# Motley Fool Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Motley Fool Ventures is a corporate vc based in United States. 45 investments on record, 10 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026.

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

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# Motley Fool Ventures

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 45 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $94M, Nov 2023 Corporate VC

Seed Series A Emotion Detection Fintech Investing

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**91%** of best year **10** **cheques in 12 months**, 45 on record

Since the last cheque **60** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$9.2M** Cheque size, as they say **$1.0M – $2.0M** Rounds led **2 of 45** Sole investor **9 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 95%**

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## Motley Fool Ventures highlights

- 01 10 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series A and Venture: 68% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 9 rounds, median $5.5M

## What they do

> Motley Fool Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund powered by The Motley Fool's brand, investing approach, and communities. From their own website

- **Type:** Corporate VC
- **Cheque size:** $1.0M – $2.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Emotion Detection Fintech Investing
- **Based in:** Alexandria, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **45 appearances**

- **2026** 10 rounds
- **Sept** **[micro1](https://millionrounds.com/company/micro1)** Venture · US **$100M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Ridgeline](https://millionrounds.com/company/ridgeline)** Series E · US **$250M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[EdVisorly](https://millionrounds.com/company/edvisorly)** Series A · US · Crunchbase News **$13M** With 11 others
- **Jul** **[KredosAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/kredosai)** Series A · US · Firms' own news pages **$7.0M** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[Bidbus](https://millionrounds.com/company/bidbus)** Series A · US · Firms' own news pages **$15M** With 6 others
- **Jun** **[ALT Sports Data](https://millionrounds.com/company/alt-sports-data)** Venture · US **$5.0M** With 2 others
- **May** **[CLEATUS](https://millionrounds.com/company/cleatus)** Seed · US **$4.0M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[Firestorm Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/firestorm-labs)** Series B · US · TechCrunch **$82M** With 10 others
- **Feb** **[Whop](https://millionrounds.com/company/whop)** US · Ventureburn **$200M** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[PostProcess Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/postprocess-technologies)** Venture · US **$3.1M** With 1 other
- **2025** 6 rounds
- **Oct** **[RoundTrip](https://millionrounds.com/company/roundtrip)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Micro1](https://millionrounds.com/company/micro1)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$35M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[MagicDoor](https://millionrounds.com/company/magicdoor)** Seed · US **$4.5M** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[ShiftMed](https://millionrounds.com/company/shiftmed)** Venture · US **$4.2M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[ALT Sports Data](https://millionrounds.com/company/alt-sports-data)** Seed · US **$5.0M** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[Swivel](https://millionrounds.com/company/swivel)** Series A · JP **$5.8M** With 2 others
- **2024** 8 rounds
- **Dec** **[Gig Wage](https://millionrounds.com/company/gig-wage)** Series A · US · AlleyWatch **$8.3M** With 7 others
- **Dec** **[Chargezoom](https://millionrounds.com/company/chargezoom)** Seed · US **$6.0M** With 3 others
- **Dec** **[Chargezoom](https://millionrounds.com/company/chargezoom)** Series A · US **$12M** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[Microshare](https://millionrounds.com/company/microshare)** Venture · US **$5.9M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[PostProcess Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/postprocess-technologies)** Series C · US **$1.0M** With 1 other
- **May** **[KETOS](https://millionrounds.com/company/ketos)** Growth · US **$10M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[NewRetirement](https://millionrounds.com/company/newretirement)** Series A · US **$20M** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[UrbanStems](https://millionrounds.com/company/urbanstems)** Series C · US **$5.0M** With 2 others
- **2023** 7 rounds
- **Nov** **[Sunnyside](https://millionrounds.com/company/sunnyside)** Series A · US **$12M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[LegalMation](https://millionrounds.com/company/legalmation)** Series A · US **$15M** Sole investor
- **Oct** **[iink Payments](https://millionrounds.com/company/iink-payments)** Series A · US **$12M** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Finli](https://millionrounds.com/company/finli)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[HUNGRY](https://millionrounds.com/company/hungry)** Series C · US **$10M** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[Bennie](https://millionrounds.com/company/bennie)** Seed · US **$12M** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[Passthrough](https://millionrounds.com/company/passthrough)** Series A · US **$10M** With 2 others
- **2022** 1 round
- **Mar** **[Karlsgate](https://millionrounds.com/company/karlsgate)** Seed · US **$4.0M** Sole investor
- **2021** 4 rounds
- **Oct** **[MyWallSt](https://millionrounds.com/company/mywallst)** Crowdfunding · IE **$1.2M** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Nickson Living](https://millionrounds.com/company/nickson-living)** Series A · US **$12M** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Homecare.com](https://millionrounds.com/company/homecare-com)** Venture · US **$18M** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[Campsited](https://millionrounds.com/company/campsited)** Venture **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **2019** 7 rounds
- **Aug** **[UrbanStems](https://millionrounds.com/company/urbanstems)** Series B · US · TechCrunch **$12M** *Led*
- **Jun** **[Bitwise Industries](https://millionrounds.com/company/bitwise-industries)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$27M** With 13 others
- **May** **[Roundtrip](https://millionrounds.com/company/roundtrip)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$5.1M** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[Affectiva](https://millionrounds.com/company/affectiva)** US · FinSMEs **$26M** 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 **7 named**

