Fuel Venture Capital
Venture capitalActively deployingMiami · Seed–Series B · 6 people tracked
Also known as Fuel RIA Allocator · Fuel Venture Capital Flagship · FUEL VENTURE CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC
Investment thesis
Targets disruptive consumer and B2B companies transforming transactions, consumption, work and lifestyle, using a disciplined phased investment thesis that manages risk while driving returns.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 6 people
from public directories
What they invest in
from 30 of 36 portfolio companiesFintech ×13AI & Machine Learning ×10Consumer ×8SaaS ×7Deep Tech ×3Developer Tools ×3Hardware ×3Marketing Tech ×3
HQs:United States×16United Kingdom×2Brazil×1Denmark×1Spain×1Mexico×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 19 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×112 founders×73 founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 17 founders with education data
University of Miami Business School ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 17 founders with career history
Boss Consulting SA ×2Curiosity Media Group ×2World Economic Forum ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 36 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12024 · 12023 · 12022 · 12020 · 15 dated
AEXLAB builds virtual reality technology for gaming, training, and simulation, aiming to make users feel present and connected in virtual worlds.
Deep TechGamingHardware
Jonathan Ovadia(Founder)in
Co-investorsHartmann Capital
Co-investorsTogether Fund
Axela provides accounts receivable automation and AI-driven collections technology for HOAs and condo associations to recover unpaid assessments and rent while prioritizing full recovery over foreclosure.
AI & Machine LearningFintechPropTech
Baubap is a regulated Mexican financial services company that provides microloans up to MXN 9,000 through a mobile app, using mobile-based evaluation rather than traditional credit history or income verification.
AI & Machine LearningFintechMexico City, MX
Roberto Salcedo(Founder)inLuis Villarreal(Founder)inRoberto Salcedo Nieto
Co-investors500 GlobalCathexis VenturesNeer Venture PartnersPartners for GrowthPartners for Growth (PFG)Startups+1 more
Miami-based sports gaming and media company operating fantasy, sportsbook, casino, arcade and prediction market products in one app.
Miami, US
Jake Paul(Executive Officer, Director)Joey Levy(Executive Officer, Director)Ross Kestin(Director)Nakisa Bidarian(Director)Saxon Baum(Director)Geoffrey Woo(Director)
Co-investors10X CapitalGame Changers Ventures
Betr is a real money gaming mobile app offering player-stat pick games, a social sportsbook, a social casino, and skill-based arcade games where users can win cash prizes.
ConsumerGamingSports Tech
Co-investorsAntiElizabeth Street VenturesFlorida FundersFlucas VenturesGrit Capital PartnersHarmony Partners+5 more
Bipi offers a monthly car subscription service in Spain that bundles the vehicle with all-risk insurance, maintenance, 24/7 roadside assistance, ITV inspection, and taxes into a single fee.
ConsumerMarketplacesMobility & Transportation
Co-investorsKibo VenturesManiv Mobility
Boatsetter runs a peer-to-peer boat rental marketplace that connects boat owners, renters, and licensed captains, offering boating experiences with or without a captain.
ConsumerMarketplacesSports TechTravel & Hospitality
Co-investorsExpansion Venture CapitalGreat Oaks Venture CapitalTheVentureCityNordic Eye Venture Capital
Miami Beach, US
Bita Pishevar Haynes(Executive Officer, Director)Shervin Pishevar(Director)Kamyar Kaviani(Executive Officer, Director)
Signature meals from award-winning chefs, delivered to your door.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTechBrooklyn, US
Mateo Marietti(Executive Officer, Director)Clara Quiroga(Executive Officer)Chris Asmis(Executive Officer)
BoardRoberto Aitkenhead(Director)David Kamenetzky(Director)Henry McGovern(Director)
Co-investorsAngelPadEvolution VC PartnersInvariantes FundJazzya InvestmentsMcWin Capital PartnersMistral Venture Partners+7 more
Curve Pay is a digital wallet that combines multiple bank cards into one, letting users switch which card paid for a purchase after the fact, avoid foreign exchange fees, and earn cashback on top of existing card rewards.
ConsumerFintech
Shachar Bialick(Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsCohen CircleHanaco Venture CapitalLifeX VenturesMouro CapitalOutward VCSamsung Next+7 more
Emerge is building a multi-sensory communication platform that uses a tabletop device generating an ultrasonic forcefield to let users feel on-screen content in their bare hands without controllers or gloves.
