# NewBound Venture Capital

> NewBound Venture Capital is a VC fund backing Gaming and Sports. See 36 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Minneapolis, United States
- Total investments: 36
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/newbound-venture-capital
- Website: http://www.newboundvc.com

NewBound Venture Capital is a consumer-centric venture capital firm focused on investing in Seed and Series A rounds.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$6.2M |
| Series A | $8M–$20M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 3 | 8% |
| Sports | 3 | 8% |
| eSports | 3 | 8% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 8% |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 8% |

55 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 12 | 33% |
| Seed | 7 | 19% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 11% |
| Series B | 3 | 8% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 6% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 19 | 53% |
| Canada | 2 | 6% |
| Portugal | 1 | 3% |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jeff Klinefelter | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeff-klinefelter-d67f |
| Maggie Abeles | Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maggie-abeles |
| Michael Hoffman | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-hoffman-6569 |
| Ron Snyder | Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ron-snyder-7284 |
| Sydney Couval | Investor | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sydney-couval |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alice Mushrooms | Alice Mushrooms specializes in the production of functional mushroom chocolates, designed to enhance energy, focus, and overall wellness. These chocolates are crafted using organic ingredients, without any artificial flavors or preservatives. The product range includes formulations with Cordyceps for vitality and stamina, and Lion's Mane forbrain health. Alice Mushrooms combines mushrooms with nootropics and adaptogens to create chocolates that support sleep, focus, and full body wellness. The company caters to individuals seeking natural enhancers for their daily routines. | $8M | Series A | Sep 10, 2025 |  |
| Greyson Clothiers | Greyson Clothiers is a Lifestyle and Performance Apparel Company that creates products that are suitable for the modern lifestyle. Greyson was founded by Charlie Schaefer, the previous SVP of design at Ralph Lauren. After 13 years of design experience at Ralph Lauren, Charlie parted ways to take on his biggest dream – the creation of his own label.Its headquarters is located in Detroit, Michigan. | $20M | Series A | Feb 07, 2025 |  |
| Siprocal | Siprocal is a next-generation gaming distribution and engagement platform that leverages premier, direct audience access and insight. |  | Series B | Mar 10, 2023 |  |
| Buzzer | Buzzer is scaling its proprietary technology and custom services to support an evolving industry embracing a more fan-centric approach and looking to connect with Gen Z audiences. Buzzer’s technology enables partners’ D2C platforms to be lighter, faster, curated, and personalized while saving on costly manual oversight and editorial resourcing,solving for a content-saturated and disaggregated consumer environment. | $20M | Series A | Feb 24, 2023 |  |
| Explorer Cold Brew | Explorer Cold Brew is a specialty coffee company that produces cold brew concentrates. The company's concentrated cold brew makes any coffee beverage consumers want - from lattes and cappuccinos to cocktails, smoothies, and more. Consumers can pick from 4 different caffeine levels and get it delivered directly to their doors. | $2.5M | Seed | Jan 02, 2023 |  |
| Mother Science | Mother Science is a revolutionary biotech beauty brand company develops next-generation skincare treatments. | $6.2M | Seed | Nov 01, 2022 |  |
| Mother Science | Mother Science is a revolutionary biotech beauty brand company develops next-generation skincare treatments. | $6.2M | Seed | Nov 01, 2022 |  |
| TMRW Sports | TMRW is a sports company that focuses on progressive approaches to sports, media, and technology. Using advances in technology, the company launches golf leagues and holds a series of stadium events to provide people with growing approaches to sports and entertainment. | $14.7M |  | Oct 18, 2022 |  |
| Vyng | Vyng has built a next-generation Caller ID platform that visualizes every call. Vyng is helping start better conversations between friends, family, and businesses for the next half billion smartphone users in India and beyond.Vyng boasts 4 billion videos played across 170 countries since its launch in 2018. The company has raised $7MM and isbacked by March Capital, Omidyar Network, a Sequoia Capital partner, and the founders of Giphy and GroupMe. | $5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 04, 2022 |  |
| StellarAlgo | Stellaralgo helps organizations to organize, analyze, and leverage the data they need to make successful business decisions. Through its SaaS data platform, it enables live audience business decision-making that empowers properties to create the best experience for the world’s most passionate fans. | $10.4M | Series A | Nov 10, 2021 |  |

10 of 36 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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- [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liquid2-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Tuesday Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tuesday-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [10X Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/10x-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does NewBound Venture Capital invest in?

NewBound Venture Capital invests primarily in Gaming, Sports and eSports startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 36 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 NewBound Venture Capital's check size?

NewBound Venture Capital typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$6.2M at Seed and $8M–$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 NewBound Venture Capital participates in.

### How do I contact NewBound Venture Capital?

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### Who are the partners at NewBound Venture Capital?

The team at NewBound Venture Capital includes Jeff Klinefelter (Co-Founder & Managing Partner), Maggie Abeles (Vice President) and Michael Hoffman (Co-Founder & Managing Partner). 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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