What Broom Ventures does

Broom Ventures is a privately held venture capital firm founded in 2019 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California. The firm invests at the pre-seed and seed stages in extraordinary technology founders, with a stated portfolio of more than 40 companies spanning fintech, AI/ML, health tech, defense technology, SaaS, and supply chain technology. Broom Ventures differentiates through an active operating model, providing capital alongside technical, operational, and finance support, which it describes as "sweeping the floors" in reference to hands-on, co-founder-level engagement with portfolio companies.

The firm does not build or sell technology products; its offering is capital deployment paired with active operating support. Broom Ventures typically participates as a co-investor in rounds led by other investors, as illustrated by its participation in Braven's $4.6M seed round (June 2026), which was led by Collide Capital alongside Fiat Ventures, MGV, Carao Ventures, and Angeles VC. The investment thesis emphasizes long-term thinking grounded in fundamental value, discounted cash flow analysis, and scenario modeling, with a focus on companies aligned with innovation and network effects.

The firm's economics follow a standard venture capital return model: equity ownership in early-stage companies with returns realized through subsequent funding rounds, acquisitions, and IPOs. Notable portfolio outcomes include Anduril (valued at $30.5B in June 2025), Kapital (Mexico's latest unicorn at $1.3B in September 2025), Tive ($40M Series C), Empirical Health, Mastra, and Rilla. The team is led by Dan Von Kohorn (Managing Partner), who has been a founder or co-founder 14 times with 10 exits totaling more than $900M in enterprise value, and Jeff Rosen (Co-founder), who previously co-founded Rhombus, acquired by Chainlink. Portfolio companies operate across at least 8 countries, including the USA, Mexico, the UK, Colombia, Australia, India, Brazil, and Spain.

Name

Broom Ventures

Legal name

Broom Ventures

Website

https://broom.ventures

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Broom Ventures is a Palo Alto-based pre-seed and seed-stage venture capital firm investing in extraordinary technology founders, with 40+ portfolio companies spanning fintech, AI/ML, defense tech, health tech, and SaaS across eight countries.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Palo Alto

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Venture Capital Returns: Broom Ventures generates returns through equity ownership in early-stage portfolio companies. As a pre-seed and seed investor, returns are realized through subsequent funding rounds, acquisitions, and IPOs. The firm participates in the growth of portfolio companies via active operational support, contributing to better exit outcomes. Notable exits referenced include an online IP exchange, a financial data provider, an online education service, and a data pipeline company.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Broom Ventures is a Palo Alto-based venture capital firm founded in 2019 that invests in extraordinary pre-seed and seed-stage technology founders. The firm deploys capital and contributes technical, operational, and finance expertise alongside a collaborative co-founder attitude, with active support aimed at avoiding risks, accelerating growth, and producing better portfolio outcomes. Its portfolio of 40+ companies spans fintech, AI/ML, health tech, defense technology, SaaS, and supply chain technology.

Product overview

Broom Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in pre-seed and seed-stage technology founders. The firm does not offer a technology product or service itself; rather it provides capital and operational support to portfolio companies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 10 exits totaling >$900m in enterprise value prior to Broom Ventures
• +2 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Core technology

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Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• South Park Commons: Founder community and seed-stage investor that supports extraordinary early-stage technical talent — directly comparable to Broom's pre-seed/seed focus and founder-first ethos.
• Collide Capital: Early-stage venture capital firm that co-invested with Broom Ventures in Braven's $4.6M seed round (Collide led). Directly comparable as a pre-seed/seed investor backing similar technology founders.
• Fiat Ventures: Early-stage venture capital firm that participated alongside Broom Ventures in Braven's seed round. Similar stage, sector, and founder-support orientation.
• Floodgate: Long-running seed-stage venture capital firm based in the Bay Area, focused on early-stage technology founders with an active operational support model comparable to Broom's 'sweeping the floors' approach.
• Lerer Hippeau: Seed-stage venture capital firm investing in technology founders with an active operational playbook. Closely comparable to Broom Ventures in stage, fund size, and founder-support orientation.

Regional players

• Carao Ventures: Latin America-focused early-stage VC that co-invested with Broom Ventures in Braven's seed round. Comparable stage and sector focus with explicit Latin America regional specialization overlapping Broom's regional strength.
• Angeles VC: Latin America-focused early-stage VC that co-invested with Broom Ventures in Braven's seed round. Directly comparable in stage and in serving Latin American founders, where Broom also has explicit exposure.

Broad incumbents

• Y Combinator: Largest pre-seed/seed platform globally with active operational support and a large portfolio of technology founders. Comparable in stage and target founders, though dramatically larger in scale and brand.
• Andreessen Horowitz: Major multi-stage venture firm with active operational support to portfolio founders. Comparable in providing founder-level support, though at much larger fund size and broader stage coverage than Broom's pre-seed/seed focus.
• Sequoia Capital: Premier venture capital firm active across stages including seed. Comparable as a long-term partner to technology founders, though vastly larger in scale, brand, and stage coverage than Broom Ventures.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/BroomVentures
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/broom-ventures

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments42 records

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