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What does Base Ventures invest in?
Base Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (81% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Space, Fintech and Consumer.
Base Ventures highlights
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55 rounds on record
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Mostly Seed and Series A: 81% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 6 rounds, median $400K
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7 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Base was the first institutional investor in Pigeonly, a platform that keeps the incarcerated connected to loved onesFrom their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $100K – $700K as they say
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries B
- Sectors
- SpaceFintechConsumer
- Based in
- Berkeley, United States
- Cold pitches
- Accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first55 appearances
- 2019
1 round
- Apr
- 2017
2 rounds
- Apr
- Mar
- 2016
1 round
- Nov
- 2015
3 rounds
- Jun
- May
- Mar
- 2014
12 rounds
- Oct
- Aug
- Aug
- Jul
- May
- Apr
- Mar
- Mar
- Feb
- Feb
- Jan
- Jan
- 2013
15 rounds
- Dec
- Dec
- Nov
- Oct
- Oct
- Sept
- Sept
- Sept
- Jul
- Jun
- Jun
- Apr
- Apr
- Apr
- Feb
- 2012
14 rounds
- Dec
- Nov
- Oct
- Oct
- Oct
- Oct
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 registration1 named
EHErik Harold MooreManaging MemberiForm ADV
We also hold 6 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 the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$42Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- BASE Venture Management, Inc.
- SEC number
- CRD 325088
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
41 of 60 we have independently watched raise
6senseAirtableApozyAptibleArmoryAvochatoBuffalomarketCafexappConfidentcannabisCrateCrowdalbumCuencaCultureiqEaglecorpsEarnupGeckoroboticsGeniesHyperloop-oneIndineroJumpcutLvl5MaymobilityMosNetkiNucypherPadsplitPigeonlyPlangridPlumbrRapchatRinseRubyloveSpaceperspectiveStyleseatSurfairTopknotTraveljoyTrippeoVestaboardWelcomeZapposAlphalitigationAstonishinglabsBeondeckBlavityDirtylemonDriverdashcamFrankdarlingFuelpandaGrinHelloJoinbootupJustflipKepthomeMaderenovationMansaMaticOllyOxygenbankParadeand 11 more
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 listed7 in all
Modest IncBought by PayPalUndisclosedAug 2015
CogneaBought by IBM (International Business Machines)UndisclosedMay 2014
NSFW CorporationBought by PandoDailyUndisclosedNov 2013
Appstores.comBought by InMobiUndisclosedJul 2012
Agencourt BioscienceBought by Beckman Coulter$150MApr 2005
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.