# M3 Ventures

> M3 Ventures is a VC fund in New York backing E-Commerce and Food and Beverage. See 44 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 44
- Last investment: Oct 2023
- Lead investor: 7%
- Fund size: $9.5M
- Last fund: Mar 2020
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martindolfi
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/mdolfi
- Website: https://beliade.com

M3 Ventures is a New York based strategic investment partner to visionary founders in the fashion, lifestyle and wellness spaces. Managed by former creative artists agency executive Martin Dolfi, M3 Ventures provides early-stage capital to companies based in the United States.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $750k–$6.6M |
| Series A | $3.3M–$17M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 15 | 34% |
| Food and Beverage | 10 | 23% |
| Retail | 7 | 16% |
| Health Care | 7 | 16% |
| Fashion | 6 | 14% |

57 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 15 | 34% |
| Funding Round | 12 | 27% |
| Series A | 8 | 18% |
| Series B | 3 | 7% |
| Series C | 1 | 2% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 32 | 73% |
| Canada | 2 | 5% |
| India | 1 | 2% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dean Bakes | Principal | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dean-bakes |
| Tracy Dubb | Partner, Co-Founder | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tracy-dubb |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Blue Jet Healthcare | Blue Jet Healthcare |  |  | Oct 23, 2023 |  |
| Blue Jet Healthcare | Blue Jet Healthcare | $30.4M | Private Equity | Oct 23, 2023 |  |
| Zogi Labs | Zogi Labs is a leading blockchain gaming studio that develops and publishes immersive, decentralized gaming experiences by combining cutting-edge technology, tokenization, and DeFi integration. Our focus is on creating a thriving gaming ecosystem that empowers players, developers, and creators.We specialize in designing captivating games thatleverage blockchain technology to enable decentralized ownership of in-game assets, facilitate provably fair gameplay, and offer new monetization opportunities. Our platform fosters seamless integration of NFTs, allowing players to trade and exchange digital assets securely in our user-friendly marketplace.Zogi Labs is committed to driving innovation in the gaming industry by actively seeking strategic partnerships with other industry leaders, game developers, technology providers, and marketing agencies. Through these collaborations, we expand our reach and enhance the overall gaming experience for our users.Additionally, we place great importance on education and community engagement. We host workshops, webinars, and online forums to share knowledge, gather feedback, and promote open discussions on the future of blockchain gaming. By nurturing a strong and vibrant community, we aim to make Zogi Labs a go-to destination for blockchain gaming enthusiasts, fostering the growth and success of decentralized gaming projects worldwide. | $1.8M | Initial Coin Offering | Mar 01, 2023 |  |
| FundMore.ai | FundMore is an automated solution machine learning to streamline the funding process for loans. Our platform lets lenders leverage customizable automation, enhance the borrower experience through analytics, reduce risk using AI.FundMore automates the loan origination process for mortgage lenders. From our inception we have been focused onproviding a simpler mortgage experience for Canadians by being the leader in mortgage process automation. We began our journey by providing brokers and lenders access to the most advanced and secure document management platform in Canada, completely automating the process in a mobile, web and app environment. We augmented our core offerings in 2020 by launching the FundMore AI, a complete underwriting system and we will shortly be launching FundMore IQ.Our mission is to provide a completely underwritten mortgage decision in minutes. We are working toward making this a reality by aggregating data from our third-party partners and using FundMore’s AI document reader to quickly analyze physical documents and subsequently digitize, recognize, extract, sort and validate the data to confirm the mortgage conditions. | $1.5M | Convertible Note | Aug 30, 2022 |  |
| Foxtrot | Foxtrot is a mobile app that lets customers shop their curated collections of drinks, food, and everyday essentials. The customer's order will be delivered straight to them in under an hour. The company was co-founded by Mike LaVitola with Brian Jaffee and Taylor Bloom in 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. | $100M | Series C | Jan 11, 2022 |  |
| Isla | Isla is a beauty brand that aims to blur lines between skincare and make-up for a clean beauty future. |  | Seed | Jul 08, 2021 |  |
| Ceremonia | Ceremonia is a new modern haircare brand rooted in Latin heritage. It celebrates the richness of Latinx culture, serving the next-gen. Ceremonia brand will be launched this fall. | $2M | Seed | Apr 30, 2021 |  |
| Dom's Kitchen & Market | Dom's Kitchen & Market is an operator of a grocery store chain designed to combine shopping, restaurant dining, and home delivery. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | $14.9M |  | Apr 15, 2021 |  |
| Foxtrot | Foxtrot is a mobile app that lets customers shop their curated collections of drinks, food, and everyday essentials. The customer's order will be delivered straight to them in under an hour. The company was co-founded by Mike LaVitola with Brian Jaffee and Taylor Bloom in 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. | $42M | Series B | Feb 22, 2021 |  |
| TrustLayer | TrustLayer is an insurtech solution company that automates insurance verification with machine learning & AI. TrustLayer helps companies eliminate error-prone, manual processes and streamline existing workflows to increase insurance compliance and decrease organizational risk. Customers in multiple billion-dollar industries such as constructionand property management rely on TrustLayer for its ease of use, tracking and verifying certificates of insurance and other business documents, increased vendor compliance, and the ability to utilize their platform for multiple use cases. | $6.6M | Seed | Feb 02, 2021 |  |

10 of 44 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lerer Hippeau](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lerer-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Fifth Wall](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fifth-wall-ventures-management) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
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- [Black Jays](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/black-jays-investments) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does M3 Ventures invest in?

M3 Ventures invests primarily in E-Commerce, Food and Beverage and Retail startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 44 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 M3 Ventures's check size?

M3 Ventures typically joins rounds of $750k–$6.6M at Seed and $3.3M–$17M 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 M3 Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact M3 Ventures?

Public channels for M3 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 M3 Ventures?

The team at M3 Ventures includes Dean Bakes (Principal) and Tracy Dubb (Partner, Co-Founder). 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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