# Batshit Crazy Ventures

> Batshit Crazy Ventures is a VC fund in Boulder backing Software and Pet. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Boulder, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jun 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/batshit-crazy-ventures/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/BCV_Boulder
- Website: https://www.batshitcrazy.is/

Batshit Crazy Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm dedicated to working with companies that are pre-revenue and pre-seed. Its interests lie within the earliest of startup stages, and their time, effort, and resources. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 50% |
| Pet | 1 | 25% |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| Video | 1 | 25% |
| Consumer | 1 | 25% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 50% |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Bogusky | General Partner, Co-Founder & Managing Director | 6 | — |
| Dane McDonald | Managing Director | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Opopop | Opopop is a company that manufactures and processes popcorn products. It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. | $11.6M | Series A | Jun 01, 2021 |  |
| Cosmic Shielding Corporation | Space weather has been a key challenge to space infrastructure from satellites to human exploration. With its state-of-the-art composite materials and forecasting systems, CSC can mitigate billions in yearly space radiation damage to satellites and launch vehicles while further enabling safe passage for human beings in space. Based on decadesof mission proven research from NASA and ESA, CSC is bringing these technologies to the commercial space- enabling next generation computing performance, operational life extension, mission performance, and safety. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Feb 01, 2021 |  |
| Brandzooka | Brandzooka‘s fully self-service digital marketing platform enables any-size organization to create and launch powerful, hyper-targeted advertising campaigns across web, mobile, digital audio, and Connected TV in minutes. The SaaS platform enables businesses to deploy media into high-demand but historically inaccessible environments. Brandzooka’seasy-to-use, self-service platform opens the door to the programmatic advertising world by eliminating cost, expertise, and technology barriers for millions of businesses and agencies around the world to use this powerful medium to drive sales and remain competitive and be seen. Based in Boulder, Colorado, Brandzooka is a venture-backed technology company; founded, funded, and run by some of the most successful professionals working in media today. Trusted by over 60,000 advertisers across 110 countries, Brandzooka is disrupting the $500bn digital and programmatic media ecosystems. Brandzooka is proud to have built the first self-service, scalable platform connecting millions of businesses and agencies worldwide to the power of premium media.Brandzooka was founded in 2015. | $5.6M | Series A | Oct 14, 2020 |  |
| Fi | Fi is a provider of next Generation of Smart Dog Collars. | $3M | Seed | Dec 01, 2017 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Black Jays](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/black-jays-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bolt](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bolt-io) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Freestyle Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/freestyle-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Helios Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/helios-capital-1131) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Lagomaj Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lagomaj-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Lerer Hippeau](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lerer-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Batshit Crazy Ventures invest in?

Batshit Crazy Ventures invests primarily in Software, Pet and SaaS startups, most often at Series A and Seed 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.

### How do I contact Batshit Crazy Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Batshit Crazy Ventures?

The team at Batshit Crazy Ventures includes Alex Bogusky (General Partner, Co-Founder & Managing Director) and Dane McDonald (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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