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Bonfire Ventures

Founders Jim Andelman Mark Mullen

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Total investments 124
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$9M
Portfolio companies 77
Rounds per year 6.89
Lead investments 19
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.38
Exits 4
Key employees 4
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • SaaS
  • Information Technology
  • Analytics
  • E-Commerce
Summary

The main department of described VC is located in the Los Angeles. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States.

The fund was created by Jim Andelman, Mark Mullen. Besides them, we counted 3 critical employees of this fund in our database.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Bonfire Ventures, startups are often financed by Root Ventures, Rincon Venture Partners, Amplify.LA. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Greycroft, Industry Ventures, Amplify.LA. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by TenOneTen Ventures, Double M Partners, Crosscut Ventures.

The average startup value when the investment from Bonfire Ventures is 50-100 millions dollars. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 8 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in 7-12 investment rounds annually. The high activity for fund was in 2019.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Branch, Spekit, Brainbase. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are SaaS, E-Commerce. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Optimize.health

Health Care
Information Technology
Software
$18M10 Oct 2023 Seattle, Washington, United States

HealNow

E-Commerce
Hospital
Payments
Pharmaceutical
Point of Sale
$5M20 Sep 2023 New York, New York, United States

TeamSense

Information Services
Information Technology
Software
$4M29 Aug 2023 Seattle, Washington, United States

ProPhone

Internet
Mobile Apps
Software
Unified Communications
$12M31 Jul 2023 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Upp Technologies

Artificial Intelligence
E-Commerce
Information Technology
$10M27 Jun 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Alvys

Accounting
Fleet Management
Information Technology
Logistics
Software
Transportation
$6M21 Jun 2023 Solana Beach, California, United States

Rwazi

Analytics
Big Data
Business Intelligence
Information Technology
Retail Technology
$4M23 Mar 2023 Port Louis, Port Louis, Mauritius

Suite Studios

Cloud Management
Computer
Software
$3M14 Feb 2023 Boulder, Colorado, United States

ChangeEngine

B2B
SaaS
$2M07 Feb 2023 San Francisco, California, United States
News
Vintra Secures $9.125M in Funding

– Vintra, Inc. from San Jose develops AI-powered video analytics solutions.
– The company raised $9.125M in funding.
– The round was led by Morpheus Ventures with participation from Lavrock Ventures and existing investors – Vertex Ventures US and Bonfire Ventures.
– The new investment will be aimed at expanding the company’s operations and business reach.

Disqo Raises $85M in Series B Funding

– Disqo is a consumer insights platform based in Los Angeles, CA.
– Company closed an $85m Series B growth funding.
– The round was led by Sageview Capital with participation from March Capital, Valuestream Ventures, and existing investors Alpha Edison and Bonfire Ventures.
– The new investment will be aimed at scaling the company’s operations and accelerating its product roadmap.

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Total investments 124
Average round size 9M
Rounds per year 6.89
Peak activity year 2022
Lead investments 19
Follow on index 0.38
Exits 4
Group Appearance index 0.86

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Optimize.health

Health Care
Information Technology
Software
$18M10 Oct 2023 Seattle, Washington, United States

HealNow

E-Commerce
Hospital
Payments
Pharmaceutical
Point of Sale
$5M20 Sep 2023 New York, New York, United States

TeamSense

Information Services
Information Technology
Software
$4M29 Aug 2023 Seattle, Washington, United States

ProPhone

Internet
Mobile Apps
Software
Unified Communications
$12M31 Jul 2023 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Upp Technologies

Artificial Intelligence
E-Commerce
Information Technology
$10M27 Jun 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Alvys

Accounting
Fleet Management
Information Technology
Logistics
Software
Transportation
$6M21 Jun 2023 Solana Beach, California, United States

Rwazi

Analytics
Big Data
Business Intelligence
Information Technology
Retail Technology
$4M23 Mar 2023 Port Louis, Port Louis, Mauritius

Suite Studios

Cloud Management
Computer
Software
$3M14 Feb 2023 Boulder, Colorado, United States

ChangeEngine

B2B
SaaS
$2M07 Feb 2023 San Francisco, California, United States
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