Fontinalis Partners

Fontinalis Partners

Detroit, Michiganfontinalis.com

Overview

Fontinalis Partners, founded in 2009 with offices in Detroit and Boston, is a venture capital firm focused on supporting entrepreneurs who are boldly reshaping mobility. Fontinalis invests in early-stage startups directly enabling efficient movement today, as well as "horizontal" enabling technologies that are shaping the future of mobility. The firm invests across all facets of the world's mobility systems on a stage-agnostic basis.

Year Founded

2009

Portfolio Companies

40

Investments

CompanyDateStageLead
VulcanFormsJan 2026Series DCo-investor
zeroRISCJun 2025SeedLead
HgenSep 2024SeedCo-investor
EtchedJun 2024Series ACo-investor
Swift SolarJun 2024Series ALead

Key People

Chris Cheever

Founder And Managing Partner

Mark Schulz

Founder Partner

Chris Stallman

Managing Partner

Kyle Messman

Venture Partner

Mei-Wei Cheng

Senior Venture Partner

Paul Mascarenas

Venture Partner

Dan Ratliff

Partner

Gabe Cunningham

Partner

Tanya Bega

Investor Relations Director

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HeadquartersDetroit, Michigan
Year Founded2009

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