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Redbud VC
Venture capital · Columbia, MO, United States · North America
Redbud VC is a venture capital firm that makes first checks and pre-seed investments, often serving as the first institutional believer in its portfolio companies. It describes itself as a generalist investor backing founders at the earliest stages and provides operator support and introductions to its companies.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningFintech
In its own wordsgeneralistpre-seedfirst checkfounder supportlegal tech
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Or find every investor that fitsRedbud VC lists 43 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 5 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (23%), Fintech (17%) and Healthcare & Biotech (10%). 87% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Flyover Capital, Abstraction Capital and Alpaca VC.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Redbud VC, 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 Redbud VC's whole history. Rounds on record name 5 companies; its own site lists 43. 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 | 3 | 0 |
| '26 | 2 | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 80th | 44 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 75th | 9% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 25th | 23% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 58th | 3 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 23% | 18% |
| Fintech | 17% | 12% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 10% | 15% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 10% | 3% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 7% | 6% |
| Enterprise Software | 6% | 8% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 4% | 7% |
| Education | 4% | 7% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Flyover Capital | 3 |
| Abstraction Capital | 2 |
| Alpaca VC | 2 |
| Antler | 2 |
| Core VC | 2 |
| Glasswing Ventures | 2 |
| KCRise Fund | 2 |
| Moonshots Capital | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers4298%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company12%
- 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 togetherCompare Redbud VC 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 Redbud VC| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Apr 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 15 Jan 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 17 Sept 2025 | Seed | |
| 14 Jul 2025 | Seed | |
| 1 Jan 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Redbud VC
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Redbud VC's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
43 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asepha develops and provides pharmacy automation software that handles tasks such as data entry, call automation, and prior authorization | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Jul 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Atlas Motion Systems designs and manufactures motors and motion systems for drones and robots. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a platform for managing school district finances, including budgeting, payroll, and accounting. | EducationFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Biography Health brings together genetics, medical history, and lab work to give clear answers about health risks and a plan to stay healthy longer. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Bolster provides construction management software for contractors | Real Estate & ConstructionEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Braid provides infrastructure for community financial institutions to sponsor fintech programs | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Porter provides an enterprise-grade finance team and modern accounting software for businesses | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Dao provides a credit card and related services to help businesses build credit and access financing | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Jan 2025Seed | Funding round | ||
| Fair provides auto extended warranties and roadside assistance services to vehicle owners | FintechMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Clearing provides accounting software for short-term rental businesses | FintechReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| LiQUiD provides an AI-powered assistant for salons to help with tasks such as pricing and client communication | AI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Trestle is the intelligent platform general contractors use to qualify, monitor, and manage vendors across every project, without blind spots | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Hallway is an AI companion that lives in your browser and uses any website as a tool. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Haxion is building advanced spatial intelligence | AI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| High Degree provides steam soil treatment services to manage weeds and soilborne diseases | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| HoundDog automates the entire certificate of insurance collection and verification process for vendor compliance | Industrial & ManufacturingReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a platform for testing legal cases with real jurors to gather analytics and insights for negotiation strategy. | Legal & ComplianceAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| KeySquare Technologies is building tools that enable sell side fixed income trading with speed, scale, and intelligence | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Layer 9 provides an AI operating system for internet service providers | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- redbud.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 1 Jan 2025
- Companies checked
- 43
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