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Refinery Ventures

VC
Cincinnati, OHWebsite

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

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Pre-Seed

Check Size

$250K – $5.0M

AUM

$52M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

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

AF

Abby Fittes

Director of Operations

PS

Peter Schmidt

Principal

TS

Tim Schigel

Managing Partner

Future of Work
Enterprise
SR

Stephen Rodriguez

Venture Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS

Does Not Invest In

Gaming
Media

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

AS

Astronomer

Enterprise SaaS
RE

Refinery Venture Fund III, L.P. (CIK 0002015225)

SEC Form D filing mentioning Refinery Ventures

How to pitch 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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