Denver · Pre-Seed–Series B · 16 people tracked
Investment thesis
Denver Ventures backs founders who exhibit what it calls 'Founder DNA' — a mix of boldness, pragmatism, adaptability, and thoughtful risk-taking. The firm invests across sectors and stages without geographic or industry limits, providing capital, resources, and access to a curated network of experienced operators and investors. It positions itself as pioneering frontier and deep-technology investments in Colorado, aiming to grow a vibrant ecosystem of locally funded companies. Beyond capital, it emphasizes conviction, community, and long-term partnership with early-stage founders.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 16 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 27 of 54 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×9SaaS ×9Consumer ×6Deep Tech ×6Hardware ×6Fintech ×5Advanced Manufacturing ×4Space Tech ×4
HQs:United States×19
Investments · 54 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 22025 · 12024 · 12023 · 12021 · 16 dated
Aalo develops advanced nuclear reactor technology aimed at producing electricity at under 3 cents per kilowatt-hour.
Climate TechDeep TechEnergyHardware
Matt(Co-founder)inYasir(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundBlack FlagBrave CapitalCrosscut VenturesDash VC+24 more
Agile Space Industries manufactures in-space chemical propulsion systems including thrusters and rocket engines for satellite and spacecraft operations.
Deep TechDefense TechHardwareSpace TechDurango, US
Daudi M. Barnes(Executive Officer, Director)David Cuthbertson(COO)Chris Pearson(CEO)William Francis(CCO)Kris Schaa(CFO)Kristin Schaa(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsCaruso VenturesCORI InnovationCortado VenturesGreater Colorado Venture FundGreenline Community Ventures, LlcKokopelli Capital+2 more
Boom Supersonic develops supersonic aircraft and engines, including the Overture commercial airliner and the Symphony turbofan engine, targeting commercial aviation and advanced infrastructure applications.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardwareSpace TechCentennial, US
Blake Scholl(Founder/CEO)in
Co-investorsActivant CapitalAltra VentureAngel Collective Opportunity FundBessemer Venture PartnersCaruso VenturesDraper Associates+23 more
Boom develops supersonic aviation technology, including Overture, a supersonic airliner with orders from United, American, and Japan Airlines, and Symphony, a turbofan engine built for supersonic flight.
Deep TechHardwareMobility & TransportationCentennial, US
Blake Scholl(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersCaruso VenturesDraper AssociatesE15Industrious VenturesKima Ventures+9 more
CaliberMind is a B2B marketing measurement and revenue analytics platform that unifies fragmented go-to-market data into a Google BigQuery-based warehouse, combining Multi-Touch Attribution, Marketing Mix Modeling, ABM insights, buyer journey intelligence, and agentic analytics.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsCrawley VenturesFirstMile VenturesIAG Capital PartnersICONYC labsKokopelli Capital3Lines Venture Capital+2 more
San Diego, US
Brandon Chi(Executive Officer, Director)Joseph Swift(Executive Officer, Director)Amitesh Pratap(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMatt Scalise(Director)Nick Schroer(Director)
Co-investorsContour Venture PartnersTau VenturesThe MBA Fund
AI audio company building text-to-speech, dubbing, music and voice-agent products, valued at $11B in its Feb 2026 Series D.
Wilmington, US
Piotr Dabkowski(Director)Mateusz Staniszewski(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJennifer Li(Director)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzCreator VenturesCredo VenturesSV Angel
GoodBuy Gear is an online marketplace selling quality-checked secondhand and open-box baby and kids' gear, including strollers, car seats, high chairs, carriers, and bassinets.
Circular EconomyE-commerceMarketplaces
Co-investorsAccess Venture PartnersInterlock PartnersRelay VenturesAccess VenturesKokopelli Capital
By Gravity builds enterprise data analytics software that uses generative AI to bridge the gap between data insights and business action.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBoulder, US
Drew Gillson(Founder)inLucas Thelosen(Founder)in
Co-investorsFoundryNext Frontier CapitalAnsa CapitalBuoyant Ventures Management, LlcCaffeinated CapitalEclipse
Guest House provides home staging and pre-listing styling services for real estate agents and sellers, offering pay-at-close pricing where fees come out of sale proceeds.
B2B MarketplacesPropTechDenver, US
Co-investorsBreak Trail VenturesCaruso VenturesRange VCV1 VC
Halfdays is an Olympian-founded women's outdoor and snow apparel brand designed in Colorado and sold direct online.
