# Brainchild Holdings

> Brainchild Holdings is a VC fund in Newtown backing Software and Internet. See 99 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Newtown, United States
- Total investments: 99
- Last investment: Sep 2020
- Lead investor: 1%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/5352605/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/brainchildHLD
- Website: https://brainchild.co/

Brainchild Holdings is a VC fund in Newtown focused on Software and Internet. Brainchild is a collective of engineers, operators, and designers that create products and services to solve some of the most significant problems facing consumers in healthcare, technology and consumer products. They consist of HERO, Onomie and The Arrivals.They also operate in both a technical and creative environment.Brainchild also teams upwith exceptional entrepreneurs to support their vision becoming a reality. To date, BCH has invested in 120 companies, 250 founders, with $4BB in follow-on capital, introductions, talent, growth, product, financing and strategy. Brainchild Holding’s seed investments include well-known companies such as Warby Parker, Oscar, sweetgreen, ClassPass, Tilt, Docker, Outdoor Voices, Gusto, Harry’s, Elysium, Seatgeek, and Smart Things; We also strategically support venture and later stage businesses.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $400k–$3M |
| Pre-Seed | $30k–$500k |
| Series A | $1.1M–$13M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 21 | 21% |
| Internet | 16 | 16% |
| E-Commerce | 15 | 15% |
| Health Care | 14 | 14% |
| Mobile | 10 | 10% |

165 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 68 | 69% |
| Series A | 17 | 17% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 3% |
| Series B | 2 | 2% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 2% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 88 | 89% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| David Hauser | Investor and Head of Finance & Operations | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-hauser-8a30 |
| Kal Vepuri | Founder, Non-Executive Chairman | 40 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kal-vepuri |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Biorez | Biorez is a medical device company whose aim is to apply its patented and proprietary technology comprised of PLLA, a degradable polymer, in orthopedic implant devices for regeneration and augmentation of soft tissue. In addition to the L-C Ligament®, Biorez has also developed a suite of associated products, including the biorez GRAFT™, a FDA510(k)-cleared innovative device for soft tissue augmentation of the rotator cuff in the United States. | $3.5M | Seed | Sep 14, 2020 |  |
| Shadow | Community led app | $4M | Seed | Jan 01, 2020 |  |
| Presto | Presto overlays next-gen digital solutions onto the physical world. Presto’s enterprise-grade voice, vision, and touch technologies help hospitality businesses thrive while delighting guests. With over 250,000 systems shipped, Presto is one of the largest labor automation technology providers in the industry. Founded at M.I.T. in 2008, Presto isheadquartered in Silicon Valley, Calif. with customers including many of the top 20 restaurant chains in the U.S. | $30M | Series D | Feb 27, 2019 |  |
| Heyday | Heyday is a skincare services shop that offers online booking and customized facial treatments. Its customized facial treatment includes a deep cleanse, skin analysis, exfoliation, extractions, mask, hydration, and SPF protection through its chain stores.Founded by Adam Ross, Jeni Sykes, and Michael Pollak in 2015, Heyday Wellness is based in NewYork. | $8M | Series A | Nov 13, 2018 |  |
| Hero | Hero is the first and only in-home medication manager that intuitively sorts and dispenses medication; has audible and digital reminders; automates refills; and provides real-time as well as historical adherence data at your fingertips. Hero was founded to be the world's most people-focused healthcare company by creating frictionlesssolutions to the most challenging problems facing patients and caregivers. | $12M | Series A | Oct 16, 2018 |  |
| Backbone PLM | Backbone’s modern, cloud-based, easy-to-use product development platform is helping fashion brands and design agencies make products smarter, faster, and at scale. | $8M | Series A | Aug 14, 2018 |  |
| Bolt | Bolt is on a mission to democratize commerce. Bolt strengthens retailers’ relationships with their customers by unlocking secure, logged-in, lightning-fast checkouts. The company’s rapidly growing network of one-click-checkout-ready shoppers visits Bolt merchants as if they are return customers. Hundreds of retailers including, REVOLVE, Casper,Badgley Mischka, and LVMH brand Benefit Cosmetics leverage Bolt to offer their shoppers the seamless checkout experiences they’ve come to expect across the internet.Bolt was established in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $22M | Series A | Jun 01, 2018 |  |
| Bolt | Bolt is on a mission to democratize commerce. Bolt strengthens retailers’ relationships with their customers by unlocking secure, logged-in, lightning-fast checkouts. The company’s rapidly growing network of one-click-checkout-ready shoppers visits Bolt merchants as if they are return customers. Hundreds of retailers including, REVOLVE, Casper,Badgley Mischka, and LVMH brand Benefit Cosmetics leverage Bolt to offer their shoppers the seamless checkout experiences they’ve come to expect across the internet.Bolt was established in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $22M | Series B | Jun 01, 2018 |  |
| Studio | Mirror is a connected fitness system that streams live and on-demand classes to users in-home through a sleek responsive display. Its connected fitness platform streams live and on-demand classes to users in-home, which the content is then personalized in real-time using a combination of user feedback and biometric data that enable users to receiveaccess to a selection of live and on-demand classes across a variety of genres, including cardio, strength training, and yoga.Mirror was established in 2016 and is headquartered in New York. | $13M | Series A | Feb 06, 2018 |  |
| Backbone PLM | Backbone’s modern, cloud-based, easy-to-use product development platform is helping fashion brands and design agencies make products smarter, faster, and at scale. | $1.7M | Seed | Aug 24, 2017 |  |

10 of 99 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [First Round Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-round-capital) — VC Fund, 15 deals together
- [BoxGroup](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boxgroup) — VC Fund, 14 deals together
- [Lerer Hippeau](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lerer-ventures) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [SV Angel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-angel) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Founder Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founder-collective) — VC Fund, 7 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Brainchild Holdings invest in?

Brainchild Holdings invests primarily in Software, Internet and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 99 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 Brainchild Holdings's check size?

Brainchild Holdings typically joins rounds of $400k–$3M at Seed, $30k–$500k at Pre-Seed and $1.1M–$13M 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 Brainchild Holdings participates in.

### How do I contact Brainchild Holdings?

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### Who are the partners at Brainchild Holdings?

The team at Brainchild Holdings includes David Hauser (Investor and Head of Finance & Operations) and Kal Vepuri (Founder, Non-Executive Chairman). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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