Seed, Series AEst. 2014

BAM Ventures

About BAM Ventures

An early-stage, Los Angeles-based venture capital firm founded by serial consumer entrepreneurs, backing resilient founders building iconic consumer and commerce companies.

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Favors resilient founders building consumer and commerce companies with a deep customer connection — the partners are themselves former consumer operators and tend to back founders with that same build style.

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Co-founded by Brian Lee, the serial entrepreneur behind LegalZoom, ShoeDazzle, and The Honest Company, alongside Managing Director Shamin Rostami Walsh. Portfolio includes 2 unicorns and 1 IPO across 100+ investments (third-party sourced, not firm-published).

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