Brass Pen Ventures

What is Brass Pen Ventures?

Brass Pen Ventures is an investment fund that specializes in early-stage startup financing, specifically focusing on the pre-seed, seed, and Series A funding rounds. They invest in Software, Business Solutions, Sales & Marketing, AI & Big Data, Analytics, Cloud Services & Infrastructure, Developer Tools, Payments, and Woman Focused startups. Their investment thesis revolves around empowering developer experience (DX) and DX+, by providing tools and services that accelerate innovation for Internet-based businesses.

They seek out companies that create foundational technologies, which in turn enable other technologies and businesses to thrive. In line with the insights of Tim Harford, they believe in the significant impact of inventions that facilitate further inventions.

Their portfolio includes, or would aspire to include, companies analogous to influential players like Twilio, Atlassian, Slack, Snowflake, Elastic, Okta, Stripe, Plaid, Looker, Zapier, Airtable, and Webflow - all examples of entities shaping the developer ecosystem. Brass Pen Ventures firmly believes in staying ahead of the industry evolution and not settling for what's only considered 'high performing' today.

They have a clear investment range, with a minimum of $100,000, a maximum of $500,000, and a sweet spot of $250,000. However, there are specific sectors they steer clear of: NFTs, cryptocurrencies, unproven Web3 technologies, AR/VR, as well as businesses in the social network, creator, and media industries, especially those involved in metaverse projects.

This focused approach ensures that their investments are aligned with their expertise and predictions for the future of internet-based businesses and technologies.