# Fortify Ventures

> Fortify Ventures is a VC fund in Washington backing Mobile and Software. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Washington, United States
- Total investments: 19
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 16%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/2487808
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/fortifyvc
- Website: http://www.fortifyventures.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Fortifyvc

Fortify Ventures is a technology investment fund providing portfolio companies with the community and the capital that they need to grow and succeed. It was founded and managed by serial entrepreneurs and experienced angel investors. Its partners and mentors work actively to support portfolio companies with challenges that are common in the earlystages.Fortify Ventures also facilitates follow-on funding to accelerate capital requirements to support emerging growth. It is a founder friendly firm.Fortify has just announced that LifeFuels will be their final Fund 1 investment.Fortify Ventures was founded in 2011 and is based in Washington, D.C.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $250k–$4M |
| Series A | $750k–$2.6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 4 | 21% |
| Software | 4 | 21% |
| SaaS | 3 | 16% |
| Social Media | 3 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 16% |

55 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 12 | 63% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 11% |
| Series A | 2 | 11% |
| Series B | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 14 | 74% |
| Canada | 1 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Adam Fazackerley | General Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-fazackerley |
| Carla Valdes | General Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carla-valdes |
| Roger Yee | Limited Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roger-yee-dc |
| Roger Yee | Mentor & Limited Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roger-yee-2 |
| Simon Rakoff | General Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simon-rakoff |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LymeAlert | LymeAlert is a lyme disease detection firm that designs lymeAlert test kits for animals and pets. |  | Seed | Dec 30, 2025 |  |
| Alter | Alter provides a security layer for AI agents that manages access control, token usage, permissions, and compliance auditing. |  | Pre-Seed | Dec 01, 2025 |  |
| Samphire Neuroscience | Samphire Neuroscience builds clinically validated neurotechnology to support women across their lives. Our wearable devices, Nettle™ and Lutea™, are built on the same underlying brain-stimulation technology, targeting neural pathways involved in pain, mood, stress, and sleep regulation. - Lutea™ is available globally as a wellness device. Itstimulates the same regions of the brain to support stress regulation, sleep, and recovery - key drivers of readiness and long-term performance - allowing athletes and teams to move beyond wellbeing education alone to practical, evidence-based intervention. - Nettle™ is a CE-marked (EU and UK regulated), drug- and hormone-free device that has been clinically shown to improve pain, mood, functionality, and the ability to train during the menstrual cycle, with measurable benefits after one month of use - supporting athletes to maintain training intensity and movement quality during their period. - The Samphire App is the platform controlling all Samphire hardware products with the use of CycleSync™ AI technology: the only one of its kind to support personalized neurotechnology use for women. | $5M | Seed | Jun 03, 2025 |  |
| Different Health | DifferentHealth provides workplace-based health programs that combine clinical assessments, diagnostics, and personalized wellness planning for employees. The company sets up on-site services at employer locations to evaluate physical, metabolic, and lifestyle factors through structured testing protocols. Each program includes signature assessmentsand short-term health sprints that align with individual goals, such as improving energy, focus, or fitness markers. DifferentHealth integrates medical evaluation with practical coaching so employees receive tailored action plans rather than generic recommendations. Digital tools support sign-up, plan access, and progress tracking while keeping health data private. Human clinicians interpret results, adjust protocols, and coordinate follow-up care as needed. Employers use DifferentHealth to support workforce health, performance, and benefit cost management through targeted, data-informed interventions. |  | Seed | Jun 01, 2025 |  |
| Somble | Somble is a fitness and wellness coaching platform that offers a network for collaboration with other coaches and brands. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Aug 01, 2024 |  |
| Paralex | Paralex's mission is to redefine legal support for startups and small businesses by providing on-demand legal support that is AI-assisted but verified by actual attorneys resulting in a quarter of the cost and time. Legal support is often slow, very expensive, and inaccessible to startups with limited resources and networks. Paralex issolving this problem by uniquely leveraging its patent pending technology and "attorney-in-the-loop" service model that provides human oversight and expertise that startups need to succeed. |  | Pre-Seed | Feb 07, 2024 |  |
| Talk Local | Talk Local connects your business to consumers who are looking for your services! The consumer fills out a service request that includes a brief description, desired appointment time, and where they are located. Talk Local then broadcasts the consumer’s service request to you for free. | $2.6M | Series A | Sep 08, 2014 |  |
| Aquicore | Aquicore is an information technology company that offers cloud-based software designed for asset operations platform for the CRE sector. Its SaaS platform provides seamless real-time building intelligence, analytics, and process automation solutions that drive higher NOIs. | $2M | Seed | Jan 01, 2014 |  |
| Hinge | Hinge is a social discovery network helping users meet new people through an application. Moreover, Hinge provides an alternative to swipe culture by creating smart matches and natural conversations among people who are on the same page. Founded in 2011, the company is headquartered in New York, New York, United States. | $4M | Seed | Nov 04, 2013 |  |
| Speek | At Speek they’re dedicated to bringing you super simple conference calling with no dial-ins, pins or downloads.Speek uses a personal or business link (i.e., speek.com/YourName) instead of a phone number and PIN for conference calls. Participants click the Speek link to start or join a call from their phone, web or mobile browser. You cansee who’s joined, who’s talking, share files, use call controls and more.Speek has recently raised $1.1 million in bridge funding in advance of its series A. The round was oversubscribed and led by existing investors. Speek has raised a total of $2.6 million to date. | $1.1M | Seed | Aug 16, 2013 |  |

10 of 19 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Middleland Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/middleland-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dingman-center-angels) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Militello Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/militello-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Virginia Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cit-gap-funds) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [K Street Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/k-street-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Fortify Ventures invest in?

Fortify Ventures invests primarily in Mobile, Software and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 19 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 Fortify Ventures's check size?

Fortify Ventures typically joins rounds of $250k–$4M at Seed and $750k–$2.6M 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 Fortify Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Fortify Ventures?

Public channels for Fortify 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 Fortify Ventures?

The team at Fortify Ventures includes Adam Fazackerley (General Partner), Carla Valdes (General Partner) and Roger Yee (Limited 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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