Brilliant Ventures
VC Fund
Santa Monica, United States
Brilliant Ventures is a VC fund in Santa Monica focused on Apps and Software. Beyond capital: venture capital, go-to-market expertise & hustle for companies led by brilliant, diverse teams transforming commerce.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Apps 1 (25%)
- Software 1 (25%)
- Wellness 1 (25%)
- Coworking 1 (25%)
- Education 1 (25%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (50%)
- Funding Round 1 (25%)
Team
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Lizzie Francis
Founding Partner
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Founding Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
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Beam is a social impact tech company that provides an app that allows customers to discover mission-driven brands and make an impact while shopping through its e-commerce integration. Beam connects with partner brands that have vetted nonprofits that reflect their values and allows customers to choose a nonprofit while checking out, where the branddonates a portion of their purchase at no additional cost. Beam's mission is to create a community of conscious consumers, mission-led brands, and high-impact nonprofits in order to make impact more accessible and rewarding. | $1.6M / Seed / Nov 30, 2018 | |
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Camera IQ is a camera experience manager that helps digital marketers create new worlds that customers love to explore.Camera marketing thrives at the intersection of experience design and spatial analytics. Camera IQ's technology integrates OS platforms, AR toolkits, and native apps into a single fabric, so brands can deliver captivatingexperiences at scale. | $2M / Seed / Mar 06, 2018 | |
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The Riveter is a membership workspace and community platform for women and allies. They provide daily programming to cultivate skills, from Podcasting 101 to angel investment pitch clinics. Moreover, they also give their members space to focus on wellness, including movement studios with daily classes, meditation rooms, and a full program ofrelevant conversations and workshops.Founded in 2016, the company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. | $5.5M / Jan 01, 2018 | |
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Camera IQ is a camera experience manager that helps digital marketers create new worlds that customers love to explore.Camera marketing thrives at the intersection of experience design and spatial analytics. Camera IQ's technology integrates OS platforms, AR toolkits, and native apps into a single fabric, so brands can deliver captivatingexperiences at scale. | $2.3M / Seed / Sep 12, 2017 |
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FAQ
What does Brilliant Ventures invest in?
Brilliant Ventures invests primarily in Apps, Software and Wellness startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Brilliant Ventures?
The team at Brilliant Ventures includes Lizzie Francis (Founding Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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