Homebrew

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."
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
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'
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  - FN: Homebrew
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