About RareBreed Ventures
RareBreed Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2021. It is primarily based out of Baltimore, United States. As of Apr 2024, RareBreed Ventures has invested in 41 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Retail to Enterprise Applications and Consumer. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Reddrop Overall, RareBreed Ventures portfolio has seen 5 acquisitions including key companies like MainStreet, EarlyBird and Jefa. A lot of funds co-invest with RareBreed Ventures, with names like SOSV sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. RareBreed Ventures has team of 6 people including 5 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed & Series A
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Soonicorns
RareBreed Ventures' List of Top Investments
RareBreed Ventures has a portfolio of 41 companies. Their most notable investments include Levels and MainStreet.Their portfolio spans across United States, Canada, India and 1 more locations. They have invested in Retail, Enterprise Applications, Consumer and 17 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by RareBreed Ventures:1. Levels
Provider of wearable device for personalized insights into metabolic health. It utilizes biosensors, such as continuous glucose monitors, to provide individuals with data-driven insights into how food affects their health and empower users to make informed lifestyle choices and optimize their metabolic health.
Key facts about Levels
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: United States
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $67M
- Employee Count: 126 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: TriplePoint Capital, For Good Ventures and 36 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Aug 14, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. MainStreet
Online tax credits claim services for startups. Its online platform automatically identifies, claim, and advances tax credits on behalf of startups. Businesses need to connect payroll systems with their online platform and based on accounting & financial databases it processes tax credits ranging from large federal programs to small local programs. It also provides startups with cash advance solutions in lieu of future claimable credits.
Key facts about MainStreet
- Founded Year: 2002
- Location: San Jose (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $60M
- Employee Count: 67 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Scribble Ventures, Gradient Ventures and 23 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Mar 07, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
3. unspun
Internet first brand offering jeans for men and women. The company provides a 3D body scanning solutions which enables users to customize and design the jeans by choosing styles, fabrics, stitch colors, and more. The company claims that the products are made by using 3D woven technology and more.
Key facts about unspun
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $70.9M
- Employee Count: 77 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: DCVC, Prelude Ventures and 26 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jul 20, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Allocate
Online alternative investment platform for venture capital funds. It helps users invest in venture fund opportunities. It also helps in pre-process including discovery, investing, post-investment reporting, and transactions. Users will have direct interaction with the fund managers via video conferences, community events, and direct introductions.
Key facts about Allocate
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Menlo Park (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $66.1M
- Employee Count: 99 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Sagard, Bluepointe Ventures and 27 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Sep 03, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Supercircle
Provider of reverse logistics software solutions for fashion brands. Its solutions include waste managemnet, technology, logistics, and customer services to enable recycling and sustainability in the fashion industry.
Key facts about Supercircle
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $46.3M
- Employee Count: 37 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Capital One Ventures, Ulu Ventures and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jun 25, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
RareBreed Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
RareBreed Ventures has invested in 41 companies over the last 5 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Reddrop and most recent follow-on round was in EarlyBird.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2021 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
RareBreed Ventures' Investments by Stage
RareBreed Ventures has made 8 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.53M and 2 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $4.5M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 8 |
Series A | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
RareBreed Ventures' Investments by Sector
RareBreed Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Consumer, Retail, FinTech, Consumer Goods and HealthTech. Notably, it has invested in 34 Tech companies, 25 Consumer (B2C) companies, 15 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 12 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Consumer | 5 |
Retail | 4 |
FinTech | 3 |
Consumer Goods | 2 |
HealthTech | 1 |
Others | 3 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
RareBreed Ventures' Investments by Geography
RareBreed Ventures has made most investments in United States (9), followed by Canada where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 9 |
Canada | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
RareBreed Ventures' recent investments
RareBreed Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by RareBreed Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Apr 11, 2024 | United States | Seed | 5494 | - | |
Nov 01, 2023 | United States | Seed | 9285 | [+9] | |
Nov 21, 2022 | United States | Seed | 9070 | [+5] | |
Jan 17, 2022 | United States | Seed | 1021 | [+7] | |
Jan 2022 | United States | Seed | 3151 | [+1] |
Acquired companies in RareBreed Ventures' Portfolio
5 companies from RareBreed Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was EarlyBird in May 2025 by Acorns for $*****.Here are RareBreed Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May 16, 2025 | Nov 03, 2021 | Seed | 1457 | |
May 06, 2025 | - | - | 1809 | |
Apr 18, 2025 | Nov 26, 2021 | Seed | 9261 | |
Jan 24, 2025 | - | - | 5274 | |
Nov 01, 2024 | - | - | 6354 |
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Team profile of RareBreed Ventures
RareBreed Ventures has a team of 6 members including 5 Partners and 1 Principal located in United States. RareBreed Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in RareBreed Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Owings Mills | - | ||
Partner | Philadelphia | - | - | |
Partner | - | - | - | |
Partner | Philadelphia | - | - | |
Partner | - | - | - | |
Principal | - | - | - |
Co-investors of RareBreed Ventures
Over the past 5 years, 101 investors have co-invested in RareBreed Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before RareBreed Ventures: National Science Foundation, HAX and 8 others have invested in rounds before RareBreed Ventures. There is 1 company where National Science Foundation has invested before RareBreed Ventures and 1 company where HAX has invested before RareBreed Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of RareBreed Ventures: 65 investors entered a company along with RareBreed Ventures. These include investors like SOSV (1 company).
- Invested after RareBreed Ventures: A total of 26 investors have invested in RareBreed Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include DCVC (1 company), Lowercarbon Capital (1 company) and E12 Ventures (1 company).
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