ConsumerDeep TechHardwareLos Angeles, US
Isaac Castro García(Founder)in
Co-investorsRed Beard VenturesSprint VcSQN Venture Partners, LLCType One VenturesAlpaca VC
Eyrus is a construction workforce management platform that combines worker registration and onboarding, time tracking, access control, and video surveillance in one system.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechSaaS
Hussein Cholkamy(Founder)in
Co-investorsK Street CapitalMaryland TEDCOMotley Fool VenturesTEDCOTemerity Capital Partners
Leal 360 is a retail-focused customer platform for LATAM that combines a CDP, campaign automation, loyalty programs, and NPS with an AI decision engine, connecting to a business's POS to turn purchase data into personalized marketing and loyalty actions.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechRetail Tech
Co-investorsAspira CapitalAxon Partners GroupCapria VenturesLEAP Global PartnersSalkantay VenturesNewpath Partners+1 more
Leap Financial provides white-label and embedded infrastructure for cross-border and domestic digital payments, using fintech and AI tools to connect originating and receiving entities.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Lunar is a 100% digital bank offering personal banking services including accounts, digital and physical cards, savings, investment, and cryptocurrency trading, with headquarters in Denmark.
FintechCopenhagen, DK
Co-investorsGoose Valley VenturesPSVSEED Capital DenmarkEniac VenturesIndustrious VenturesPromus Ventures+2 more
Mbodi develops AI-powered robots that can learn new tasks through natural language instructions and demonstration, eliminating the need for reprogramming when processes change.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRoboticsNew York City, US
Xavier (Tianhao) Chi(Founder)inSebastian Peralta(Founder)in
Co-investorsACADEMY INVESTORAIN VenturesBetaworksImagination CapitalMozilla VenturesMyAsiaVC+5 more
Mirai builds on-device AI models, an inference runtime, and infrastructure designed to run low-latency, continuous AI assistants directly on devices such as Apple Silicon hardware.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsMento vcSamsung NextSarah SmithZ Venture Capital
NovoPayment provides a cloud-native, API-first core platform for payments, digital banking, and card issuance, aimed at banks and fintechs.
Cloud ComputingFintechSaaSMiami, US
Anabel Perez Moreno(Executive Officer)Juan Barriola(Executive Officer)
OhmniLabs builds robots for healthcare, including an autonomous UV-C disinfection robot (OhmniClean), a mobile telehealth platform (OhmniCare) for providers to expand patient access in fields like nutrition and pharmacy, and telepresence robots.
Digital HealthHealthtechRobotics
Co-investorsMonozukuri VenturesSCB 10X
Osigu provides an API-based platform serving the healthcare sector across Latin America and the US.
Digital HealthFintechHealthtechInsurTechKey Biscayne, US
Fernando Botran(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Fernando Botrán(Founder)inLigia Castaneda(Executive Officer)Pedro Carvajal Cabal(Executive Officer, Director)Antonio Ruiz-Gimenez(Director)
BoardJose Vargas(Director)
Co-investorsEos Venture Partners LimitedInvariantes FundIDC Ventures
RecargaPay is a Brazilian mobile financial app offering fixed-income CDB investments (issued by RP Financeira, a Central Bank–regulated institution), with returns of 107% to 110% of the CDI, FGC protection, and a minimum investment of R$50.
ConsumerFintechMiami, BR
Alvaro Teijeiro(Executive Officer, Director)Rodrigo Teijeiro(Founder)inDiego Escobar(Executive Officer)Gustavo Victorica(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardSteven Schlenker(Director)Anil Pereira(Director)
Co-investorsDN CapitalNext Billion Capital PartnersSquareOne CapitalStaenberg Venture PartnersTheVentureCity8i Ventures
Replit is a platform for software development that aims to make app creation accessible to non-programmers through intuitive tools and AI agents.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCreator EconomyDeveloper ToolsEdTechEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Haya Abdalla(Founder)inAmjad Masad(Co-founder & CEO)inHaya Odeh(Co-Founder, Design)inLuis Héctor Chávez(CTO)
Co-investors137 Ventures7BC Venture CapitalA.Capital VenturesAbstract VenturesAllied Venture PartnersAmino Capital+32 more
Sage Haven is a parental control app for messaging and calling that allows parents to approve all contacts and uses AI to block harmful messages before they reach children.
