Fresh VC

What is Fresh VC?

Fresh VC is a micro venture capital fund established in 2014 by Shri Ganeshram, the founder of FlightCar, and Brian Sheng, formerly of Shenzen Capital Group, one of China's largest VC firms. They focus on early-stage investments in software and consumer internet companies.

The fund is especially interested in a variety of sectors including mobile-focused disruption, developer platforms, on-demand marketplaces, consumerization of SaaS, and connected home technologies. They are willing to invest in companies across all industries and have a flexible investment range with a minimum of $120,000 and a maximum of $13,000,000.

Fresh VC is known for their early investments in several high-potential early-stage companies. Their portfolio companies have gone on to secure later funding rounds from prominent investors like Andreessen Horowitz, First Round Capital, NEA, SV Angel, Sherpa Ventures, and notable individuals such as Jerry Yang, Ryan Seacrest, Brian Chesky, Tim Ferriss, and Ashton Kutcher.

Notable investments include Shyp (a platform for shipping items), Fiscal Note (providing data-driven insights for government legislation), Aptible (a secure, private PaaS for digital health), Eaze (fast and easy medical marijuana delivery), Unwind.me (high-quality home massages), Vessel (a mobile A/B testing platform), Bannerman (book private security), Tidy (smart home cleaning service), and Gyroscope (personal websites powered by life data).

Fresh VC prides itself on identifying transformative opportunities in the early stages and contributing to the development of innovative, market-leading companies.