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What does August Capital invest in?
August Capital invests most often at Series A and Series B (51% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI & Machine Learning, Advertising (AdTech) and Apps.
August Capital highlights
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1 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Series A and Series B: 51% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 16 rounds, median $7.0M
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35 exits from the portfolio
What they do
At August Capital we take venture capital personallyFrom their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $1.0M – $30M as they say
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
- Sectors
- AI & Machine LearningAdvertising (AdTech)Apps
- Based in
- San Francisco, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first191 appearances
- 2026
1 round
- Feb
- 2025
1 round
- Jul
- 2021
1 round
- May
- 2019
7 rounds
- Dec
- Dec
- Jul
- Jun
- Mar
- Feb
- Feb
- 2018
2 rounds
- Oct
- Jun
- 2016
3 rounds
- Sept
- Jan
- Jan
- 2015
18 rounds
- Sept
- Sept
- Sept
- Sept
- Aug
- Aug
- Aug
- Jun
- Jun
- Jun
- May
- Apr
- Apr
- Apr
- Mar
- Feb
- Feb
- Jan
- 2014
24 rounds
- Dec
- Dec
- Nov
- Nov
- Oct
- Oct
- Sept
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 registration10 named
ARAndrew RappaportManaging Member of the General Partner.iFiling they signed
DFDavid F. MarquardtManaging Member of the General Partner.iFiling they signed
DMDavid M. HornikManaging Member of the General Partner.iFiling they signed
EWEric W. CarlborgMember of the General PartneriFiling they signed
HEHoward Eric HartenbaumManaging Member of the General Partner.iFiling they signed
JBJohn B. Jones IIIMember of the General PartneriFiling they signed
JRJohn R. JohnstonManaging Member of the General Partner.iFiling they signed
VMVilli M. IltchevMember of the General PartneriFiling they signed
VFVivek F. MehraManaging Member of the General Partner.iFiling they signed
WEW. Eric CarlborgMember of the General PartneriFiling they signed
We also hold 23 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.
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
12 of 17 we have independently watched raise
AvantFastlyFourkitesHipcampKinPatientiqPubmaticSendbirdSplunkTuroWepayZulilyBillCompanyEbatesIntegraladsTryhousecall
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.
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed35 in all
zulilyBought by Liberty Interactive Corporation$2.4BAug 2015
Mavenir SystemsBought by Mitel Networks Corporation$560MMar 2015
RocketmilesBought by Priceline$20MFeb 2015
Summit MicroelectronicsBought by Qualcomm IncorporatedUndisclosedJun 2014
AdchemyBought by WalmartLabsUndisclosedMay 2014
Scintera NetworksBought by Maxim Integrated ProductsUndisclosedJan 2014
Alta DevicesBought by Hanergy Holding GroupUndisclosedDec 2013
zulilyListed$263MNov 2013
LivemochaBought by Rosetta StoneUndisclosedApr 2013
Virsto SoftwareBought by VMwareUndisclosedFeb 2013
BroadLogic Network TechnologiesBought by BroadcomUndisclosedJan 2013
SplunkListed$230MApr 2012
UbicomBought by Qualcomm IncorporatedUndisclosedMar 2012
Unity SemiconductorBought by Rambus$35MFeb 2012
OPENLANEBought by KAR Auction Services$210MAug 2011
Six ApartBought by InfocomUndisclosedJan 2011
The latest 20 here. An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.