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Renegade Partners
Venture capitalActively deployingSan Francisco · Seed–Series B · 11 people tracked
Also known as DBAFC, L.L.C.
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Investment thesis
Renegade Partners runs a deliberately concentrated strategy, making 6-7 investments per year and capping each fund at roughly 20 companies. It writes $2-10M checks primarily into Series A rounds, with select seed and Series B deals, backing ambitious founders tackling meaningful problems and building enduring companies. The firm positions partnership as its product, offering deep post-investment support in people operations and strategic guidance to help startups make the transition from viable to vital company. Renegade also collaborates with decision scientist Annie Duke to analyze its own investment decisions, reduce bias, and refine its judgment through data-driven process improvement.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 15, 2026.
Team · 11 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 39 of 50 portfolio companiesEnterprise Software ×17AI & Machine Learning ×15SaaS ×14Fintech ×13Developer Tools ×9Future of Work ×7Data & Infrastructure ×4Cloud Computing ×3
HQs:United States×19Brazil×1Colombia×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 22 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×82 founders×103 founders×34+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 30 founders with education data
Stanford University ×4Harvard University ×3Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×3Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×3The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) ×3
What their founders studiedfrom 24 founders with field-of-study data
Business & Management ×4Computer Science ×4Economics ×4Finance & Accounting ×3Politics & Policy ×3Humanities ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 31 founders with career history
Superhuman ×3Affirm ×2DoubleClick ×2Grammarly ×2House of Commons ×2Instacart ×2Kajabi ×2Uni Robotics ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
7 hold an MBA (of 30 with degree data)
Investments · 50 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 62025 · 32024 · 22022 · 22021 · 32020 · 12014 · 118 dated
Spekit 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.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSales TechDenver, US
Zari Zahra(Co-Founder)inMelanie Fellay(Co-Founder)inZarnigar Zahra(Executive Officer, Director)Melanie Fellay 🐙(Founder)in
BoardBrett Queener(Director)in
Board seatRoseanne Wincek· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsBonfire VenturesCraft VenturesFelicis VenturesFoundryMatchstick VenturesOperator Collective+2 more
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San Mateo, US
Ayush Parashar(Executive Officer)inJames Carr(Executive Officer)Sean Keenan(Executive Officer)inRobert Carlson(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardRoseanne Wincek(Director)Mike Asher(Director)
Board seatRoseanne· per SEC Form D · $3.4M raise · filed Feb 2015
Co-investorsBlue Cloud VenturesCanaan PartnersPelion Venture PartnersScale Venture Partners
Airspace Intelligence develops predictive software for mission-critical operations in defense and infrastructure sectors, serving large airlines and US government agencies.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechLogistics & Supply ChainBoston, US
Phillip Buckendorf(CEO)inLucas Kukielka(VP of Product Engineering (co-founder))in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzGradient VenturesNEW VISTA CAPITALOperator CollectiveSpark CapitalVillage Global+3 more
Ansa provides a branded wallet solution for marketplace platforms that keeps seller and customer earnings on-platform, reducing payment processing costs and encouraging repeat spending.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechMarketplacesSaaS
Co-investorsReshapeB37 VenturesBain Capital VenturesBoxGroupCambrian VenturesMischief+3 more
A consumer card program where members pick a community (such as a sports team) and earn points and a share of revenue for that community on everyday purchases like groceries, coffee, and games.
ConsumerFintech
Co-investorsIndex VenturesMetaplanetParadigmAnimoca BrandsCreandumFabric Ventures+5 more
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Auxilius provides a platform for clinical trial finance and accounting, automating R&D accruals, close processes, investigator spend tracking, site invoice reconciliation, and budget forecasting.
FintechHealthtechSaaS
Adam Weisman(Founder)inErin Warner Guill(Founder)in
Co-investorsSignalFireXYZ Venture Capital
Auxilius provides software and expert services to manage clinical R&D operations and financial processes for biotech companies.
BiotechEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Adam Weisman(Founder)inErin Warner Guill(Founder)in
Co-investorsValspring Capital
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Built provides a cloud-based platform that connects capital, data, and workflows for real estate finance, enabling lenders, owners, developers, and contractors to fund, manage, and build projects with visibility and control across the entire lifecycle from origination to asset management.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechEnterprise SoftwareFintechPropTechSaaSNashville, US
Chase Gilbert(CEO)in
Co-investorsCanapi VenturesCRV (Charles River Ventures)Fifth WallHDS CapitalIndex VenturesNyca+8 more
Catchpoint provides monitoring and observability solutions for the Internet Stack, enabling companies to identify and resolve digital issues before they impact customer experiences.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York, US
Mehdi Daoudi(CEO)inDritDritan Suljoti(Executive Officer, Director)inVeronica Ellis(Executive Officer)inJ. Scotte Barkan(Executive Officer)
BoardNeeraj Agrawal(Director)in
Co-investorsBattery VenturesSapphire Ventures
Coda (now Superhuman Docs) is a collaborative workspace platform that combines document editing, database tables, and application-building capabilities for teams.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSMountain View, US
Shishir Mehrotra(Co-Founder & CEO (Coda); later CEO of Grammarly / Superhuman, Inc. from Dec 2024)inAlex DeNeui(Co-Founder & VP of Engineering)inLane Shackleton(Chief Product Officer)in
BoardReid Hoffman(Board Member (Greylock Partner; LinkedIn Co-Founder))inHemant Taneja(Board Member (General Catalyst))in
Co-investorsDria VenturesGeneral CatalystGeneral PartnershipGreylock PartnersHomebrewKhosla Ventures+9 more
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Copia provides Git-based version control and disaster recovery software for industrial automation and manufacturing.
Advanced ManufacturingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US
Adam Gluck(Founder)in
Co-investorsConstruct CapitalLux Capital
Daily provides WebRTC-based infrastructure that enables developers to build voice, video, and real-time AI applications.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSan Francisco, US
Kwindla Hultman Kramer(Founder)in
Co-investorsCompoundGround Up VenturesMoxxie VenturesRoot Ventures Manager, LlcScribble VenturesWorklife Ventures+2 more
DubClub operates a platform where sports betting content creators ("cappers") can monetize their picks and betting advice, while bettors access reliable predictions and tips from multiple creators.
B2B MarketplacesConsumerMarketplacesSports TechChicago, US
Lewis Burik(Co-Founder)inAndrew Daschbach(Co-Founder)inRyan Gaertner(Director, CEO, and President)inEd Silva(CEO)in
Co-investorsGood Friends
Epsilon partners radiologists with advanced technology to address the radiology shortage in the US and improve diagnostic accuracy and speed.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices
Co-investorsAlleyCorp
Flock is a Denver-based real estate platform that lets landlords exchange their rental properties for shares in a diversified, professionally managed portfolio using 721 Exchange tax deferral structures.
Co-investors1Sharpe VenturesPrimary Venture PartnersAndreessen HorowitzBedrockMatrixSpark Capital+1 more
Flock Homes is a real estate investment platform that provides individual investors access to professionally managed residential rental properties across multiple U.S. markets.
FintechPropTechDenver, US
Ariel Rubin(Executive Officer, Director)Ari Rubin(Founder & CEO)in
BoardAlex Rampell(Director)inBradley Svrluga(Director)inRenata Quintini(Director)
Co-investors1Sharpe VenturesAndreessen HorowitzHuman CapitalMVP VenturesRWT HorizonsBoxGroup+5 more
Freeplay provides a platform for software product development teams to build and maintain generative AI products using best practices in experimentation, iteration, and data management.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Co-investorsNext Frontier CapitalPreston-Werner VenturesVermilion Cliffs Ventures
Grammarly is an AI-powered writing assistant that helps users write with clarity and confidence across over 1 million apps and websites.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Max Lytvyn(Founder)inAlex Shevchenko(Founder)inDmytro Lider(Founder)inShishir Mehrotrain
Co-investorsArcher Capital GroupArcher Venture CapitalBreyer CapitalDria VenturesHomebrewIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)+4 more
Game software development and distribution (equity investment June 2016).
