# Hustle Fund: portfolio, investments and team

> Hustle Fund is a vc firm based in United States. 280 investments on record, 42 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Hustle Fund

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 280 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $130K, Aug 2026 VC firm

Pre-seed Software

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**61%** of best year **42** **cheques in 12 months**, 280 on record

Since the last cheque **2** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$3.0M** Cheque size, as they say **$150K – $150K** Rounds led **0 of 280** Sole investor **26 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 72%**

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## Hustle Fund highlights

- 01 42 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Pre-seed: 62% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 26 rounds, median $1.0M

## What they do

> Hustle Fund invests $150K in hilariously early pre-seed software startups From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm
- **Cheque size:** $150K – $150K as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed
- **Sectors:** Software
- **Based in:** San Francisco, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **280 appearances**

- **2026** 35 rounds
- **Oct** **[Mintive](https://millionrounds.com/company/mintive)** Seed · FR · Leap Ventures **$7.0M** With 10 others
- **Oct** **[Medikea](https://millionrounds.com/company/medikea)** Pre-seed · TZ · Disrupt Africa **$1.2M** With 8 others
- **Oct** **[Syncrowin](https://millionrounds.com/company/syncrowin)** Pre-seed · AU · Startup Daily **$3.0M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Charter Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/charter-space)** Seed · US · Firms' own news pages **$5.0M** With 4 others
- **Sept** **[O-ID](https://millionrounds.com/company/o-id)** Pre-seed · JP **$1.2M** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[Throne Science](https://millionrounds.com/company/throne-science)** Series A · US · Crunchbase News **$10M** With 8 others
- **Jul** **[Flex](https://millionrounds.com/company/flex)** Series B · US · Portage **$70M** With 8 others
- **Jun** **[Vinyl Equity](https://millionrounds.com/company/vinyl-equity)** Series A · US · Ventureburn **$20M** With 6 others
- **Jun** **[Niural](https://millionrounds.com/company/niural)** Series A · US **$21M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Forage](https://millionrounds.com/company/forage)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Vibefam](https://millionrounds.com/company/vibefam)** Seed · SG **$1.0M** Sole investor
- **May** **[Secludy](https://millionrounds.com/company/secludy)** Seed · US **$4.0M** With 2 others
- **May** **[Clouted](https://millionrounds.com/company/clouted)** Seed · US **$7.0M** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[Rork](https://millionrounds.com/company/rork)** Seed · US **$15M** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[Debbie](https://millionrounds.com/company/debbie)** Seed · US **$5.3M** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[Alloy](https://millionrounds.com/company/alloy)** Seed · US **$600K** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[daydream Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/daydream-labs)** Series A · US **$15M** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[Clave](https://millionrounds.com/company/clave)** Pre-seed · US **$850K** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[Keebler Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/keebler-health)** Series A · US **$16M** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[Sage Haven](https://millionrounds.com/company/sage-haven)** Pre-seed · US **$3.0M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[GoSats](https://millionrounds.com/company/gosats)** Venture · SG **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Dat Bike](https://millionrounds.com/company/dat-bike)** Venture **$4.0M** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[21st](https://millionrounds.com/company/21st)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[Catalog](https://millionrounds.com/company/catalog)** Pre-seed · FR **$3.0M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[Uniblock](https://millionrounds.com/company/uniblock)** Venture · CA **$5.2M** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[Coral Care](https://millionrounds.com/company/coral-care)** Series A · US · Ventureburn **$13M** With 10 others
- **Feb** **[Evil Genius Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/evil-genius-games)** Seed · US **$3.0M** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[FutureMoney](https://millionrounds.com/company/futuremoney)** Seed · US **$2.1M** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[Haply](https://millionrounds.com/company/haply)** Seed · CA **$12M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[BrikMate](https://millionrounds.com/company/brikmate)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[Amari AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/amari-ai)** Seed · US **$4.5M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[Punchup.live](https://millionrounds.com/company/punchup-live)** Venture · US **$2.1M** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[Sound Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/sound-games)** Seed · US **$6.5M** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[Zenode](https://millionrounds.com/company/zenode)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Panzerdogs](https://millionrounds.com/company/panzerdogs)** Venture · FI **$1.0M** With 2 others
- **2025** 69 rounds
- **Dec** **[Rork](https://millionrounds.com/company/rork)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Dec** **[Seoul Beauty Club](https://millionrounds.com/company/seoul-beauty-club)** Pre-seed · KR **$2.0M** With 3 others
- **Dec** **[Unlimited Industries](https://millionrounds.com/company/unlimited-industries)** Seed · US **$12M** With 4 others
- **Dec** **[Flex](https://millionrounds.com/company/flex)** Series B · US **$60M** With 3 others
- **Dec** **[Ciphero AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/ciphero-ai)** Pre-seed · US **$2.5M** With 3 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 **5 named**

