First Chair Ventures

All investment decisions flow through Bradford Fayfield, who serves as the firm’s Chief Investor. He sources deals and manages the investor network that co-deploys capital. The firm’s website does not list an investment committee or additional investment professionals, suggesting Fayfield holds singular decision-making authority.

First Chair writes initial checks of $50,000 to $1 million into seed and early-stage companies. It targets firms with trailing twelve-month revenue of $500,000 to $5 million and a typical first-funding valuation below $5 million. If a product is still in beta, the firm requires proof-of-concept revenue before investing.

No. The firm explicitly states on its website that it does not invest in companies headquartered outside of the United States. While the geographic priority is Colorado-based companies, it will back US-headquartered businesses elsewhere when there is a strong strategic fit.

First Chair is privately funded through a network of angels, entrepreneurs, CEOs and business leaders that Bradford Fayfield has built over two decades. The firm does not disclose a formal institutional LP base, operating instead more like a curated syndicate than a traditional blind-pool venture fund.

The firm’s stated investment focus centers on media, technology and consumer product markets. First Chair does not publish a list of excluded sectors, but its website makes no mention of life sciences, hard tech, deep tech, hardware, fintech or enterprise SaaS as core pursuits, suggesting a bias toward consumer-facing and media-adjacent businesses aligned with Fayfield’s operating background.