Brian McNamara

Investor

General Partner at Cosmic Venture Partners

Austin, Texas

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Brian McNamara applies Jefferies derivatives and public-markets risk expertise to seed through Series B consumer and Web3 investments, having founded The Seed Project Angel Group and operating from Austin.

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningConsumerCrypto & Web3Direct to ConsumerMedia & Entertainment

Experience

Cosmic Venture PartnersGeneral Partnercurrent2021 — presentUnited States
The Seed Project | Angel GroupFoundercurrent2020 — present
Moonshots CapitalMBA Associate2020Austin, Texas, United States
VGC PartnersMBA Associate2019Greater London, England, United Kingdom
JefferiesEquity Derivatives2013 — 2018New York, New York
Jefferies & CompanySummer Equities Analyst2012New York City
Knight Capital GroupSummer Equities Analyst2011
duPont PublishingAccount Executive2010 — 2011
College of CharlestonAcademic Writing Consultant2010 — 2011

Education

Columbia Business SchoolMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Business2018 — 2020
College of Charleston2009 — 2013

Same school

Also attended Columbia Business School576

Aryo TehranianManaging Director at Mayfair Equity Partners Yibo NianInvestment Director at Intel Capital Kesha CashFounder & General Partner at Impact America Fund Mahati SridharPartner, Rise of the Rest at Revolution Giuseppe IademarcoHead of Global Partnership at P101 Ventures Wendy XiaoPartner at Northzone

+ 570 more

Also attended College of Charleston15

Kelci HoranOffice Manager and Executive Assistant at .406 Ventures Kevin DayPartner, Head of Capital Formation at Two Bear Capital Casey TierneyInvestor at LegalTech Scott AronsonOperating Partner at Stripes Will WardFounder & Managing Partner at Fourward Ventures David TraylorSenior Managing Director at Golden Eagle

+ 9 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Moonshots Capital10

Doug SillsPartner at Anthem Venture Management, Llc Sarah RomankoAssociate at Geek Ventures Kristyn JonesFormer Acting Undersecretary, U.S. Air Force at NEW VISTA CAPITAL Kelly PerdewCo-Founder and Managing General Partner at Moonshots Capital Craig CummingsCo-Founder and General Partner at Moonshots Capital Farah DaouPrincipal at Moonshots Capital

+ 4 more

Also worked at VGC Partners2

Phoebe ScrivenExpert-In-Residence at Sie Ventures Nico MacDonaghAnalyst at Btomorrow Ventures

Also worked at Jefferies130

Jake StormDeal Partner at Felicis Ventures Steve AbbottPartner, Capital Markets at Sapphire Ventures Matthew StoneCOO at FJ Labs Joanne ChenInvestor at Foundation Capital Brett BrowmanInvestor at Khosla Ventures Ben WirzFounding Partner at Brighteye Ventures

+ 124 more

Also worked at College of Charleston2

Casey TierneyInvestor at LegalTech David TraylorSenior Managing Director at Golden Eagle

Deals · 42

ThroneSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners · filed May 2026

AndurilSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

Autograph.ioSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

BespokeSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

ChptrSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

D'Amelio BrandsSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

DiscordSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

Edit withSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

GigFinesseSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

GoodlesSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

HelainaSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

Mythical GamesSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

NitrodeSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

OpenAISolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

Smash KitchenSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

The High ConfectionarySolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

VerbalSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

12 TidesSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

ArriveSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

BreakrSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

CandytrailSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

ConjureSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

CuddleSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

CuddlesleephealthSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

Ethos Space ↗︎Solo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

Festival PassSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

GarageSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

Invisible UniverseSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

JulieSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

MantelSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

MetaphysicSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

Micro1 portfolioSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

OuterSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

PacksmithSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

Packsmith Micro-Fulfillment from HomesSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

PerplexitySolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

PopchewSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

SpaceXSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

Stand+Solo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

Stiller's SodaSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

TherabodySolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

WindmillSolo GP

via Cosmic Venture Partners

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Colleagues at Cosmic Venture Partners

Alex Tynion

Producer @ Tricky Knot at Cosmic Venture Partners

Matthew Rutler

EVP @ MasterClass at Cosmic Venture Partners

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Theo OsborneScout

Managing Partner at 9Yards Capital

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