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Baseline Ventures

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

QuietNew fund, Mar 2018VC firm

SeedSeries ASeries BMarketingMobileSEM

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 152 on record
Since the last cheque2511days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$15MCheque size, as they say$100K – $1.0MRounds led2 of 152Sole investor8 roundsExits32 from the portfolioMostly inUnited States, 97%
Pitch Baseline Ventures

Baseline Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    152 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Series A and Seed: 73% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 8 rounds, median $685K

  4. 04

    32 exits from the portfolio

What they do

Invested in 2011, IPO 2021From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$100K – $1.0M as they say
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
MarketingMobileSEM
Based in
Ross, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first152 appearances

  1. 2019

    8 rounds

  2. Dec
    Dusty RoboticsSeed · US · FinSMEs$5.0MWith 3 others
  3. Sept
    Karuna LabsSeed · US · FinSMEs$3.0MLed
  4. Jul
    CircleCISeries D · US · FinSMEs$56MWith 8 others
  5. Jul
    TrustArcSeries D · US · FinSMEs$70MWith 5 others
  6. Jun
    DishcraftSeries A · US · TechCrunch$25MLed
  7. Jun
    CybeReadyIL · Siliconangle$5.0MWith 1 other
  8. May
    Sun BasketSeries E · US · FinSMEs$30MWith 8 others
  9. Feb
    MakerSightsUS · FinSMEs$3.1MWith 3 others
  10. 2018

    2 rounds

  11. Nov
    Shape SecurityUS · FinSMEs$26MWith 9 others
  12. Jan
    CircleCISeries C · US · FinSMEs$31MWith 5 others
  13. 2017

    2 rounds

  14. Jun
    BlueFox.ioSeries A · US · FinSMEs$7.0MWith 3 others
  15. Apr
    PagerDutySeries C · US · FinSMEs$44MWith 3 others
  16. 2016

    3 rounds

  17. Nov
    CrayonSeed · US · FinSMEs$3.4MWith 2 others
  18. Oct
    PacketZoomUS · FinSMEs$4.3MSole investor
  19. Feb
    Digit$23MWith 21 others
  20. 2015

    12 rounds

  21. Sept
    SoFiSeries E · US$1.0BWith 6 others
  22. Sept
    Sun BasketVenture · US$4.5MWith 24 others
  23. Sept
    Iron.ioSeries A · US$8.0MWith 4 others
  24. Aug
    ApiarySeries A · US$6.8MWith 2 others
  25. Aug
    Front RowSeries A · US$5.3MWith 3 others
  26. Jun
    SmyteSeed$2.3MWith 4 others
  27. Jun
    AppuriSeed · US$2.0MWith 2 others
  28. Jun
    Careport HealthVenture · US$2.2MWith 6 others
  29. May
    DigitSeries A · US$11MWith 3 others
  30. Apr
    PacketZoomSeed · USUndisclosedWith 3 others
  31. Mar
    Spruce HealthSeries A · US$15MWith 3 others
  32. Feb
    LiftoffSeries A · US$5.0MWith 5 others
  33. 2014

    13 rounds

  34. Dec
    TinyPulseSeries A · US$3.5MWith 1 other
  35. Dec
    DigitSeed · US$2.5MWith 14 others
  36. Nov
    BlocSeries A · US$6.0MWith 5 others
  37. Nov
    Good EggsSeries C · US$21MWith 6 others
  38. Oct
    SomaSeries A · US$2.2MWith 14 others
  39. Oct
    Iron.ioSeed · US$3.1MWith 2 others
  40. Sept
    Spruce HealthSeed · US$2.0MWith 2 others
  41. Jul
    PagerDutySeries B · US$27MWith 3 others
  42. Jul
    ThreadflipSeries B · US$13MWith 3 others
  43. Jun
    Stitch FixSeries C · US$30MWith 3 others
  44. Apr
    PiqoraSeries A · US$7.7MWith 3 others
  45. Apr
    SoFiSeries C · US$80MWith 8 others
  46. Jan
    BoombotixSeries A · US$4.0MWith 15 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 registration1 named

SASteven AndersonManaging Member - Baseline Industries GP, LLCiForm ADV

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.

What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

$613Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
Baseline Industries, L.P.
SEC number
CRD 294309

Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed32 in all

SmyteBought by Twitter$65MJun 2018
Reverb TechnologiesBought by InformUndisclosedMay 2015
BlekkoBought by IBM (International Business Machines)UndisclosedMar 2015
TrialPayBought by VisaUndisclosedFeb 2015
ClarityBought by FundableUndisclosedFeb 2015
LibratoBought by SolarWinds$40MJan 2015
TastemakerXBought by RdioUndisclosedJul 2014
BookFreshBought by SquareUndisclosedFeb 2014
StackMobBought by PayPalUndisclosedDec 2013
SeesawBought by BylinerUndisclosedNov 2013
XobniBought by Yahoo!$48MJul 2013
GiftlyBought by GiftCards.comUndisclosedMay 2013
MetaresolverBought by Millennial MediaUndisclosedFeb 2013
CrashlyticsBought by Twitter$100MJan 2013
FormspringBought by Spring.meUndisclosedJan 2013
GoInstantBought by Salesforce$70MJul 2012
InstagramBought by Facebook$1.0BApr 2012
OMGPOPBought by Zynga$210MMar 2012
SendoriBought by CoBe CapitalUndisclosedNov 2011
VerslyBought by CiscoUndisclosedAug 2011

The latest 20 here. An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

Who they invest alongside

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

Recently backed

The latest companies Baseline Ventures put money into.

Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name Baseline Ventures in their description, not their title.

Quick answers about Baseline Ventures

What does Baseline Ventures invest in?

Baseline Ventures invests most often at Series A and Seed (73% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Marketing, Mobile and SEM.

How active is Baseline Ventures?

152 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 2. The most recent was in Dec 2019.

What has Baseline Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Dusty Robotics (Seed, Dec 2019), Karuna Labs (Seed, Sept 2019) and CircleCI (Series D, Jul 2019).

How big are Baseline Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $15M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $1.0M.

Does Baseline Ventures lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 2 of its 152 investments on record (1%).

Where does Baseline Ventures invest?

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

Is Baseline Ventures investing now?

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

Who does Baseline Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Harrison Metal (26 rounds together), First Round Capital (23 rounds together) and Floodgate (18 rounds together).

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