# Brett Brewer

> Brett Brewer is a Series A investor at Crosscut Ventures (Venice) backing Internet and Software. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Crosscut Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crosscut-ventures)
- Location: Venice, United States
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Brett Brewer is a Series A investor at Crosscut Ventures in Venice focused on Internet and Software. Brett Brewer is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Crosscut Ventures.Fifteen years of experience as an Internet entrepreneur who has built, operated and sold Internet media companies. In 1998, Brett co-founded Intermix Media, which launched several online businesses including Myspace.com, Skilljam.com and Alena.com. Brett sold Intermixto NewsCorp in 2005 for $680M. Brett was the President and Chairman of Adknowledge.com, a behavioral-based advertising technology company, which he helped grow from $40M in revenue to over $300M in revenue and $55M of EBITDA. He recently joined on as CEO of Sensa.Brett is a highly respected internet executive, an active angel investor (e.g., Demand Media) and a pillar in the SoCal Tech Community.Brett Brewer attended the University of California, Los Angeles.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 3 | 20% |
| Software | 2 | 13% |
| CRM | 1 | 7% |
| Apps | 1 | 7% |
| Men's | 1 | 7% |

31 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 8 | 53% |
| Seed | 3 | 20% |
| Series B | 2 | 13% |
| Series C | 1 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rx Redefined | Rx Redefined is a medical logistics platform that allows physicians to extend services to patients who require specific medical products. The company was founded in 2018 by Brandon Boots and Erik Smith and is headquartered in Oakland, California, United States. | $8M | Series A | Sep 16, 2022 |  |
| Radius Agent | Radius Agent is an online real estate brokerage focused on helping agents succeed. Agents keep 100% of their commissions while getting 100% support from the Radius team. Agents can use our tools even if they’re with another brokerage. Radius Agent features a 71,000+ social network of real estate agents, a referral marketplace to receive referrals,and an ISA that vets leads into buyer-ready clients. | $13M | Series A | Apr 27, 2022 |  |
| Branch | Branch is the leading workforce payments platform that helps businesses deliver fast, flexible options for workers to get paid. Whether it’s sending earnings to employees or contractors, companies choose Branch because they know that faster payments can help them strengthen worker loyalty, save time and money, and drive business growth. | $75M | Series C | Mar 09, 2022 |  |
| Branch | Branch is the leading workforce payments platform that helps businesses deliver fast, flexible options for workers to get paid. Whether it’s sending earnings to employees or contractors, companies choose Branch because they know that faster payments can help them strengthen worker loyalty, save time and money, and drive business growth. | $48M | Series B | Aug 17, 2021 |  |
| Boosted Commerce | Boosted Commerce is a CPG platform that buys a variety of verticals and business sizes. They are acquiring, investing in, and growing third-party seller businesses across Shopify and Amazon (FBA) and through original product development across verticals that we believe offer exceptional opportunity. The company was founded in 2019 and is basedin Los Angeles, California. | $87M |  | Sep 17, 2020 |  |
| Fama | Fama is an AI-based solution that identifies and offers an opportunity to address problematic behavior among potential hires and current employees by analyzing publicly available online information. This type of content can ultimately lead to brand risk and toxic culture, and is often missed in the hiring and management process. | $10M | Series B | Feb 22, 2020 |  |
| Fama | Fama is an AI-based solution that identifies and offers an opportunity to address problematic behavior among potential hires and current employees by analyzing publicly available online information. This type of content can ultimately lead to brand risk and toxic culture, and is often missed in the hiring and management process. | $5M | Series A | Apr 17, 2018 |  |
| Branch | Branch is the leading workforce payments platform that helps businesses deliver fast, flexible options for workers to get paid. Whether it’s sending earnings to employees or contractors, companies choose Branch because they know that faster payments can help them strengthen worker loyalty, save time and money, and drive business growth. | $10M | Series A | Aug 02, 2017 |  |
| Conversion Logic | Conversion Logic operates as a machine learning-powered marketing analytics for the enterprise. With the XC Logic platform powered by our award-winning machine learning framework and its professional services expertise, they enable marketing efficiency, optimization, and scale by delivering predictive and valuable insights in real-time. | $9M | Series A | Mar 08, 2017 |  |
| Omaze | Omaze provides an online fundraising platform. It gives everyone a chance to win once-in-a-lifetime opportunities, like a trip to SpaceX's Singularity University headquarters, or a hang-out session with the cast of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. | $9M | Series A | Jul 15, 2015 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Addition](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/addition-7af4) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bullpen Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bullpen-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Double M Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/double-m-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Drive Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/drive-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Matchstick Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matchstick-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Revel Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/revel-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Crosscut Ventures

VC Fund · Los Angeles, United States

Crosscut Ventures, one of LA’s longest-standing seed funds, invests in founders building solutions that provide humanity with a better future. Crosscut partners with founders focused on clean energy generation and power distribution, the commercialization of frontiers in space, the ocean, and the earth, decarbonization, and the upgrading of theU.S.'s defense systems. The firm is committed to using its 16+ years of experience, widespread connectivity, and proven playbooks to bring companies to commercial viability for the betterment of humanity.

5 contacts available at Crosscut Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brett Brewer | Co-Founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brett-brewer |
| Rick Smith | Co-Founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rick-smith-5 |
| Brian Garrett | Co-Founder and Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-garrett |
| Lisa Riedmiller | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lisa-riedmiller |
| Mel Elias | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mel-elias |

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## FAQ

### What does Brett Brewer invest in?

Brett Brewer invests primarily in Internet, Software and CRM startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 15 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 Brett Brewer last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Brett Brewer closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 15 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?

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