# Redbud VC

> Redbud VC is a VC fund in Columbia backing Software and Financial Services. See 50 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Columbia, United States
- Total investments: 50
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 44%
- Fund size: $5M
- Last fund: May 2023
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/scale-incubator/?viewAsMember=true
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ScaleIncubator
- Website: https://www.start-scale.com/

Redbud VC is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm investing in people strengthened by struggle, building massive tech companies.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Redbud VC. Shizune tracks 4 team members at Redbud VC. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/scale-df67?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 13 | 26% |
| Financial Services | 6 | 12% |
| Information Technology | 6 | 12% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 12% |
| FinTech | 5 | 10% |

71 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 37 | 74% |
| Seed | 6 | 12% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 2% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 2% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 33 | 66% |
| Canada | 3 | 6% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brett Calhoun | General Partner | 13 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brett-calhoun-6ba6 |
| Jabbok Schlacks | Managing Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jabbok-schlacks |
| Jai Malik | Partner | 17 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jai-malik |
| William Schlacks | Founder and Managing Partner | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/willy-schlacks |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Resolv | Resolv is an AI-powered energy efficiency incentive platform that streamlines the rebate application process for homeowners, contractors, and incentive providers. The platform uses AI to understand projects and find available incentives and guides through the application process with auto-filled forms, enabling homeowners to save money onenergy-efficient products and contractors to streamline their operations. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Apr 16, 2026 |  |
| RouteSense | RouteSense is a payments data infrastructure company building the first standardized approach to MID health. Our platform aggregates transaction data across the full stack, calculates real-time health scores for every merchant account, and enables intelligent routing to maximize approvals and prevent compliance violations. We serve merchants, ISOs,PSPs, and acquiring banks who need visibility and control over their payment portfolios. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Jan 15, 2026 |  |
| ClaimWe | ClaimWe is an AI-powered platform that turns patent claims into continuous infringement intelligence and evidence-grade assets. It parses claim language into element-level structures, maps those elements against real-world products using web and document data, and automatically weaves court-ready evidence chains from manuals, datasheets, marketingpages, and technical content. With continuous monitoring, overlap scoring, and export-ready claim charts, ClaimWe helps patent owners, litigation and licensing teams detect potential infringers earlier, prioritize high-value opportunities, and move from reactive enforcement to a systematic, data-backed monetization engine. | $1.4M | Pre-Seed | Nov 08, 2025 |  |
| Trially | Trially brings deep knowledge of the clinical trial landscape together with cutting-edge AI, offering unprecedented agility to research. | $4.7M | Seed | Sep 16, 2025 |  |
| Asepha | Asepha is an AI clinical decision support (CDS) tool to help healthcare professionals make faster clinical decisions. | $4M | Seed | Jun 06, 2025 |  |
| Synvect | Synvect is a biotech platform that creates safe and effective ways to eliminate disease-carrying mosquitoes by stopping their breeding. | $3M | Seed | Mar 11, 2025 |  |
| dScribe AI | dScribe AI serves the function of analyzing any video online using only its link. dScribe AI takes care of the demanding work of managing audio and video content for social media, so you can concentrate on what matters for your business. dScribe AI has you covered, whether you're a developer wanting to incorporate social media analysis intoyour app, a business aiming to gain a better understanding of your audience, or an enterprise in need of mass brand protection. | $1.7M | Pre-Seed | Mar 05, 2025 |  |
| Trestle | Trestle brings the fragmented construction contracting and procurement process under a single roof using automation, integration, and A.I. to increase process efficiency, data transparency, and provide contractors with a real-time learning loop. Trestle Benchmark let's construction organizations capture reviews on how their vendors perform andcombine this data with other internal and external sources into a single powerful vendor profile for project risk management. | $2.3M | Pre-Seed | Sep 04, 2024 |  |
| Fair | The Instant and Honest Auto Warranty | $1.4M | Pre-Seed | Jul 30, 2024 |  |
| Biography Health | Biography Health assists providers with implementing precision medicine. |  | Pre-Seed | May 01, 2024 |  |

10 of 50 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [The LegalTech Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-legaltech-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [EquipmentShare](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/equipmentshare) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Flyover Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flyovercapital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hatcher+](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hatcher) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Lair East Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lair-east-labs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Redbud VC invest in?

Redbud VC invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and Information Technology startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 50 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Redbud VC?

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### Who are the partners at Redbud VC?

The team at Redbud VC includes Brett Calhoun (General Partner), Jabbok Schlacks (Managing Partner) and Jai Malik (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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