Denver, US
Kiley McKinnon(Founder)Ariana Ferwerda(Founder)Clarke McKinnon(Founder)Karelle Golda(Director)
BoardAdrian Kowalewski(Director)
Co-investorsBreak Trail VenturesEverywhere VenturesForward Venture CapitalGreenline Community Ventures, LlcWayfinder VenturesThe Fund
HidrateSpark makes smart water bottles with integrated sensors and mobile app connectivity that track hydration and remind users to drink water through light and sound cues.
ConsumerHardwareHealthtechInsurTechIoTWellness & FitnessMinneapolis, US
Coleman Iverson(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Ngoc Nguyen(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Alexander Hambrock(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Co-investorsTechstarsBackstage Capital
Iris Finance is an AI-native financial platform for consumer packaged goods brands, providing real-time P&L visibility, cash flow forecasting, and margin analysis across sales channels and SKUs.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Drew Fallon(Founder & CEO)inMarkoin
Co-investorsBarrel VenturesFounder CollectiveGlasswing VenturesRosecliff VenturesAccess Venture PartnersSID Venture Partners+2 more
Co-investorsNVP Capital
Kestrel Labs develops software that translates building code into machine-executable logic and runs compliance checks directly within BIM models, integrated into tools like Autodesk Revit.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechDeveloper ToolsPropTechSaaSDenver, US
Marian Pulford(Co-founder)inBrian(VP of Engineering)in
Co-investorsFirstMile VenturesNew Stack VenturesTechstarsAvesta Fund
Kickfurther provides inventory funding for businesses through a consignment model, purchasing a company's inventory and consigning it back so that it is not recorded as debt or a liability on the balance sheet.
B2B MarketplacesConsumerFintechRetail Tech
Sean De Clercq(Co-founder & Chairman of the Board)inErik(Co-founder & Head of Product)Erik Straub(Founder)inGregg Gordon(CEO)Gregory J. Gordonin
Co-investorsACTAI VenturesBreak Trail VenturesDraper AssociatesIT-Farm Corporation
LUUM provides AI-powered lash extension services using robotic technology to apply lashes consistently and safely, staffed by lash artists.
ConsumerHealthtech
Co-investorsCleo CapitalLong Journey VenturesSugar Capital
Meibel is an AI orchestration platform that ingests and structures data (charts, tables, images, text, and cross-document references), lets teams build agentic workflows that use their data as tools, and scores every output across 14 confidence dimensions.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Kevin McGrath(Founder)inKiran Devarakonda(Founder)in
Co-investorsArray Ventures Management LlcMastryMosaic General Partnership, LLCService Provider Capital
Nomad is a digital property-management platform for individual rental property owners, offering tools to market, lease, and manage their homes along with financial services such as guaranteed rent, property protection, and rent advances.
FintechMarketplacesPropTechSaaSDenver, US
Matt Thelen(Founder)PJ O'Neil(Founder)
Co-investorsRange VC
PostSig is a content intelligence platform that uses AI to interpret complex contracts, investor rights, amendments, and obligations, keeping governance and rights data current as they change over time.
AI & Machine LearningFintechLegalTechSaaS
Co-investorsDifferential VenturesFrontier Venture CapitalSaas Ventures, L.L.C.Tandem Ventures
Pretred manufactures products from waste tires and plastics with a focus on environmental sustainability.
Advanced ManufacturingCircular EconomyCleantechEnergyAurora, US
Eric Davis(CEO)Rob Volkert(COO)Michelle E. Davis(Executive Officer)Michael D. Corrigan(Executive Officer)Brad O'Neil(Director)
BoardGinger Rothrock(Director)in
Co-investorsHG VenturesTechstars
RADICL provides a fully-managed cybersecurity-as-a-service offering that combines an AI-driven autonomous virtual security operations center (vSOC) with human experts to deliver threat detection and response, attack surface management, security awareness training, and compliance adherence.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaS
Safety Radar offers an AI-powered workplace safety platform that collects field reports, analyzes submissions across causal factors, and surfaces hazards, root causes, and risk patterns for EHS and risk teams.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Garrison Haning(Co-founder & CEO)Matt Weis(Co-founder & COO)
Co-investorsCortado Ventures
Sana Packaging is a full-service supplier of custom cannabis packaging made from plant-based hemp plastic, reclaimed ocean-bound plastic, recycled, and traditional materials, serving cannabis brands and manufacturers.
Advanced ManufacturingCircular EconomyNew MaterialsWheat Ridge, US
Ronjit K. Basak-Smith(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Ron Basak-Smith(Co-Founder & CEO)James Eichner(Co-Founder & CSO)Edward M. Potter, Jr.(Director)William J. Eichner(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Schematic provides embeddable, customizable customer portals and pricing tables that software companies add with a few lines of code to handle checkout, billing, usage-based pricing, entitlements, feature flags, and plan management.
