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Bay Partners

No cheque observed since Oct 2021, after 137 earlier cheques, and the website is dead.

DormantVC firm

GrowthPre-seedSeedConsumerE-CommerceFinTech

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 137 on record
Since the last cheque1847days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$26MRounds led0 of 137Sole investor2 roundsExits39 from the portfolioMostly inUnited States, 92%
Pitch Bay Partners

Bay Partners highlights

  1. 01

    137 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Series B and Series C: 54% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $500K

  4. 04

    39 exits from the portfolio

What they do

Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
GrowthPre-seedSeedSeries ASeries B
Sectors
ConsumerE-CommerceFinTech
Based in
San Francisco, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first137 appearances

  1. 2021

    1 round

  2. Oct
    Coconut SoftwareSeries B · CA · Firms' own news pages$22MWith 5 others
  3. 2016

    1 round

  4. Apr
    Sonatype$30MWith 7 others
  5. 2015

    1 round

  6. May
    MuleSoftSeries G · US$128MWith 13 others
  7. 2014

    3 rounds

  8. Apr
    ApigeeVenture · US$60MWith 8 others
  9. Mar
    MuleSoftSeries F · US$51MWith 8 others
  10. Mar
    MuleSoftGrowth · US$50MWith 8 others
  11. 2013

    4 rounds

  12. Jul
    ApigeeSeries F · US · techcrunch.com$35MWith 9 others
  13. Jun
    CovestorSeries B · US · finsmes.com$13MWith 3 others
  14. Apr
    MuleSoftGrowth · US · mulesoft.com$37MWith 6 others
  15. Apr
    MuleSoftSeries E · US$37MWith 6 others
  16. 2012

    4 rounds

  17. Jul
    ApigeeSeries E · US · pandodaily.com$20MWith 6 others
  18. Jul
    SonatypeSeries C · US · finsmes.com$25MWith 4 others
  19. Jun
    DropcamSeries B · US · freshnews.com$12MWith 2 others
  20. Jan
    EnsendaVenture · US$1.8MWith 2 others
  21. 2011

    5 rounds

  22. Oct
    ZenpriseSeries E · US · finsmes.com$30MWith 5 others
  23. Aug
    Salesforce Buddy MediaSeries D · US · techcrunch.com$54MWith 3 others
  24. Jul
    ParAccelSeries E · US · finsmes.com$10MWith 6 others
  25. Jan
    Envia SystemsSeries C · US · enviasystems.com$17MWith 4 others
  26. Jan
    DynatraceVenture · US · masshightech.com$4.0MWith 1 other
  27. 2010

    11 rounds

  28. Nov
    Plastic JungleSeries C · US · techcrunch.com$10MWith 5 others
  29. Oct
    Salesforce Buddy MediaSeries C · US · buddymedia.com$23MWith 3 others
  30. Oct
    VeebeamSeries B · GB · paidcontent.org$6.0MWith 6 others
  31. Sept
    SonatypeSeries B · US · finsmes.com$12MWith 3 others
  32. Jul
    Xactly CorpSeries E · US · deals.venturebeat.com$7.5MWith 5 others
  33. Jun
    ZenpriseVenture · US · mobile.venturebeat.com$9.0MWith 4 others
  34. Mar
    MuleSoftSeries C · US · techcrunch.com$12MWith 5 others
  35. Mar
    Enphase EnergyVenture · US · altassets.com$40MWith 4 others
  36. Mar
    Plastic JungleSeries B · US · techcrunch.com$7.4MWith 3 others
  37. Mar
    Advanced Micro-Fabrication EquipmentVenture · SG$5.1MWith 5 others
  38. Feb
    ApigeeVenture · US · deals.venturebeat.com$14MWith 3 others
  39. 2009

    11 rounds

  40. Dec
    HipLogicSeries B · US · techcrunch.com$7.0MWith 3 others
  41. Oct
    Engine YardSeries C · US · engineyard.com$19MWith 5 others
  42. Sept
    SonatypeSeries A · US$5.2MWith 2 others
  43. Aug
    JamboolSeries B · US · techcrunch.com$5.0MWith 1 other
  44. Jun
    ParAccelSeries C · US · deals.venturebeat.com$22MWith 4 others
  45. Jun
    YaptaSeries C · US · deals.venturebeat.com$2.0MWith 4 others
  46. May
    Enphase EnergyVenture · US · marketwire.com$23MWith 4 others
  47. Mar
    Cornerstone OnDemandSeries E · US · socaltech.com$13MWith 3 others
  48. Mar
    ZenpriseVenture · US · venturebeat.com$10MWith 3 others
  49. Feb
    M-FactorSeries D · US · venturebeat.com$10MWith 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

We hold 2 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.

Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed39 in all

ApigeeBought by Google$625MSept 2016
Code Green NetworksBought by Digital GuardianUndisclosedOct 2015
Akros SiliconBought by Kinetic TechnologiesUndisclosedSept 2015
CovestorBought by Interactive Brokers GroupUndisclosedApr 2015
TriggitBought by Gravity4UndisclosedMar 2015
Interact Public SafetyBought by Constellation SoftwareUndisclosedMar 2015
Plastic JungleBought by CardCash.comUndisclosedJul 2014
EventfulBought by CBS Local MediaUndisclosedJul 2014
DropcamBought by Nest Labs$555MJun 2014
OncoMed PharmaceuticalsListed$82MJul 2013
ParAccelBought by ActianUndisclosedApr 2013
EloquaBought by Oracle Corporation$871MDec 2012
ZenpriseBought by Citrix SystemsUndisclosedDec 2012
Salesforce Buddy MediaBought by Salesforce$689MJun 2012
SocialPicksBought by SocialInSight LLCUndisclosedMay 2012
TealeafBought by IBM (International Business Machines)UndisclosedMay 2012
Enphase EnergyListedUndisclosedMar 2012
HipLogicBought by ZyngaUndisclosedAug 2011
DynatraceBought by Compuware$256MJul 2011
Cornerstone OnDemandListedUndisclosedJul 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 Bay Partners. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

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Recently backed

The latest companies Bay Partners put money into.

Coconut Software$22M · Oct 2021Sonatype$30M · Apr 2016

Quick answers about Bay Partners

What does Bay Partners invest in?

Bay Partners invests most often at Series B and Series C (54% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Consumer, E-Commerce and FinTech.

How active is Bay Partners?

137 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2021.

What has Bay Partners invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Coconut Software (Series B, Oct 2021) and Sonatype (Apr 2016).

How big are Bay Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $26M.

Does Bay Partners lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 137 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does Bay Partners invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (92%).

Is Bay Partners investing now?

It looks quiet: no investment on record since Oct 2021.

Who does Bay Partners invest alongside?

Most often Lightspeed Venture Partners (14 rounds together), Hummer Winblad Venture Partners (11 rounds together) and Morgenthaler Ventures (11 rounds together).

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