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AbeBooks

Last cheque observed May 2006. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

QuietVC firm

Series ABooksE-commerceInternet

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 1 on record
Since the last cheque7473days00hrs00min00sec
Rounds led0 of 1Sole investor1 rounds
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AbeBooks highlights

  1. 01

    1 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Series A: 100% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 1 rounds, median undisclosed

What they do

Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Sectors
BooksE-commerceInternet
Based in
Victoria, Canada
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first1 appearances

  1. 2006

    1 round

  2. May
    LibraryThingSeries A · US · abebooks.comUndisclosedSole investor

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

1 of 4 we have independently watched raise

ForumsBookfinderIberlibroZvab

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Companies it bought

Acquisitions by the firm itself

ChrislandsUndisclosedApr 2008
FillZUndisclosedFeb 2006
BookFinder.comUndisclosedNov 2005
JustBooksUndisclosedOct 2001

Quick answers about AbeBooks

What does AbeBooks invest in?

AbeBooks invests most often at Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Books, E-commerce and Internet.

How active is AbeBooks?

1 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in May 2006.

Is AbeBooks investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in May 2006.

What kind of investor is AbeBooks?

AbeBooks is a VC firm based in Victoria, Canada.

When was AbeBooks founded?

AbeBooks was founded in 1996.

Where does this information on AbeBooks come from?

From 1 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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