Co-investorsAju IB Invesment CorporationDaesung Private EquityID VenturesKolon Investment, Inc.LB InvestmentPremier Partners+3 more
LaHaus is a real estate platform that connects homebuyers with verified developers to purchase new residential properties in Latin America, offering flexible payment plans and AI-powered property recommendations.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesPropTechBogotá, CO
Tomas Uribe(Director)inJeronimo Alberto Uribe(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardHernan Kazah(Director)in
Co-investorsAcrew CapitalBeresford VenturesFlucas VenturesKaszek VenturesNext Legacy PartnersNFX+1 more
Loop provides a unified platform for managing returns, exchanges, tracking, and order workflows for e-commerce brands.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail TechSaaS
Steve Kemper(Founder)in
Co-investorsCRV (Charles River Ventures)Harmony PartnersRidge Ventures
Natter enables one-to-one conversations across a workforce with AI analysis to identify themes, sentiment, and priorities for faster decision-making.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR Tech
Co-investorsKindred CapitalRackhouse Venture Management Lp
Natter facilitates peer-to-peer conversations across organizations and uses AI to analyze sentiment, themes, and priorities from those discussions to inform decision-making.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR Tech
Charlie Woodward(Founder)in
Neon provides serverless Postgres databases that scale to zero and provision in under a second, designed for platforms that need to offer dedicated database instances to each user or workspace.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsFlucas VenturesKhosla VenturesKleiner PerkinsKube VCMenlo VenturesMVP Ventures+8 more
Neon is a Brazilian digital bank offering fixed-income investment products, including certificates of deposit (CDBs) with daily or scheduled liquidity, protected by the FGC deposit guarantee.
Fintech
Co-investorsAcross Capital PartnersFlourish VenturesMONASHEESPropel Venture PartnersSella Direct VenturesYellow Ventures+2 more
Neon AI develops open-source AI solutions that allow organizations to deploy and control their own artificial intelligence systems on-premises.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Richard Leeds(Founder)in
Co-investorsUpper90Andreessen HorowitzKrafton
Neon provides direct-to-consumer commerce infrastructure for game publishers, including webshops, payment processing, and merchant of record services to enable games to sell directly to players at scale.
E-commerceFintechGamingSan Francisco, US
Chris Faught(Founder)in
O'Reilly Media operates an online learning platform offering structured courses, text-based content, live expert-led workshops, and online tech conferences for technology teams and professionals.
EdTechFuture of WorkMedia & Entertainment
Tim O'Reilly(Founder, O'Reilly Media)in
Overmind is a platform that simulates the live production environment to show engineers the blast radius, dependencies, and risks of infrastructure changes before a pull request is merged.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Dylan Ratcliffe(Founder)in
Co-investorsMotive ForceOperator CollectiveOsney CapitalAntlerKortschak Investments L.P.Portfolio Ventures
PathSpot provides a health and safety operating system for restaurants, commercial kitchens, food manufacturers, and foodservice operations.
CleantechEnterprise SoftwareFoodTechIoTNew York City, US
Christine Schindler(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inTaylor Waanders(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardTianxiang Zhuo(Director)
Co-investors2045 Ventures2048 VenturesFikaTechstarsV1 VC
Pew Research Center is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that conducts surveys and studies on public opinion, behavior, and societal trends across topics like politics, religion, education, health, and jobs.
Media & Entertainment
Michael Dimock(President)in
Ready offers a virtual community card that lets members earn rewards points on everyday purchases while sending a share of revenue back to a chosen community or team.
ConsumerFintechSports Tech
Co-investorsHummingbird Ventures
Rewire was an Israeli fintech company providing cross-border banking and remittance services for migrant workers, primarily in Israel and Europe.
Fintech
Co-investorsGV (Google Ventures)Tiger Global ManagementViola FinTech
Remitly provides international money transfer services, allowing users to send money across borders through a mobile app.
Fintech
Co-investorsGlilot Capital PartnersMoneta VC
Rightfoot provides credential-less, real-time access to bank account and debit card balance data to prevent failed payments and improve debt collection.
Data & InfrastructureFintech
Danielle Pensack(Founder)in
Co-investorsBlue Lion GlobalHoneystone VenturesRosecliff VenturesSemperVirens Venture CapitalThe MBA FundTriton Capital
RippleMatch is a job-matching platform that connects students and early-career candidates with roles suited to their skills, background, and goals, replacing mass applications with recruiter matches.
