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Brandon Farwell

General Partner, Xfund

About

Brandon Farwell is a venture capital investor at Xfund who co-teaches ethics in entrepreneurship at Stanford and created the Xfund Ethics Fellows Program, using his experience from a major venture firm's breakdown to help students spot governance issues in startups. He has deep, long-term connections to Stanford and Harvard's entrepreneurship ecosystems through nearly two decades of mentoring student founders, office hours, and leadership roles like running BASES, plus early experience at DFJ working on investments in SpaceX, Tesla, and other category-defining companies. Brandon Farwell is a venture capital investor at Xfund who co-teaches ethics in entrepreneurship at Stanford and created the Xfund Ethics Fellows Program, using his experience from a major venture firm's breakdown to help students spot governance issues in startups. He has deep, long-term connections to Stanford and Harvard's entrepreneurship ecosystems through nearly two decades of mentoring student founders, office hours, and leadership roles like running BASES, plus early experience at DFJ working on investments in SpaceX, Tesla, and other category-defining companies.

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Investment focus

Stages
Pre-Seed
Seed
Sectors
Generalist
AI
SaaS
Health
FinTech

Investment details

Avg check size$50K - $500K
Can lead rounds
Yes
Geographies
USA