Breyer Capital

Quick read

Breyer Capital is a global venture capital firm founded by Jim Breyer in 2006, headquartered in Austin, Texas. It's best known as an early investor in Facebook, Spotify, Etsy, and Epic Games, and has increasingly concentrated on AI and healthcare/life sciences since 2016. The firm invests from seed through growth, often as the first institutional check, across the US, China, and emerging markets.

Key facts

Founded

2006

Founders

Jim Breyer

Employees

4-10

Sectors

ai, healthcare, fintech, consumer, crypto, generalist

Website

breyercapital.com

Investment thesis

Breyer Capital makes high-conviction, long-term investments in AI, healthcare/life sciences, fintech, and consumer technology, typically as first institutional capital at seed or early stage. The firm concentrates on companies at the intersection of AI and life sciences, with active US, China, and emerging-market coverage.

Recent activity

• Mar 2026investment
  Breyer Capital's latest tracked investment was in ParcelBio (Seed VC - II round, March 4, 2026), bringing its total investment count to 215. cbinsights.com
• Jan 2026press
  Partner Morgan Cheatham previewed Breyer Capital's 2026 Healthcare & Life Sciences Predictions in Forbes, arguing clinical AI's greatest impact will be measurement, not automation. x.com
• Jan 2026investment
  Breyer Capital backed Soley Therapeutics, which emerged with a $200M Series C to advance its 'stress clock' pipeline. tracxn.com
• Dec 2025leadership
  Breyer Capital appointed Dr. Bret Bostwick (MD, FAAP, FACMG) as Venture Advisor, expanding its healthcare and life sciences team. tracxn.com
• Sep 2025investment
  Breyer Capital participated in Harbor Health's $130M funding round alongside DFO and Health2047 Capital Partners. tracxn.com
• May 2025investment
  Breyer Capital joined a16z Crypto in the $18M seed round for Catena Labs, a Circle-backed stablecoin infrastructure company. tracxn.com
• Apr 2025leadership
  Morgan Cheatham, MD was named Head of Healthcare and Life Sciences at Breyer Capital, joining from Bessemer Venture Partners where he led early-stage healthcare investing. tracxn.com
• 2025press
  Breyer Capital partnered with Harvard Medical School's Department of Biomedical Informatics to support AI-driven precision medicine research. breyercapital.com

Notable investments

• ParcelBioSeedMar 2026cbinsights.com
• Soley TherapeuticsSeries CJan 2026tracxn.com
• Harbor HealthGrowthSep 2025tracxn.com
• Catena LabsSeedMay 2025tracxn.com
• EigenLayerSeedbreyercapital.com
• Charm Industrialbreyercapital.com
• Circlelinkedin.com
• OpenEvidencelinkedin.com
• Grammarlybreyercapital.com
• Epic Gamesbreyercapital.com

Key people

Named individuals at the firm. We don't expose direct email or phone — use their LinkedIn for outreach.

• Jim Breyer · Founder & CEO
  LinkedIn
• Daniel Breyer · Partner
  LinkedIn
• Ted Breyer · Partner
  LinkedIn
• Morgan Cheatham · Partner, Head of Healthcare & Life Sciences
  LinkedIn
• Bret Bostwick · Venture Advisor
  LinkedIn

Sources

• Breyer Capital – Official Website
• Our Team | Breyer Capital
• Jim Breyer | Breyer Capital
• Breyer Capital | LinkedIn
• Morgan Cheatham, MD | LinkedIn
• Daniel Breyer | LinkedIn
• Ted Breyer | LinkedIn
• Breyer Capital – CB Insights
• Breyer Capital – Tracxn
• Jim Breyer – Wikipedia

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