# Alfred Vericel

> Alfred Vericel is a Series A investor at Red River West (Los Angeles) backing Video and News. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Red River West](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/red-river-west)
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Dec 2024
- Lead investor: 83%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/alfred-vericel/0/249/109
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/avericel
- Website: https://x.com/avericel

Alfred Vericel is a Series A investor at Red River West in Los Angeles focused on Video and News. Alfred Vericel is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Red River West.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Video | 2 | 33% |
| News | 1 | 17% |
| SaaS | 1 | 17% |
| Banking | 1 | 17% |
| FinTech | 1 | 17% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |
| Series B | 2 | 33% |
| Series C | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 33% |
| France | 1 | 17% |
| Germany | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jiko | Jiko is a new type of bank built on US Treasury bills to unlock unprecedented yield, safety, and scale through direct products and an embedded finance API. Jiko removes the limits of traditional banking to create a new paradigm for building financial success at the scale and speed of today’s economy. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices inNYC and Reykjavik, Jiko's vertically integrated financial institution combines its nationally chartered bank and registered broker-dealer to hold cash as T-bills – all in safe custody. Learn more at www.jiko.com. | $29M | Series C | Dec 12, 2024 |  |
| The Exploration Company | The Exploration Company develops, manufactures, and operates modular and reusable spaceships called Nyx, designed for space stations near Earth and the Moon. Nyx can be refueled in orbit and utilizes green propellants. The company also provides an open-source operating system for these spaceships. | $43.9M | Series A | Feb 07, 2023 |  |
| The Exploration Company | The Exploration Company develops, manufactures, and operates modular and reusable spaceships called Nyx, designed for space stations near Earth and the Moon. Nyx can be refueled in orbit and utilizes green propellants. The company also provides an open-source operating system for these spaceships. | $44.1M | Series A | Feb 01, 2023 |  |
| Jiko | Jiko is a new type of bank built on US Treasury bills to unlock unprecedented yield, safety, and scale through direct products and an embedded finance API. Jiko removes the limits of traditional banking to create a new paradigm for building financial success at the scale and speed of today’s economy. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices inNYC and Reykjavik, Jiko's vertically integrated financial institution combines its nationally chartered bank and registered broker-dealer to hold cash as T-bills – all in safe custody. Learn more at www.jiko.com. | $40M | Series B | Oct 06, 2022 |  |
| Brut | Brut is an international video content publisher, focused on news and feature-based, short-form content. They cover topics from politics to technology and social justice, culture and more. Brut videos are viewed more than 400 million times a month and touch more than 150 million worldwide.Brut. is a global media company that creates short-formvideo content for audiences around the world. With offices on two continents, Brut. publishes content daily in three languages and across eight social platforms generating over 500MM views a month. | $40M | Series B | Oct 30, 2019 |  |
| Speach | SPEACH is a web & mobile video platform that enable organizations to easily capture, manage and distribute on-demand video tutorial for employee and customer training, with over 750,000 users across 3 continents. We empower employees and contractors to create brief and intuitive “knowledge capsules” - short bursts of interactive visual contentthat can be created by anyone within minutes - in order to quickly transfer technical skills to their peers and direct-reports across multiple work locations. Our solution is ideal for companies with large numbers of employees, including those that frequently rely on short-term contract labor. Among our clients are Fortune 500 brands and innovators like Airbus, Airbus, GE, Honda, Colgate Palmolive or Merck. | $11M | Series A | Jan 15, 2018 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Airbus Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/airbus-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cherry Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cherry-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [EQT Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eqtventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [July Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/july-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Omnes Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/omnes-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Possible Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/possible-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Red River West

VC Fund · Paris, France

Red River West promotes the international take-off of outstanding European Tech companies by providing significant financial firepower and game changing hands-on support in EU & the US

5 contacts available at Red River West.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alfred Vericel | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alfred-vericel |
| Antoine Boulin | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antoine-boulin |
| Dan Vogel | Senior Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-vogel |
| Luc-Emmanuel Barreau | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luc-emmanuel-barreau |
| Olivier Huez | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/olivier-huez |

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## FAQ

### What does Alfred Vericel invest in?

Alfred Vericel invests primarily in Video, News and SaaS startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Alfred Vericel last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alfred Vericel closed in Dec 2024. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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