# Base Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Base Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 55 investments on record, latest Apr 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/base-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Base Ventures

Last cheque observed Apr 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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Quiet VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Space Fintech Consumer

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 55 on record

Since the last cheque **2754** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$5.3M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $700K** Rounds led **0 of 55** Sole investor **6 rounds** Exits **7 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 97%**

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## Base Ventures highlights

- 01 55 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 81% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 6 rounds, median $400K
- 04 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 ones From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $100K – $700K as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Space Fintech Consumer
- **Based in:** Berkeley, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **55 appearances**

- **2019** 1 round
- **Apr** **[Mos](https://millionrounds.com/company/mos)** Seed · US · Techmoran **$4.0M** With 4 others
- **2017** 2 rounds
- **Apr** **[Ink Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/ink-labs)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$6.7M** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[Baker](https://millionrounds.com/company/baker)** US · TechCrunch **$3.5M** With 4 others
- **2016** 1 round
- **Nov** **[WithMe (Software platform)](https://millionrounds.com/company/withme-software-platform)** **$33M** With 11 others
- **2015** 3 rounds
- **Jun** **[Rinse](https://millionrounds.com/company/rinse)** Seed · US **$3.5M** With 18 others
- **May** **[Swapbox](https://millionrounds.com/company/swapbox)** Seed · US **$2.2M** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[Airdog, Inc](https://millionrounds.com/company/airdog-inc)** Seed · US **$2.5M** With 11 others
- **2014** 12 rounds
- **Oct** **[Monsieur](https://millionrounds.com/company/monsieur)** Seed · US **$2.0M** With 7 others
- **Aug** **[Strut](https://millionrounds.com/company/strut)** Seed · US **$1.5M** With 18 others
- **Aug** **[Surf Air](https://millionrounds.com/company/surf-air)** Series B · US **$8.0M** With 9 others
- **Jul** **[Caarbon](https://millionrounds.com/company/caarbon)** Seed **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **May** **[SpoonRocket](https://millionrounds.com/company/spoonrocket)** Series A · US **$11M** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[Balanced](https://millionrounds.com/company/balanced)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[Trippeo](https://millionrounds.com/company/trippeo)** Seed · CA **$250K** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[Cognea](https://millionrounds.com/company/cognea)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[PandoDaily](https://millionrounds.com/company/pandodaily)** Series A · US **$1.2M** With 12 others
- **Feb** **[CultureIQ](https://millionrounds.com/company/cultureiq)** Seed · US **$200K** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[StyleSeat](https://millionrounds.com/company/styleseat)** Series A · US **$10M** With 7 others
- **Jan** **[Shelf.com](https://millionrounds.com/company/shelf-com)** Seed **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **2013** 15 rounds
- **Dec** **[Modest Inc](https://millionrounds.com/company/modest-inc)** Debt · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Dec** **[Swapbox](https://millionrounds.com/company/swapbox)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$800K** With 4 others
- **Nov** **[Wildfang](https://millionrounds.com/company/wildfang)** Venture · US · sec.gov **$2.0M** Sole investor
- **Oct** **[OrderWithMe](https://millionrounds.com/company/orderwithme)** Series B · US · finsmes.com **$6.0M** With 7 others
- **Oct** **[World View Enterprises](https://millionrounds.com/company/world-view-enterprises)** US **$250K** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[AngelList](https://millionrounds.com/company/angellist)** Series B · US · techcrunch.com **$24M** With 31 others
- **Sept** **[Pigeonly](https://millionrounds.com/company/pigeonly)** Seed · US · newmeaccelerator.com **$1.0M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[SpoonRocket](https://millionrounds.com/company/spoonrocket)** Seed · US **$2.5M** With 6 others
- **Jul** **[Outbox](https://millionrounds.com/company/outbox)** Series A · US · techcrunch.com **$5.0M** With 9 others
- **Jun** **[NSFW Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/company/nsfw-corporation)** Seed · US · blogs.wsj.com **$250K** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[Surf Air](https://millionrounds.com/company/surf-air)** Series B · US · pevc.dowjones.com **$7.0M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[6sense](https://millionrounds.com/company/6sense)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[Balanced](https://millionrounds.com/company/balanced)** Seed · US · finsmes.com **$2.0M** With 14 others
- **Apr** **[Share Practice](https://millionrounds.com/company/share-practice)** Venture · US **$25K** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[Virool](https://millionrounds.com/company/virool)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$6.6M** With 24 others
- **2012** 14 rounds
- **Dec** **[inDinero](https://millionrounds.com/company/indinero)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Nov** **[Share Practice](https://millionrounds.com/company/share-practice)** Seed · US · angel.co **$750K** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[BlackJet](https://millionrounds.com/company/blackjet)** Venture · US · techcrunch.com **$2.1M** With 32 others
- **Oct** **[Rolltech](https://millionrounds.com/company/rolltech)** Seed · US · vegastechfund.com **$290K** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[Tracks.by](https://millionrounds.com/company/tracks-by)** Venture · US **$88K** Sole investor
- **Oct** **[TapToLearn](https://millionrounds.com/company/taptolearn)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** With 3 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 **1 named**

EH **Erik Harold Moore** Managing Member i Form 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

