# Automattic: portfolio, investments and team > Automattic is a corporate vc based in United States. 5 investments on record, latest Jan 2014. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/automattic (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Automattic Last cheque observed Jan 2014. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Quiet Corporate VC Seed Series A Analytics Industrial Blogging Platforms Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 5 on record Since the last cheque **4662** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$1.0M** Rounds led **0 of 5** Sole investor **2 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 80%** Pitch Automattic ## Automattic highlights - 01 5 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 100% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 2 rounds, median undisclosed ## What they do - **Type:** Corporate VC (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Sectors:** Analytics Industrial Blogging Platforms - **Based in:** San Francisco, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **5 appearances** - **2014** 1 round - **Jan** **[Graphflow](https://millionrounds.com/company/graphflow)** Seed · ZA **$225K** With 1 other - **2012** 2 rounds - **Nov** **[ZippyKid](https://millionrounds.com/company/zippykid)** Seed · US · torquemag.io **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Nov** **[Pressable](https://millionrounds.com/company/pressable)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **2011** 1 round - **Nov** **[WP Engine](https://millionrounds.com/company/wp-engine)** Series A · US · techcrunch.com **$1.2M** With 7 others - **2010** 1 round - **Jun** **[OwnLocal](https://millionrounds.com/company/ownlocal)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$1.0M** With 17 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 We hold **5** 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) **0** of 16 we have independently watched raise Beeper BuddyPress Copy shortlink Day One Gravatar Jetpack Longreads Matt Mullenweg Meet Newspack Pocket Casts WP Job Manager WooCommerce WordCamps WordPress VIP bbPress 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 **[Woo](https://millionrounds.com/company/woo)** **$30M** May 2015 **Code For The People** **Undisclosed** Nov 2014 **Parka** **Undisclosed** Aug 2014 **[scroll kit](https://millionrounds.com/company/scroll-kit)** **Undisclosed** Apr 2014 **Longreads** **Undisclosed** Apr 2014 **Cloudup** **Undisclosed** Sept 2013 **Lean Domain Search** **Undisclosed** Jul 2013 **Poster** **Undisclosed** Jun 2013 **[Simperium](https://millionrounds.com/company/simperium)** **Undisclosed** Jan 2013 **CodeGarage** **Undisclosed** Dec 2012 **Plinky** **Undisclosed** Jun 2010 **After the Deadline** **Undisclosed** Sept 2009 ## The cheque Seed Series A Median round joined **$1.0M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **-** Led 0 of 5 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** 2 rounds - **Last cheque:** Jan 2014 Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed *4* - Series A *1* Cheques by year Led Joined 2010 2014 Often in the room with - [Bill Boebel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bill-boebel) 2 - [Joshua Baer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joshua-baer) 2 **Pitching Automattic?** 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 Automattic. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Bill Boebel** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bill-boebel)[**Joshua Baer** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joshua-baer) ## Quick answers about Automattic ### What does Automattic invest in? Automattic invests most often at Seed and Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Analytics, Industrial and Blogging Platforms. ### How active is Automattic? 5 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jan 2014. ### How big are Automattic's cheques? The median round it joins is $1.0M. ### Does Automattic lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 5 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does Automattic invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (80%) and South Africa (20%). ### Is Automattic investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jan 2014. ### Who does Automattic invest alongside? Most often Bill Boebel (2 rounds together) and Joshua Baer (2 rounds together). ### What kind of investor is Automattic? Automattic is a corporate VC based in San Francisco, United States. ## 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=automattic) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=automattic)