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    Brand Foundry Ventures

    Menlo Park, California, United StatesFounded 2014

    Brand Foundry Ventures is a venture capital firm with a brand-first investment philosophy, focusing on building and investing in early-stage companies where brand creation and development are central. They primarily invest in the consumer and business sectors, including e-commerce, mobile commerce, consumer products, and consumer devices.

    36% of their portfolio is in Consumer. Deal activity increased 100% year-over-year (2 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is seed (55% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $18.2M (across 11 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    11

    Fund Size

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    2

    Team

    Rick Marini

    Rick Marini

    Founding Partner and Managing Partner

    SL

    Steph Liu

    TS

    Tina Sharkey

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    11 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Agaton logoAgatonSeed$10MFeb 2026
    Ledgebrook logoLedgebrookSeries C$65MJun 2025
    LLucky F*ck EnergySeed$8MApr 2024
    Own Up logoOwn UpSeries A$12MJan 2021
    Jinx logoJinxSeed$5.7MNov 2019
    Koio logoKoioSeries A$6MOct 2019
    LLolaSeries B$24MJun 2018
    Revere logoRevereSeed$2MJul 2017
    Brilliant Bicycle Co. logoBrilliant Bicycle Co.Seed$1.5MMay 2015
    KKeen HomeSeed$1.5MOct 2014
    Ledgebrook logoLedgebrookSeries C$65M

    Top Co-Investors

    RRE Ventures1 shared
    Techstars1 shared
    Galvanize1 shared
    Stephens Group1 shared
    Duquesne1 shared

    Last updated: 5 March 2026