# Bradley Tusk

> Bradley Tusk is a Series A investor at Tusk Venture Partners backing Software and Health Care. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Tusk Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tusk-ventures)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/BradleyTusk
- Website: https://x.com/BradleyTusk
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bradley.tusk.1

Bradley Tusk is a venture capitalist who protects startups from political risk. He is the CEO and founder of Tusk Ventures, the first venture capital fund dedicated to working with and investing in startups in regulated industries. His fund, Tusk Ventures, has now worked with and invested in dozens of startups like Bird, FanDuel, Lemonade, Circleand Ripple. Bradley previously served as Mayor Bloomberg’s campaign manager in New York City, Deputy Governor of Illinois, and Senator Chuck Schumer’s communications director

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 38% |
| Health Care | 3 | 38% |
| Wellness | 2 | 25% |
| Education | 2 | 25% |
| Dental | 1 | 13% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 50% |
| Seed | 3 | 38% |
| Series B | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Odyssey | Odyssey is the first business to create a product specifically for managing education savings accounts and microgrants. | $10M | Series A | May 29, 2024 |  |
| TBD Health | TBD Health makes at-home STD/STI screening kits that are accurate, easy to use, and built for women. | $4.4M | Seed | Jan 31, 2023 |  |
| Grilla | Grilla is revolutionizing the esports experience, giving players and viewers the opportunity to earn money playing. | $3M | Seed | Jan 25, 2023 |  |
| Kinspire | Kinspire is a pediatric support platform that provides occupational therapy through telehealth to best support the developmental needs of children and their families. Kinspire offers children and their families occupational therapy in the most flexible and convenient way- via asynchronous telehealth. Kinspire therapists work with families todevelop a collaborative Family Action Plan appropriate for their child. Then, through a series of asynchronous instructional sessions, our therapists help train parents to be at the center of the therapeutic process. Our asynchronous approach allows for parents to structure therapy at a time and in a way that works for their schedule, and it allows parents to reach out to our therapists with questions at any time, not just at a weekly or biweekly session.Kinspire was established in April, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. | $3.6M | Seed | Jan 20, 2023 |  |
| Indigov | Indigov is a next-generation constituent experience management platform designed for the government. Indigov built a modern constituent service platform for government that has already reduced average response time from months to a matter of minutes/hours and given representatives unprecedented capabilities and data insights that are changingthe way they do their jobs and structure their teams. | $25M | Series B | May 25, 2022 |  |
| MainStreet | MainStreet identifies and claims government incentives, tax credits, deductions, and stimulus funds for startups and SMBs. The company’s platform scans payroll and accounting systems to match federal, state, and local tax credits, in addition to managing legal workflows, to help clients save money and time. MainStreet charges a flat 20% success feeupon incentive disbursement. MainStreet is backed by leading investors SignalFire, Gradient Ventures, Sound Ventures, Tusk Venture Partners, SV Angel, Moxxie Ventures, Weekend Fund, and Shrug Capital, among others. Daniel Griffin, Doug Ludlow, and Dan Lindquist founded MainStreet in 2019 in San Jose, California. | $60M | Series A | Mar 08, 2021 |  |
| Tend | Tend provides hassle-free, personalized, and straightforward dental services with a focus on patient happiness. Tend studios offer a full range of dental services, from checkups to implants and veneers. Tend prioritizes safety with health checks, contactless check-in, enhanced PPE, and more. | $20.5M | Series A | Oct 08, 2019 |  |
| RADAR | We build products for our next financial system | $10.3M | Series A | Aug 01, 2018 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [8VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/8vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Align Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alignventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ambridge Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ambridge-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blue Ivy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-ivy-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Tusk Venture Partners

VC Fund · New York, United States

Tusk Venture Partners is the only venture capital firm at the nexus of technology and regulation. TVP is an early-stage venture capital firm based in NYC, focused on investing in technology startups operating in highly-regulated markets.

5 contacts available at Tusk Venture Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bradley Tusk | Co-founder, Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bradley-tusk |
| Bob Greenlee | Platform, Regulatory | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bob-greenlee |
| Jordan Nof | Co-Founder, Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jordan-nof |
| Michaela Balderston | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michaela-balderston |
| Michael LaCerda | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-lacerda |

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## FAQ

### What does Bradley Tusk invest in?

Bradley Tusk invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Wellness startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 8 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 Bradley Tusk last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bradley Tusk closed in May 2024. Shizune tracks 8 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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