| Date | Title | Description |
| 19.04.2025 | Navigating the Future of Insurance: AI and Strategic Acquisitions Shape the Landscape | The insurance industry is at a crossroads. Two recent developments highlight this transformation: the rise of AI-driven platforms and strategic acquisitions. These changes promise to reshape how businesses, especially small ones, secure cov... |
| 17.04.2025 | This AI startup just raised $7.5m to fix commercial insurance for America’s 24m underprotected small businesses | Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More
1Fort announced today a $7.5 million seed funding round to improve how small businesses obtain commercial insuran... |
| 12.07.2024 | Zuub: Revolutionizing Dental Revenue Cycle Automation | In the competitive world of dental practice management, Zuub is making waves with its innovative approach to revenue cycle automation. With $9 million in Series A funding secured, led by Vertical Venture Partners, Zuub is poised to revoluti... |
| 10.07.2024 | Zuub: Dental Revenue Cycle Automation Company Secures $9 Million In Series A | Zuub, a leading innovator in dental Revenue Cycle Automation, announced that it had secured $9 million in Series A funding led by Vertical Venture Partners with participation from existing investors Bonfire Ventures and MTech Capital. This ... |
| 10.05.2024 | ChangeEngine Revolutionizes Employee Experience with $10M Series A Funding | ChangeEngine, a San Francisco-based Internal Marketing & People Design Platform, recently secured $10 million in Series A funding. The funding, led by Threshold Ventures, will fuel the company's expansion and innovation efforts to trans... |
| 08.05.2024 | ChangeEngine Secures $10 Million Series A Funding To Bring AI-Powered CX Innovation To The Employee Experience | ChangeEngine announced it has raised $10 million in Series A funding.
Funding Accelerates Technical & Go-To-Market Growth, Platform Innovation, and Ancillary Expansion Modules
SAN FRANCISCO, May 8, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- ChangeEngin... |
| 10.04.2023 | Los Angeles venture firm Bonfire eyeing Seattle for B2B startup investments | Tyler Churchill, principal at Bonfire. (Bonfire Photo)
Another out-of-town venture firm is looking at Seattle for new startup investments.
Los Angeles-based Bonfire has backed three Seattle-area startups and more could be on the way.
“It’s ... |
| 24.11.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: a $60m raise for Modern Milkman, ‘ultrasonic’ snack bars & food delivery layoffs | This week, craft beer company Bira landed new funding to expand its geographic reach while Torr FoodTech grabbed $12 million for its unusual and tech-centric approach to snack bars. In agtech, Clarifruit also raised $12 million while more l... |
| 06.06.2022 | Bonfire Ventures Raises Over $230M For Two New Funds | Bonfire Ventures, a Los Angeles, CA-based venture capital firm, closes two funds investing in seed-stage B2B software companies, totaling over $230m.
The firm closed:
its third core seed fund at $168 million, and
its second opportunity fund... |
| 02.06.2022 | 3 reasons companies are still doing SPAC mergers | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
Let’s take a brief stroll back to Aug. 2021, shall we?
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| 31.05.2022 | Bonfire Ventures secures $230M for two new funds targeting B2B software startups | Bonfire Ventures, a Los Angeles venture capital firm, invests in seed-stage business-to-business software companies and aims to change the odds so that more than the average 33% of companies in this sector make it to Series A.
The firm seem... |
| 31.05.2022 |
Bonfire Ventures Raises $230M In Two New Funds
| Los Angeles-based venture capital investor Bonfire Ventures disclosed today that it has raised two new funds, worth a total of $230M. According to the firm, the investment includes $168M in a new, core seed funding, and a "second oppor... |
| 21.01.2022 | Bonfire Ventures Is Raising $165 Million For Its Third Fund | Early-stage venture investor Bonfire Ventures is looking to up the ante with its newest fund.
The Santa Monica-based firm is aiming to raise $165 million for its third fund, according to a regulatory filing with the SEC. If it manages to ra... |
| 21.01.2022 |
Bonfire Ventures Eyes New, $165M Fund
| Santa Monica-based venture capital firm Bonfire Ventures is looking to raise $165M in its third fund, according to a regulatory filing from the firm. As expected, due to legal restrictions, venture capital investor--led by Jim Andelman, Mar... |
| 18.11.2021 | Duro drags hardware product development into the age of agile | To software developers, the process of creating a hardware product can seem distinctly 1980s. Even in the most high-tech of work flows, there are tons of error-prone and potentially expensive manual, steps including spreadsheets, confusion ... |
| 21.07.2021 |
Bonfire Ventures Extends Network With Angel, Seed Investment Effort
| Los Angeles-based venture capital investment fund Bonfire Ventures is looking to extend its network--and make more angel, pre-seed, and seed investments--through a new program is is calling Bonfire Firestarters. According to Bonfire, it has... |
| 27.03.2021 | US-based headless e-commerce startup Swell secures US $3.4M seed funding | A San Francisco-based headless e-commerce startup, Swell, raised a sum of US $3.4 million in a seed round announced on March 26, 2021. Led by Jim Andelman of Bonfire Ventures, the round also enjoyed contributions from Andreas Klinger of Rem... |
| 05.03.2021 | Column: 11 Things Founders Should Expect From Their Seed-Stage VC Partner | I am super excited about the surge of capital available to start-ups early in their journey. Many would say this is the best time to start a company. Founders today have a much broader range of financing options than traditional venture cap... |
| 29.10.2020 | Blockchain Firm Figment Raises $2.5M in Funding Round Led by Bonfire Ventures | Canada-based blockchain infrastructure provider Figment has completed another multi-million dollar funding round.
