# Jennifer Richard

> Jennifer Richard is a Series A investor at Bonfire Ventures backing Artificial Intelligence. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Bonfire Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bonfire-ventures)
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardjennifer/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/jenrichardx

Jennifer Richard is a Series A investor at Bonfire Ventures in Los Angeles focused on Artificial Intelligence and B2B. Jennifer Richard is the Principal at Bonfire Ventures. She is a former principal at Vitalize Venture Group. She attended Emory University and Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 67% |
| B2B | 1 | 33% |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| Big Data | 1 | 33% |
| Analytics | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 67% |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rwazi | Rwazi is a decision intelligence platform built on consumer-trained AI, designed to help global teams grow market share and drive revenue by making faster, sharper, and more accurate decisions.By turning real-world consumer activity into high-signal intelligence, Rwazi surfaces what matters most and pinpoints the highest-leverage moves acrossteams and functions. Rwazi’s continuously adapting AI delivers timely, context-rich guidance that aligns execution with business priorities—minimizing noise, reducing uncertainty, and sustaining outperformance in competitive markets. | $12M | Series A | Jul 15, 2025 |  |
| Rwazi | Rwazi is a decision intelligence platform built on consumer-trained AI, designed to help global teams grow market share and drive revenue by making faster, sharper, and more accurate decisions.By turning real-world consumer activity into high-signal intelligence, Rwazi surfaces what matters most and pinpoints the highest-leverage moves acrossteams and functions. Rwazi’s continuously adapting AI delivers timely, context-rich guidance that aligns execution with business priorities—minimizing noise, reducing uncertainty, and sustaining outperformance in competitive markets. | $4M | Seed | Mar 23, 2023 |  |
| Brightflow AI | Brightflow AI is a financial intelligence company that provides small business owners with forecasting and financing tools. The platform enables users to monitor the cash flow on their Shopify and Amazon stores. Brightflow AI was founded by Jeffrey Priebe and Robbie Bhathal in 2019 and is based in Walnut, California. | $15M | Series A | Sep 21, 2022 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Newfund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/newfund-management) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Haymaker](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/haymaker-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Haymaker Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/haymaker-ventures-c523) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Santa Barbara Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/santa-barbara-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SkyDeck Berkeley](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/skydeck-berkeley) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Bonfire Ventures

VC Fund · Santa Monica, United States

Bonfire Ventures leads Seed rounds for business software solutions company founders transforming the industries they target.

5 contacts available at Bonfire Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brett Queener | Partner & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brett-queener |
| Brian MacInnes | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-macinnes |
| Debra Goldstein | Head of Marketing & Platform | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/debra-goldstein-8181 |
| Dominique Yadegar | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dominique-yadegar |
| Jennifer Richard | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jennifer-richard |

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## FAQ

### What does Jennifer Richard invest in?

Jennifer Richard invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, B2B and FinTech startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 3 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 Jennifer Richard last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jennifer Richard closed in Jul 2025. Shizune tracks 3 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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