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Austin · Pre-Seed–Seed · 7 people tracked

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Pre-seed, locally-run global network where experienced founders/operators in each city source deals and provide hands-on, community-based support to new founders.

Invests inConsumerSaaSSector AgnosticAustinUnited States
Stage
Pre-Seed–Seed
Check
$50K – $250K
HQ
Austin, TX, US
Leads rounds
Leads
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2018
Tracked investments
196

Team · 7 people

from curated & public directories

Founder mafia

2 people who came through The Fund went on to found or lead other companies.

What they invest in

from 143 of 196 portfolio companies

SaaS ×60AI & Machine Learning ×46Fintech ×30Consumer ×26Enterprise Software ×22Healthtech ×22HR Tech ×17Wellness & Fitness ×17

HQs:United States×80United Kingdom×6Australia×2Brazil×2Austria×1India×1

Investments · 196 tracked

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By year:2023 · 52022 · 72021 · 62019 · 22018 · 22014 · 123 dated

AllWorkallworknow.comin𝕏Nov 2022

AllWork is a workforce management platform for companies managing contingent, flexible, and hourly teams — including W-2, 1099, part-time, contract, and freelance workers — covering onboarding, scheduling, time and attendance, payroll, reporting, and compliance.

Future of WorkHR TechSaaSEdison, US

Glenn Laumeister(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Matthew Wenzler(Executive Officer, Director)Howard Meitiner(Director)

BoardChris Haley(Director)inRick Holton(Director)in

Co-investorsFernbrook Capital ManagementFINTOP Capital

Anthillanthill.coin

Anthill automates employee communication in 75 languages throughout the workforce lifecycle for frontline workers.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSChicago, US

AI experts and people scientists

Co-investorsOrigin VenturesReach Capital

API Fortressapifortress.com

API Fortress provides a platform for testing and monitoring APIs through a visual interface.

Developer Tools

Patrick Poulin

Co-investors500 GlobalValuestream VenturesLattice Ventures

Aptapt.re

Apt develops and operates low-rise multifamily housing, building tools and processes to standardize residential development from end to end.

Construction TechPropTechLos Angeles, US

Asset Realityassetreality.comin𝕏

Asset Reality provides asset recovery and data security services for seized cryptoassets, with a focus on conflict-free management and regulatory compliance.

Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechGovTechSaaSLondon, GB

Aidan Larkin(Founder)inHugo Hoyland(Founder)in

Co-investorsEverywhere VenturesOutrun VenturesSGH CapitalTechstarsFramework VenturesTeam Ignite Ventures

Audyoaudyo.aiin𝕏

AI & Machine LearningNewark, US

Eoghan O'Neill(Founder)in

Co-investorsTechstars

Averto team imageblakthumb.com

Co-investorsAfterWork VenturesBlack Nova VC

Ayana Therapyayanatherapy.comin𝕏

HealthtechWellness & FitnessLos Angeles, US

Co-investorsTechstars

Badaboombadaboom.ai
Behaveeatbehave.com

BEHAVE produces low-sugar candy made in partnership with chefs and food scientists as a healthier alternative to conventional sweets.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTechHealthtechWellness & Fitness

Mayssa(Founder & CEO)

Co-investorsAdapt VenturesReshape

Belongcapitalbelongcapital.co

Belong Capital is a growth capital firm that invests in late-stage, high-growth companies seeking to scale through better access to capital markets expertise, with particular focus on e-commerce, digital media, enterprise SaaS, and consumer sectors.

ConsumerE-commerceFintechMedia & EntertainmentSector Agnostic

Peter Saldarriaga(President and CEO/CFO)Joel Washington(President)Jennifer Deason(Chairwoman)

Betterleavebetterleave.comJun 2023

Betterleave provides wrap-around caregiver support and bereavement services—including coaching, text-based support, and support groups—delivered through providers and employers to help caregivers navigate end-of-life decisions and grief.

