Venture Capital

Homebrew

Homebrew is a San Francisco-based seed-stage venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Hunter Walk (a former product leader at Google and YouTube) and Satya Patel (a former VP of Product at Twitter, partner at Battery Ventures, and product leader at Google). Named after the Homebrew Computer Club, the firm practices high-conviction, concentrated seed investing, taking board-level positions and acting as an extension of the founder's team. Roughly 90% of its investments are pre-seed and seed, with initial checks in the $100K-$500K range and the ability to follow on up to $25M+ in later rounds. Homebrew backs mission-driven founders working on large, urgent, and valuable problems across fintech, AI/ML, healthcare, climate, defense, logistics, real estate, and consumer, focused on companies operating in the Americas. After a decade of institutional funds that backed companies such as Chime, Plaid, Gusto, and Mercury, Homebrew announced in 2021 that it would stop raising outside LP capital and invest only its own money going forward under the banner "Homebrew Forever."

103 portfolio companies 18 publish APIs here 12 properties
Venture CapitalSeedPre-SeedFintechArtificial IntelligenceHealthcareDeveloper ToolsClimateAerospace & DefenseSan FranciscoNorth America

Homebrew has 103 portfolio companies tracked on the APIs.io network, of which 18 (17%) publish APIs indexed here.

Its highest-rated API providers on the network are Amberflo, Warp, Regal, Pika, Plaid.

Portfolio on the Network

Portfolio companies that publish APIs indexed on APIs.io, grouped by their API Evangelist rating. Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Exemplar 1 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
Amberflo 4 APIs 72.4
Strong 2 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Warp 3 APIs 61.5 Regal 5 APIs 60.8
Developing 4 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Pika 1 API 54.9 Plaid 39 APIs 52.6 Unkey 1 API 51.7 Chime 1 API 48.4
Thin 8 Limited public surface area
Finch 1 API 41.6 Mercury 8 APIs 39.4 Extend 6 APIs 37.5 Graphite 6 APIs 37.1 Manifest 1 API 32.1 Angel 1 API 31.5 Canopy 1 API 30.2 Gusto 2 APIs 30.1
Emerging 2 Early or largely undocumented
Branch 1 API 17.2 Shield AI 1 API 17.0
Minimal 1 Almost no public developer surface
Color 5 APIs 11.0

Rest of Portfolio

85 further portfolio companies that don’t yet have a provider page on the network.

AirweaveAlbertinventAltira HealthAmbrookAndrenamArchastroArchimetisArthur AIAssemblyAtlasmotionBacca.aiBiobotBlockpartyappBluejayBoom SupersonicBrainCabaCabanaClaritypediatricsCointrackerCometaConcentric AICoreStoryCornerhealthCotoolCoveDatacurveDeepWeaveEisenElloEloquentaiElroy AirEstimoteEthenaFinixHabiHallowHeadwayHidden DoorHivemapperHonorHummingbirdInversion SpaceJetifyKanmonKettleLarridinLeonaLiving CarbonMaia-analyticsMantariModelbitMonographNavaNeloNoondual-canvas for design and codeNoyoNumbiNuvocargoOboeObvioOverviewPrimaryPurchaserQuantaRangerRekenResSarisAISchoolAIScrunch AISlangSweepThirdwaveThread AITiaTolanTrueAccordTrueBizTryadonisUsebraintrustUseful SensorsVantaraVillageSQLWindfall

Scroll for all 85

Properties

Portfolio

Where the firm publishes its investments

Portfolio
Portfolio
 Portfolio
Portfolio
 InvestmentThesis
InvestmentThesis

Team

Partners and investing staff

Team
Team

Content

Blog, podcast, newsletter, and research

Blog
Blog
 Blog
Blog
 Blog
Blog

Firm

The firm itself

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Contact
Contact
 Contact
Contact
 Crunchbase
Crunchbase

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: homebrew
name: Homebrew
description: >-
  Homebrew is a San Francisco-based seed-stage venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Hunter Walk
  (a former product leader at Google and YouTube) and Satya Patel (a former VP of Product at Twitter,
  partner at Battery Ventures, and product leader at Google). Named after the Homebrew Computer Club,
  the firm practices high-conviction, concentrated seed investing, taking board-level positions and
  acting as an extension of the founder's team. Roughly 90% of its investments are pre-seed and seed,
  with initial checks in the $100K-$500K range and the ability to follow on up to $25M+ in later rounds.
  Homebrew backs mission-driven founders working on large, urgent, and valuable problems across fintech,
  AI/ML, healthcare, climate, defense, logistics, real estate, and consumer, focused on companies
  operating in the Americas. After a decade of institutional funds that backed companies such as Chime,
  Plaid, Gusto, and Mercury, Homebrew announced in 2021 that it would stop raising outside LP capital and
  invest only its own money going forward under the banner "Homebrew Forever."
image: https://www.homebrew.co/favicon.ico
x-type: venture-capital
x-category: Venture Capital
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
tags:
  - Venture Capital
  - Seed
  - Pre-Seed
  - Fintech
  - Artificial Intelligence
  - Healthcare
  - Developer Tools
  - Climate
  - Aerospace & Defense
  - San Francisco
  - North America
apis: []
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.homebrew.co/
  - type: Portfolio
    url: https://www.homebrew.co/#Portfolio
  - type: Portfolio
    url: portfolio/homebrew-portfolio.yml
  - type: Team
    url: team/homebrew-team.yml
  - type: InvestmentThesis
    url: https://www.homebrew.co/#Seeking
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.homebrew.co/blog
  - type: Blog
    url: https://hunterwalk.com/
  - type: Blog
    url: https://venturegeneratedcontent.com/
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/homebrewvc/
  - type: Contact
    url: mailto:hunter@homebrew.co
  - type: Contact
    url: mailto:satya@homebrew.co
  - type: Crunchbase
    url: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/homebrew
  - type: Features
    data:
      - "Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed (~90% of investments)"
      - "Typical check: $100K-$500K initial, follow-on up to $25M+ in later rounds"
      - "Sectors: fintech, AI/ML, healthcare, climate, defense, logistics, real estate, consumer"
      - "Geography: The Americas (North and South America)"
      - "Model: Self-funded since 2021 ('Homebrew Forever') - invests partners' own capital, no new external LP funds"
      - "Founded: 2013"
      - "HQ: San Francisco, California, USA"
      - "Notable investments: Chime, Plaid, Gusto, Mercury, Finix, Shield AI, Boom Supersonic"
    sources:
      - https://www.homebrew.co/
      - https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/01/one-decade-in-homebrew-says-its-becoming-self-funded/
    updated: '2026-07-17'
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: info@apievangelist.com
    url: https://apievangelist.com
  - FN: APIs.json
    url: http://apisjson.org
  - FN: Homebrew
    url: https://www.homebrew.co/