Developer ToolsFintechSaaS
Co-investorsAtlanta Tech VillageNextView VenturesRitual CapitalV1 VC
Starfish Space develops Otter, an autonomous satellite servicing vehicle that uses electric propulsion to dock with satellites for life extension and disposal.
Deep TechHardwareSpace TechTukwila, US
Trevor Bennett(Co-founder)inAustin Link(Co-founder)in
BoardMorgan Beller(Director)inPeter Ortez(Director)Letitia Long(Director)
Co-investorsACTIVATE CAPITAL PARTNERSBooz Allen VenturesCarbonHypothesisIndustrious VenturesMaC Venture Capital+14 more
Steelhead Composites designs, manufactures and tests lightweight composite pressure vessels for aerospace, energy and transportation.
Golden, US
Andrew Coors(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)John Cronin(Executive Officer)STEVE HUGHES(Director)
BoardKaren Howlett(Director)Tim Reeser(Director)
Co-investorsCentral Texas Angel NetworkHouston Angel NetworkRockies Venture ClubWorldQuant Ventures
Thesis develops reusable, steerable microballoons for routine access to the stratosphere (40,000–130,000 feet), enabling persistent surveillance, communications relay, and atmospheric research for defense, intelligence, commercial, and scientific applications.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningClimate TechData & InfrastructureDeep TechDefense TechInsurTechSpace TechDenver, US
Andrew Antonio(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Jared Leidich(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Jared Liedich(Executive Officer)
BoardNick Moran(Director)inAlan Eustace(Director)Darren Liccardo(Director)in
Co-investorsCatapult VenturesTechstarsUNION Labs VenturesAltos VenturesLavrock VenturesLerer Hippeau+2 more
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechGolden, US
Andrew Maxey(Executive Officer, Director)Aaron Parker(Executive Officer)Daniel Flagg(Executive Officer)Sean Kline(Executive Officer)Shari Kennett(Director)J. Scott Pusey(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsAutodesk FoundationBeyond CapitalCircular Innovation FundDiamond Edge VenturesHG VenturesNew Climate Ventures+6 more
Pepper designs and sells bras, swimwear, and related apparel specifically for small-chested bodies, offering band sizes 30-42 and cup sizes AA-B.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce
Co-investorsBreak Trail Ventures
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesCrop Diagnostix · saasrise.com · Aug 7, 2026
Boom · bfsi.economictimes.indiatimes.com · Jul 17, 2026
Steelhead Composites · castleplacement.com · Jul 9, 2026
Kestrel Labs · alleywatch.com · Jun 15, 2026
Aalo Atomics · datacenterdynamics.com · May 7, 2026
Gravity · endpoints.news · Apr 23, 2026
Starfish Space · spacewatch.global · Apr 9, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Denver Ventures made?
- Denver Ventures has 31 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Denver Ventures invest at?
- Denver Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What is Denver Ventures's typical check size?
- Denver Ventures typically writes checks of $250K – $3M.
- What sectors does Denver Ventures focus on?
- Denver Ventures focuses on Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Retail Tech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Denver Ventures located?
- Denver Ventures is headquartered in Denver, US.
- Does Denver Ventures lead rounds?
- Denver Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Denver Ventures co-invest with?
- Denver Ventures most often shares deals with Industrious Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Differential Ventures, among 32 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamColorado Startup Week 2025 // Elyse Kent, Partner, Denver Ventures
PBS12 · Elyse Kent
Images
Similar investors
Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies focused on technology, mobile, and clean energy sectors, including biotechnology applications. The firm provides capital and strategic support to entrepreneurs developing breakthrough technologies across multiple markets.
Entrée Capital is a venture firm run by former serial founders, managing $1.5bn across multiple funds with offices in Tel Aviv, London and New York.
BGF provides minority growth capital and support to entrepreneurial small and medium-sized businesses across the UK and Ireland, from university spinouts to established brands.
Lombardstreet Ventures is a pre-seed and seed-stage venture capital firm based in Woodside, California, investing primarily in U.S. companies with a preference for Silicon Valley teams. The firm focuses on B2B software, SaaS applications, developer tools, infrastructure software, deep tech, API-first platforms, open source, and AI, while remaining open to exceptional opportunities across sectors aligned with strong founders and compelling visions.
Bling Capital is a seed-stage venture firm that backs entrepreneurs seeking to find and scale product-market fit, supported by its Bling Product Council of over 100 product leaders.