Digital HealthMental HealthWellness & FitnessAustin, US

Cara Abbott(Founder)inAndy Ambrose(Director)Cara McCarty(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardSamara Mejia Hernandez(Director)in

Co-investorsEverywhere VenturesChingona VenturesBread And Butter Ventures, LlcCoyote Ventures

BeyondRankedbeyondranked.comin

GamingIndianapolis, US

Co-investorsElevate VenturesTechstars

Biotiabiotia.ioin𝕏

Biotia develops infectious disease diagnostics using clinical metagenomic next-generation sequencing paired with artificial intelligence, offering diagnostic tests and genomics software for patients, providers, and health systems managing challenging infections.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital Health

Chris Mason(Founder)inNiamh O'Hara(Founder & CEO)inNiamh B. O'Hara(Founder)in

Co-investorsCloquet Capital Partners, LLCDigitalDx VenturesEverywhere VenturesRed Bear VenturesSeedToBTau Ventures+8 more

Blackballadblackballad.co.uk

UK membership-based digital lifestyle platform publishing content, podcasts and events for, by and about black British women.

Tobi Oredein(Founder)in

Co-investorsGMG VenturesMercuri.vc

Blerpblerp.comin

Blerp is an alert builder for live streamers that connects stream events (follows, subs, raids, tips, channel points, and TikTok events) to outputs like OBS, VTube Studio, Minecraft, sounds, TTS, videos, and overlays.

Creator EconomyGamingMedia & EntertainmentSalt Lake City, US

Co-investorsCampus Founders FundForward Venture CapitalKickstartKonvoy VenturesStage 2 CapitalTechstars

Bonsidebonside.com

Bonside provides non-dilutive, revenue-based financing for brick-and-mortar businesses, paired with Bonside Intelligence, an agentic platform for physical-location visibility.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS

Co-investorsEverywhere VenturesFloating PointSpice CapitalTMV

Boomboompay.appin

Boom operates a leasing platform connecting property managers and renters through the full leasing process, from inquiry to approved resident.

FintechPropTechSaaSAustin, US

Rob Whiting(Co-founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsBungalow CapitalClocktower VenturesMischiefStarting LineChingona Ventures

Boostboost.technologyin𝕏

Boost is a B2B commerce platform for Africa's informal convenience economy, offering WhatsApp-based ordering, data-light fulfilment and payment apps, analytics, and stock financing.

B2B MarketplacesFintechRetail Tech

Bopsbops.ai

bops provides software that helps consumer packaged goods manufacturers' sales, supply chain, and retail-operations teams reduce on-shelf availability issues and out-of-stocks across their retailer partners.

AI & Machine LearningRetail TechSaaS

Domingo Noriega(Founder)in

Co-investorsAltari VenturesEntrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA)Story VenturesThird Prime

Bottlecodebottlecode.cominNov 2019

Chicago, US

Kottain Kadangode Drishay Menon(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsTechstars

Boutiqboutiq.coin𝕏

Boutiq optimizes short-term rental listings using dynamic pricing, SEO, and listing content to increase revenue for property managers and hosts.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSAustin, US

Dan Driscoll(Founder)inRena Pacheco-Theard(Founder)in

Co-investorsRevUp CapitalTechstars

Breezeflywithbreeze.com𝕏

Co-investorsBling CapitalHelm

Buffalo Marketbuffalomarket.com𝕏

Xoilac TV (Xoilac365) is a Vietnamese website that streams live football matches for free, including major leagues such as the Premier League, Champions League, La Liga and World Cup, with Vietnamese-language commentary.

Media & EntertainmentHải Phòng, VN

Co-investorsBase Venture Management, Inc.Evolution VenturesRareBreed VenturesSwitch VenturesTet Ventures

Burroburro.aiin𝕏

Burro builds autonomous robots for agricultural and outdoor operations that mow, tow, carry, and spray to automate manual labor tasks.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningRobotics

Terry Scott(Founder)in

Co-investorsAsimov VenturesCatalyst InvestorsEverywhere VenturesF-Prime CapitalFf Venture CapitalNextFab Ventures+5 more

Butterflylabsbutterflylabs.co
CABA Designcabadesign.coin

Caba Design builds direct-to-consumer home and furniture brands focused on sustainable, high-quality products with customization and modularity options for customers.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce

Co-investorsAlpha EdisonData Point CapitalEastward Capital PartnersEverywhere VenturesHomebrewParade Ventures+1 more

Cabinetjoincabinet.comin𝕏

Advanced ManufacturingWellness & FitnessNew York City, US

Evan Kesten(Founder)in

Co-investorsGood FriendsParade VenturesTechstars

Carbon-12 Labscarbon.moneyin𝕏Mar 2018Defunct

Carbon is an algorithmic stablecoin pegged to the US Dollar, built on the Hedera Hashgraph network.

