# Crosscut Ventures

> Crosscut Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 168 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 168
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 26%
- Last fund: Oct 2024
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/crosscut-ventures/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/crosscutvc
- Website: http://www.crosscut.vc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CrossCut-Ventures-548650415150086/

Crosscut Ventures is a VC fund in Los Angeles focused on Software and Information Technology. 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.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Crosscut Ventures. Shizune tracks 7 team members at Crosscut Ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/crosscut-ventures?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$6.7M |
| Series A | $2.2M–$20M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 32 | 19% |
| Information Technology | 18 | 11% |
| Internet | 16 | 10% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 15 | 9% |
| E-Commerce | 13 | 8% |

200 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 65 | 39% |
| Series A | 41 | 24% |
| Funding Round | 16 | 10% |
| Pre-Seed | 10 | 6% |
| Series B | 10 | 6% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 108 | 64% |
| Colombia | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brett Brewer | Co-Founder & Managing Director | 15 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brett-brewer |
| Rick Smith | Co-Founder & Managing Director | 25 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rick-smith-5 |
| Brian Garrett | Co-Founder and Managing Director | 31 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-garrett |
| Lisa Riedmiller | CFO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lisa-riedmiller |
| Mel Elias | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mel-elias |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Solestial | For new space projects that need 100X more power @ 1/10 the price vs. incumbent III-V technology. Regher develops radiation-hardened silicon solar technology to make power in space affordable.There is a demand for 100 MW of solar for space in the next 5 years. But the existing space solar panels are extremely expensive and very slow tomanufacture. With today's technology 100 MW of space solar panels will cost more than $60B and it will take more than 10 years to manufacture. Regher Solar solves this problem. Regher Solar is revolutionizing the access to power in space with space tolerant ultrathin silicon solar panels, which for the first time on the market, will have both high efficiency and low cost in a single light-weight and flexible package. | $17M | Series A | May 15, 2025 |  |
| Proteus Space | Proteus Space compresses the spacecraft definition and AI&T life-cycle from years to months, delivering full CAD based Design Packages with Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) validation on record timelines. This transformational speed and scale, backed by Unlimited Data Rights to the resulting design specifications, fundamentally changes the ability torapidly prototype and field responsive space assets on radically shorter timelines. | $6.1M | Seed | Mar 18, 2025 |  |
| SoloPulse | SoloPulse is changing how the world sees by bringing a new approach to sensing and communication technologies that is based on proprietary mathematical wave theory algorithms. This approach unlocks barriers that legacy technologies face while also improving computational efficiency and resolution. SoloPulse’s advanced sensing and beamformingtechniques can use a single electromagnetic pulse to produce high-resolution imaging and increased data transmission rates. | $7.2M | Seed | Jan 15, 2025 |  |
| MetOx Technologies | MetOx is a commercial manufacturer of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) wire using YBCO. HTS wire transmits transmits vast amounts of electricity in small cross-sections without electrical loss and without generating heat. HTS wire is critical for upgrading transmission and distribution lines (T&D), enabling magnetic confinement fusionreactors, and building next generation MRI scanners. | $15M | Series B | Nov 19, 2024 |  |
| Carbon Ridge | Carbon Ridge is a technology that offers a fuel-independent method to decarbonize ships. | $9.5M |  | Oct 22, 2024 |  |
| AirLoom Energy | AirLoom Energy uses the strength of the wind to propel wings down a lightweight track. The company's geometry produces the same amount of energy as conventional turbines at a fraction of the cost. The company offers low-cost utility-scale wind energy. | $7.5M | Seed | Oct 08, 2024 |  |
| Nostra AI | Nostra AI’s Edge Delivery Engine is the first edge that caches dynamic content enabling 20% faster load times for ecommerce merchants. | $8.9M | Series A | Sep 11, 2024 |  |
| Aalo Atomics | Aalo Atomics designs and builds small nuclear fission reactors, to sell affordable and reliable clean power and heat. | $27M | Series A | Aug 14, 2024 |  |
| Heliux | All-In-One, AI-Powered Enterprise Operating System for Engineering and Manufacturing. | $2.3M |  | Feb 12, 2024 |  |
| Heliux | All-In-One, AI-Powered Enterprise Operating System for Engineering and Manufacturing. | $2.3M | Seed | Feb 12, 2024 |  |

10 of 168 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Amplify.LA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amplify-la) — VC Fund, 14 deals together
- [Double M Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/double-m-partners) — VC Fund, 13 deals together
- [Greycroft](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greycroft) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [Pelion Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pelion-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Wavemaker Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wavemaker-partners) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 7 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Crosscut Ventures invest in?

Crosscut Ventures invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 168 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Crosscut Ventures's check size?

Crosscut Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$6.7M at Seed and $2.2M–$20M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Crosscut Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Crosscut Ventures?

Public channels for Crosscut Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Crosscut Ventures?

The team at Crosscut Ventures includes Brett Brewer (Co-Founder & Managing Director), Rick Smith (Co-Founder & Managing Director) and Brian Garrett (Co-Founder and Managing Director), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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