**$42M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture 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

[6sense](https://millionrounds.com/company/6sense)[Airtable](https://millionrounds.com/company/airtable)[Apozy](https://millionrounds.com/company/apozy)[Aptible](https://millionrounds.com/company/aptible)[Armory](https://millionrounds.com/company/armory)[Avochato](https://millionrounds.com/company/avochato)[Buffalomarket](https://millionrounds.com/company/buffalo-market)[Cafexapp](https://millionrounds.com/company/cafex)[Confidentcannabis](https://millionrounds.com/company/confident-cannabis)[Crate](https://millionrounds.com/company/crate)[Crowdalbum](https://millionrounds.com/company/crowdalbum)[Cuenca](https://millionrounds.com/company/cuenca)[Cultureiq](https://millionrounds.com/company/cultureiq)[Eaglecorps](https://millionrounds.com/company/eaglecorps)[Earnup](https://millionrounds.com/company/earnup)[Geckorobotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/gecko-robotics)[Genies](https://millionrounds.com/company/genies)[Hyperloop-one](https://millionrounds.com/company/hyperloop-one)[Indinero](https://millionrounds.com/company/indinero)[Jumpcut](https://millionrounds.com/company/jumpcut)[Lvl5](https://millionrounds.com/company/lvl5)[Maymobility](https://millionrounds.com/company/may-mobility)[Mos](https://millionrounds.com/company/mos)[Netki](https://millionrounds.com/company/netki)[Nucypher](https://millionrounds.com/company/nucypher)[Padsplit](https://millionrounds.com/company/padsplit)[Pigeonly](https://millionrounds.com/company/pigeonly)[Plangrid](https://millionrounds.com/company/plangrid)[Plumbr](https://millionrounds.com/company/plumbr)[Rapchat](https://millionrounds.com/company/rapchat)[Rinse](https://millionrounds.com/company/rinse)[Rubylove](https://millionrounds.com/company/ruby-love)[Spaceperspective](https://millionrounds.com/company/space-perspective)[Styleseat](https://millionrounds.com/company/styleseat)[Surfair](https://millionrounds.com/company/surf-air)[Topknot](https://millionrounds.com/company/topknot)[Traveljoy](https://millionrounds.com/company/traveljoy)[Trippeo](https://millionrounds.com/company/trippeo)[Vestaboard](https://millionrounds.com/company/vestaboard)[Welcome](https://millionrounds.com/company/welcome)[Zappos](https://millionrounds.com/company/zappos) Alphalitigation Astonishinglabs Beondeck Blavity Dirtylemon Driverdashcam Frankdarling Fuelpanda Grin Hello Joinbootup Justflip Kepthome Maderenovation Mansa Matic Olly Oxygenbank Parade and 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 listed **7 in all**

**[Modest Inc](https://millionrounds.com/company/modest-inc)** Bought by PayPal **Undisclosed** Aug 2015

**[Cognea](https://millionrounds.com/company/cognea)** Bought by [IBM (International Business Machines)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ibm-international-business-machines) **Undisclosed** May 2014

**[NSFW Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/company/nsfw-corporation)** Bought by PandoDaily **Undisclosed** Nov 2013

**[Socialcam](https://millionrounds.com/company/socialcam)** Bought by [Autodesk](https://millionrounds.com/fund/autodesk) **$60M** Jul 2012

**[Appstores.com](https://millionrounds.com/company/appstores-com)** Bought by InMobi **Undisclosed** Jul 2012

**[Zappos](https://millionrounds.com/company/zappos)** Bought by [Amazon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amazon) **$1.2B** Jul 2009

**[Agencourt Bioscience](https://millionrounds.com/company/agencourt-bioscience)** Bought by Beckman Coulter **$150M** Apr 2005

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$5.3M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$400K**

Led 0 of 55 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $100K – $700K
- **Sole investor:** 6 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Apr 2019
- **Exits:** 7 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *36*
- Series A said *6*
- Venture *5*
- Series B said *4*
- Debt *1*
- Pre-seed said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

1998 2019

Often in the room with

- [Erik Moore](https://millionrounds.com/fund/base-ventures-2) 15
- [VegasTechFund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vegastechfund) 8
- [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) 7
- [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) 6
- [ACE & Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ace-and-company) 5
- [Alexis Ohanian](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alexis-ohanian) 5

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Base Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Erik Moore** VC firm **15** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/base-ventures-2)[**VegasTechFund** Private equity **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vegastechfund)[**500 Global** Angel **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups)[**SV Angel** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel)[**ACE & Company** Private equity **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ace-and-company)[**Alexis Ohanian** Angel **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alexis-ohanian)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**CrunchFund** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crunchfund-3)[**Expansion Venture Capital** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/expansion-venture-capital)[**Garry Tan** Angel **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/garry-tan)[**QueensBridge Venture Partners** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/queensbridge-venture-partners)[**AFSquare** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/afsquare)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Base Ventures put money into.

[**Mos** $4.0M · Apr 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/mos)

## Quick answers about Base Ventures

### 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.

### How active is Base Ventures?

55 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Apr 2019.

### What has Base Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Mos (Seed, Apr 2019), Ink Labs (Seed, Apr 2017) and Baker (Undisclosed round, Mar 2017).

### How big are Base Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $5.3M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $700K.

### Does Base Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 55 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Base Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (97%).

### Is Base Ventures investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Apr 2019.

### Who does Base Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Erik Moore (15 rounds together), VegasTechFund (8 rounds together) and 500 Global (7 rounds together).

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