BJ **Brendan John Matthews** Managing Partner i Form ADV

HD **Harry D Hsing** General Counsel i Form ADV

LT **Lawrence T Greenberg** Chief Compliance Officer, Venture Partner i Form ADV

NJ **Nicholas John Crow** President, Motley Fool Investment Management LLC i Form ADV

OD **Ollen Douglass** Managing Director of the General Partner i Filing they signed

RT **Richard Thoms** Officer of the Issuer's Administrative Manager i Filing they signed

RN **Robert Neil Runett** Partner i Form ADV

We also hold **16** 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

**$307M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

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

- **Legal name:** Motley FOOL Ventures Management LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 298748

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**39** of 60 we have independently watched raise

[ALT Sports Data](https://millionrounds.com/company/alt-sports-data)[Affectiva](https://millionrounds.com/company/affectiva)[Bamboo](https://millionrounds.com/company/bamboo)[Bennie](https://millionrounds.com/company/bennie)[Bidbus](https://millionrounds.com/company/bidbus)[Carta](https://millionrounds.com/company/carta)[Chargezoom](https://millionrounds.com/company/chargezoom)[Cleatus](https://millionrounds.com/company/cleatus)[CoverRight](https://millionrounds.com/company/coverright)[Databento](https://millionrounds.com/company/databento)[Dorsata](https://millionrounds.com/company/dorsata)[EdVisorly](https://millionrounds.com/company/edvisorly)[Esusu](https://millionrounds.com/company/esusu)[Finli](https://millionrounds.com/company/finli)[Function Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/function-health)[HUNGRY Marketplace](https://millionrounds.com/company/hungry)[KETOS](https://millionrounds.com/company/ketos)[Karlsgate](https://millionrounds.com/company/karlsgate)[KredosAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/kredosai)[LegalMation](https://millionrounds.com/company/legalmation)[Madison Reed](https://millionrounds.com/company/madison-reed)[MagicDoor](https://millionrounds.com/company/magicdoor)[Mealogic (fka](https://millionrounds.com/company/mealogic)[Micro1](https://millionrounds.com/company/micro1)[Microshare](https://millionrounds.com/company/microshare)[MyWallSt](https://millionrounds.com/company/mywallst)[Mycroft](https://millionrounds.com/company/mycroft)[Passthrough](https://millionrounds.com/company/passthrough)[PostProcess](https://millionrounds.com/company/postprocess-technologies)[Rivia Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/rivia-health)[Roundtrip](https://millionrounds.com/company/roundtrip)[ShiftMed](https://millionrounds.com/company/shiftmed)[StreetShares](https://millionrounds.com/company/streetshares)[Sunnyside](https://millionrounds.com/company/sunnyside)[Swivel](https://millionrounds.com/company/swivel)[TransCrypts](https://millionrounds.com/company/transcrypts)[UrbanStems](https://millionrounds.com/company/urbanstems)[WealthForge](https://millionrounds.com/company/wealthforge)[Whop](https://millionrounds.com/company/whop) AltExchange Asset Boldin Caribou Carta (Fund II Administrator) Citus Health CorralData Eyrus Firestorm Labs Fondo FundPanel (Fund I Administrator) InHerSight LP Portal Marble MenuData Motionworks Nickson Republic Rove Travel Upskill iink and 1 more

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

**$94M**

raised in Nov 2023

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

## The cheque

Seed Series A

Median round joined **$9.2M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$5.5M**

Led 2 of 45 rounds **4%**

- **Said size:** $1.0M – $2.0M
- **Sole investor:** 9 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *17*
- Venture *9*
- Seed said *7*
- Series C *3*
- Series B *2*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) 4
- [SaaS Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saas) 3
- [Stout Street Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stout-street-capital) 3
- [Activant Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/activant-capital) 2
- [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) 2
- [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Gaingels** Private equity **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels)[**SaaS Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saas)[**Stout Street Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stout-street-capital)[**Activant Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/activant-capital)[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**FJ Labs** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs)[**Great Oaks Venture Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/great-oaks-venture-capital)[**Kickstart** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart)[**LAUNCH** Accelerator **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launch)[**Lumina Impact Ventures** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lumina-impact-ventures)[**New York Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-york-ventures)[**Plug and Play** Accelerator **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Motley Fool Ventures put money into.

[**micro1** $100M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/micro1)[**Ridgeline** $250M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/ridgeline)[**EdVisorly** $13M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/edvisorly)[**KredosAI** $7.0M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/kredosai)[**Bidbus** $15M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/bidbus)[**ALT Sports Data** $5.0M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/alt-sports-data)

## Quick answers about Motley Fool Ventures

### What does Motley Fool Ventures invest in?

Motley Fool Ventures invests most often at Series A and Venture (68% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Emotion Detection, Fintech and Investing.

### How active is Motley Fool Ventures?

45 investments on record, 10 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 2. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

### What has Motley Fool Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: micro1 (Venture, Sept 2026), Ridgeline (Series E, Sept 2026) and EdVisorly (Series A, Jul 2026).

### How big are Motley Fool Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $9.2M. It says it writes cheques of $1.0M to $2.0M.

### Does Motley Fool Ventures lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 2 of its 45 investments on record (4%).

### Where does Motley Fool Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (95%).

### Is Motley Fool Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 10 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Motley Fool Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Gaingels (4 rounds together), SaaS Ventures (3 rounds together) and Stout Street Capital (3 rounds together).

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