Announced Thursday, the startup said it raised $2.5 million in an additional funding round led by Bonfire Ventures with partic... |
| 09.10.2020 | LA Venture Podcast: Jim Andelman of Bonfire Ventures | In this week's episode of L.A. Venture, we talk with Jim Andelman about Bonfire's new $100 million Bonfire Fund II, the great team additions (Jennifer Richard, Tyler Churchill, Brett Queener) and what good traction looks like nowadays. Plus... |
| 15.09.2020 |
Bonfire Ventures Expands Team
| Los Angeles-based venture investment firm Bonfire Ventures said this week that it has expanded its team, hiring Jennifer Richard as a Principal, and promoting Tyler Churchill to Principal. Richard previously has served at CAA, having served... |
| 10.09.2020 |
Bonfire Ventures Closes Second Fund, Bonfire II
| Los Angeles-based Bonfire Ventures has closed its second fund, Bonfire Ventures II, at $100M. According to the firm, the new fund was oversubscribed. The fund is a boost from the firm's last fund, which closed in January of 2017 at $63M. Bo... |
| 10.09.2020 | Bonfire Ventures Ignites $100M Fund II (Exclusive) | Bonfire Ventures, the Santa Monica seed-stage venture fund that has carved a niche focusing exclusively on unsexy but potentially lucrative business-to-business (B2B) software, has closed its second fund with $100 million in dry powder, up ... |
| 13.08.2020 | Cube closes $5M Seed round to scale its financial planning software | This morning Cube announced that it has closed a Seed round worth just over $5 million. The software startup, focused on financial planning and analysis (FP&A) work, raised $3.8 million of the total recently, with remaining $1.25 millio... |
| 14.01.2020 |
Bonfire Ventures Looks To Raise New, $100M Fund
| Los Angeles-based venture capital investment fund Bonfire Ventures is looking to raise a new, $100M investment fund, Bonfire Ventures II, L.P., according to a regulatory filing by the firm. According to the filing, the managing directors of... |
| 04.11.2019 | Boulevard Launches With $11M Series A | Boulevard, the technology company transforming the way premium spas and salons do business, today announced it has raised $11 million in a Series A funding round led by Index Ventures with participation from Bonfire Ventures, Ludlow Venture... |
| 29.01.2018 | Bonfire Ventures closes $60 million to invest in SoCal B2B startups | Los Angeles is becoming one of the more interesting destinations for startups and the investors that provide money for venture capital firms to place bets on young companies are increasingly starting to take notice.
New funds are launching ... |
| 29.01.2018 | Term Sheet — Monday, January 29 | ICYMI
Good morning, Term Sheet readers. Here’s a rundown of what’s going on today and what you may have missed over the weekend.
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| 29.01.2018 |
Bonfire Ventures Launches $60M Venture Capital Fund
| Los Angeles-based Bonfire Ventures said this morning that it has officially launched with its first fund, a new $60M fund aimed at early stage startups. The fund was founded by longtime Southern California technology investors Jim Andelman ... |
| 29.01.2018 | A Low-Volume, High-Conviction, High-Support Investor | My friend Mark Mullen and his partner Jim Andelman are announcing a new VC firm in Southern California today. They call themselves Bonfire Ventures.
I love how they describe themselves as “a low-volume, high-conviction, high-support investo... |
| 05.10.2017 |
Bonfire Ventures Launches New Venture Capital Firm
| A new, Los Angeles-based venture capital firm, Bonfire Ventures--founded by venture veterans Jim Andelman and Mark Mullen, and assisted by Leah Volger--has made its first public announcement of an investment, after stealthily making investm... |
| - | 🎮 Riot Games' Valorant Finals Are Another Jewel In LA's Gaming Crown
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🎮💥🔫 “USA, USA, USA!” If you wandered into the Kia Forum this past Saturday and listened to the cheers, you might have thought you had stumbled into a secret Olympic Games, and honestly you’d kind of be right.
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| - | 🎬 Streaming Studios' AI Hiring Spree
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In the midst of Hollywood strikes, major streamers are quietly seeking AI Specialists, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Reporter calls out numerous AI postings within Amazon, Apple, Disney, and Netflix. 🎥🖥️🙋♀️
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| - | 🛍 Consolidation Begins in Live Shopping with Popshop Live Acquisition
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LA-based Popshop Live, a mobile live shopping marketplace was acquired this week by CommentSold, a Huntsville, Alabama-based live selling technology provider. Never heard of live shopping? Fear not, you are in good company. Less... |
| - | Bonfire Ventures Raises $230M Across Two New VC Funds | Bonfire Ventures, the Santa Monica early-stage venture capital firm that has backed local business-to-business (B2B) software startups like ChowNow and Boulevard, has raised $230 million across two new funds, it announced Tuesday.
Bonfire r... |
