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Batshit Crazy Ventures
Micro-fund
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BCV is an early-stage venture capital firm located in Boulder, Colorado. As stated on their website: "Our interests lie within the earliest of startup stages, and our time, effort and resources are therefore primarily dedicated to working with companies that are pre-revenue, pre-seed, and in many cases pre-everything. Verticals you ask? Nope. Geographic regions? Nope." BCV seeks to partner with unconventional, bold founder-led companies solving real problems, providing not just capital but operational mentorship and strategic guidance to startups that traditional investors overlook. The firm embraces high-risk, non-consensus bets and supports founders with conviction and disruptive ideas across any sector or geography.
Notable quotes
“Our interests lie within the earliest of startup stages, and our time, effort and resources are therefore primarily dedicated to working with companies that are pre-revenue, pre-seed, and in many cases pre-everything. Verticals you ask? Nope. Geographic regions? Nope.”
“No, Batshit is not a curse word. Batshit Crazy Ventures' interests lie within the earliest of startup stages, and their time, effort, and resources are therefore primarily dedicated to working with companies that are pre-revenue, pre-seed, and in many cases pre-everything.”
“He's a stakeholder in a venture firm called Batshit Crazy Ventures, as well as the Chattanooga, Tennessee-based agency Humanaut.”
Team
Dane McDonald
Managing Director / General Partner
Alex Bogusky
General Partner
Jordan Bornstein
Partner
Cole Sears
Principal
Finn Faldi
Principal
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liquid Death | Seed | — | — |
| Opopop | Series A | $5m | 2021-06-01 |
| Cosmic Shielding Corporation | Seed | $1m | 2021-04-15 |
| Brandzooka | Series A | $6m | 2020-10-14 |
| Sunday | Series C | $104m | — |
| Radar Relay | Series A | — | 2017-12-19 |
| Kubos Corporation | Seed | — | — |
| Shinesty | Seed | — | — |
| Influence.co | Seed | — | — |
| CAKE Motorcycles | Seed | — | — |
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| SpaceFund | 2 |
| Valor Equity Partners | 2 |
| Mark IV Capital | 2 |
| Rockies Venture Fund | 2 |
| Blockchain Capital | 1 |
| WorldQuant Ventures | 1 |
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