ConsumerMental Health
KateAnne
Co-investorsHow Women InvestAccelGaingelsHustle FundKleiner Perkins
Co-investorsBalderton CapitalBY Venture PartnersIndustrifondenNorthzoneTitan Capital Partners
Taxfyle connects individuals and businesses with US-based CPAs and Enrolled Agents to prepare and file tax returns, including back taxes, extensions, and prior-year filings.
FintechMarketplacesSaaS
Richard Lavina(Founder)in
Co-investorsKyber Knight CapitalOcean Azul PartnersPartners for GrowthPartners for Growth (PFG)IDC Ventures
FintechInsurTechLegalTech
Co-investorsClocktower VenturesMS&AD Ventures
Tradeshift provides an AI-powered accounts payable automation and e-invoicing platform that helps enterprise buyers digitize invoice processing, onboard suppliers, and stay compliant with e-invoicing regulations.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Christian Lanng(Co-founder)inGert Sylvest(Co-founder)inMikkel Hippe Brun(Co-founder)inPeter van Pruissen(Executive Officer)
BoardStephen Chandler(Director)Noriaki Okubo(Director)
Co-investorsMouro CapitalNotion CapitalRuna Capital10x FoundersGoldman Sachs
Transak provides fiat-to-crypto on-ramp and off-ramp infrastructure for wallets, apps, and platforms, offered as white-label APIs or plug-and-play widgets.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechNew York, US
Sami Start(Executive Officer, Director)inYeshu Agarwal(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investors1k(x)1kxBitDAOBR CapitalConsenSys MeshGobi Partners+13 more
Ubicquia builds intelligent infrastructure products, including smart streetlighting systems with data analytics, that connect to existing utility and city assets.
CleantechEnergyGovTechHardwareIoTFort Lauderdale, US
Ian Aaron(Chief Executive Officer)Lowell Kraff(Chairman, Co-Founder)David Herlong(Executive Officer)Heather Ritchie(Executive Officer)Santiago Serrano(Executive Officer)Kyle Brown(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsClearSkyMarunouchi Innovation Partners
Vela is a platform that integrates AI tools with proprietary data to provide insights and centralize management for ecommerce sellers across multiple platforms and channels.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsE-commerceFuture of WorkMarketing Tech
Richard Hurst
Co-investors500 GlobalBase Venture Management, Inc.Hawke VenturesLeverageVCPLG VenturesResolute Ventures+1 more
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.
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioTomorrowacq. by Ethos
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Leal · dot.la · Aug 21, 2026
Curve · news.curve.finance · Aug 10, 2026
Replit · techcrunch.com · Jul 30, 2026
Mirai · tipranks.com · Jul 23, 2026
Mbodi AI · automate.org · Jul 6, 2026
Lunar · kavout.com · Jun 26, 2026
Sage Haven · finsmes.com · Apr 20, 2026
CookUnity · inforcapital.com · Nov 29, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Fuel Venture Capital made?
- Fuel Venture Capital has 34 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Fuel Venture Capital invest at?
- Fuel Venture Capital invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What is Fuel Venture Capital's typical check size?
- Fuel Venture Capital typically writes checks of $250K – $10M.
- What sectors does Fuel Venture Capital focus on?
- Fuel Venture Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Enterprise Software, Fintech, FoodTech, Marketplaces.
- Where is Fuel Venture Capital located?
- Fuel Venture Capital is headquartered in Miami, US.
- Does Fuel Venture Capital lead rounds?
- Yes, Fuel Venture Capital leads investment rounds.
- Who does Fuel Venture Capital co-invest with?
- Fuel Venture Capital most often shares deals with Invariantes Fund, Y Combinator, Partners for Growth, among 138 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamJeff Ransdell, Managing Director + Founding Partner at Fuel Venture Capital joins NYSE TV Live
New York Stock Exchange · Jeff Ransdell
Podcast E042 | Maggie Vo of Fuel Venture Capital
Female VC Lab · Maggie Vo
PODCAST | Jeff Ransdell (Fuel Venture Capital)
South Florida Tech Hub · Jeff Ransdell
Invest in Exponential Growth During Times of Change | Jeff Ransdell, Fuel Venture Capital
Forbes Councils · Jeff Ransdell
Meet Jeff Ransdell, Fuel Venture Capital | Forbes Councils
Forbes Councils · Jeff Ransdell
Venture Capital and the Pandemic | Jeff Ransdell, Fuel Venture Capital | Inside Forbes Councils
Forbes Councils · Jeff Ransdell
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Firms observed investing alongside Fuel Venture Capital, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Fuel Venture Capital's recorded portfolio.
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