BN **Brian Nichols** Manager i Filing they signed

EY **Elizabeth Yin** Managing Member of the General Partner and Investment Manager i Filing they signed

ED **Eric Dale Bahn** Managing Member of the General Partner and Investment Manager i Filing they signed

JM **Jamie Melzer** Manager i Filing they signed

SK **Shiyan Koh** Managing Member of the General Partner and Investment Manager i Filing they signed

We also hold **37** 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

**$136M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Hustle Fund Management, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 291058

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**6** of 9 we have independently watched raise

[Contra](https://millionrounds.com/company/contra)[Flex](https://millionrounds.com/company/flex)[Gamma](https://millionrounds.com/company/gamma)[NerdWallet](https://millionrounds.com/company/nerdwallet)[Reap](https://millionrounds.com/company/reap)[Webflow](https://millionrounds.com/company/webflow) Boom Collective Niural AI

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

**$130K**

raised in Aug 2026

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

## The cheque

Pre-seed

Median round joined **$3.0M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$1.0M**

Led 0 of 280 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $150K – $150K
- **Sole investor:** 26 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed *117*
- Pre-seed said *52*
- Venture *51*
- Series A *34*
- Series B *11*
- Debt *7*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) 25
- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 22
- [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) 19
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/everywhere-ventures) 17
- [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) 14
- [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) 14

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Hustle Fund. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Techstars** VC firm **25** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **22** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **19** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**Everywhere Ventures** VC firm **17** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/everywhere-ventures)[**500 Global** Angel **14** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups)[**Gaingels** Private equity **14** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels)[**Goodwater Capital** VC firm **10** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goodwater-capital)[**Right Side Capital Management** VC firm **10** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management)[**Antler** VC firm **9** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/antler)[**Plug and Play** Accelerator **9** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play)[**Soma Capital** VC firm **9** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/soma-capital)[**Liquid 2 Ventures** VC firm **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Hustle Fund put money into.

[**Medikea** $1.2M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/medikea)[**Charter Space** $5.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/charter-space)[**O-ID** $1.2M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/o-id)[**Throne Science** $10M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/throne-science)[**Vinyl Equity** $20M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/vinyl-equity)[**Forage** Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/forage)

## Quick answers about Hustle Fund

### What does Hustle Fund invest in?

Hustle Fund invests most often at Seed and Pre-seed (62% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Software.

### How active is Hustle Fund?

280 investments on record, 42 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has Hustle Fund invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Mintive (Seed, Oct 2026), Medikea (Pre-seed, Oct 2026) and Syncrowin (Pre-seed, Oct 2026).

### How big are Hustle Fund's cheques?

The median round it joins is $3.0M. It says it writes cheques of $150K to $150K.

### Does Hustle Fund lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 280 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Hustle Fund invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (72%), France (5%) and Singapore (5%).

### Is Hustle Fund investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 42 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Hustle Fund invest alongside?

Most often Techstars (25 rounds together), Y Combinator (22 rounds together) and Alumni Ventures (19 rounds together).

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