Cellanome · First invested in 2026
A revolution in cellular biology and research.
Backing the people building what comes next.
Independent capital. A founder’s perspective.

Jeff Bonforte
Managing Director
Brown Dog Capital is Jeff Bonforte’s personal investment company, with investments spanning consumer brands, software, financial technology, life sciences, AI, and space.
Jeff has spent more than 30 years founding startups and leading technology businesses, and more than 20 years investing. He has made more than 100 individual angel, venture, and private equity investments and is a partner at Catapult Capital, a private equity firm.
He has founded and led five startups, with exits to Google and Yahoo, served as a senior executive at Yahoo, and led Grindr as CEO up to its IPO on the NYSE.
Selected investments
Social Networking
Grindr
NYSE: GRND
Life sciences
Genalyte
Life sciences
Cellanome
Space
SpaceX
NASDAQ: SPCX
AI
xAI
Acquired by SpaceX
Space
Xona Space
Drones & defense
Mach Industries
Consumer goods
Liquid Death
Drones
Zipline
Fintech
Lead Bank
AI
Guild.ai
Crypto
Rails
Fintech
PowerLaw
NASDAQ: PWRL
Consumer
JibJab
Acquired by Mode Mobile
Creator economy
Captiv8
Acquired by Publicis
Fintech
Vesta
Crypto
Circle
NYSE: CRCL
Consumer goods
Dollar Shave Club
Acquired by Unilever
SaaS
FrontApp
Health
Tonal
AI
Neuralight
AI
Aigency.ai
Blockchain
Lightspark
AI







