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 $10.5M (across 23 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
18
Fund Size
$40M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
24 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Qualytics | Series A | $10M | Jan 2025 |
 Dwolla | Series D | $12M | Feb 2024 |
 Videate | Unknown | $6.5M | Jan 2023 |
 The Regis Company | Seed | — | Jan 2023 |
 Videate | Unknown | $6.5M | Jan 2023 |
 Realto 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 |
| SScaleFactor | Series B | $30M | Jan 2019 |
 The Minte | Seed | $2.3M | Nov 2018 |
| The Minte | Seed | $2.3M | Jan 2018 |
| SScaleFactor | Seed | $2.5M | Jan 2017 |
| SScaleFactor | Series C | $60M | Jan 2015 |
 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 A | $10M | — |
 Judy Security | Unknown | $5M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Techstars9 shared
Flyover Capital4 shared
Bessemer Venture Partners3 shared
Service Provider Capital3 shared
Canaan Partners3 shared
Union Square Ventures2 shared
Next Level Ventures2 shared
Gaingels2 shared
KCRise Fund2 shared
Hyde Park Venture Partners2 shared
Access Venture Partners2 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
Citi Ventures2 shared
Dundee Venture Capital2 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026