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Brewer Lane Ventures — Seed & Series A VC Firm

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Boston, MAWebsite

Brewer Lane Ventures is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Boston, MA investing in Other, Fintech, SaaS. The firm has 26 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
26 companies on record
Partners
5 listed
Stage
Seed, Series A
Sectors
Other, Fintech, SaaS, Enterprise, Developer Tools, Healthcare
HQ
Boston, MA
Check size
Not in our records
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-18

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Series A

Portfolio

26+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Early-stage fund focused on fintech and insurance infrastructure, with interest in software modernizing regulated financial workflows.

How Brewer Lane Ventures invests

Brewer Lane Ventures is a vc firm based in Boston, MA. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Other, Fintech, SaaS, Enterprise, Developer Tools.

Brewer Lane Ventures has backed 26 companies in our records, including Advocate, Avibra, Cowbell.

Partners & Team

CD

Chris Downer

General Partner

CH

Courtney Howe

Business Manager

MN

Martha Notaras

General Partner

JK

John Kim

Managing Partner

KD

Kaitlin Derry

Senior Associate

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Fintech
SaaS
Enterprise
Developer Tools
Healthcare

Portfolio Companies (26)

Other

AD

Advocate

AV

Avibra

CO

Cowbell

EA

Eaglebrook

Operates a digital-asset separately managed-account platform for advisers and institutions.

EM

Empathy

Helps families manage the logistical and emotional challenges following a death.

LY

Lynk

Knowledge infrastructure / enterprise software·Venture round; stage not specified

Provides a knowledge-as-a-service platform connecting users with subject-matter experts.

LI

LightSpun

Insurtech / dental insurance·Series A

Uses AI to automate dental-insurance administration.

PO

Powerlytics

Fintech / data analytics·Series B

Provides granular data on U.S. consumers and businesses for financial and commercial analysis.

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Socotra

Insurtech / core insurance infrastructure·Series B; later Series C participation reported

Provides a cloud-native core platform for insurers to develop and deploy insurance products.

WA

Waterlily

Fintech / healthtech / long-term-care planning·Seed

Uses AI to forecast long-term-care needs and support financial planning.

How to pitch Brewer Lane Ventures
  • •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, Fintech, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Chris Downer, General Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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