Bonfire Ventures
Actively deployingLos Angeles · Seed–Series A
Fund manager profile
Bonfire Ventures is a venture fund manager based in Los Angeles. SEC filings show 1 venture fund on record, most recently Bonfire Ventures IV, LP ($240.3M offering) filed February 2025.
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D filings. Firm website data not yet available.
What they invest in
from 48 of 127 portfolio companiesEnterprise Software ×33SaaS ×27AI & Machine Learning ×25Fintech ×9HR Tech ×9Marketing Tech ×7Data & Infrastructure ×5Developer Tools ×5
HQs:United States×38
Investments · showing 60 of 127
founders shown can be your intro pathSpekit builds AI-powered enablement software for go-to-market teams, delivering answers, content, and training in real-time to help sales representatives learn and execute faster. The platform focuses on just-in-time learning and is designed for enterprise sales organizations.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSales Tech
Zari Zahra(Co-Founder)Melanie Fellay(Co-Founder)<UNKNOWN>
1Fort AI builds an AI workforce platform for insurance brokers that automates manual workflows like quoting, invoicing, and servicing, enabling brokers to spend more time with clients. The platform targets insurance agencies seeking to improve productivity through AI-driven automation.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareInsurTechSaaSNew York, US
Anthony Marshi(CEO)Toby Hung(COO)Leon Rishniw(CTO)
Alice helps working Americans optimize their financial services, including tax reduction and benefits management through pretax spending solutions.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechHR TechBrooklyn, US
Bonsai is an AI-powered platform that automates patient engagement, appointment scheduling, and follow-up management for medical practices. It uses AI agents to identify care gaps, send personalized outreach via SMS and email, and fill schedules automatically.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechSaaS
Branch is a workforce payments platform that accelerates wage payments to employees and provides financial services. The platform helps businesses attract and retain talent while enabling working Americans to access financial products.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkHR TechMinneapolis, US
Who What Wear is a fashion media and consumer brand that publishes trend and style content and sells size-inclusive clothing, accessories, and skincare products. The company operates multiple brands including the Versed skincare line and hosts a career podcast.
Direct to ConsumerMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentLos Angeles, US
Hillary KerrKatherine Power
Credit Key provides buy-now-pay-later and net terms financing for B2B eCommerce merchants, enabling customers to purchase with flexible payment options ranging from Net 30 to 24 months while merchants receive payment within 48 hours.
E-commerceEnterprise SoftwareFintech
Cube is an AI-powered financial intelligence platform for FP&A teams that integrates with Excel, Google Sheets, PowerPoint, Slack, and source systems to automate financial planning, analysis, and reporting. It serves finance teams across organizations seeking to reduce manual work and improve data accuracy.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York City, US
Christina Ross(Founder & CEO)Josh Holat(AI Leader & Technology Executive)Shayan Ashtiani(Product Leader)Rob Dandorph(Operations Leader)
DepoDirect is a remote deposition platform that enables legal teams to schedule, conduct, and manage depositions with AI-powered summaries, flat-rate pricing, and instant transcripts. The platform serves plaintiff-side law firms, insurance carrier defense teams, and in-house corporate counsel.
LegalTech
DISQO provides a cross-platform advertising measurement platform that tracks brand and performance incrementality across media channels including social, TV, programmatic, and digital. The platform serves brands and agencies seeking to measure campaign effectiveness and connect advertising exposure to consumer behavioral outcomes.
AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing Tech
Embrace is a user-focused observability platform built on OpenTelemetry that provides real user monitoring (RUM) for mobile and web applications. It helps engineering and reliability teams understand end-user experience and performance issues to improve digital products.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLos Angeles, US
Eric Futoran(Founder and CEO)inFredric Newberg(CTO & Co-Founder)in
Emotive is an SMS marketing platform that enables two-way SMS conversations and behavioral automation to drive ecommerce revenue, featuring proprietary pixel tracking, integrations with ecommerce tools, and dedicated ex-agency support teams.
