Maranda Manning

Investing Profile

Sweet spot: $1M Range: $500K–$2M Fund: $17.7M

Firebrand Ventures thesis

Our Story Firebrand Ventures is a venture capital firm, initially born out of John's experience as Managing Director for Techstars Kansas City. After investing in 30 startups across three cohorts, he realized that even exceptional startups struggled to raise seed rounds between the coasts. In 2016 John launched the first Firebrand fund, which invested in 27 portfolio companies in places like Austin, Boulder, Denver, Chicago, Des Moines, and Kansas City. ‍ Simultaneously, Chris was launching Blue Note Ventures in Boulder, Colorado, a seed stage fund serving entrepreneurs committed to authentic

Sector and stage focus

  • Seed: Social Networks, E-commerce, Enterprise
  • general: Midwest

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