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Brainstorm Ventures

Brainstorm Ventures

San Francisco, Californiabrainstorm.vc

Overview

Brainstorm Ventures is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm founded in 1999 by former entrepreneurs . Brainstorm is the first US-Mexico cross-border VC firm and has backed some of the most exciting startups in Silicon Valley and Mexico City . They seek to invest in seed and early-stage companies and prefers to invest in the technology, consumer, ed-tech, fin-tech, and enterprise sectors .

Year Founded

1999

Portfolio Companies

18

Investments

Brainstorm Ventures investments
CompanyDateStageLead
BrainGridMar 2026Pre SeedCo-investor
Klay VisionNov 2025Early FundingCo-investor
Keep TechnologiesMay 2025Series ACo-investor
Keep TechnologiesMay 2025Series A ExtensionCo-investor
AIOJan 2025SeedCo-investor

Key People

Keith Cox

Managing Partner

Ariel J.

Managing General Partner

Javier C. Olvera

Partner

Luis D.

Límited Partner Advisory Committee Member

Luis Doncel

Límited Partner Advisory Committee Member

Ethan Samuels

Investor

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SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth

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Investment Activity

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersSan Francisco, California
Year Founded1999

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