Future of WorkHR TechMarketplacesNew York, US
Andrew Myers(Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer and Secretary)inEric Ho(President and Chief Technology Officer)in
BoardMichael Troiano(Director)inJessica Lin(Director)inKevin Ryan(Director)in
Co-investorsAlleyCorpBullpen CapitalG20 VenturesWork-BenchAlley Robotics Ventures
Rootly provides AI-powered on-call and incident management software that integrates with Slack and Teams to help engineering and SRE teams page, schedule, diagnose, and resolve incidents faster.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Quentin Rousseau(Founder and CTO (YC S21))inJJ Tang(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsGradient VenturesY Combinator
Rootly provides AI-powered on-call and incident management software that integrates with Slack and Teams to help engineering and SRE teams diagnose, resolve, and prevent incidents faster.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Quentin Rousseau(Founder)inJJ Tang(Founder)in
Co-investorsXYZ Venture Capital
Squadra is a seed-stage venture capital firm that provides hands-on operational support, network connections, and go-to-market help to early-stage startups.
CybersecurityDefense TechBaltimore, US
Co-investorsIronGate Capital AdvisorsConstruct CapitalLux CapitalSQUADRA VENTURES
Stanford University is a private research university founded in 1885 on the Stanford family's Palo Alto stock farm, offering education across the liberal arts, science, engineering, medicine, business, and sustainability.
EdTechPalo Alto, US
Leland Stanford(Founder)inJane Lathrop Stanford(Founder)inJon Levinin
Co-investorsA-Rod CorpBrave CapitalBreyer CapitalCRV (Charles River Ventures)Moonhill Capital
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
228 Labs, Inc.Auxilus Inc.Epsilon HealthHedralHedral Led SeedNana Academy
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 · 5
5 acquisitionsCatchpointacq. by LogicMonitorCodaacq. by GrammarlyNeonacq. by DatabricksRewireacq. by RemitlyRewire Acquiredacq. by Remitly
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Flock · click2houston.com · Sep 15, 2026
Grammarly · en.wikipedia.org · Aug 16, 2026
Overmind · thefashionlaw.com · Aug 4, 2026
Neon · pulse2.com · Jul 28, 2026
Neon · pulse2.com · Jul 28, 2026
Neon · pulse2.com · Jul 28, 2026
KRAFTON · pulse2.com · Jul 28, 2026
Squadra · bitget.com · Jul 17, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Renegade Partners made?
- Renegade Partners has 50 tracked investments, 5 of which have exited, including 9 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Renegade Partners invest at?
- Renegade Partners invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What is Renegade Partners's typical check size?
- Renegade Partners typically writes checks of $2M – $10M.
- What sectors does Renegade Partners focus on?
- Renegade Partners focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Fintech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Renegade Partners located?
- Renegade Partners is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Does Renegade Partners lead rounds?
- Yes, Renegade Partners leads investment rounds.
- Who does Renegade Partners co-invest with?
- Renegade Partners most often shares deals with CRV (Charles River Ventures), Andreessen Horowitz, Breyer Capital, among 93 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamHow To Raise A VC Fund From Institutional LPs | Insights from Renata Quintini of Renegade Partners
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TechstarsIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Canaan PartnersScale Venture PartnersObvious VenturesBonfire VenturesAcrew CapitalBullpen CapitalFoundryPelion Venture PartnersScribble VenturesTCVWork-BenchNyca PartnersMONASHEESRoot Ventures Manager, LlcGlilot Capital PartnersG20 VenturesMatchstick VenturesFabric VenturesSequoia CapitalLightspeed Venture PartnersAccelUncork CapitalFirst Round CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)Coatue ManagementNorwest Venture PartnersDST GlobalAtomicoGreat Oaks Venture CapitalStreamlined VenturesFirstMark CapitalMayfield FundRRE VenturesSlow VenturesFundersClubNextView VenturesHCVCAME Cloud VenturesFreestyle CapitalForerunner VenturesPrecursor VenturesHeadlineCaffeinated CapitalEmergence Capital PartnersCanvas VenturesFlybridge Capital PartnersAdditionIA VenturesRed Swan VenturesThrive CapitalShasta VenturesTribe Capital FirstlookChemistryEclipse VenturesFootworkAIX VenturesTenaya CapitalDigital Currency GroupTeamworthy VenturesOurCrowdCoinFundPolychain CapitalMucker CapitalScience VenturesBrand Foundry VenturesFounders' Co-opBaruch Future VenturesWhite Star CapitalGreenoaksGraph VenturesConvictionThe Venture CollectiveNeotribe VenturesSpace CapitalListen VenturesRethink Capital PartnersVinyl CapitalFranklin TempletonWorld Innovation Lab (WiL)Earthshot VenturesHarmonix Music SystemsStartupGymKeiretsu CapitalUNCOMMON DENOMINATOR
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