Refinery Ventures
Refinery Ventures is a Seed, Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Cincinnati, OH investing in Other, SaaS. The firm typically writes $250K–$5.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$5.0M
- Portfolio
- 2 companies on record
- Partners
- 4 listed
- AUM
- $52M
- Stage
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Sectors
- Other, SaaS
- HQ
- Cincinnati, OH
Last verified: 2026-05-04
Seed, Pre-Seed
$250K – $5.0M
$52M
2+ companies
4 partners
Investment Thesis
Refinery Ventures backs post-product market fit startups, with a focus on creating transformational businesses in underserved regions.
How Refinery Ventures invests
Refinery Ventures is a vc firm based in Cincinnati, OH. The firm invests at the Seed, Pre-Seed stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS. It does not invest in Gaming, Media.
Refinery Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$5.0M per investment, backed by approximately $52M in assets under management.
Refinery Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including Astronomer, Refinery Venture Fund III, L.P. (CIK 0002015225).
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
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Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
Astronomer
Refinery Venture Fund III, L.P. (CIK 0002015225)
SEC Form D filing mentioning Refinery Ventures
- •Raising at Seed, Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $5.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Abby Fittes, Director of Operations.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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