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Brilliant Ventures

VC
Santa Monica, CA

Brilliant Ventures is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Santa Monica, CA investing in Other, Consumer. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$2.0M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
1 listed
Stage
Seed, Series A
Sectors
Other, Consumer
HQ
Santa Monica, CA
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-06-18

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Series A

Check Size

$250K – $2.0M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Brilliant Ventures focuses on women-led consumer technology companies and bold brands redefining the consumer marketplace.

How Brilliant Ventures invests

Brilliant Ventures is a vc firm based in Santa Monica, CA. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Other, Consumer. It does not invest in Enterprise SaaS.

Brilliant Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment.

Brilliant Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including Zyper, Mahmee.

Partners & Team

EF

Elizabeth Friedman

Managing Partner

Consumer Electronics
DTC Brands

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Consumer

Does Not Invest In

Enterprise SaaS

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

ZY

Zyper

Social Platform for Brands
MA

Mahmee

Healthcare DTC
How to pitch Brilliant Ventures
  • Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Elizabeth Friedman, Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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