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Bonfire Ventures

VC
Santa Monica, CAWebsite

Bonfire Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Santa Monica, CA investing in SaaS, Other. The firm typically writes $250K–$3.0M checks and has 13 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$3.0M
Portfolio
13 companies on record
Partners
5 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
SaaS, Other
HQ
Santa Monica, CA
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-05-22

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $3.0M

Portfolio

13+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Bonfire Ventures invests solely in B2B SaaS startups at early stages, with a focus on operational tools for enterprises.

How Bonfire Ventures invests

Bonfire Ventures is a vc firm based in Santa Monica, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on SaaS, Other.

Bonfire Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$3.0M per investment.

Bonfire Ventures has backed 13 companies in our records, including Worksuite, Reflektive, The Trade Desk.

Partners & Team

LS

Loren Shepard

Vice President of Operations

TC

Tyler Churchill

Partner

DG

Deb Goldstein

Head of Marketing

JA

Jim Andelman

Co-Founder

MM

Mark Mullen

General Partner

B2B SaaS
Cloud

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
Other

Portfolio Companies (13)

Other

WO

Worksuite

B2B SaaS
RE

Reflektive

Cloud Solutions
TH

The Trade Desk

TA

TaxJar

MN

MNTN

SC

Scopely

RI

Risotto

BO

Boulevard

TO

Topline Pro

TE

Teamsense

How to pitch Bonfire Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in SaaS, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $3.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Loren Shepard, Vice President of Operations.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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