# Brave Ventures

> Brave Ventures is a VC fund backing Analytics, Social Media and Text Analytics. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.brave.ventures

Brave Ventures is a VC fund focused on Analytics and Social Media. BV make a positive impact on people’s every day lives by bringing together meaningful insight, new technology and design.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Analytics | 1 | 100% |
| Social Media | 1 | 100% |
| Text Analytics | 1 | 100% |
| Market Research | 1 | 100% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 100% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Canvs AI | Canvs AI is the easiest, fastest, and most accurate insights platform for analyzing open-ended text from virtually any source, including surveys, customer reviews and social media. Canvs is used by some of the world’s most admired brands, research agencies, and media & entertainment companies to accelerate time-to-insights, reduce cost, anddeepen the understanding of consumers. For more information or to request a customized demo, please visit https://canvs.ai/ or email sales@canvs.ai. | $5.6M | Series A | Jan 21, 2016 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [KEC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kec-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ludlow Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ludlow-ventures-llc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Activate Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/milestone-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Rubicon Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rubicon-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sierra Wasatch Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sierra-wasatch-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Social Starts](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/social-starts) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Brave Ventures invest in?

Brave Ventures invests primarily in Analytics, Social Media and Text Analytics startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 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 Brave Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Brave Ventures closed in Jan 2016. Shizune tracks 1 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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