Batshit Crazy Ventures
Boulder · Pre-Seed–Seed · 4 people tracked
Investment thesis
Focuses on pre-everything, pre-seed, pre-revenue startups, dedicating significant time, effort and resources to founder support at the earliest stages.
Team · 4 people
from the firm's website
Dane McDonald is a Colorado-based operator-investor and Outpost founder who pairs art-forward creativity as a photographer and maker with an accessible, founder-friendly approach and open DMs.
Former top ad executive turned activist, Alex Bogusky uses provocative storytelling and behavior-change techniques from campaigns like Truth and Burger King to help founders hack culture and build harm-reducing brands.
Jordan Bornstein scaled personal brands for Tim Ferriss, Reid Hoffman and LeBron James and co-founded two12, a high-touch mentorship network of about 65 entrepreneurs focused on building deep founder communities.
What they invest in
from 7 of 22 portfolio companiesConsumer ×3Data & Infrastructure ×2IoT ×2Space Tech ×2AdTech ×1AI & Machine Learning ×1Cloud Computing ×1Crypto & Web3 ×1
HQs:United States×3Singapore×1
Investments · 22 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathLiquid Death manufactures and sells sparkling energy drinks, iced teas, and flavored sparkling waters branded with horror-themed names and marketing.
ConsumerFoodTech
Edgeworth, US
Mike Stubler(Director)Cetin Mericli(Executive Officer, Director)Alonzo Kelly(Executive Officer, Director)Jim DiSanto(Director)George Ugras(Director)Michael George(Executive Officer, Director)
Radar Relay provides a crypto app for tracking token movements across decentralized exchanges, chains, and liquidity pools in real time.
Crypto & Web3
Boulder, US
Chris White(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Jens Nicolaysen(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Xplore provides space infrastructure and satellite operations services to commercial, government, and nonprofit organizations.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureSaaSSpace Tech
Jeff Rich(Chief Executive Officer)Dave Claussen(Chief Technology Officer)David Floyd(Engineering Director)Lisa Rich(Chief Operating Officer)Henry Lin(Chief Financial Officer)
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Batshit Crazy Ventures invest at?
- Batshit Crazy Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Batshit Crazy Ventures's typical check size?
- Batshit Crazy Ventures typically writes checks of $100K – $200K.
- What sectors does Batshit Crazy Ventures focus on?
- Batshit Crazy Ventures focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Batshit Crazy Ventures located?
- Batshit Crazy Ventures is headquartered in Boulder, US.
- Does Batshit Crazy Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Batshit Crazy Ventures leads investment rounds.
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