# Arena Ventures: portfolio, investments and team > Arena Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 17 investments on record, latest Sept 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/arena-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Arena Ventures Last cheque observed Sep 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Email Quiet New fund $26M, Jun 2016 VC firm Website unconfirmed Seed FinTech Financial Services Venture Capital & Private Equity Follow Arena Ventures and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Farena-ventures) Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 17 on record Since the last cheque **2614** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$20M** Rounds led **0 of 17** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 100%** Pitch Arena Ventures ## Arena Ventures highlights - 01 17 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 87% of its rounds - 03 1 exits from the portfolio ## What they do - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Seed - **Sectors:** FinTech Financial Services Venture Capital & Private Equity - **Based in:** Los Angeles, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated A website was listed for this organisation, but we could not confirm it belongs to the firm that wrote these cheques. Either the site never mentions them, or it turned out to be a different company sharing the name. We show neither it nor anything read from it. [Tell us the right one](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=arena-ventures). ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **17 appearances** - **2019** 1 round - **Sept** **[Saltbox](https://millionrounds.com/company/saltbox)** US · FinSMEs **$3.2M** With 3 others - **2017** 1 round - **Mar** **[ProducePay](https://millionrounds.com/company/producepay)** Debt · US · TechCrunch **$77M** With 3 others - **2016** 1 round - **Jun** **[Laurel & Wolf](https://millionrounds.com/company/laurel-and-wolf)** **$20M** With 23 others - **2015** 8 rounds - **Aug** **[My Table](https://millionrounds.com/company/my-table)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others - **Jun** **[One Month](https://millionrounds.com/company/one-month)** Seed · US **$1.9M** With 9 others - **Jun** **[ProducePay](https://millionrounds.com/company/producepay)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other - **Jun** **[Andela](https://millionrounds.com/company/andela)** Series A · US **$10M** With 2 others - **Jun** **[Rinse](https://millionrounds.com/company/rinse)** Seed · US **$3.5M** With 18 others - **Mar** **[Meerkat](https://millionrounds.com/company/meerkat)** Series B · US **$14M** With 21 others - **Mar** **[HONK](https://millionrounds.com/company/honk)** Series A · US **$12M** With 6 others - **Feb** **[Laurel & Wolf](https://millionrounds.com/company/laurel-and-wolf)** Series A · US **$4.4M** With 4 others - **2014** 5 rounds - **Dec** **[Mattermark](https://millionrounds.com/company/mattermark)** Series A · US · Foundry Group **$6.5M** With 8 others - **Sept** **[Andela](https://millionrounds.com/company/andela)** Seed · US **$3.0M** With 12 others - **Aug** **[Headout](https://millionrounds.com/company/headout)** Seed · US **$1.8M** With 21 others - **Mar** **[Reserve](https://millionrounds.com/company/reserve)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others - **Jan** **[fitmob](https://millionrounds.com/company/fitmob)** Series A · US **$9.8M** With 3 others - **2013** 1 round - **Apr** **[DSTLD](https://millionrounds.com/company/dstld)** Seed · US **$1.0M** With 7 others 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 Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **2 named** JL **Jeffrey Lo** Managing Member of Managing Member i Filing they signed PC **Paige Craig** Managing Member of Managing Member i Filing they signed We also hold **3** 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. ## Exits from the portfolio Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all** **[fitmob](https://millionrounds.com/company/fitmob)** Bought by ClassPass **Undisclosed** Apr 2015 An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records. New fund on file **$26M** raised in Jun 2016 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Seed Median round joined **$20M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 17 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Sept 2019 - **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed said *8* - Series A *5* - Debt *1* - Series B *1* Cheques by year Led Joined 2013 2019 Often in the room with - [Karlin Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/karlin-ventures) 3 - [Paige Craig](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paige-craig) 3 - [QueensBridge Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/queensbridge-venture-partners) 3 - [Sherpa Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sherpa-capital) 3 - [Structure Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/structure-capital) 3 - [Aslanoba Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aslanoba-capital) 2 **Pitching Arena 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 Arena Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Karlin Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/karlin-ventures)[**Paige Craig** Angel **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paige-craig)[**QueensBridge Venture Partners** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/queensbridge-venture-partners)[**Sherpa Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sherpa-capital)[**Structure Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/structure-capital)[**Aslanoba Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aslanoba-capital)[**CAA Ventures** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/caa-ventures)[**CRV** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv)[**Draper Associates** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates)[**Expansion Venture Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/expansion-venture-capital)[**FundersClub** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fundersclub)[**Great Oaks Venture Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/great-oaks-venture-capital) ## Recently backed The latest companies Arena Ventures put money into. [**Saltbox** $3.2M · Sept 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/saltbox)[**ProducePay** $77M · Mar 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/producepay)[**Laurel & Wolf** $20M · Jun 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/laurel-and-wolf) ## Mentioned on podcasts Episodes that name Arena Ventures in their description, not their title. - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 30 Mar 2016 · 23 min 20VC: 'The Best Seed Investors Hunt' with Paige Craig @ Arena VC Mentions [Paige Craig](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paige-craig)[AngelList](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angellist)[Arena Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arena-ventures) Apple PodcastsShow page ## Quick answers about Arena Ventures ### What does Arena Ventures invest in? Arena Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (87% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as FinTech, Financial Services and Venture Capital & Private Equity. ### How active is Arena Ventures? 17 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2019. ### What has Arena Ventures invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Saltbox (Undisclosed round, Sept 2019), ProducePay (Debt, Mar 2017) and Laurel & Wolf (Jun 2016). ### How big are Arena Ventures's cheques? The median round it joins is $20M. ### Does Arena Ventures lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 17 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does Arena Ventures invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%). ### Is Arena Ventures investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Sept 2019. ### Who does Arena Ventures invest alongside? Most often Karlin Ventures (3 rounds together), Paige Craig (3 rounds together) and QueensBridge Venture Partners (3 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=arena-ventures) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=arena-ventures)