# Arafura Ventures: portfolio, investments and team > Arafura Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 7 investments on record, latest Nov 2017. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/arafura-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Arafura Ventures Last cheque observed Nov 2017. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Email Quiet VC firm Seed Series A SaaS Software Follow Arafura Ventures and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Farafura-ventures) Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 7 on record Since the last cheque **3266** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$5.0M** Rounds led **0 of 7** Sole investor **1 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 86%** Pitch Arafura Ventures ## Arafura Ventures highlights - 01 7 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Series A and Seed: 71% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $400K ## What they do > an early stage venture firm investing in US business to business softeware as a service (SaaS) technology start ups From their own website - **Type:** VC firm - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Seed Series A - **Sectors:** SaaS Software - **Based in:** Palo Alto, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **7 appearances** - **2017** 1 round - **Nov** **[PacketZoom](https://millionrounds.com/company/packetzoom)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$5.0M** With 3 others - **2015** 1 round - **Jul** **[Transifex](https://millionrounds.com/company/transifex)** Series A · US **$4.0M** With 3 others - **2014** 2 rounds - **Oct** **[Qvivr](https://millionrounds.com/company/qvivr)** Debt · US **$1.0M** With 1 other - **Jun** **[Transifex](https://millionrounds.com/company/transifex)** Seed · US **$2.5M** With 3 others - **2013** 2 rounds - **Nov** **[Cloudstaff](https://millionrounds.com/company/cloudstaff)** Seed · AU · finsmes.com **$500K** With 3 others - **Mar** **[Gridium](https://millionrounds.com/company/gridium)** Series A · US · sec.gov **$750K** With 2 others - **2012** 1 round - **May** **[Connectem](https://millionrounds.com/company/connectem)** Venture · US · sec.gov **$400K** 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. ## The team We hold **2** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. ## The cheque Seed Series A Median round joined **$5.0M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$400K** Led 0 of 7 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** 1 rounds - **Last cheque:** Nov 2017 Rounds by stage said on their site - Series A said *3* - Seed said *2* - Debt *1* - Venture *1* Cheques by year Led Joined 2012 2017 Often in the room with - [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) 2 - [Toba Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toba-capital) 2 **Pitching Arafura Ventures?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Arafura Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**New Enterprise Associates** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates)[**Toba Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toba-capital) ## Recently backed The latest companies Arafura Ventures put money into. [**PacketZoom** $5.0M · Nov 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/packetzoom) ## Quick answers about Arafura Ventures ### What does Arafura Ventures invest in? Arafura Ventures invests most often at Series A and Seed (71% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as SaaS and Software. ### How active is Arafura Ventures? 7 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Nov 2017. ### What has Arafura Ventures invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: PacketZoom (Series A, Nov 2017). ### How big are Arafura Ventures's cheques? The median round it joins is $5.0M. ### Does Arafura Ventures lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 7 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does Arafura Ventures invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (86%) and Australia (14%). ### Is Arafura Ventures investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Nov 2017. ### Who does Arafura Ventures invest alongside? Most often New Enterprise Associates (2 rounds together) and Toba Capital (2 rounds together). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=arafura-ventures) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=arafura-ventures)