Dusty Ventures
Dusty Von Bruggeman — Builder & Operator
BUILDER THESIS
One builder. Multiple ventures. Always shipping.
Dusty Ventures is the personal portfolio of Dusty Von Bruggeman — a 25-year-old entrepreneur from Cherry Valley, Illinois building tools across health, education, finance, and local services. It's not a fund and not an agency. It's a workshop.
I'm a self-taught developer who runs an insurance brokerage, an exterior cleaning service, and a growing stack of software projects. The common thread is simple: real problems I've felt, products I'd actually use, and the willingness to ship before everything is perfect.
AI-augmented development — Claude Code as the daily driver — is what makes the pace possible. One person can now design, build, and operate several products at once if the work is honest about what's worth building.
Ship Fast
Get a v1 in users' hands before it's polished. Real feedback beats a clean roadmap every time.
Solve Real Problems
Every project starts from a gap I've personally felt — in insurance, golf, learning, or local services.
Build in Public
Publish the work, the wins, and the misses. Transparency compounds — credibility is the long game.
VENTURES
Featured Projects
Dusty Wash
Professional power washing and exterior cleaning serving Cherry Valley, Rockford, and the surrounding Northern Illinois area. Houses, driveways, decks, and commercial properties.
Northern IL
Service Area
Online
Booking
Catalyst Financial Group
A licensed life and health insurance brokerage helping families and individuals find affordable coverage they actually understand. Built to take the friction out of buying real protection.
Life & Health
Lines
Independent
Model
NootStack
A research-driven library of nootropic compounds with molecular profiles, evidence ratings, and a benchmarking system for stack design. Built for people who actually read the studies.