Refinery Ventures

Refinery Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs companies on the path to a Series A round. Its team are former founders and investors who say they know how to move a company into fast growth.

The firm works with founders in the shift from doing all the selling themselves to building a team and a sales operation. It does not ask founders to move to Silicon Valley.

What Refinery Ventures does

• Pre-Series A investment: funding for companies at a critical stage of growth.
• Category definition: help settling on the market a company will own.
• Customer acquisition: work on efficient ways to win customers.
• Planning: forecasting, budgeting and team objectives.
• Culture and hiring: building recruiting capability and a strong team culture.

Who it works with

Founders with distinctive insight into hard problems. Its portfolio spans healthcare, human capital, media and marketing.

Key facts

• Stage: companies heading toward Series A
• Content: publishes the Fast Frontiers podcast