Firebrand Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests primarily in seed-stage companies in underserved and emerging startup ecosystems across North America. Founded in 2016 by John Fein, the firm partners with authentic founders building software companies between the coasts.
Average disclosed round size is $10.6M (across 17 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
17
Fund Size
$40M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
18 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Qualytics | Series A | $10M | Jan 2025 |
 Videate | Unknown | $6.5M | Jan 2023 |
 The Regis Company | Seed | — | Jan 2023 |
 Videate | Unknown | $6.5M | Jan 2023 |
| RRealto Inc. | Seed | $4.5M | May 2022 |
 Crafty | Series A | $10M | Apr 2022 |
 8base | Series A | $10.6M | Apr 2022 |
 Dwolla | Series B | $21M | Jul 2021 |
 Fluent Forever | Seed | $4.9M | Dec 2020 |
 Replica | Series A | $11M | Sep 2019 |
| Tthe minte | Seed | $2.3M | Nov 2018 |
 HData | Series A | $10M | — |
| HData | Seed | $3.1M | — |
 Nivati | Seed | $4M | — |
 Threatcare | Seed | $1.4M | — |
 LODAS Markets | Unknown | $4.5M | — |
 Qualytics | Series A | $10M | — |
| SScaleFactor | Series C | $60M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Techstars5 shared
Service Provider Capital3 shared
Bessemer Venture Partners2 shared
KCRise Fund2 shared
Hyde Park Venture Partners2 shared
Access Venture Partners2 shared
Flyover Capital2 shared
Tensility Venture Partners2 shared
S3 Ventures2 shared
Tech Square Ventures2 shared
Inner Loop Capital2 shared
Knoll Ventures2 shared
BMW i Ventures2 shared
Conductive Ventures2 shared
Union Square Ventures1 shared
Next Level Ventures1 shared
Detroit Venture Partners1 shared
Tribeca Venture Partners1 shared
Rubicon Technology Partners1 shared
Bluestein Ventures1 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026