Brainstorm Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingSan Francisco · Pre-Seed–Series A · 3 people tracked
Investment thesis
Brainstorm Ventures is a small, generalist early-stage venture firm founded in 1999 by former exited founders. Operating from Silicon Valley and Mexico City, the firm backs category-defining startups at the earliest stages across North America. It emphasizes deep empathy for entrepreneurs and a hands-on partnership approach, drawing on operating experience as founders themselves. The firm points to a track record of top-decile returns delivered across multiple market cycles and early involvement with companies such as Zappos, OpenTable, KIO Networks, and Turing.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 3 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 34 of 92 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×15SaaS ×11Enterprise Software ×7Deep Tech ×5Fintech ×5Biotech ×4Cloud Computing ×4Digital Health ×4
HQs:United States×15Canada×1Spain×1European Union×1United Kingdom×1Mexico×1
Investments · 92 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathSan Francisco, US
JEAN-PIERRE LACHANCE(Executive Officer)AARON NOVESHEN(Director)ANTHONY CHOE(Director)PETER MEHRBERG(Director)EDUARDO RALLO(Director)RAHUL AGGARAWAL(Director)
Board seatEduardo Rallo· per SEC Form D · $27.7M raise · filed Jul 2016
Anvil provides a composable platform for building physical AI systems.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechRobotics
Bleeding Edge designs, builds, and owns modular AI data center facilities that provide single-tenant private NVIDIA GPU clusters (Hopper, Blackwell, and rack-scale NVL systems) which attach to a customer's existing infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & Infrastructure
San Francisco, US
Kenneth Young(Director)Paul Mumma(Executive Officer, Director)Emmanuel Kampouris(Director)Andrew Smith Lewis(Executive Officer, Director)Joseph Keating(Director)Eric Young(Director)
Commonwealth Fusion Systems develops commercial fusion power plants using high-temperature superconducting magnet technology to provide grid-scale energy.
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnergyUnknown, US
Brandon Sorbom(Founder)Robert Mumgaard(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel Brunner(Executive Officer)Massimiliano Pieri(Director)Katie Rae(Director)Alan Eustace(Director)
ControlHub is a procurement software platform that automates purchase-to-pay (P2P) workflows for businesses, including requisition management, purchase order generation, approval workflows, and supplier management.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Rodrigo Santibanez(Founder)inLeonardo de la Cerda(Founder)in
Delightree is an operations software platform for franchise brands that turns standard operating procedures, training, daily tasks, audits, and communications into assigned, trackable work across all locations.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSDenver, US
Xiaolei Cong(Director)Madhulika Mukherjee(Executive Officer, Director)Tushar Mishra(Executive Officer, Director)Khushboo Jain(Executive Officer)
BoardAnupam Rastogi(Director)
Eclipsebio provides RNA biology expertise and analytical technologies for drug developers and researchers, offering AI-powered sequence design, nucleotide-level characterization, and sequencing-based assays across small oligonucleotides, small molecules targeting RNA, AI training data, and basic research applications.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechSan Diego, US
Peter Chu(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel Vasella(Director)Edmond Wong(Director)Eugene Yeo(Director)Eric L Van Nostrand(Director)Hallie Kuhn(Director)
Glaut is an AI-powered market research platform that runs AI-moderated voice interviews and performs automatic thematic coding, entity recognition, and interpretative analysis of open-ended responses, delivering dashboards, CSV/SPSS exports, and executive reports.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSEurope, EU
Haplotype Labs develops population genetics software and polygenic risk scores with improved security, accessibility, and sophistication to enhance human healthspan.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesSaaSSan Francisco, US
Mike Polcari(Founder)inMichael Polcari(Executive Officer)
Hicap provides a unified API platform that routes AI requests to 100+ language models across multiple providers, with built-in observability, cost optimization, and access controls.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper Tools
Inner Cosmos develops a non-invasive brain-computer interface ("Digital Pill") designed to treat depression by modulating neural activity.
Deep TechDigital HealthMedical Devices
Meron Gribetz(Executive Officer)
Knotel provides managed office spaces and workplace services with design-led workspaces across multiple international locations.
Future of WorkPropTechLondon, GB
Amol Sarva(Executive Officer, Director)Edward Shenderovich(Director)Linda Fayne Levinson(Director)
Krush Media is a programmatic advertising platform that gives advertisers access to premium inventory through private marketplace (PMP) deals, transparent supply paths, and real-time optimization across devices and channels.
AdTechMarketing Tech
Lightbox OOH offers video advertising in a large-format out-of-home display format.
AdTechMedia & EntertainmentNew York, US
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Brainstorm Ventures invest at?
- Brainstorm Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Brainstorm Ventures focus on?
- Brainstorm Ventures focuses on Consumer, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Media & Entertainment, New Materials, Retail Tech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Brainstorm Ventures located?
- Brainstorm Ventures is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
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