# Haymaker Ventures: portfolio, investments and team > Haymaker Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 3 investments on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Feb 2026. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/haymaker-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Haymaker Ventures Last cheque observed Feb 2026; 3 cheques on record. Email Deploying now New fund $112M, Aug 2022 VC firm Pre-seed Seed Series A Fin-tech Finserv Finance Follow Haymaker Ventures and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fhaymaker-ventures) Deploying now **33%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 3 on record Since the last cheque **251** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$13M** Cheque size, as they say **$1.0M – $10M** Rounds led **1 of 3** Pitch Haymaker Ventures ## Haymaker Ventures highlights - 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Series A: 100% of its rounds - 03 Led 1 rounds ## What they do > Haymaker Ventures exclusively funds early stage fintech companies that create superior solutions for unsolved problems. From their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** $1.0M – $10M as they say - **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A - **Sectors:** Fin-tech Finserv Finance - **Based in:** Claremont, United States - **Cold pitches:** Accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **3 appearances** - **2026** 1 round - **Feb** **[Coral Care](https://millionrounds.com/company/coral-care)** Series A · US · Ventureburn **$13M** *Led* - **2025** 2 rounds - **Jul** **[FlexPoint](https://millionrounds.com/company/flexpoint)** Series A · US · Foundry Group **Undisclosed** With 4 others - **May** **[FlexPoint](https://millionrounds.com/company/flexpoint)** Series A · US · TechStartups **$12M** With 5 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 **2 named** SP **S. Phin Upham** Managing Member i Filing they signed SP **Samuel Phineas Upham** Managing Member i Form ADV We also hold **3** 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 **$100M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026 **Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds - **Legal name:** Haymaker Ventures LLC - **SEC number:** CRD 312862 ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **19** of 27 we have independently watched raise [AI Insurance](https://millionrounds.com/company/ai-insurance)[Altscore](https://millionrounds.com/company/altscore)[Avidxchange](https://millionrounds.com/company/avidxchange)[Bookkeep](https://millionrounds.com/company/bookkeep)[FLYR](https://millionrounds.com/company/flyr)[Figure](https://millionrounds.com/company/figure)[Gusto](https://millionrounds.com/company/gusto)[Mundi](https://millionrounds.com/company/mundi)[Netomi](https://millionrounds.com/company/netomi)[Palantir](https://millionrounds.com/company/palantir)[Payzen](https://millionrounds.com/company/payzen)[Renew](https://millionrounds.com/company/renew)[Rosaly](https://millionrounds.com/company/rosaly)[Routefusion](https://millionrounds.com/company/routefusion)[Sofi](https://millionrounds.com/company/sofi)[Trax](https://millionrounds.com/company/trax)[Treasure](https://millionrounds.com/company/treasure-data)[Utila](https://millionrounds.com/company/utila)[hi.health](https://millionrounds.com/company/hi-health) Blend Coru Golden Pear Luna Nav Ondeck Ribbon Sunfish 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 **$112M** raised in Aug 2022 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Pre-seed Seed Series A Median round joined **$13M** the round, not its cheque Led 1 of 3 rounds **33%** - **Said size:** $1.0M – $10M - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Feb 2026 Rounds by stage said on their site - Series A said *3* - Pre-seed said *-* - Seed said *-* Cheques by month Led Joined Dec 2023 Nov 2026 Often in the room with - [Foundry Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundry) 2 - [Garuda Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/garuda-ventures) 2 - [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) 2 **Pitching Haymaker 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 Haymaker Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Foundry Group** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundry)[**Garuda Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/garuda-ventures)[**Techstars** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) ## Recently backed The latest companies Haymaker Ventures put money into. [**Coral Care** $13M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/coral-care) ## Mentioned on podcasts Episodes that name Haymaker Ventures in their description, not their title. - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) 12 Aug 2024 · 1h 3m 446. Why Fewer is Better; Pursuing a Frictionless World, The Value in Reframing Everything (Phin Upham) With [Phin Upham](https://millionrounds.com/person/phin-upham) Mentions [Haymaker Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haymaker-ventures) Apple PodcastsShow page ## Quick answers about Haymaker Ventures ### What does Haymaker Ventures invest in? Haymaker Ventures invests most often at Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Fin-tech, Finserv and Finance. ### How active is Haymaker Ventures? 3 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Feb 2026. ### What has Haymaker Ventures invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Coral Care (Series A, Feb 2026) and FlexPoint (Series A, Jul 2025). ### How big are Haymaker Ventures's cheques? The median round it joins is $13M. It says it writes cheques of $1.0M to $10M. ### Is Haymaker Ventures investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months. ### Who does Haymaker Ventures invest alongside? Most often Foundry Group (2 rounds together), Garuda Ventures (2 rounds together) and Techstars (2 rounds together). ### What kind of investor is Haymaker Ventures? Haymaker Ventures is a VC firm based in Claremont, United States. ### How much does Haymaker Ventures manage? About $100M, as gross assets of its private funds (Oct 2026). ## 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=haymaker-ventures) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=haymaker-ventures)