We help extraordinary founders build enduring companies.

We partner with founders early, back them through every stage, and share the operator network, market intelligence, and pattern recognition we've built across 400+ investments.

Outcomes

IPOs and Acquisitions

Selected outcomes across cycles.

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$20B
Dec 2025

Groq

NVIDIA licensing agreement

AI inference chips and systems for high-performance AI workloads

$8.06B
Jun 2025

Circle

IPO (NYSE: CRCL) via Elements stock acquisition

Stablecoin payments and digital financial infrastructure

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$1.28B
Dec 2021

Truebill

Acquired by Rocket Companies

Consumer finance app for subscriptions, bills, and savings

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$1.1B
Sep 2025

Statsig

Acquired by OpenAI (stock)

Feature management and experimentation platform for product teams

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$1.1B
Oct 2024

Bridge

Acquired by Stripe

Stablecoin orchestration and payments infrastructure

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Undisclosed
Jan 2026

Graphite

Acquired by Cursor (stock)

Developer productivity tools for code review and stacked changes

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$400M
Nov 2021

Lemonaid

Acquired by 23andMe (stock)

Telehealth platform for online medical care and pharmacy services

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Undisclosed
Dec 2023

Samooha

Acquired by Snowflake

Privacy-preserving data clean room for enterprise collaboration

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$200M
Aug 2025

Rail

Acquired by Ripple

Stablecoin-powered payments platform for global money movement

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$160M
Sep 2021

Accurics

Acquired by Tenable

Cloud security posture and infrastructure-as-code scanning platform

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$130M
Sep 2022

Nearside

Acquired by Plastiq (stock)

Digital banking and financial services for small businesses

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Undisclosed
Jan 2025

Momence

Acquired by Clubessential Holdings

Business management software for fitness and wellness operators

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$115M
Mar 2023

Valtix

Acquired by Cisco

Cloud-native network security and firewall platform

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Undisclosed
Nov 2025

BrightHire

Acquired by Zoom

Interview intelligence platform for recruiting teams

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$100M
Oct 2024

Cacheflow

Acquired by HubSpot

No-code quoting, approvals, and subscription checkout platform

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$100M
Jul 2022

Elements

Acquired by Circle (stock acquisition)

Developer API for crypto identity and wallet intelligence

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$80M
Mar 2022

Infiot

Acquired by Netskope

Secure access service edge platform for distributed enterprises

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$75M
Jan 2022

FortressIQ

Acquired by Automation Anywhere (stock)

Process intelligence platform for enterprise automation teams

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Undisclosed
Aug 2024

Reclaim

Acquired by Dropbox

AI calendar automation and scheduling platform

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Undisclosed
Jan 2023

Transform

Acquired by dbt Labs

Metrics layer and semantic data platform for analytics teams

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Undisclosed
Jun 2022

ShiftRight

Acquired by Zscaler

Security workflow automation and incident response platform

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$40M
Sep 2024

NetSpring

Acquired by Optimizely

Product analytics platform for digital experience teams

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Undisclosed
Jul 2023

Whisper

Acquired by Meta

AI-powered hearing systems and speech enhancement technology

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$25M
Jun 2023

BluBracket

Acquired by HashiCorp

Code security platform for secrets and repository risk detection

Selected Portfolio

Selected Portfolio Companies

OpenAI

via Statsig acquisition

Leading AI research and product company

Cursor

via Graphite acquisition

AI-native code editor for software developers

Deel

Global payroll platform, category-defining SaaS outcome

Whatnot

Livestream commerce marketplace with consumer scale

Supabase

Developer-loved open-source database platform company

RunwayML

AI creative tooling with mainstream recognition

Mercury

Banking and financial operations platform for startups

Persona

Enterprise identity verification and compliance infrastructure

EvenUp

Vertical AI for legal workflow automation

Factory.ai

AI software engineering agents for enterprises

Lead Bank

Modern banking infrastructure for fintech companies

Speak

AI language learning with consumer recognition

Vercel

Frontend cloud platform for modern web applications

Postman

API collaboration platform used by developers

StackGen

Infrastructure-from-code platform for cloud engineering teams

Team

Partners: experienced operators and investors.

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Cherian Mathew

Partner

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Vineet Buch

Partner

Extended Team

Firebolt LPs and post-exit founders include leaders across iconic technology companies.

Our fund investors are current or former board members and executives at

A representative selection of where they serve or have served.

Founders we backed have exited to

A representative selection of acquirers across our network.

Contact: info@fireboltventures.com