Brendan Wales

General Partner atFUSESeattle

Brendan Wales is a General Partner focused on space and hardware-software intersection. He previously worked as a Partner at Headline, backing Fetch Rewards, Bitwarden, and Shipt.

What Brendan can write

Writes checks of$1M to $10M
Comes in atSeed, Series ACan lead the round
Email the firm[email protected]The firm's own inbox for founders.

FUSE writes $1M to $10M checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: FUSE.

Career

  1. Headline · Partner
  2. e.ventures
  3. Fuse · General Partner
    Now

Companies founded

Fuse

Investments named in public bios

Fetch RewardsBitwardenShiptDendron

Focus

spacehardware and softwareB2B softwareearly-stagetechnology

Education

University of Georgia

Also at FUSE

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Questions

Who is Brendan Wales?

Brendan Wales is a General Partner focused on space and hardware-software intersection. He previously worked as a Partner at Headline, backing Fetch Rewards, Bitwarden, and Shipt.

How much does Brendan Wales invest?

Brendan Wales invests through FUSE, which writes checks of $1M to $10M at seed, series a.

How do I pitch Brendan Wales?

Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Brendan in the subject. A warm intro from a founder FUSE backed works better.

What did Brendan Wales do before FUSE?

Partner at Headline; e.ventures.

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