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John Fein

John Fein

Managing Partner at Firebrand Ventures

DirectorRoles at 2 startups
Updated Nov 4, 2026·Latest SEC filing Nov 2, 2026·Suggest an edit

About John Fein

John Fein is managing partner at Firebrand Ventures, a seed and Series A fund. He sits on the board of HData and on the board of Realto.

Before Firebrand, he was a managing director at Techstars, where he ran three accelerator programs in Kansas City, starting in 2014. Earlier he spent nine years at UnitedHealth Group.

Experience

This experience comes from official bios and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name John Fein in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

HData, Inc. Current
Managing Partner, Firebrand Ventures and director
2021 – Present · Lockport, IL
HData sells software that helps energy companies, regulators and others search and work with energy regulatory filings.
Firebrand Ventures Current
Managing Partner
LODAS Markets, Inc.
Director
2022 – 2025 · Overland Park, KS
Realto Inc.
Board member
From 2022
Techstars
Managing Director Emeritus
UnitedHealth Group

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people John Fein works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

HData, Inc. · Form D, Nov 2, 2026
Hudson Hollister
Hudson Hollister
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and director
Yuval Lubowich
Yuval Lubowich
Co-Founder, Chief Product & Technology Officer
Rajesh Choudhary
Rajesh Choudhary
General Counsel
Amy Francetic
Amy Francetic
Co-Founder, Buoyant Ventures and director
LODAS Markets, Inc. · Form D, Oct 27, 2025
SB
Steven Braun
Director
RG
Robert Green
Director
MJ
Mandy Jordan
Executive officer
BK
Brian King
Chief Executive Officer and director
RN
Rodrigo Neri
Executive officer and director
KR
Kyle Robey
Executive officer
KL
Kevin McCormack-Lane
Executive officer

Sources

  1. SECHData, Inc. Form D, filed Nov 2, 2026
  2. SECLODAS Markets, Inc. Form D, filed Oct 27, 2025
  3. InvestorPress page on firebrandvc.com
  4. Company siteBio on techstars.com
  5. PressRealto funding release on lodasmarkets.com