Investing Profile

Jonathan Fentzke(519)

VCInvestorOperatorFounder
LP at Explorer Equity Group
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
Explorer Equity Group Investor
Investment Range
$250K - $750K
Sweet Spot
$500K
Investments On Record
45

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Jonathan Fentzke's Investments On Record (37)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Seasats
Series AFeb 2026$20M
SeedOct 2022$10M
Pre SeedJun 2021
$30M
Co-investors: Jason Chapman (Konvoy Ventures), Nobuhiro Seki (Monozukuri Ventures)
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)
Circa
SeedApr 2022$2M
$5.7M
Co-investors: Nihal Mehta (ENIAC Ventures), Hadley Harris (ENIAC Ventures), Tim Young (ENIAC Ventures), Vic Singh (ENIAC Ventures), Jason Calacanis (Sequoia Capital), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), Alex Bard (Redpoint Ventures), Kevin Colleran (Slow Ventures), David Cohen (Techstars), Anis Uzzaman (Pegasus Tech Ventures), Dave Morin (Offline Ventures), Ben Huh (Y Combinator), Matt Mullenweg (Audrey Capital), Habib Haddad (E14 Fund), Gary Vaynerchuk (VCR Group), Scott Belsky (A24), Bradley C. Harrison (Scout Ventures), Josh Spear, Merlin Kauffman
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 (Alumni 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), Rudina Seseri (Glasswing Ventures), Jennifer Gill Roberts (Grit Labs), Andrew Krowne (Dolby Family Ventures), Carter Callaway (Ultratech Capital Partners), Paul Meier (Cultivation Capital), Kyle York
QuSecure
SeedAug 2021$2M
$58M
Co-investors: Cris Neckar (Two Bear Capital)

Jonathan Fentzke's Experience

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

Jonathan Fentzke's Education

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