# Fred Mossler

> Fred Mossler is a seed investor at VTF Capital (Las Vegas) backing E-Commerce and B2C. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [VTF Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vegastechfund)
- Location: Las Vegas, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fred-mossler-527815195
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/Zappos_Fred
- Website: https://x.com/Zappos_Fred

Fred Mossler is a seed investor at VTF Capital in Las Vegas focused on E-Commerce and B2C. Fred Mossler is the General Partner at VTF Capital.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 50% |
| B2C | 1 | 25% |
| Men's | 1 | 25% |
| Mobile | 1 | 25% |
| Retail | 1 | 25% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Altheia Inc | The company / mission: Altheia is a health technology company specializing in unlocking data to truly put the patient first - in a way that prioritizes health equity and literacy in a scalable and affordable way. Altheia is a health technology company specializing in unlocking and humanizing data to truly put the patient first - in a waythat prioritizes health equity and literacy to improve health outcomes in a scalable and affordable way. Our SaaS Platform, Acuvia, helps risk bearing entity (employers, payers and the gov) chip away at the $28B annual healthcare spend that can be avoided caused by new member churn by enabling the care mgmt. market with data transferability and acceleration of risk visibility.” |  | Pre-Seed | May 25, 2024 |  |
| Folden Lane | Folden Lane offers a more beautiful, functional, and sustainable alternative to traditional storage and organization products. Folden Lane manufactures storage baskets with fully collapsible designs that can be shipped flat-packed, resulting in 55% less packaging and an 85% reduction in carbon emissions compared to traditional baskets. Every FoldenLane basket is crafted using world-class production techniques, time-tested materials, and stringent quality, craft, and aesthetic standards. | $835K | Seed | Nov 24, 2021 |  |
| Flint and Tinder | Flint And Tinder USA, LLC, a clothing company, designs and manufactures men's underwear. The company offers basic, trunk, and boxer briefs; and T-shirts, shaving creams and brushes, field archery wall art products, denim products, dock-line rope leash products, trap belts, summer board shorts, rosewood barlow knifes, wallets, and blunt forcehammers. It sells its products online. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in New York, New York. | $850K | Seed | Oct 21, 2012 |  |
| Rumgr | Rumgr is a location based marketplace. It is as easy as taking a picture, and your item is for sale to everyone around you. No filling in annoying descriptions, titles, tags, not even a price. In fact, after getting the app, you can have an item for sale within a minute. Find out how easy buying and selling should be. | $500K | Seed | Feb 01, 2012 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BoxGroup](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boxgroup) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Willes Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/willes-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About VTF Capital

VC Fund · Santa Monica, United States

VTF Capital is a seed stage venture fund investing in the future of commerce. We invest capital and sweat into innovative ideas transforming how products are made, distributed and accessed.

5 contacts available at VTF Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fred Mossler | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fred-mossler |
| Patrick Olson | Portfolio Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patrick-olson |
| Will Young | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/will-young |
| Tim Fong | Mentor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tim-fong |
| Tony Hsieh | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tony-hsieh |

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## FAQ

### What does Fred Mossler invest in?

Fred Mossler invests primarily in E-Commerce, B2C and Men's startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 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 Fred Mossler last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Fred Mossler closed in May 2024. Shizune tracks 4 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?

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