# Austin Rief Ventures

> Austin Rief Ventures is a VC fund backing Payments, Apps and Security. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Austin Rief Ventures is a venture capital firm.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Payments | 2 | 50% |
| Apps | 1 | 25% |
| Security | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Health Care | 1 | 25% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Series A | 2 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 75% |
| Israel | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Throne | Throne is a health company that focuses on individual gut wellness and hydration maintenance. | $1.2M | Seed | Oct 20, 2024 |  |
| Blip | Blip unlocks personalized, engaging, and powerful bill management experiences for fintech and bank customers. | $2.1M | Seed | Feb 07, 2023 |  |
| Underdog Fantasy | Fantasy sports for real money | $10M | Series A | May 03, 2021 |  |
| Zengo | ZenGo is a developer of a non-custodial digital currency wallet designed to make the global crypto economy more accessible. | $20M | Series A | Apr 27, 2021 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Benson Oak Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benson-oak-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Browder Capital — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Collider](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/collider-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Darkmode Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/darkmode-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dash Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dash-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Distributed Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/distributed-global) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Austin Rief Ventures invest in?

Austin Rief Ventures invests primarily in Payments, Apps and Security startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 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 Austin Rief Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Austin Rief Ventures closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 4 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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