Watchfire Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Santa Barbara, California, founded in 2020 by Patrick Dillingham and Sean Koffel. The firm invests in companies across four verticals: consumer products, commerce infrastructure software, industrial modernization technology, and tech-enabled services.
Average disclosed round size is $9.6M (across 13 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
9
Fund Size
$150M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
PD
Patrick Dillingham
Managing Director / Managing Partner
JM
Jack Mosbacher
Partner
SK
Sean Koffel
Co-founder
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
13 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Stay.ai | Series A | $9M | May 2024 |
 The Renatural | Seed | $2M | Jan 2024 |
 Oats Overnight | Series A | $20M | Mar 2023 |
| Stay.ai | Series A | $8.6M | Jan 2023 |
 Black Buffalo | Series A | $30M | Aug 2022 |
 CommerceBear | Seed | $10.5M | Jan 2022 |
 Gearflow | Unknown | $5.5M | Jan 2022 |
| Gearflow | Seed | $3M | Jun 2021 |
| Gearflow | Unknown | $3M | Jan 2021 |
| SStayai | Seed | $7.5M | — |
 Little Sesame | Series A | $8.5M | — |
| SSmokeless | Unknown | $9.8M | — |
| Stay.ai | Seed | $7.5M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Telescope Partners3 shared
RiverPark Ventures3 shared
Vanterra Ventures3 shared
Alumni Ventures3 shared
Path Ventures2 shared
Circle Ventures1 shared
Larsen Ventures1 shared
Inovia Capital1 shared
Operator Partners1 shared
Garage Capital1 shared
FJ Labs1 shared
Brick & Mortar Ventures1 shared
Fearless Fund1 shared
Ingeborg Investments1 shared
InvestEco Capital Corp.1 shared
Redwood1 shared
UnternehmerTUM1 shared
Impatient Ventures1 shared
BFG Partners1 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026