# Watchfire Ventures

> Watchfire Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Food and Beverage. See 22 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Santa Barbara, United States
- Total investments: 22
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 41%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/watchfire-ventures
- Website: https://watchfireventures.com/

Watchfire Ventures is a Venture Capital & Private Equity.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.1M–$10M |
| Series A | $5.5M–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 27% |
| Food and Beverage | 3 | 14% |
| B2B | 2 | 9% |
| Farming | 2 | 9% |
| Internet | 2 | 9% |

38 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 12 | 55% |
| Series A | 6 | 27% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 13 | 59% |
| Canada | 2 | 9% |
| Israel | 1 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Patrick Dillingham | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patrick-dillingham |
| Sean Koffel | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sean-koffel |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Renatural | The Renatural is a manufacturing company that focuses on providing wigs. The Renatural was founded in 2019 and was headquartered in New York, United States. | $4.2M | Seed | Oct 22, 2025 |  |
| Scotch | From neighborhood stores to destination warehouses, liquor retailers of all sizes have been held back by manual tasks, slow systems and limited business intelligence. So we decided to build something better — smarter software that saves time and improves margins so independent retailers could focus on their customers, not manually managinginventory. | $10M | Seed | Oct 13, 2025 |  |
| CommanderAI | CommanderAI is a sales intelligence platform uniquely built for the Waste Management Industry. Built by Sales Pros, for Sales Pros. | $5M | Seed | Sep 30, 2025 |  |
| Confido | Confido is a software company that provides financial operations automation for consumer packaged goods brands. Confido helps CPG brands save time and money by automating cash applications, fighting deductions, and tracking trade costs in a platform. The company is based in New York, New York. | $5M | Seed | Aug 11, 2025 |  |
| LinokTech | Linok builds IoT milk sensors and analytics to help dairy farms monitor quality and herd health in real time. | $3.2M | Seed | Jul 22, 2025 |  |
| Little Sesame | Little Sesame provides fresh farm foods directly from the farmers. The company was founded in 2015 by Nick Wiseman, David Wiseman, and Ronen Tenne and is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. | $14.2M | Series A | Jul 15, 2025 |  |
| Resource Monitor | Resource Monitor offers a unified hardware and software platform for groundwater production and management. | $3.1M | Seed | Dec 05, 2024 |  |
| Clipp | At Clipp, we provide tools for food suppliers to reduce the time they spend managing orders and inventory. Built by industry insiders from food importers, suppliers, and restaurants, our proprietary software offers a complete solution to processes many still manage by paper and pen – including order management, invoicing and inventory tracking.The approach is practical - save money for food distributors and deliver those cost advantages across the supply chain to producers and restaurants. Our mission is to reduce food cost and waste for the world's 8bn+ people. |  | Pre-Seed | Dec 01, 2024 |  |
| Little Sesame | Little Sesame provides fresh farm foods directly from the farmers. The company was founded in 2015 by Nick Wiseman, David Wiseman, and Ronen Tenne and is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. |  | Seed | Sep 10, 2024 |  |
| Stay Ai | Stay Ai develops a retention operating system with resources to support boosting LTV. The platform is designed from the ground up to actively grow subscription revenue via a suite of AI-powered acquisition, retention, and churn reduction tools. | $15.1M | Series A | Jul 25, 2023 |  |

10 of 22 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liquid2-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [nvp capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/newark-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Santatera Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/santatera-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Boulder Food Group ('BFG')](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boulder-food-group-bfg-) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Brick & Mortar Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brick-mortar-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Watchfire Ventures invest in?

Watchfire Ventures invests primarily in Software, Food and Beverage and B2B startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 22 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 Watchfire Ventures's check size?

Watchfire Ventures typically joins rounds of $3.1M–$10M at Seed and $5.5M–$30M 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 Watchfire Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Watchfire Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Watchfire Ventures?

The team at Watchfire Ventures includes Patrick Dillingham (Co-Founder & Managing Partner) and Sean Koffel (Co-Founder & Managing Partner). 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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