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Jonathan Fentzke(521)

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Co-Founder | GP at Far Out Ventures
farout.vcBoulder, Colorado
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17 Investors

Connected to Brad Feld (Foundry Group), Niko Bonatsos (General Catalyst), David Cohen (Techstars), and 14 other investors on Signal.

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Current Investing Position
Far Out Ventures General Partner
Investment Range
$250K - $750K
Sweet Spot
$500K
Investments On Record
46

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Jonathan Fentzke's Investments On Record (36)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Seasats
Series AFeb 2026$20M
SeedOct 2022$10M
Pre SeedJun 2021
$30M
Co-investors: Jason Chapman (Konvoy Ventures), Jeff Crusey (IceNine), Philip M. Bilden (Shield Capital), Keith Masback (Plum Run LLC), Nobuhiro Seki (Monozukuri Ventures)
Space Products and Innovation
SeedJan 2024$2M
Pre SeedJun 2020$120K
$2.1M
Co-investors: Claudia Pingue (CDP Venture Capital)
Scout Space
SeedJun 2023
Pre SeedJun 2021
$100K
Co-investors: Sujatha Ramanujan (Luminate Accelerator), Frank Taylor (Virginia Venture Partners)
Altscore
SeedDec 2022$4M
$13M
Co-investors: Andres Barreto (Firstrock Capital), Phin Upham (Haymaker Ventures)
Circa
SeedApr 2022$2M
$6.2M
Co-investors: Hadley Harris (ENIAC Ventures), Tim Young (ENIAC Ventures), Vic Singh (ENIAC Ventures), Nihal Mehta (ENIAC Ventures), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Alex Bard (Redpoint Ventures), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), Kevin Colleran (Slow Ventures), Gary Vaynerchuk (Vayner/RSE), Dave Morin (Offline Ventures), Ian Hathaway (Techstars), Eamon Leonard (Broadstone), Anis Uzzaman (Pegasus Tech Ventures), Ben Huh (Y Combinator), Matt Mullenweg (Audrey Capital), Jason Calacanis (Uber), Mohamed Nanabhay (Mozilla Ventures), Habib Haddad (E14 Fund), Scott Belsky (capitalB), David Cohen (Techstars), Bradley C. Harrison (Scout Ventures), Josh Spear, Chung Ng, Merlin Kauffman, Oleg Rogynskyy
AltScore
PreseedMar 2022$370K
$370K
Co-investors: John Newkirk (Kamay Ventures), Antonio Peña (Kamay Ventures)
Kayhan Space
SeedDec 2021$4M
Pre SeedJun 2020$570K
$12M
Co-investors: Chris Sklarin (Castor Ventures), Chad Anderson (Space Capital), Thiago Olson (EVE Atlas), Michael Cohn (Overline VC), Dylan Taylor
Cognitive Space
SeedNov 2021$4M
Pre SeedJun 2020$120K
$14M
Co-investors: Tim Draper (Draper Associates), Keith Masback (Plum Run LLC), Robert Davoli (Gutbrain Ventures), Rudina Seseri (Glasswing Ventures), Jennifer Gill Roberts (Grit Ventures), Andrew Krowne (Dolby Family Ventures), Carter Callaway (Ultratech Capital Partners), Paul Meier (Cultivation Capital), Kyle York

Jonathan Fentzke's Experience

TSV 2022 LP Techstars2022 - Present
Rockies LP The Fund2020 - Present
LP Explorer Equity Group2018 - Present
Co-Founder | Board Director variousPresent
Investor, Board Director, Co-Founder variousPresent
CEO variousPresent
COO | Co-Founder variousPresent
Chief Strategy Officer | Co-Founder variousPresent
Product Management Consultant NewCoPresent
Co-Founder | Board Director NewCoPresent
Investor Hyperspec AIPresent
Investor HyperKelpPresent
Investor Pierce AerospacePresent
Investor QusecurePresent
Co-Chair Rocky Mountain Venture Capital AssociationPresent
Strategic/Scientific Advisor NewCoPresent
VP of Product Research and Strategy NewCoPresent
Fund LP | Advisory Board Member NewCoPresent
Investor | Advisor NewCoPresent
CEO NewCoPresent
Investor NewCoPresent
LP: TSV 2017, TSV 2022, TSA 2024 TechstarsPresent
Product Management Consultant Top-PatentsPresent
Research Scientist - NAIC Arecibo Observatory Cornell Law SchoolPresent
Research Scientist NorthWest Research AssociatesPresent
Senior Space Scientist Johns Hopkins Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Co-Founder | Board Director Top-PatentsPresent
Entrepreneur In Residence | Product Leader ShellPresent
COO | Co-Founder OmniEarthPresent
Chief Strategy Officer | Co-Founder OmniEarthPresent
Investor, Board Director, Co-Founder OmniEarthPresent
Strategic/Scientific Advisor Top-PatentsPresent
AUSAC Member | Visiting Research Scientist The Arecibo ObservatoryPresent
VP of Product Research and Strategy Top-PatentsPresent
Senior Research Scientist Computational Physics, Inc.Present
Fund LP | Advisory Board Member Top-PatentsPresent
Investor | Advisor Top-PatentsPresent
Managing Director TechstarsPresent
Investor | Board Director eAgree Business SystemsPresent
Investor ARway.ai - The Spatial Computing PlatformPresent
CEO Top-PatentsPresent
Council Member GLGPresent
Venture Advisor The Flying ObjectPresent
Capital Team TechstarsPresent
Investor Rosie by InstacartPresent
Investor VakePresent
Fund LP Working Lab CapitalPresent
Investor MeratasPresent
All Star Mentor TechstarsPresent
Investor CommutifiPresent
Fund LP Explorer Equity GroupPresent
Investor Top-PatentsPresent
Investor | Board Director (Former) Ellipsis DrivePresent
Investor Hosta AIPresent
Investor Cognitive SpacePresent
Investor AnsuR TechnologiesPresent
Investor AlphaBBLPresent
Investor SaltyCloudPresent
Investor SPiN - Space Products and InnovationPresent
Investor MindbloomPresent
Fund LP - Rockies Everywhere VenturesPresent
Investor SeasatsPresent
Investor NicslabPresent
Investor Scout SpacePresent
Co-Founder | GP FOVCPresent
Board Member Rocky Mountain Venture Capital AssociationPresent
Investor XairosPresent
Investor SCOUT Inc.Present
Capital Team TechstarsPresent
Investor Space Products and Innovation GmbhPresent
Investor HyperKelp, Inc.Present
Fund LP - Rockies The FundPresent
Investor PixspanPresent
Investor Kayhan SpacePresent
Investor Hosta a.i.Present
Managing Director (Emeritus) TechstarsPresent
Co-Founder | GP Far Out VenturesPresent

Jonathan Fentzke's Education

Cornell University Pre-Doctoral Fellow | Post-Doctoral Fellow | Visiting Scientist Space Physics
University of Michigan Entrepreneurship, NSF I-Corps Accelerator NSF I-Corps Accelerator
Rochester Institute of Technology ME, Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering
Rochester Institute of Technology ME Mechanical Engineering
Rochester Institute of Technology BS Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics Minor
University of Michigan Entrepreneurship NSF I-Corps Accelerator
Hamburg High School Regents Diploma Highest Honors
University of Colorado Boulder PhD Aerospace Engineering Sciences
University of Colorado at Boulder PhD Aerospace Engineering Sciences