Brandon Zeuner is the Managing Partner and co-founder of Hinge Capital (formerly Venture51). See sector focus and contact routes.
Brandon Zeuner is the Managing Partner and co-founder of Hinge Capital (formerly Venture51), where he leads the firm’s venture investing activities after co-founding the acquired cloud ad platform Republic Project and the startup Flypaper. Hinge Capital focuses on pre-seed to early-stage investments, backing “the brave & curious” in sectors including artificial intelligence, blockchain, consumer, financial services, health, and education across the United States. The firm operates as a platform-driven “1/2 Startup, 1/2 VC,” providing operational support via its proprietary Rehinged platform alongside capital. While specific check sizes and lead/follow behavior for Zeuner individually are not publicly detailed, Hinge Capital typically leads seed and early-stage rounds. Notable portfolio companies under the firm include Ripple, GoFundMe, Dollar Shave Club, Liquid Death, Bird, Classpass, eToro, and Life360, with Zeuner serving as an advisor at Life360. Zeuner’s distinctive point of view centers on editing entire industries or creating new categories through non-obvious ideas, though no public writing by him is cited in available sources.
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