Brian O'Malley
Investing Profile
Forerunner Ventures thesis
Humans in the Loop 2026 — Join Us About Investments Perspectives The Belief People 1 are the Force 2 that determines what gets Built 3 , what scales, and what Endures 4 . 1 People — founders, technologists, customers, workers. The humans, and inspiration, at the center of every company we back. 2 Force — not passive demand, but active pull. Not talk, but action. The signal we read before markets do. 3 Built — we invest at the earliest stages, when conviction matters more than consensus, and show up for the journey at every stage. 4 Endures — fourteen years in, our portfolio reflects companies
Sector and stage focus
- Seed: Travel, Messaging, Retail, SMB Software, Social Networks, Logistics, E-commerce, Consumer Internet, Marketplaces, SaaS
- Series A: E-commerce, Messaging, Travel, Retail, SMB Software, Logistics, Marketplaces, Social Networks, SaaS, Consumer Internet
- general: Los Angeles / Southern California, New York City, San Francisco Bay Area, Angel, Scout, and Solo-Capitalists
Recent investments by Brian O'Malley
Brian O'Malley has 8 named past investments in the public record. The most recent:
| Company | Stage | Date | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ladder | Seed | Oct 2021 | $4M |
| BoomPop | Series Unknown | Nov 2025 | $25M |
| Arrived Homes | Series B | Nov 2025 | $27M |
| Boombox | Seed | May 2023 | $7M |
| Canal | Series A | Mar 2022 | $23M |
| Prenuvo | Series B | Feb 2025 | $120M |
| 222 | Series A | Dec 2025 | $10M |
| Topline Pro | Series B | Aug 2025 | $27M |
Frequent co-investors
Brian O'Malley has co-invested with: Bianca Ambrosini, Suriyaa Sundararuban, Sundeep Peechu, Connie Chan, Will Kohler, Alexis Ohanian.
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