Bull City Venture Partners

Bull City Venture Partners Bull City Venture Partners is a venture capital firm investing $250k to $2 million in Software, E-Commerce, Healthcare IT, Mobile and Internet Businesses.

Our firm operates on five core beliefs:

1. Founders build great companies, not the VCs. But we want to play a supporting role. We do that through introductions to customers, partners, potential acquirers, new potential employees and we get super active securing the next round of funding.

2. High partner-to-company ratios. Each fund is limited to 10-15 companies, which is less than many VC fund

s. We want to shower our companies with attention. Limiting the number of companies we invest in per fund and the number of board seats we take, helps us be the most impactful.

3. Great companies are not built overnight. It took Microsoft 8 years to get to $50 million in revenue. It took Oracle 10 years. It took Red Hat 9 years. We are patient investors looking to build long term sustainable businesses. We are not in it for the "quick flip". We invest in great companies for the duration.

4. Hustle alongside the entrepreneurs. The very best entrepreneurs have a lot of options and can get capital from anyone. So we realize it often comes down to what we can bring outside of just our check.

5. Strong alignment with the founders and investors. As a small fund, we're not getting rich on fees. We feel we are nicely aligned with the entrepreneurs. When they win, we do too.

09/16/2025

🚀 We’re Hiring at BCVP!
We’re looking for a curious, driven Analyst or Associate to join our team in Durham, NC.

At BCVP, you’ll work alongside us to back the next generation of breakout software companies. You’ll be meeting founders, digging into markets, supporting portfolio companies, and helping us shape the BCVP brand and community.

You might be a fit if you’re:
Analytical + curious about startups and tech
A natural connector who loves meeting people
Gritty, humble, and ready to hustle in a fast-moving environment

Why join? You’ll get meaningful responsibility from day one, work directly with our GPs, and have a front-row seat to the startup journey.

📩 Interested? Send your resume to Judy Protz – [email protected]

🚀 We’re thrilled to announce a $2M pre-seed round in Tiga AITiga is an AI agent platform that’s reimagining the way sale...
04/15/2025

🚀 We’re thrilled to announce a $2M pre-seed round in Tiga AI

Tiga is an AI agent platform that’s reimagining the way sales teams prospect—automating account research, identifying custom buying signals, and triggering personalized outreach. It’s modern, scalable, and built to drive real results.

The company is based in Reston, Virginia, and we’ve had the privilege of knowing this team across multiple companies over the years.

We're also proud to be investing alongside Armory Square Ventures, Cascade Seed Fund, and Virginia Venture Partners.

Curious about using Tiga? Let us know—we’d be happy to make an intro (and yes, there’s a special BCVP discount just for our network).

As we continue investing from Fund IV, we’d love your help in meeting exceptional founders building in categories aligned with our focus.

Tiga has raised $2 million for the first AI agent purpose-built to autonomously discover custom buying signals, activate personalized outreach

Join our team on 12/6 in Durham for BCVP Founders First. Hundreds of founders, investors and others in the tech ecosyste...
10/31/2023

Join our team on 12/6 in Durham for BCVP Founders First. Hundreds of founders, investors and others in the tech ecosystem! Grab your tix/see the agenda here -> https://www.bcvp.com/foundersfirst

TODAY is the last day to buy your early bird ticket! Join investors, founders and others in the tech ecosystem on 12/6 i...
10/23/2023

TODAY is the last day to buy your early bird ticket! Join investors, founders and others in the tech ecosystem on 12/6 in Durham for BCVP Founders First. Agenda here - https://www.bcvp.com/foundersfirst

Founders, investors & startup ecosystem leaders: Join us for BCVP Founders First on 12/6 in Durham NC. Agenda & grab you...
10/16/2023

Founders, investors & startup ecosystem leaders: Join us for BCVP Founders First on 12/6 in Durham NC. Agenda & grab your ticket here -> https://www.bcvp.com/foundersfirst

07/11/2023

North Carolina is again America's Top State for Business, led by a strong economy and workforce, earning the rare repeat No. 1 finish in the annual rankings.

Big news! Michael Lee was promoted (on his birthday!) from Sr Associate to Principal. Michael has been a spark plug sinc...
05/23/2023

Big news! Michael Lee was promoted (on his birthday!) from Sr Associate to Principal. Michael has been a spark plug since he joined in 2021. He has increased our deal flow, helped many of our portfolio companies and its been a great cultural match with our team. Glad you're with us Michael!

10/13/2022

Join us on Fri. 10/14 with VIPC's Virginia Venture Partners hosts Alex Euler, Senior Director, and Dustin Dunbar, Investment Associate, for Meet the VC's
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We haven't slowed down yet :) We are excited to announce our 3rd seed deal in a row. This time we are partnering with Fe...
10/13/2022

We haven't slowed down yet :) We are excited to announce our 3rd seed deal in a row. This time we are partnering with Felicis Ventures and investing in Alex Lassiter + team at GreenPlaces. We now have 6 companies in BCVP IV Blueprint Title, GreenPlaces, LaunchNotes, Levitate, Tiny Earth Toys and Viably. 🚀

The tech investor led GreenPlaces' seed round.

We are thrilled to announce that we've oversubscribed and closed Bull City Venture Partners Fund IV with $53 million. Sa...
05/10/2022

We are thrilled to announce that we've oversubscribed and closed Bull City Venture Partners Fund IV with $53 million. Same strategy, a little more scale. And already announced 4 investments - Blueprint Title, LaunchNotes, Levitate and Tiny Earth Toys.

Bull City Venture Partners is the opposite of flashy. The 20-year-old, generalist venture outfit only invests in two to four companies each year. It mostly invests in founders who’ve been around the block at least once, catching them as early in their new adventure as possible. And from its h…

Not on our email distro list for Bull City Venture Partners and missed our review of 2021? 4 exits, 10 financings, 1 new...
01/26/2022

Not on our email distro list for Bull City Venture Partners and missed our review of 2021? 4 exits, 10 financings, 1 new employee and some great company accolades. See it all here ->

2021 was a busy year for our companies raising new rounds of capital. Collectively, our portfolio companies raised over $150M of fresh capital last year, including one that has yet to announce a recent raise. We couldn’t be more excited for these teams as they continue to execute on their vision.

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Durham, NC
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