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Rebel Fund

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 200 cheques on record.

Deploying nowNew fund $43M, Mar 2026VC firm

Pre-seedSeedSeries AAI & Machine LearningAdvertising (AdTech)Apps

Deploying now
94%of best year77cheques in 12 months, 200 on record
Since the last cheque17days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$2.3MCheque size, as they say$100K – $5.0MRounds led0 of 200Sole investor9 roundsMostly inUnited States, 78%
Pitch Rebel Fund

Rebel Fund highlights

  1. 01

    77 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Venture: 66% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 9 rounds, median $500K

What they do

Rebel aims to invest in the top 10% of startups (top 0.06% of applicants) from Y CombinatorFrom their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$100K – $5.0M as they say
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries B
Sectors
AI & Machine LearningAdvertising (AdTech)Apps
Based in
San Francisco, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first200 appearances

  1. 2026

    65 rounds

  2. Oct
    LightsprintSeed · US · The SaaS News$6.1MWith 5 others
  3. Sept
    RapidfolioVenture · USUndisclosedWith 1 other
  4. Sept
    ProvenMetalSeed · US$500KWith 1 other
  5. Sept
    UltrasoniumVenture · USUndisclosedWith 1 other
  6. Sept
    GuildPre-seed · US$500KWith 1 other
  7. Sept
    LockePre-seed · US$500KWith 1 other
  8. Sept
    MaingenPre-seed · US$500KSole investor
  9. Sept
    TryNearbyPre-seed · US$500KWith 1 other
  10. Sept
    Billow AIVenture · USUndisclosedWith 1 other
  11. Sept
    BraviPre-seed · FR$1.8MWith 1 other
  12. Sept
    MochiVenture · USUndisclosedWith 1 other
  13. Sept
    Pango AIVenture · SEUndisclosedWith 1 other
  14. Sept
    Avoca SystemsSeed · AU$500KWith 1 other
  15. Sept
    Agency Tool CompanyVenture · USUndisclosedWith 1 other
  16. Sept
    VideoGenSeed · US$3.2MWith 3 others
  17. Sept
    Hop AeroPre-seed · US$500KSole investor
  18. Aug
    Ultra.techVenture · US$57MWith 3 others
  19. Jul
    DiliSeries A · US · TechCrunch$15MWith 7 others
  20. Jul
    InfiniaSeries A · UY · LatamList$14MWith 9 others
  21. Jul
    CascoSeries A · US$13MWith 3 others
  22. Jun
    MinicorVenture · USUndisclosedWith 1 other
  23. Jun
    GojiberryAIPre-seed · FR$500KWith 1 other
  24. Jun
    Lab0Venture · USUndisclosedWith 1 other
  25. Jun
    AgentPhoneVenture · USUndisclosedWith 1 other
  26. Jun
    OpenWorkVenture · USUndisclosedWith 1 other
  27. Jun
    Advanced Metal ResearchVenture · USUndisclosedSole investor
  28. Jun
    General AviationVenture · USUndisclosedWith 1 other
  29. Jun
    DayjobPre-seed · GB$500KWith 1 other
  30. Jun
    Keyframe LabsVenture · USUndisclosedWith 1 other
  31. Jun
    AndcoVenture · USUndisclosedSole investor
  32. Jun
    CignaraVenture · USUndisclosedWith 1 other
  33. Jun
    Memory StoreVenture · USUndisclosedWith 1 other
  34. Jun
    KugelAudioVenture · DEUndisclosedWith 1 other
  35. Jun
    LightsprintVenture · USUndisclosedWith 1 other
  36. May
    DIDITVenture · DEUndisclosedWith 3 others
  37. May
    LucisSeries A · FR$8.5MWith 4 others
  38. May
    LeadbaySeed · US$500KWith 3 others
  39. May
    Corvera.aiSeed · US$2.0MWith 2 others
  40. Apr
    AiSDRSeed · US$3.0MWith 3 others
  41. Apr
    SpotpayVenture · USUndisclosedSole 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 registration4 named

ARAmanda RothsteinTrustee of Liberty TrustiForm ADV
JHJared HeymanExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
JHJared Heyman LeeManaging PartneriForm ADV
LRLuis R FortunoExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed

We also hold 5 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

$121Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
Rebel Management, LLC
SEC number
CRD 334378

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

11 of 38 we have independently watched raise

Advanced Metal Research (P26)Agentic Labs (W24)Andromeda Surgical (S23)Apolink (F24)Apollo Group (W23)AristArray Labs (S22)Axle Health (W21)Bend (S22) TrackCapi Money (S23)Cedalio (S23) TheAccessOwl (S22)Aegis (X25)Agency Tool Company (S26)AgentPhone (P26)AiSDR (S23)Airbyte (W20)AivideoAlbedo (W21)Aleph Solutions (S21)Alga Biosciences (W22)Algen Biotechnologies (W20)Almond (X25) Almond (X25)Amiloz (W22)Anara (S24)Anchor (S22)Andco (P26)Anfin (W22)Armilla AI (W22)Atla (S23) BuildingAviron Interactive (W21)Axle (S22) AxleBamboo (W20) We'reBetterhalf (W21) India'sFlyJeeves bags $110mVenn Acquires ZumaÅngström AI (S24)

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.

Who they invest alongside

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

Recently backed

The latest companies Rebel Fund put money into.

Quick answers about Rebel Fund

What does Rebel Fund invest in?

Rebel Fund invests most often at Seed and Venture (66% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI & Machine Learning, Advertising (AdTech) and Apps.

How active is Rebel Fund?

200 investments on record, 77 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

What has Rebel Fund invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Lightsprint (Seed, Oct 2026), Rapidfolio (Venture, Sept 2026) and ProvenMetal (Seed, Sept 2026).

How big are Rebel Fund's cheques?

The median round it joins is $2.3M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $5.0M.

Does Rebel Fund lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 200 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does Rebel Fund invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (78%), France (8%) and Germany (5%).

Is Rebel Fund investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 77 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Rebel Fund invest alongside?

Most often Y Combinator (177 rounds together), Pioneer Fund (35 rounds together) and Liquid 2 Ventures (13 rounds together).

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