First Chair Ventures

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.