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Fireroad Ventures
Venture capital · Cincinnati, OH, United States · North America
Fireroad Ventures is an early-stage venture firm that invests in startups building technology for small and mid-size businesses. It writes checks of $50K to $250K into priced rounds valued at $3M to $15M, from first product through initial traction.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordssmb technologyaifrontline workbusiness operationssmall businesslocal ownership
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Or find every investor that fitsFireroad Ventures lists 26 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 2 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (21%), Industrial & Manufacturing (9%) and Real Estate & Construction (9%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Keyhorse Capital, Elevate Ventures and Techstars.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Fireroad Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Fireroad Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 2 companies; its own site lists 26. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 2 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 62th | 26 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 72th | 8% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 19th | 21% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 21% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 9% | 7% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 9% | 3% |
| Enterprise Software | 9% | 8% |
| Education | 9% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 7% | 15% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 7% | 6% |
| Fintech | 7% | 12% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Keyhorse Capital | 5 |
| Elevate Ventures | 2 |
| Techstars | 2 |
| 11 Tribes Ventures | 1 |
| Allos Ventures | 1 |
| Astia | 1 |
| Bearcat Ventures | 1 |
| Blitzscaling Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers26100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Keyhorse Capital
Compare Fireroad Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Fireroad Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Apr 2026 | Seed | |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Seed |
Round details for Fireroad Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Fireroad Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
26 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company operates a digital marketplace that connects influencers and merchants | E-commerce & MarketplacesIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Ando develops and provides AI-powered workforce optimization software for demand forecasting and intelligent scheduling | AI & Machine LearningHuman Resources | Feb 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| DifferentKind provides a platform for dentistry to improve operations, retention, and network quality using verified patient experience data. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| EmpathEQ helps healthcare organizations screen, train, and measure the communication skills that shape patient outcomes, clinician confidence, and retention. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Fenceline provides an operating system for contractors to manage their workflow and interact with customers and suppliers | AI & Machine LearningReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Flamel connects every channel a franchise needs, including social, ads, reputation, and SEO, and makes each one work across the entire location network, automatically | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| GlassHouse provides digital door knocking software for home services | Real Estate & ConstructionEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Good Agriculture provides bookkeeping and tax filing services for farmers | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Immersed provides a virtual reality platform for remote work and productivity | EducationEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Integrate School provides a lesson planning tool for educators to create and manage high-quality lesson plans, | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Offload connects permit digitization, route planning, resource management, and dispatch execution for freight planning | Mobility & LogisticsEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Level 6 Cybersecurity provides continuous decision intelligence for cyber leaders to turn cyber evidence into decisions, using a platform called LISN. | Cybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Murray Mentor provides AI-powered guidance to operators on the manufacturing floor | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Narratize unites data from various platforms with experts' knowledge to help teams launch superior products faster | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Neighbor Serve connects homeowners with vetted local contractors for home services | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Palli lets brands run promotions directly with last-mile retailers, and pay only when product moves. | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| ProxyLink provides a no-code environment to build and manage customer experiences inside AI | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Resolv provides services to contractors and installers to help them manage administrative tasks such as rebates, permits, and warranties | AI & Machine LearningReal Estate & Construction | Apr 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| SMB.co provides business valuation and management services, including financial tracking and goal setting, to small businesses | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- fireroad.io
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 12 Feb 2026
- Companies checked
- 26
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