# Charlie O'Donnell

> Charlie O'Donnell is a seed investor at Brooklyn Bridge Ventures backing Software and Health Care. See 53 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Brooklyn Bridge Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brooklyn-bridge-ventures)
- Location: Brooklyn, United States
- Total investments: 53
- Last investment: May 2022
- Lead investor: 68%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ceonyc
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/ceonyc
- Website: http://www.thisisgoingtobebig.com/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ceonyc

Charlie O'Donnell is a seed investor at Brooklyn Bridge Ventures in Brooklyn focused on Software and Health Care. Charlie O'Donnell has been an active member of the NYC startup community for over 15 years, with a reputation of being the most accessible early stage investor in New York. After being hired as the first analyst at Union Square Ventures and helping to open First Round Capital's first NYC office, he founded Brooklyn Bridge Ventures in2012. Brooklyn Bridge Ventures has made over 60 investments since it was founded, making it one of the most active funds investing in pre-seed and seed rounds in the city. It often leads or co-leads, investing in a wide variety of startups founded by a diverse pool of founders including The Wing, Petal, Clubhouse, Hungryroot, Canary, goTenna and Imagen, among others. The fund was the first to be launched in Brooklyn--where he was born and raised. He competes in triathlons, bikes to work, and founded the Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse--a free kayaking program on the East River.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 12 | 23% |
| Health Care | 8 | 15% |
| FinTech | 4 | 8% |
| Internet | 4 | 8% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 8% |

113 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 44 | 83% |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 11% |
| Series A | 1 | 2% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 48 | 91% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 2% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| itselectric | Itselectric is a curbside EV charging system designed especially for urban areas and to advance the adoption of electric vehicles. They increased access to public charging, which encourages the adoption of EVs and leads to cleaner air and healthier communities. | $2.2M | Pre-Seed | May 01, 2022 |  |
| Fairchain | Fairchain is a title management, authentication, and transaction platform for art, organized around a high-impact social mission. |  | Pre-Seed | Apr 09, 2021 |  |
| Base | Base is a data-science app that bringing the labs right to the consumer and giving them convenient, accessible, and potentially life-changing solutions to managing their health through our app. Base is health tracking you can take on the go. | $2.5M | Seed | Feb 09, 2021 |  |
| Base | Base is a data-science app that bringing the labs right to the consumer and giving them convenient, accessible, and potentially life-changing solutions to managing their health through our app. Base is health tracking you can take on the go. | $900K | Pre-Seed | Dec 01, 2020 |  |
| WeStock | WeStock develops a crowd stocking platform to let shoppers request products at their local retailer. WeStock helps brands by supporting their customers as they streamline the product request process. The platform also helps users to discover and appeal to new and emerging brands and turn them into actionable data sets. |  | Seed | Apr 06, 2020 |  |
| Esembly | Esembly is a designer of baby products used for urban families who want to use cloth diapers. It specializes in baby products like soft cotton Inners, adorable outers, storage bags, organic skincare, and its proprietary washing powder providing parents with a wide range of options in baby accessories. |  | Seed | Apr 06, 2020 |  |
| Careswitch | Surprisingly simple software built to handle the complexities of home care. | $2M | Seed | Aug 02, 2019 |  |
| Magellan AI | Magellan AI is a developer of a data and analytics platform used to analyze podcasts and organize the data. |  | Seed | Jun 12, 2019 |  |
| Infinite Objects | Infinite Objects offers creative video prints with artistic products to frame up with the best pictures and caters to online services. Its product is a permanently treated display - what we call a Video Print. No apps, no fussy configuration; just one video, looping forever. You are not buying a gadget, you are collecting a moving image. InfiniteObjects hold up to 24 hours of the video playing in a perpetual loop, delivering the same experience as art prints or photographs, in a beautiful 5" or 7” display, framed in modern acrylic or sustainably sourced bamboo. |  | Seed | Jun 11, 2019 |  |
| Infinite Objects | Infinite Objects offers creative video prints with artistic products to frame up with the best pictures and caters to online services. Its product is a permanently treated display - what we call a Video Print. No apps, no fussy configuration; just one video, looping forever. You are not buying a gadget, you are collecting a moving image. InfiniteObjects hold up to 24 hours of the video playing in a perpetual loop, delivering the same experience as art prints or photographs, in a beautiful 5" or 7” display, framed in modern acrylic or sustainably sourced bamboo. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Jun 11, 2019 |  |

10 of 53 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Betaworks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/betaworks) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Amplifyher Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amplifyher-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BBG Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bbg-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

VC Fund · Brooklyn, United States

Brooklyn Bridge Ventures is a seed stage investor who is NO longer actively seeking investments.

2 contacts available at Brooklyn Bridge Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Charlie O'Donnell | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charlie-odonnell |
| Drew Arlo | Limited Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/drew-arlo |

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## FAQ

### What does Charlie O'Donnell invest in?

Charlie O'Donnell invests primarily in Software, Health Care and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 53 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 Charlie O'Donnell last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Charlie O'Donnell closed in May 2022. Shizune tracks 53 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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