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Detroit Venture Partners is a Detroit-based venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Dan Gilbert that backs and helps build early-stage technology companies. The firm leverages the Rock family of companies to grow Detroit's entrepreneurial ecosystem.
They made 2 investments in the last 12 months. Average disclosed round size is $16.2M (across 50 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
46
Fund Size
$50M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
2
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
55 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAurelius Systems | Series A | $40M | Aug 2026 |
 Observable Space | Series A | $90M | Jan 2026 |
 Scorbit | Seed | $5M | Nov 2025 |
 Gigpro | Series A | $16M | Jul 2024 |
 Chiyo | Seed | $3M | Mar 2024 |
 dub | Seed | $17M | Feb 2024 |
 RIVET Work | Seed | $2M | Jan 2024 |
| Gigpro | Series A | $16M | Jan 2024 |
 Revela | Series A | $9M | Nov 2023 |
 Flueid, Inc. | Series B | $8.3M | Aug 2023 |
 Wheel the World | Series A | $6M | Mar 2023 |
 CoverTree | Seed | $10M | Sep 2022 |
| EEXO Freight | Unknown | $15M | May 2022 |
 WSC Sports | Series D | $100M | Feb 2022 |
 RareCircles | Seed | $7.5M | Feb 2022 |
| WWRKSHP | Unknown | — | Jan 2022 |
 Airspace Link | Series B | $23M | Jan 2022 |
 InvestNext | Seed | $4.3M | Oct 2021 |
 Robotire | Series A | $7.5M | Oct 2021 |
 Dwolla | Series B | $21M | Jul 2021 |
 Airspace Link | Series A | $10M | May 2021 |
 Autobooks | Series B | $25M | Mar 2021 |
| RIVET Work | Pre-Seed | $6M | Jan 2021 |
| MMountaintop Studios | Series A | $20.5M | Jan 2021 |
| MMountaintop | Series A | $20.5M | Jan 2021 |
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Top Co-Investors
Bessemer Venture Partners7 shared
Courtside Ventures5 shared
Alumni Ventures5 shared
Slow Ventures4 shared
Annox Capital4 shared
SV Angel4 shared
Invest Detroit4 shared
General Catalyst4 shared
Draper Associates4 shared
Founders Fund3 shared
Intel Capital3 shared
Techstars3 shared
Upfront Ventures3 shared
Lux Capital3 shared
BRV Capital Management3 shared
Michigan Rise3 shared
Human Ventures2 shared
Silicon Valley Bank2 shared
Sequoia Capital2 shared
HBSE Ventures2 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026