# Bolt: portfolio, investments and team > Bolt is a vc firm based in United States. 24 investments on record, latest Sept 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/bolt-3 (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Bolt Last cheque observed Sep 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Quiet New fund $80M, May 2017 VC firm Pre-seed Seed Series A Nano-tech Nanotechnology Photonics Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 24 on record Since the last cheque **2586** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$4.0M** Cheque size, as they say **$200K – $1.0M** Rounds led **1 of 24** Sole investor **11 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 95%** Pitch Bolt ## Bolt highlights - 01 24 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 100% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 11 rounds, median $50K ## What they do > Bolt was a pre-seed venture capital firm focused on the intersection of software and physical goods. From their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** $200K – $1.0M as they say - **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth - **Sectors:** Nano-tech Nanotechnology Photonics - **Based in:** San Francisco, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **24 appearances** - **2019** 4 rounds - **Sept** **[Maka Autonomous Robots](https://millionrounds.com/company/maka-autonomous-robots)** US · GeekWire **$8.9M** With 1 other - **Jun** **[Join](https://millionrounds.com/company/join)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$4.0M** *Led* - **May** **[Core](https://millionrounds.com/company/core)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$4.0M** With 3 others - **Apr** **[Wone](https://millionrounds.com/company/wone)** Seed · US · Bizjournals **$1.4M** Sole investor - **2018** 2 rounds - **Oct** **[Pair Eyewear](https://millionrounds.com/company/pair-eyewear)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$1.0M** With 3 others - **Aug** **[Dor](https://millionrounds.com/company/dor)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$8.5M** With 5 others - **2017** 1 round - **Jun** **[Tive](https://millionrounds.com/company/tive)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$3.0M** With 2 others - **2015** 3 rounds - **Feb** **[Ubiq](https://millionrounds.com/company/ubiq)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Jan** **[Concrete Sensors](https://millionrounds.com/company/concrete-sensors)** Seed **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Jan** **[Tempo Automation](https://millionrounds.com/company/tempo-automation)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **2014** 9 rounds - **Dec** **[Qleek](https://millionrounds.com/company/qleek)** Seed · FR **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Sept** **[DipJar](https://millionrounds.com/company/dipjar)** Seed **$420K** With 6 others - **Sept** **[Omni](https://millionrounds.com/company/omni)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** With 23 others - **Aug** **[Squadle](https://millionrounds.com/company/squadle)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Mar** **[Loci Controls](https://millionrounds.com/company/loci-controls)** Seed · US **$765K** With 3 others - **Feb** **[Kuvee](https://millionrounds.com/company/kuvee)** Seed **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Jan** **[Kaymbu](https://millionrounds.com/company/kaymbu)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other - **Jan** **[Sense Home](https://millionrounds.com/company/sense-home)** Seed **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Jan** **[Sutro](https://millionrounds.com/company/sutro)** Seed · US **$50K** Sole investor - **2013** 5 rounds - **Sept** **[Pavlok](https://millionrounds.com/company/pavlok)** Seed · US **$200K** With 4 others - **Aug** **[Petnet](https://millionrounds.com/company/petnet)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other - **Jul** **[Subsidence](https://millionrounds.com/company/subsidence)** Seed · US · gigaom.com **$50K** With 1 other - **Jul** **[Understory](https://millionrounds.com/company/understory)** Seed · US **$50K** Sole investor - **Jul** **[Padloc, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/padloc-inc)** Seed · US **$50K** Sole investor 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 **7 named** AB **Axel Bichara** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed BE **Benjamin Einstein** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed GM **Gregory McAdoo** Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed JB **Jean-Francois Bernard Formela** Trustee of the Josephine Bichara Irrevocable Trust and the Antoine Bichara Irrevocable Trust i Form ADV JB **Jeannette Bichara** Special Member of Bolt GP II LLC i Form ADV MK **Mary Katherine Courtney-O'Sullivan** Chief Financial Officer i Form ADV SM **Scott Miller** Managing Member i Filing they signed We also hold **13** 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 **$310M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026 **Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds - **Legal name:** BOLT Innovation Management LLC - **SEC number:** CRD 192524 New fund on file **$80M** raised in May 2017 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Pre-seed Seed Series A Median round joined **$4.0M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$50K** Led 1 of 24 rounds **4%** - **Said size:** $200K – $1.0M - **Sole investor:** 11 rounds - **Last cheque:** Sept 2019 Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed said *22* - Series A said *1* - Pre-seed said *-* - Series B said *-* - Growth said *-* Cheques by year Led Joined 2013 2019 Often in the room with - [Corigin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/corigin) 2 - [Precursor Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/precursor-ventures) 2 **Pitching Bolt?** 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 Bolt. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Corigin** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/corigin)[**Precursor Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/precursor-ventures) ## Recently backed The latest companies Bolt put money into. [**Join** $4.0M · Jun 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/join)[**Pair Eyewear** $1.0M · Oct 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/pair-eyewear) ## Quick answers about Bolt ### What does Bolt invest in? Bolt invests most often at Seed and Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Nano-tech, Nanotechnology and Photonics. ### How active is Bolt? 24 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Sept 2019. ### What has Bolt invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Maka Autonomous Robots (Undisclosed round, Sept 2019), Join (Seed, Jun 2019) and Core (Seed, May 2019). ### How big are Bolt's cheques? The median round it joins is $4.0M. It says it writes cheques of $200K to $1.0M. ### Does Bolt lead rounds? Sometimes: it led 1 of its 24 investments on record (4%). ### Where does Bolt invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (95%) and France (5%). ### Is Bolt investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Sept 2019. ### Who does Bolt invest alongside? Most often Corigin (2 rounds together) and Precursor Ventures (2 rounds together). ## 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. 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