Brett Calhoun is the Managing General Partner and co-founder of Redbud VC. See portfolio, sector focus and contact routes.
Brett Calhoun is the Managing General Partner and co-founder of Redbud VC, a top-decile early-stage venture fund based in Columbia, Missouri, where he previously co-founded three fintech startups and worked as an early employee at Paytient. His investment thesis targets pre-seed to first institutional rounds across the United States with a strategic emphasis on the Heartland region, focusing on sectors like healthcare, fintech, industrial technology, hardware, and robotics. Redbud typically writes average checks of approximately $400,000 and often serves as the first committed fund, with 65% of its 30-company portfolio receiving their initial institutional capital from Redbud. Calhoun’s distinctive portfolio includes notable companies such as Paytient and ventures backed by The LegalTech Fund, reflecting his early involvement in these sectors. He distinguishes his approach by prioritizing “gritty founders with industry experience” over traditional pedigree, a counter-positioning strategy that has generated outsized returns for the firm. While specific public writing articles are not detailed in the search results, Calhoun has shared his investor playbo
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