# Firebrand Ventures: portfolio, investments and team > Firebrand Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 11 investments on record, latest Sept 2023. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/firebrand-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Firebrand Ventures Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in May 2025, closing $10M. Last cheque observed Sep 2023. Email VC firm Quiet Last fund $10M, May 2025 Pre-seed Seed Series A Recurring Subscription Productivity Tools Follow Firebrand Ventures and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Ffirebrand-ventures) Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 11 on record Since the last cheque **1151** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$10M** Cheque size, as they say **$500K – $1.0M** Rounds led **0 of 11** Mostly in **United States, 100%** Pitch Firebrand Ventures ## Firebrand Ventures highlights - 01 11 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 78% of its rounds ## What they do > Firebrand invests primarily in seed stage companies in underserved and emerging startup ecosystems. From their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** $500K – $1.0M as they say - **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth - **Sectors:** Recurring Subscription Productivity Tools - **Based in:** Overland Park, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **11 appearances** - **2023** 1 round - **Sept** **[The Regis Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-regis-company)** Seed · US · Access Venture Partners **Undisclosed** With 3 others - **2022** 1 round - **Apr** **[8base](https://millionrounds.com/company/8base)** Series A · US · Foundry Group **$11M** With 4 others - **2019** 3 rounds - **Sept** **[Replica](https://millionrounds.com/company/replica)** Series A · TechCrunch **$11M** With 1 other - **Aug** **[ScaleFactor](https://millionrounds.com/company/scalefactor)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$60M** With 7 others - **Jan** **[ScaleFactor](https://millionrounds.com/company/scalefactor)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$30M** With 2 others - **2018** 3 rounds - **Nov** **[The Minte](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-minte)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$2.3M** With 2 others - **Jul** **[ScaleFactor](https://millionrounds.com/company/scalefactor)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$10M** With 4 others - **Feb** **[Dwolla](https://millionrounds.com/company/dwolla)** US · Clayandmilk **$12M** With 4 others - **2017** 2 rounds - **Nov** **[ScaleFactor](https://millionrounds.com/company/scalefactor)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$2.5M** With 5 others - **Jan** **[Threatcare](https://millionrounds.com/company/threatcare)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$1.4M** With 1 other - **2016** 1 round - **Jul** **[Automox](https://millionrounds.com/company/automox)** US · FinSMEs **$1.3M** With 1 other 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** JF **John Fein** MANAGING PRINCIPAL OF GENERAL PARTNER i Filing they signed We also hold **2** 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 they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **17** of 31 we have independently watched raise [Assemble](https://millionrounds.com/company/assemble)[Dwolla](https://millionrounds.com/company/dwolla)[Ephemeraltattoos](https://millionrounds.com/company/ephemeral-tattoos)[Fitbark](https://millionrounds.com/company/fitbark)[Fluent-forever](https://millionrounds.com/company/fluent-forever)[Handraise](https://millionrounds.com/company/handraise)[Hdata](https://millionrounds.com/company/hdata)[Judysecurity](https://millionrounds.com/company/judy-security)[Localcrate](https://millionrounds.com/company/local-crate)[Lodasmarkets](https://millionrounds.com/company/lodas-markets)[Mermaidchart](https://millionrounds.com/company/mermaid-chart)[Nivati](https://millionrounds.com/company/nivati)[Notivize](https://millionrounds.com/company/notivize)[Omelas](https://millionrounds.com/company/omelas)[Prefixinc](https://millionrounds.com/company/prefix)[Skiptown](https://millionrounds.com/company/skiptown)[Videate](https://millionrounds.com/company/videate) Choicedigital Craftydelivers Dropmobility Pathspottech Regiscompany Replicahq Resurface Returnmates Revopscoop Superdispatch The Hill Fund Tryvantagepoint Visit Site Zohr 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. Latest fund on file **$10M** raised in May 2025 From its SEC filing. Nothing newer is on file yet. ## The cheque Pre-seed Seed Series A Median round joined **$10M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 11 rounds **0%** - **Said size:** $500K – $1.0M - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Sept 2023 Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed said *4* - Series A said *3* - Series B said *1* - Series C *1* - Pre-seed said *-* - Growth said *-* Cheques by year Led Joined 2016 2023 Often in the room with - [Next Coast Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/next-coast-ventures) 2 - [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) 2 **Pitching Firebrand Ventures?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Firebrand Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Next Coast Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/next-coast-ventures)[**Techstars** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) ## Recently backed The latest companies Firebrand Ventures put money into. [**The Regis Company** Sept 2023](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-regis-company)[**ScaleFactor** $60M · Aug 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/scalefactor)[**The Minte** $2.3M · Nov 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-minte)[**Dwolla** $12M · Feb 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/dwolla)[**Threatcare** $1.4M · Jan 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/threatcare)[**Automox** $1.3M · Jul 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/automox) ## On podcasts 1 episode naming Firebrand Ventures in the title, and 2 more that mention it. - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 7 Oct 2019 · 39 min 20VC: The Ultimate Episode For Emerging Managers: How To Determine How Big A Fund To Raise, What Is The Right Closing Strategy With LPs & Why We Will Not See The Eradication of Pre-Seed with John Fein, Founder & Managing Partner @ Firebrand Ventures With [John Fein](https://millionrounds.com/person/john-fein) Mentions [Firebrand Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firebrand-ventures)[David Cohen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-cohen)[Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) Apple PodcastsShow page ### Mentioned in - [Give First](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/give-first) 20 Jan 2026 · 23 min Finding Your Way Back to What You Love Through Give First with John Fein Apple PodcastsShow page - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) 21 Nov 2018 · 47 min 175. From Operator to Accelerator MD to Fund Manager (John Fein) Apple PodcastsShow page ## Quick answers about Firebrand Ventures ### What does Firebrand Ventures invest in? Firebrand Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (78% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Recurring, Subscription and Productivity Tools. ### How active is Firebrand Ventures? 11 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2023. ### What has Firebrand Ventures invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: The Regis Company (Seed, Sept 2023), 8base (Series A, Apr 2022) and Replica (Series A, Sept 2019). ### How big are Firebrand Ventures's cheques? The median round it joins is $10M. It says it writes cheques of $500K to $1.0M. ### Does Firebrand Ventures lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 11 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does Firebrand Ventures invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%). ### Is Firebrand Ventures investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Sept 2023. ### Who does Firebrand Ventures invest alongside? Most often Next Coast Ventures (2 rounds together) and Techstars (2 rounds together). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=firebrand-ventures) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=firebrand-ventures)