# Austin Rief, Executive Chairman > Austin Rief, Executive Chairman. 1 investment on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/austin-rief (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) New York City, US · Partner # Austin Rief Executive Chairman at [Rief SPV BH](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rief-spv-bh) Latest rounds - **Affiniti** Series A · $17M May 2025 - **Hark** Seed Aug 2022 Backs *SAAS* *Hardware & Electronics* *Entertainment* *Financial Services* Profile summary - **Rounds named:** 1 last May 2025 - **Filings:** 2 with regulators - **Podcasts:** 3 +1 mentions What this record rests on - ✓ **Named in rounds** 1 round name them - ✓ **On filings** 2 filings with a regulator - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Rief SPV BH - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from filings their firm signed. 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Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=austin-rief) ## The firm [**Rief SPV BH** VC firm · US **0** cheques in 12 months **0** all time **0** led unknown](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rief-spv-bh) ## Rounds they were named in - **Rounds:** 2 - **Led:** 0 - **Disclosed:** $17M - **Active:** 2022–25 2025 - [Affiniti](https://millionrounds.com/company/affiniti) *Series A* **$17M** *US* May 2025 Joined · +6 investors 2022 - [Hark](https://millionrounds.com/company/hark) *Seed* *US* Aug 2022 Joined · +9 investors By stage - Seed **1** - Series A **1** What they backed SAAS **1** Hardware & Electronics **1** Entertainment **1** Financial Services **1** Fintech **1** B2B **1** Alongside - [Codie Sanchez’s Contrarian Thinking Capital *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/codie-sanchez-s-contrarian-thinking-capital) - [Green Egg Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/green-egg-ventures) - [Hatchet Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hatchet-ventures) - [Indicator Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/indicator-ventures) - [LightShed Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightshed-ventures) - [Lightbank *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightbank) - [M13 *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/m13) - [Neil Capel *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/neil-capel) Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names. ## Where they are named on record Filings - SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Rief SPV BH](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rief-spv-bh)** Manager of the General Partner of the Issuer since 2025 - SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **Rief Fund SPV, LP** Manager of the general partner of the Issuer since 2024 Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date. ## Hear them before you pitch them - [The Peel](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/the-peel) · 12 Dec 2024 · 1h 13m How Morning Brew Grew to 6 Million Subscribers and $70 Million Revenue in Six Years | Austin Rief, Co-founder & CEO With [Austin Rief](https://millionrounds.com/person/austin-rief) Mentions [University of Michigan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/university-of-michigan) About this episode Austin Rief is the Co-founder & CEO of Morning Brew, building the Wall Street Journal for the next generation. They started the company in 2017, and grew it to 6 million subscribers and $70 million in revenue in six years. We talk through the journey starting Morning Brew with Co-founder Alex… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Village Global Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/village-global) · 30 Mar 2021 · 42 min The State of Direct-To-Consumer in 2021 with Austin Rief and Nik Sharma With [Austin Rief](https://millionrounds.com/person/austin-rief)[Nik Sharma](https://millionrounds.com/person/nik-sharma) About this episode Austin Rief (@austin_rief), co-founder of Morning Brew, and Nik Sharma (@mrsharma), investor, advisor, and operator at Sharma Brands, join Erik to discuss: - Their direct-to-consumer investment theses. - Interesting ways that media companies are starting to get into commerce, like the hockey… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) · 4 Mar 2021 · 32 min How I Built Resilience: Alex Lieberman and Austin Rief of Morning Brew With [Austin Rief](https://millionrounds.com/person/austin-rief) Mentions [University of Michigan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/university-of-michigan) About this episode Six years ago, Morning Brew started out as a fun business newsletter Alex Lieberman and Austin Rief wrote for their classmates out of their University of Michigan dorm room. The company now has over 2.5 million subscribers with multiple newsletters and a podcast, and last year Business Insider paid… Listen on Apple Podcasts ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Austin Rief in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 1 Apr 2021 · 32 min Rapid Response: The trampoline effect, w/ Morning Brew CEO Alex Lieberman Mentions [University of Michigan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/university-of-michigan)[Austin Rief](https://millionrounds.com/person/austin-rief) About this episode Revenue for Morning Brew's booming email newsletter operation dried up when the pandemic hit, but its audience remained devoted. Morning Brew CEO Alex Lieberman, who started the business with co-founder Austin Rief as undergraduates at the University of Michigan, leaned into the brand's distinctive… Listen on Apple Podcasts Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=austin-rief). ## Find people like Austin Filter every partner and angel by firm, kind, market and whether we watched them invest. Free with an account. Search people[How we know what we know](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)