Crypto & Web3FintechNew York, US

Gavin Mai(Founder)inMiles Albert(Executive Officer, Director)Samuel Trautwein(Executive Officer, Director)Connor Lin(Executive Officer, Director)in

Co-investorsY Combinator

Cascade Debtcascadedebt.comin

Cascade provides data validation and portfolio monitoring tools for investors, offering independently verified asset-level data, real-time reporting, and analytics dashboards to reduce risk and improve capital deployment decisions.

Data & InfrastructureFintechSaaS

Co-investorsBonfire VenturesFounder CollectiveHypothesisNew Stack VenturesImpression Ventures

ChargerHelpchargerhelp.comin

ChargerHelp provides a managed reliability service for EV charging stations, powered by its EMPWR technology platform that offers remote diagnostics, unified data analysis, and reporting on charger uptime.

EnergyMobility & TransportationSaaS

Kameale C. Terry(Founder & CEO)inEvette Ellis(Founder)in

Co-investorsAligned Climate CapitalAutodesk FoundationAvesta FundBlue Bear Capital PartnersEnergy Impact PartnersEverywhere Ventures+9 more

Chartablechartable.comin𝕏

Megaphone (at chartable.com) is a podcast hosting and monetization platform that lets creators and publishers distribute episodes to podcast apps, insert dynamic ads, and access the Spotify Audience Network.

AdTechCreator EconomyMedia & Entertainment

Co-investorsGreycroftInitialized Capital

Charterworkscharterworks.comin

Charter provides research, tools, templates, and advisory services focused on workplace trends, flexible work, and organizational change for business teams and leaders.

Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaSBrooklyn, US

Erin Grau(Co-founder and COO)Jay Lauf(Co-founder and chief commercial officer)Kevin Delaney(CEO & Editor in Chief)

Co-investorsBloomberg Beta

Cheresmycheres.com

Co-investorsTranspose Platform Management

Chillpillchillpill.app

Co-investorsExpaNotation Capital

Circuscircus.lol𝕏

Circus is a community analytics and engagement platform that identifies and ranks a community's most active and valuable members using real-time leaderboards and cross-platform member data (including on-chain and Discord).

Creator EconomyCrypto & Web3SaaS

Cityrowcityrow.com

CityRow offers a fitness app and connected rowing machines with a library of 2,000+ on-demand and live workouts, including rowing, yoga, strength, and endurance classes led by instructors.

ConsumerSports TechWellness & Fitness

Clean Cultcleancult.com

Cleancult produces cleaning products in recyclable, paper-based refillable bottles with transparent, non-toxic formulas.

Circular EconomyCleantechConsumer

Ryan

Co-investorsAtento CapitalBlue Scorpion InvestmentsCityPark InvestmentsConnecticut InnovationsDorm RoomEverywhere Ventures+4 more

Clusivclusiv.ioSep 2022

Austin, US

Eli Blumenthal(Founder)inSteve Deutsch(Director)Thomas Jackson(Executive Officer, Director)Lukas Simianer(Executive Officer, Director)

Clutchwalletclutchwallet.xyz

Co-investorsEmmeline Ventures

Compareethicscompareethics.com

Thai Huay Guide is an independent guide for Thai lottery players seeking information about safe and legitimate online lottery websites, offering curated reviews and explanations of lottery mechanics.

ConsumerMedia & Entertainment

Kittipong Ratkul(Editor)

Compliablecompliable.comin𝕏

IC360 (Compliable) provides compliance, integrity, and regulatory solutions for the sports betting and gaming industry, including products such as ProhiBet (a prohibited bettor solution) and ProhiTrade (surveillance of employee prediction market trading for asset managers and financial firms).

Data & InfrastructureFintechGamingGovTechLegalTechSaaSDenver, US

Ilkim Hincer(President, Canadian Operations & Managing Director, Global Advisory Strategy)Ali Schempp(Chief Commercial Officer)

Co-investorsBettor CapitalEverywhere VenturesTechstars

Contracontra.comin𝕏

CatchBack is a platform that links digital NFTs with physical Pokémon cards, letting collectors buy, trade, and own cards through digital-to-physical ownership.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerCreator EconomyCrypto & Web3E-commerceFintechFuture of WorkMarketplacesSaaS

Gajus Kuizinas(Founder)in

Co-investorsAtelierNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Unusual VenturesVibe CapitalCowboy Ventures

Cookingpandacookingpanda.com𝕏

Cooking Panda appears to operate a recipe and food-related platform with a seasoning shop, serving consumers interested in cooking.

