

[BalanceTheory](https://millionrounds.com/company/balance-theory)[Blackcloak](https://millionrounds.com/company/blackcloak)[Contraforce](https://millionrounds.com/company/contraforce)[Dragos](https://millionrounds.com/company/dragos)[Enveil](https://millionrounds.com/company/enveil)[SixMap](https://millionrounds.com/company/sixmap)[Strider](https://millionrounds.com/company/strider)[Xonasystems](https://millionrounds.com/company/xona-systems) Acquired by C2A Security Cyber Innovation Conference Frenos InertialSense Remotethreat Rilevera Thecyberwire fianu quickcode

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 listed **1 in all**

**[ReFirm Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/refirm-labs)** Bought by [Microsoft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/microsoft) **Undisclosed** Jun 2021

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

New fund on file

**$25M**

raised in Sept 2026

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

## The cheque

Series A Series B

Median round joined **$1.9M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$1.7M**

Led 1 of 10 rounds **10%**

- **Sole investor:** 5 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2025
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed *6*
- Series A said *2*
- Series B said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

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## Recently backed

The latest companies DataTribe put money into.

[**Quickcode.ai** $1.4M · Oct 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/quickcode-ai)[**Code Dx** $2.0M · Dec 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/code-dx)[**BlueRidge.AI** $1.9M · Jun 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/blueridge-ai)[**Enveil** $4.0M · Nov 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/enveil)[**Dragos** $1.2M · Aug 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/dragos)

## 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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