# Jack Fuchs

> Jack Fuchs is a seed investor at Blackhorn Ventures (San Mateo) backing Human Resources and SaaS. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Blackhorn Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackhorn-ventures)
- Location: San Mateo, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Feb 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-fuchs-3b9110
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mrjackf

Jack Fuchs is a seed investor at Blackhorn Ventures in San Mateo focused on Human Resources and SaaS. Mr. Fuchs has a deep understanding of marketing and sales, business development, finance and corporate strategy. Before joining NextBio, Mr. Fuchs was CFO of ForteBio, a private life science company. Previously, he has held Finance, Business Development, Sales, Marketing, and Product Management positions at a number of private companies includingIPWireless and Lumitrend. Mr. Fuchs also held several senior positions with Becton Dickinson & Company including Vice President of e-Business, North American Business Leader, Vice President Worldwide Marketing, and Director of Corporate Planning. In addition, Mr. Fuchs was an Engagement Manager with McKinsey & Company, where his client focus was health care and wireless communications. Mr. Fuchs is also a Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at the Haas School of Business at The University of California at Berkeley. He also teaches entrepreneurship at Stanford University in the graduate engineering school. He holds an AB in Engineering Sciences with Honors from Dartmouth College and he received his MBA from Stanford University as an Arjay Miller Scholar.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $720k–$8.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Human Resources | 2 | 33% |
| SaaS | 1 | 17% |
| Solar | 1 | 17% |
| Energy | 1 | 17% |
| Software | 1 | 17% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 50% |
| Germany | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Luminovo | Luminovo is your copilot for the electronics supply chain. Electronics designers get supply chain insights for their designs, run strategic procurement in a data-driven way, and gain transparency across demands and inventory. Electronics manufacturers can automate their quoting and procurement processes and unleash a digital portal for supplychain collaboration. This allows for faster, cheaper, and more sustainable product development. | $2.7M | Seed | Feb 18, 2021 |  |
| 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. | $8.2M | Seed | Dec 14, 2020 |  |
| Luminovo | Luminovo is your copilot for the electronics supply chain. Electronics designers get supply chain insights for their designs, run strategic procurement in a data-driven way, and gain transparency across demands and inventory. Electronics manufacturers can automate their quoting and procurement processes and unleash a digital portal for supplychain collaboration. This allows for faster, cheaper, and more sustainable product development. | $2.7M | Pre-Seed | Apr 08, 2020 |  |
| GreenLight.ai | We are the API compliance layer powering The Future of Work and enabling companies to leverage the power of millions of independent workers. Managing a global contingent workforce has never been easier or safer. GreenLight Workforce Solutions is headquartered in Palo Alto, California and London, UK. |  | Pre-Seed | Feb 05, 2020 |  |
| GreenLight.ai | We are the API compliance layer powering The Future of Work and enabling companies to leverage the power of millions of independent workers. Managing a global contingent workforce has never been easier or safer. GreenLight Workforce Solutions is headquartered in Palo Alto, California and London, UK. |  | Pre-Seed | Feb 01, 2020 |  |
| Bluecrew | BlueCrew is an on-demand staffing platform for temporary workers. They are looking to change the future of work by adding transparency and automation to the staffing of blue collar positions. They are the best platform to quickly fill short term, low complexity positions with high quality candidates.They offer theircustomers the flexibility of amobile-based staffing platform, with the benefits of the legal protections from a traditional w2 staffing model. | $720K | Seed | Jun 01, 2015 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cherry Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cherry-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Climate Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/climate-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Good Growth Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/good-growth-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kortschak Investments L.P.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kortschak-investments-l-p) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [La Famiglia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/la-famiglia) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Safar Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/safar-partners-7ab4) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Blackhorn Ventures

VC Fund · Boulder, United States

Blackhorn Ventures is an early-stage venture firm that invests in companies using cutting edge engineering to improve resource productivity. The firm was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

5 contacts available at Blackhorn Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jack Fuchs | Co-Founder, Operating Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jack-fuchs |
| Bill Ritter | Operating Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bill-ritter |
| David Mindell | Operating Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-mindell |
| David Mindell | Operating Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-mindell-2 |
| Mark Loch | Operating Partner; Director Strategy and Insights | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-loch-4a6c |

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## FAQ

### What does Jack Fuchs invest in?

Jack Fuchs invests primarily in Human Resources, SaaS and Solar startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 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 Jack Fuchs's check size?

Jack Fuchs typically joins rounds of $720k–$8.2M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Jack Fuchs participates in.

### When did Jack Fuchs last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jack Fuchs closed in Feb 2021. Shizune tracks 6 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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