# Fontinalis Partners

> Fontinalis Partners is a VC fund backing Software and Transportation. See 111 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Detroit, United States
- Total investments: 111
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 23%
- Fund size: $104M
- Last fund: Aug 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fontinalis-partners-llc
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/Fontinalis_FP
- Website: http://fontinalis.com

Fontinalis Partners is a VC fund in Detroit focused on Software and Transportation. Fontinalis Partners, with offices in Detroit and Boston, is a venture capital firm strategically focused on next generation mobility. Fontinalis’ mission is to leverage the team’s considerable management experience, market access, strategic relationships, international expertise, and background in transportation innovation to scale companiesproviding next-generation mobility solutions. Fontinalis invests as a strategic partner across all facets of the world’s mobility systems on a stage- and size-agnostic basis. Fontinalis is not affiliated with Ford Motor Company.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $550k–$7.5M |
| Series A | $5.5M–$52M |
| Series B | $10M–$77M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 19 | 17% |
| Transportation | 14 | 13% |
| Mobile | 13 | 12% |
| Automotive | 13 | 12% |
| Autonomous Vehicles | 10 | 9% |

110 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 28 | 25% |
| Seed | 25 | 23% |
| Series B | 14 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 9 | 8% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 5% |

13 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 60 | 54% |
| Canada | 3 | 3% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Christopher Cheever | Founder and Managing Partner | 11 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-cheever |
| Christopher Stallman | Managing Partner | 14 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-stallman |
| Dan Ratliff | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-ratliff |
| Gabe Cunningham | Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gabe-cunningham |
| Gabe Klein | Venture Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gabe-klein |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| VulcanForms | VulcanForms is a digital manufacturing company that provides industrial-scale metal production services by combining advanced additive manufacturing, precision machining, automation, and AI-driven software into integrated digital production systems. The company’s platform uses laser powder bed fusion and subtractive processes to fabricate complex,high-performance metal components with tight tolerances and scalability for sectors such as aerospace, defense, medical devices, semiconductors, and industrial equipment. Its workflow supports product realization from CAD design refinement through simulation, production, inspection, and qualification, enabling engineering teams to compress development cycles and maintain traceability across manufacturing stages. VulcanForms also works with material selection and optimization to tailor solutions for strength, thermal performance, and regulatory compliance across demanding applications. The company’s digital thread and automated systems help reduce production complexity, improve quality consistency, and support secure, localized supply chains. Its services aim to assist customers with precision-engineered parts and assemblies that align with industry specifications and production needs. | $220M | Series D | Jan 30, 2026 |  |
| zeroRISC | ZeroRISC operates as a stealth start-up making hardware security foundations transparent and trustworthy. | $10M | Seed | Jun 11, 2025 |  |
| Hgen | Hgen provides affordable green hydrogen for deep decarbonization. | $5M | Seed | Sep 17, 2024 |  |
| Etched | Etched.ai designing specialized chips for language model inference. | $120M | Series A | Jun 25, 2024 |  |
| Vecna Robotics | Vecna Robotics offers automated material handling, hybrid fulfillment, and workflow optimization solutions. The company aims to revolutionize customer productivity by delivering the best automation technologies. By placing workflows over robots, the company ensures that all parts and players complement each other. | $40M | Series C | Jun 20, 2024 |  |
| Swift Solar | Swift Solar is a company focused on developing advanced solar technology. The company's core innovation is perovskite solar cells, designed to be more efficient and affordable than traditional solar panels. Swift Solar emphasizes domestic manufacturing and abundant raw materials to ensure scalability. | $27M | Series A | Jun 12, 2024 |  |
| Condoit | Condoit is an electrical engineering software platform that provides electrical contractors, engineers, and facility managers with modern design, analysis, and collaboration tools. Its mission is to improve the lives of professionals on the front lines of installing EV chargers and Solar arrays by streamlining processes and ensuring safety withmodern software. | $4.3M | Seed | Apr 17, 2024 |  |
| Carputty | Carputty is a consumer automotive startup that provides car loan services to its clients. The company's transparent and easy-to-use line of credit puts the customer in the driver’s seat, while its proprietary, predictive valuation tool knows the perfect time to buy and sell and teaches owners to see their vehicle as an asset.Carputty wasfounded by Patrick Bayliss and Joshua Tatum in 2020. | $5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 06, 2024 |  |
| Fused | Fused is a framework designed to facilitate interoperability between geospatial datasets and contemporary data stack tools. It gathers data from satellites that are stored in repositories and processes it through the platform to make it usable. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Mar 05, 2024 |  |
| Mitra Chem | Mitra Chem operates as a lithium-ion battery materials manufacturer. It innovates and commercializes iron-based cathode materials to enable mass-market electrification in transportation and energy storage. The company is driven to industrialize these cathodes in purpose-built inflation reduction act-compliant facilities. | $40M | Series B | Aug 16, 2023 |  |

10 of 111 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Eclipse](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eclipse-ventures) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
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- [8VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/8vc) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Fontinalis Partners invest in?

Fontinalis Partners invests primarily in Software, Transportation and Mobile startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 111 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 Fontinalis Partners's check size?

Fontinalis Partners typically joins rounds of $550k–$7.5M at Seed, $5.5M–$52M at Series A and $10M–$77M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Fontinalis Partners participates in.

### How do I contact Fontinalis Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Fontinalis Partners?

The team at Fontinalis Partners includes Christopher Cheever (Founder and Managing Partner), Christopher Stallman (Managing Partner) and Dan Ratliff (Partner), among 14 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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