ConsumerCreator EconomyFoodTechMedia & Entertainment

CoverTreecovertree.comin𝕏Apr 2021

CoverTree provides insurance exclusively for manufactured homes, offering plans that can be purchased online with potential savings.

FintechInsurTechSaaSDetroit, US

RISHIE MODI(Executive Officer, Director)inDIVYANSH SHARMA(Executive Officer, Director)inAdarsh Rachmale(Founder)in

Co-investorsAV8 VenturesDistributed VenturesEverywhere VenturesNFP

Craftjamcraftjam.co
Crowdsolvecrowdsolve.eco
Cubecubesoftware.comin𝕏

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.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York City, US

Christina Ross(Founder & CEO)inJosh Holat(AI Leader & Technology Executive)inShayan Ashtiani(Product Leader)inRob Dandorph(Operations Leader)in

Co-investorsBonfire VenturesClocktower VenturesMayfield FundOperator CollectivePLG VenturesTechstars+1 more

Curioscurios.comin

Curios is a creator-owned marketplace for buying digital entertainment content such as books, music, and videos directly from creators, who keep 100% of each sale.

Creator EconomyMarketplacesMedia & Entertainment

Curve Healthcurvehealth.comin𝕏Dec 2023

Curve Health operates a telemedicine platform combined with data analytics and health information exchange that connects bedside providers with remote clinicians.

Digital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesSaaSMiami, US

Timothy Peck(Director)inMatthew Michela(CEO & Board Member)inCharlene Frizzera(Director)Stephen Bruso(Director)

Co-investorsLightspeed Venture PartnersRosecliff VenturesAlumni VenturesCorrelation VenturesIDEOInflect Health+3 more

Daladala.ai
Dash Appdash-app.com

Co-investorsLoftyInc Capital

Dathicdathic.comin

Dathic uses data science and machine learning to help consumer packaged goods brands understand and engage with the diverse population of US shoppers.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechRetail Tech

Laura Rocha(Founder)inJosé Daniel Ramirez(Co-founder & CTO)in

Co-investorsFirst Row Partners

DEV Communitydev.to𝕏

DEV is an online community where software developers share knowledge and help one another.

Developer ToolsMedia & EntertainmentSocial

Ben Halpern(Co-founder)Jess Lee(Co-founder)Peter Frank(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsHeavybitWorklife VenturesMayfield Fund

Dollaridedollaride.comin𝕏

Dollaride accelerates electrification of passenger van fleets in New York City by providing access to electric vehicles, charging infrastructure, financing, and workforce development for underserved communities and small fleet operators.

CleantechFintechImpact & Social GoodMobility & TransportationNew York City, US

Su Sanni(CEO)inChris Coles(CTO)in

Co-investorsAutomotive Ventures MobilityBackstage CapitalEverywhere VenturesVisible Hands

Donohurtdonohurt.comin

Donohurt develops over-the-counter patches to manage pain and anxiety associated with needle procedures like injections and blood draws.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerHealthtechMedical DevicesWellness & Fitness

Manju Dawkins(MD)

Dorothyhidorothy.com

Dorothy is a real-time weather and incident intelligence platform that tracks storms and other hazards and enriches affected addresses with property data, imagery, and loss history.

Climate TechData & InfrastructureInsurTech

Co-investorsKeiki CapitalKnoll VenturesMission One CapitalPortfoliaStellifiIndicator Ventures+1 more

DoWhatWorksdowhatworks.io

DoWhatWorks tracks A/B tests across millions of public websites, validates them with a research team, and provides a searchable database plus dashboards showing which page variations major brands favor.

Data & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaS

Will Howard(Founder)in

Co-investorsEverywhere Ventures

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Frequently asked questions

What stage does The Fund invest at?
The Fund invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
What is The Fund's typical check size?
The Fund typically writes checks of $50K – $250K.
What sectors does The Fund focus on?
The Fund focuses on Consumer, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
Where is The Fund located?
The Fund is headquartered in Austin, US.
Does The Fund lead rounds?
Yes, The Fund leads investment rounds.

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