# Brad Zions

> Brad Zions is a seed investor at Pitbull Ventures (Los Angeles) backing Software and SaaS. See 58 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Pitbull Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pitbull-capital)
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 58
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bradzions

Brad Zions is a Los Angeles-based investor and entrepreneur. He is the founder and GP of Pitbull Ventures, a seed/preseed fund based in Los Angeles.Zions has deep domain expertise in digital media and the restaurant, apparel, and entertainment industries. Zions has been an active early-stage investor for the past 20 years, both as a partnerat Structure Fund and individually. Big winners in his portfolio include Clutter, Parachute Home, Harri, Vidmob, Pocket Watch and Embrace. Recent exits include Jukin Media, Podsights, Donut Media, and Venga. Previous exits include QXL (now Tradus, which Naspers acquired in 2008) and Google via Ron Conway's Angel funds I and II.Zions partnered with chef Alan Jackson in March 2009 to co-found Lemonade Restaurant Group. Serving as CFO until January 2011, Zions raised capital for the rapidly expanding fast-casual concept and helped grow Lemonade to 10+ locations.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $680k–$6M |
| Pre-Seed | $125k–$680k |
| Series A | $1M–$26M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 14 | 24% |
| SaaS | 11 | 19% |
| E-Commerce | 5 | 9% |
| Digital Entertainment | 5 | 9% |
| Analytics | 4 | 7% |

109 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 25 | 43% |
| Pre-Seed | 12 | 21% |
| Series A | 8 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 3% |
| Convertible Note | 2 | 3% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 45 | 78% |
| Sweden | 1 | 2% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Puttr | Puttr is a sporting goods manufacturing company that offers a practice putting with the world's first smart putting green golf. |  | Pre-Seed | Mar 23, 2023 |  |
| One Body | Automation and machine learning software to help physical therapy clinics reach their profit potential |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Katalyst | We remove the barriers to fitness to help everyone reach their full potential. | $26M | Series A | Oct 04, 2022 |  |
| Vega Cloud | Vega Cloud is a SaaS application for public cloud infrastructure management. | $9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 28, 2022 |  |
| Kashew | Second-hand furniture marketplace. Shopify for consignment stores. | $125K | Pre-Seed | Sep 01, 2022 |  |
| Beagle Services | Beagle is a trusted water security partner for water monitoring and leak detection technology. Beagle's mission is to provide the best-in-class customer experience in setting up and installing leak detection hardware, ranging from machine learning-enabled automatic shutoff valves to flow rate monitors to moisture-detecting point sensors.Founded in 2021, the company is based in Los Angeles, California. |  |  | Jul 28, 2022 |  |
| Beagle Services | Beagle is a trusted water security partner for water monitoring and leak detection technology. Beagle's mission is to provide the best-in-class customer experience in setting up and installing leak detection hardware, ranging from machine learning-enabled automatic shutoff valves to flow rate monitors to moisture-detecting point sensors.Founded in 2021, the company is based in Los Angeles, California. | $1.7M | Seed | Jul 28, 2022 |  |
| EmailAnalytics | EmailAnalytics is a SaaS tool built for managers and team leaders who want to visualize their team's email productivity. Graphs, charts, lists, and dashboards at your fingertips so you can monitor productivity of your employees and team members. |  | Pre-Seed | May 19, 2022 |  |
| LootLocker | LootLocker is the game backend that unlocks the tools needed for game developers to build, ship and run the best games. LootLocker provides out-of-the-box game features, backend services, and live ops tools for all games regardless of genre, scope, engine, or platform. | $2.1M | Seed | May 11, 2022 |  |
| One Body | Automation and machine learning software to help physical therapy clinics reach their profit potential |  | Pre-Seed | Mar 01, 2022 |  |

10 of 58 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Incisive Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/incisive-ventures) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Structure Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/structure-llc) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Amplify.LA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amplify-la) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Hustle Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hustle-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Wavemaker Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wavemaker-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Pitbull Ventures

VC Fund · Los Angeles, United States

Pitbull Ventures is a pre-seed VC firm in Los Angeles that backs US vertical SAAS startups

1 contacts available at Pitbull Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brad Zions | Founder and GP | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brad-zions |

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## FAQ

### What does Brad Zions invest in?

Brad Zions invests primarily in Software, SaaS and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 58 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 Brad Zions's check size?

Brad Zions typically joins rounds of $680k–$6M at Seed, $125k–$680k at Pre-Seed and $1M–$26M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Brad Zions participates in.

### When did Brad Zions last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Brad Zions closed in Mar 2023. Shizune tracks 58 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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