# Bonfire Ventures

> Bonfire Ventures is a VC fund in Santa Monica backing Software and SaaS. See 165 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Santa Monica, United States
- Total investments: 165
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 43%
- Last fund: Feb 2025
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bonfire-ventures/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/bonfire_vc
- Website: https://www.bonfirevc.com

Bonfire Ventures is a VC fund in Santa Monica focused on Software and SaaS. Bonfire Ventures leads Seed rounds for business software solutions company founders transforming the industries they target.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.7M–$8.9M |
| Series A | $7M–$25M |
| Series B | $15M–$50M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 44 | 27% |
| SaaS | 19 | 12% |
| Information Technology | 16 | 10% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 16 | 10% |
| Analytics | 9 | 5% |

132 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 69 | 42% |
| Series A | 31 | 19% |
| Series B | 15 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 7 | 4% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 2% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 76 | 46% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| Denmark | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brett Queener | Partner & Managing Director | 21 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brett-queener |
| Brian MacInnes | CFO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-macinnes |
| Debra Goldstein | Head of Marketing & Platform | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/debra-goldstein-8181 |
| Dominique Yadegar | Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dominique-yadegar |
| Jennifer Richard | Principal | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jennifer-richard |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Katalyze AI | Katalyze AI develops artificial intelligence software for the biopharmaceutical manufacturing industry. Its platform connects raw material, laboratory, and manufacturing data to support process monitoring, quality management, and production workflows. The company uses purpose-built AI models to analyze bioprocess data, identify process deviations,and provide insights that help improve manufacturing efficiency while supporting regulatory compliance. Its software integrates with existing laboratory and manufacturing systems, enabling organizations to consolidate data and automate parts of their biomanufacturing operations. | $10.5M | Seed | Jul 06, 2026 |  |
| Vali Health | Vali Health delivers AI-driven software that automates core workflows for home care agencies, including scheduling, hiring, compliance tracking, and routine communication. The platform functions as a virtual assistant that operates around the clock, coordinating shifts, sending reminders, and handling common administrative tasks through digitalchannels. Vali Health focuses on reducing manual workload for office staff while improving responsiveness to caregivers and clients. The system supports caregiver retention by sending personalized messages such as birthday greetings, shift follow-ups, and check-ins that acknowledge individual contributions. Integrations with existing home care management tools aim to keep client information, caregiver availability, and documentation aligned. Analytics features help agency leaders monitor staffing patterns, engagement levels, and operational bottlenecks so that adjustments can be made in real time. By embedding automation into everyday processes, Vali Health encourages more consistent communication and smoother coordination of in-home services. | $6M | Seed | Jun 17, 2026 |  |
| Ranger AI | Ranger AI helps manufacturers decrease response time to win new business, increase bid throughput. | $8.4M | Seed | May 14, 2026 |  |
| Juno | Juno offers automation for modern tax firms, focusing on research, preparation, review, and advisory services. The software includes structured tax review features that ensure consistent checks and enhance quality control in tax preparation processes. | $12M | Seed | Apr 09, 2026 |  |
| Odynn | Odynn is an AI, fully modular infrastructure platform that helps fintechs, banks, card issuers, and travel companies launch embedded travel, loyalty, and rewards programs. Its white-label solution, APIs, and agentic AI drive cardholder engagement while unlocking new revenue streams. Think AI Shopify for loyalty and travel.Current travel loyaltyprograms offer limited customizations, low engagement, high development cost, and lack of embedded financial features.Odynn makes your cardholders stickier and generates significant revenue in a way that makes them happy! Odynn increases retention and reduces churn, increases card spend, reduces CAC, provides diversified revenue, and ultimately increases customer lifetime value. Our B2B partners can: License our loyalty pricing and/or Traveler DNA APIs for standard SaaS fees Embed our holistic travel portal as a white label, where we pay our partners upwards of 75% of the net travel booking commissions Embed our Agentic AI Travel Concierge into their existing chatbots via API or white label or stand up a new one, where we pay our partners upwards of 75% of the net travel booking commissions Subscribe to our loyalty pricing data priced per volume | $8.9M | Seed | Feb 19, 2026 |  |
| Santé | Santé provides liquor stores with custom inventory management, e-commerce, and industry-specific tools. | $7.6M | Seed | Feb 12, 2026 |  |
| Risotto | Risotto uses artificial intelligence to resolve IT help inquiries automatically. | $10M | Seed | Jan 27, 2026 |  |
| Jeeva AI | Jeeva AI provides a sales automation platform that delivers products and services centered on agentic-AI workflows for prospecting and engagement. The platform offers automated lead discovery that identifies decision-makers across numerous data sources and enriches records with missing contact and firmographic details. It includes tools forgenerating personalized outreach through email and LinkedIn, enabling consistent communication based on role, industry, and observed behavior. Jeeva AI also supplies inbox and calendar management services that draft replies, prepare meeting briefs, schedule calls, and record notes to reduce manual administrative tasks. These combined capabilities create a unified environment that supports sales teams and individual sellers throughout the prospecting and engagement cycle. | $9M | Seed | Dec 01, 2025 |  |
| Alvys | Alvys is a cloud-based transportation management system with high-tech automation. Specializing in workflow efficiency for small to mid-size carriers. Alvys stands out by saving carriers and freight brokers more time per load than any other TMS! Save up to 30 minutes per load, organize your operations in one place, scale with ease and integrateall your favorite tools. The proof is in the workflows and here's a sneak peek of our popular features:• Driver App • Tracking & Tracing • Source for Truck Capacity • End-to-End Visibility • One Click Accounting • Analytics & Reporting • Safety & Maintenance • Integrations • Benefits for BrokersTRY US FOR FREE! www.alvys.com | $40M | Series B | Sep 29, 2025 |  |
| Bonsai Health | Bonsai Health is an AI-led healthcare firm that helps in reducing the workloads of staffs and provide better patient outcome. | $7M | Seed | Sep 25, 2025 |  |

10 of 165 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Bonfire Ventures invest in?

Bonfire Ventures invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 165 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Bonfire Ventures's check size?

Bonfire Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.7M–$8.9M at Seed, $7M–$25M at Series A and $15M–$50M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Bonfire Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Bonfire Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Bonfire Ventures?

The team at Bonfire Ventures includes Brett Queener (Partner & Managing Director), Brian MacInnes (CFO) and Debra Goldstein (Head of Marketing & Platform), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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