Active: new fund Jun 2026 Verified 4 Nov 2026
Brainstorm Ventures
Small generalist venture firm founded in 1999 by former founders, investing at the earliest stages in technology startups across North America.
- Type
- VC firm
- Location
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Stages
- Seed
- Backs
- B2B software
- Sectors
- AI, Energy, Fintech, Generalist
- Fund size / AUM
- $25M Brainstorm Ventures IV (Form D offering, 2026)
- Latest fund or filing
- 15 Jun 2026
- Portfolio mix
- B2B software 41%; Fintech 14%; Hardware 10%; Consumer apps 10%; Climate and energy 7%; Real assets 3%; Marketplaces 3%; Deep tech 3%; Tech-enabled services 3%; Medtech and digital health 3% (n=29)
- Website
- brainstorm.vc
Fund filings (SEC Form D)
- Latest fund on file
- Brainstorm Ventures IV
- Filed
- 15 Jun 2026 (new notice)
- Fund size
- $25M (total offering)
- Fund vehicles filed in the last 12 months
- 1 (includes feeder and parallel vehicles)
See this fund's filings on SEC EDGAR
Contacts on file
For Brainstorm Ventures, the paid file holds: 5 named decision-makers with roles; LinkedIn page.
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Notable investments
AGD LabsAIOAnvil RoboticsAravo
Sources
- www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2103317/000210331726000001/
- brainstorm.vc/
- brainstorm.vc/portfolio/
- brainstorm.vc/team/
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