Bullpen Capital

San Francisco, California
Bullpen Capital is an early-stage venture fund which makes follow-on investments in start-ups funded by super-angels. Bullpen's market focus is on the social-mobile web sector (both enterprise and direct to consumer), which is experiencing a new tech boom. Bullpen works with its super-angel partners to: Extend a seed round to give a start-up more time to prove itself; Fund a company requiring more early money than the usual seed deal; Restart a company that is a 'fallen angel' but still has great promise; and Fund a 'rising star' needing a small B round it before it goes to VC auction.
Founded:2010
Firm Location:San Francisco, California
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Bullpen Capital Team
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James Conlon
Sweet spot: $1.2M
Range: $600K - $2.0M
Investors in San Francisco (CA)
Investors in Parenting/Families (Seed), Investors in Local Services (Seed), Investors in Sales & CRM (Seed), Investors in Games (Seed), Investors in Insurance (Seed), Investors in Developer Tools (Seed), Investors in TransportationTech (Seed), Investors in Investors who invested in diverse founders (Other Lists), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in TransportationTech (Seed), Investors in Developer Tools (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in Games (Seed), Investors in Local Services (Seed), Investors in Parenting/Families (Seed), Investors in Insurance (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Sales & CRM (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed)
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Duncan Davidson
Bullpen Capital·General Partner
Sweet spot: $1.2M
Range: $600K - $2.0M
Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
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Ann Lai
Bullpen Capital·General Partner
Sweet spot: $1.2M
Range: $600K - $2.0M
Investors in San Francisco (CA)
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Paul Martino
Sweet spot: $1.2M
Range: $600K - $2.0M
Investors in Mountain View (CA)
Investors in Sales & CRM (Seed), Investors in Games (Seed), Investors in Advertising (Seed), Investors in Entertainment & Sports (Seed), Investors in Media/Content (Seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Advertising (Seed), Investors in Entertainment & Sports (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Games (Seed), Investors in Media/Content (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Sales & CRM (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed)
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Richard Melmon
Sweet spot: $1.2M
Range: $600K - $2.0M
Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
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Andrew Trader
Sweet spot: $3.0M
Range: $3.0M - $3.0M
Investors in San Francisco (CA)
Investors in Analytics (Series A), Investors in MarketingTech (Seed), Investors in Analytics (Seed), Investors in MarketingTech (Series A), Investors in Analytics (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in MarketingTech (Seed), Investors in Analytics (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in MarketingTech (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Seed)
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Eric Wiesen
Bullpen Capital·General Partner
Sweet spot: $2.0M
Range: $1M - $3.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
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Anna Zakharchenko
Sweet spot: $2.0M
Range: $1M - $3.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)