E-commerceMarketing TechSaaS
Fama provides AI-powered social media screening software to identify workplace-relevant behavioral risks during pre-employment and ongoing employee screening. The platform helps employers, background screening providers, and HR technology partners detect misconduct signals across 30+ languages in compliance with global standards.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaS
Notion is an AI-powered workspace platform that enables teams to capture context, find answers, and automate tasks through collaborative tools. It serves organizations looking to centralize information and streamline workflows with built-in artificial intelligence capabilities.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaS
GitStart provides AI-powered development services that transform tickets into complete technical specifications and deliver merge-ready pull requests through a hybrid model combining coding agents with human developer oversight. The platform integrates with Jira, Linear, GitHub, and Figma to extract context and automate the software development workflow for engineering teams.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Hamza Zia(Founder)in
GOAT is an online marketplace for buying and selling sneakers, apparel, and collectibles from brands like Nike, adidas, and Air Jordan.
ConsumerE-commerceMarketplaces
Gusto provides payroll processing, employee benefits administration, and HR management tools to businesses, offering integrated software alongside support services for these functions.
Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSan Francisco, US
Josh Reeves(Founder/CEO)inEdward Kim(Founder/Empowering Gusto's Engineering Team)inTomer London(Founder/; Empowering Gusto's Product and Design Teams)in
Hum Capital provides AI-powered deal flow screening and underwriting tools for lenders and investors, delivering pre-qualified proprietary deals and automated credit monitoring based on live company financial data.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintechSaaS
Jeeva AI provides data protection agreements and compliance documentation for managing personal data under global regulations including GDPR and CCPA. The service ensures secure, transparent, and accountable data handling practices.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales Tech
Greenhouse is an end-to-end hiring platform for scaling companies that manages talent sourcing, recruitment, candidate evaluation, and employee onboarding through structured workflows and analytics.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaS
Daniel Chait(Founder)in
KYCHO Hospitality provides a unified operations platform for hotels, integrating guest messaging, team communication, and operational management across housekeeping, front desk, F&B, engineering, and other departments. The platform consolidates multiple legacy systems into a single system of record for hotel management.
Enterprise Software
Lever is a modern applicant tracking system (ATS) and recruiting CRM platform that combines candidate management, automation, and AI-powered tools to help companies attract, nurture, and hire top talent more efficiently.
Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Nate Smith(Founder/CEO/CTO)inBrian Noguchi(Founder)inSarah Nham(Founder)Randal Truong(Founder)
Scopely is a mobile and interactive entertainment company that creates, publishes, and operates games across multiple platforms, powered by its proprietary Playgami technology platform. The company serves players globally through internal game teams and partnerships with studios across four continents, alongside its Barcelona-based creative agency FLAMED.
GamingLos Angeles, US
Board seats · per SEC filings · 13
what is this? ⓘ$350K raise · filed May 2026 · via Brett Queener
$5M raise · filed Sep 2025 · via Jim Andelman
$19.5M raise · filed Aug 2025 · via Brett Queener
$15M raise · filed Jul 2025 · via Brett Queener
$12.5M raise · filed May 2025 · via Brett D. Queener
$1.3M raise · filed Sep 2023 · via Brett Mian Queener, Brett Queener
$2M raise · filed May 2023 · via Jim Andelman
$8M raise · filed May 2023 · via Jim Andelman
$2M raise · filed Mar 2023 · via Brett Queener
$100M raise · filed Jun 2022 · via Brett Queener
$37.9M raise · filed Mar 2022 · via Jim Andelman
$3.6M raise · filed Jan 2021 · via Jim Andelman
$11.6M raise · filed Oct 2020 · via Jim Andelman
Inferred from directors named on each company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Bonfire Ventures invest at?
- Bonfire Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- Where is Bonfire Ventures located?
- Bonfire Ventures is headquartered in Los Angeles, US.
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