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We work with business owners who are looking for a hands-on partner to help them scale and take some chips off the table.
Fireroad works with inspiring founders in your earliest days, primarily through pre-seed investment and hands-on guidance. Not sure if we're the right fit for you? Let's figure it out together.
Fireroad partners with individual and institutional investors who want to invest as a force for good in the world. Join us by participating in Fireroad Ventures, co-investing in direct deals, or sharing ownership in a company we hold at Fireroad Holdings.
Great people build great businesses. If you're an experienced leader, technologist, operator, etc, we're always looking for great people to join the Fireroad portfolio!
None of these categories fit you? We get it. You don’t like to be boxed in. We respect that.
Invest with Fireroad Ventures
Fireroad Ventures
Fireroad Ventures Fund I is available as a 506(c) public offering for accredited and impact investors.
We started Fireroad Ventures to be the investors we wish were around ten years ago:
experienced operators in our backyard.
Upcoming Events for Investors
September 9 | 4:30-6:00pm |Cincinnati
Meet the Fireroad team, other investors, and portfolio founders for a casual happy hour where we'll share highlights from the portfolio, how our LPs can be helpful, and an update on the fund opportunity.
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Opportunity Overview
Our Track Record
We are emerging managers, but this isn't our first time allocating capital. Via angel investing, Differential Venture Studio, and the Ocean Accelerator, we reviewed thousands of startup concepts and teams. Fireroad Ventures I brings professional management to the strategies for sourcing and vetting deals we have been leveraging for seven years.
Any and all valuations, projections, and reported outcomes are presented in good faith and based upon various estimates and assumptions and are be illustrative, not guaranteed. The current value and future performance of funds is subject to various risks and market conditions, and nothing in this presentation shall be construed as a representation by the fund that such performance can be or will be achieved.
The Fireroad Advantage
History of spotting early winners
Over the past decade our management team has vetted thousands of concept-stage startups, accelerating dozens of them to venture capital maturity at the Ocean Accelerator.
Our recruiting and diligence process enables us to partner with founders earlier than many firms, positioning the fund for the most optimal return profile attainable.
The 62 companies we have picked through this process defy the odds of venture survival; more than 50% are in operation longer than 18 months.
Unrivaled product knowledge
Our founding partners launched Differential in 2014, before venture studios had a name and focused on 0-1 venture building in the lab and in partnership with other founders.
In less than a decade, the generated a 5x return to their investors. Both went on to found their own high-growth companies, collectively raising over $470M and creating > $1.5B in enterprise value.
We are building adding to our own experience and assembling a team of Venture Partners to scale our team and support our large portfolio with relevant, helpful, and hard-earned wisdom.
Flourishing founders
Leaders of Fireroad investments will be supported in their resilience, sense of purpose, and overall flourishing so they can stay anchored and motivated in a tumultuous experience. We allocate part of our management fees to help founders to stay in the game for the whole game.
This important part of our ethos & thesis is winning deal flow and opportunities to build with multi-time founders and skilled technicians in competitive deals.
Learn more about our impact framework. >>
Talk to Our Team
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