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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.

    31% of their portfolio is in Consumer. They made 2 investments in the last 12 months. Their most common stage is seed (62% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $12.6M (across 13 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    13

    Fund Size

    $200M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    2

    Team

    RM

    Rick Marini

    Managing Director

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    13 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Agaton logoAgatonSeed$10MFeb 2026
    Ledgebrook logoLedgebrookSeries C$65MJun 2025
    LLucky F*ck EnergySeed$8MApr 2024
    LLocal InfusionSeed$4MNov 2022
    Mixlab logoMixlabSeries B$20MAug 2021
    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
    YYumiSeed$4.1MJun 2017
    Brilliant Bicycle Co. logoBrilliant Bicycle Co.Seed$1.5MMay 2015
    KKeen HomeSeed$1.5MOct 2014

    Top Co-Investors

    Acton Capital1 shared
    Wheelhouse1 shared
    &vest1 shared
    seed+speed1 shared
    RRE Ventures1 shared
    Duquesne1 shared
    Sterling VC1 shared
    Techstars1 shared
    Link Ventures1 shared
    Listen1 shared

    Last updated: 10 April 2026