# AbeBooks: portfolio, investments and team

> AbeBooks is a vc firm based in Canada. 1 investment on record, latest May 2006. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# AbeBooks

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

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Quiet VC firm

Series A Books E-commerce Internet

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 1 on record

Since the last cheque **7473** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Rounds led **0 of 1** Sole investor **1 rounds**

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## AbeBooks highlights

- 01 1 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series A: 100% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median undisclosed

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Sectors:** Books E-commerce Internet
- **Based in:** Victoria, Canada
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **1 appearances**

- **2006** 1 round
- **May** **[LibraryThing](https://millionrounds.com/company/librarything)** Series A · US · abebooks.com **Undisclosed** Sole 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

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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

**Chrislands** **Undisclosed** Apr 2008

**FillZ** **Undisclosed** Feb 2006

**BookFinder.com** **Undisclosed** Nov 2005

**[JustBooks](https://millionrounds.com/company/justbooks)** **Undisclosed** Oct 2001

## The cheque

Series A

Median round joined **-** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **-**

Led 0 of 1 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** May 2006

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A *1*

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## 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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