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    Burst Capital

    Palo Alto, California, United StatesFounded 2017

    Burst Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2017 by former Yelp COO Geoff Donaker and other former Yelp and eBay executives. Based in Palo Alto, California, the firm invests in marketplace, SaaS, and related internet businesses, typically at the Seed or Series A stage.

    Deal activity decreased year-over-year (1 deals in the last 12 months vs 2 prior). Their most common stage is series-a (40% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $14.7M (across 27 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    28

    Fund Size

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    Team

    GD

    Geoff Donaker

    General Partner

    MG

    Mike Ghaffary

    General Partner

    RK

    Rob Krolik

    General Partner & CFO

    WL

    Wendy Lim

    General Partner

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    30 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Woz logoWozSeed$6MOct 2025
    AAnkor AIPre-Seed$1.3MJun 2025
    Baton logoBatonSeries A$10MJan 2025
    Weave logoWeaveSeries AJan 2025
    Weave logoWeaveSeries AJan 2025
    Courtyard logoCourtyardSeries A$30MJan 2025
    Rising Team logoRising TeamSeries A$8MJun 2024
    Sibli logoSibliSeed$6MJan 2024
    Zingly logoZinglySeed$10MJan 2024
    OfferFit logoOfferFitSeries B$25MNov 2023
    Pickle logoPickleSeed$8MOct 2023
    Toothio logoToothioSeed$4MAug 2023
    airVet logoairVetSeries B$18.2MJul 2023
    Fanimal logoFanimalSeed$4MMay 2022
    Resq logoResqSeries A$39MOct 2021
    Instawork logoInstaworkSeries C$60MJul 2021
    Rising Team logoRising TeamSeed$3MMar 2021
    Oliver Space logoOliver SpaceSeries A$13MJan 2021
    airVet logoairVetSeries A$14MJun 2020
    Ada Support logoAda SupportSeries B$44MMar 2020
    Collectly logoCollectlySeries A$29M
    Hostie logoHostieSeries A$12M
    BBrightbackSeries A$11M
    Hardline logoHardlineUnknown$2M
    Standard Fleet logoStandard FleetSeries A$13M
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    Last updated: 9 September 2026