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H//NGE Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in high technology companies.

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Venture51

founded date

01.08.2008

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Private

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Founded in 2010, H//NGE Capital has made over 80 investments in companies like Ripple, Dollar Shave Club, and Bird. They focus on high-growth markets and support promising founders with their modern venture platform. Led by operators, data scientists, designers, and engineers, they provide patient and flexible capital for risk-on investments in next-generation vertical technologies. Their approach to venture capital is different from traditional seed firms, as they utilize people, data, and software in addition to capital to provide a differentiated experience at the seed stage.
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Brandon Zeuner
Brandon Zeuner

Brandon Zeuner

Brandon Zeuner is a co-founder and partner at Venture51. Zeuner also cofounded [Republic Project](http://www.republicproject.com) and [Marketing MO](http://www.marketingmo.com) and serves on the advisory boards of [Space Monkey](http://www.spacemonkey.com) and [Life360](http://www.life360.com). In 2008, alongside co-founding Venture51, Brandon co-founded [Republic Project](http://www.republicproject.com), a cloud-based rich media ad platform which was acquired by DG MediaMind in 2013. Prior to Venture51 & Republic Project, Brandon was a founding executive at [Flypaper](/organization/flypaper) (sold to Trivantis in 2011) charged with growth. Before Flypaper, Brandon was Director of Sales at [Sage Software](http://www.sagesoftware.com), where he was partially responsible for North American revenues for [ACT!](http://www.act.com) and [Saleslogix](http://www.saleslogix.com). Other positions at Interact Commerce (before Sage acquired in 2001) included various executive roles in marketing and product for SalesLogix and ACT! product lines. Prior to Sage Software & Interact Commerce, Brandon co-founded Aprivity, a technology start-up aimed to improve enterprise software usability. Past tech advisory roles include [Plan Plus Online - acq. by Franklin Covey](http://www.planplusonline.com) and [Priasoft](http://www.priasoft.com).

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Ryan Swagar
Ryan Swagar

Ryan Swagar

Ryan is the co-founder and managing partner of Venture51. He began his career working for a private family office managing investments across North America. In 2004, he co-founded a media company that had an innovative approach to delivering online video content. In 2008, Ryan co-founded Republic Project (a rich media ad-tech platform), which was acquired in 2013 by DG Media Mind (Nasdaq). Ryan sits on the boards of Life360, Space Monkey, Betable, Game Golf and Urban Remedy. In his spare time he enjoys skiing, surfing, golf, poker and concerts.

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Hinge Capital
Hinge Capital

Ryan Swagar

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Jim Sagar

Jim Sagar

Venture Partner, Growth

Greg Kero

Partner

Ryan Swagar

Ryan Swagar

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Brandon Zeuner

Brandon Zeuner

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Boz Bundalo

Boz Bundalo

Venture Partner & CTO

Tom Graunke

Tom Graunke

Chairman & CEO

Zach Hamilton

Zach Hamilton

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