# Brightstone Venture Capital: portfolio, investments and team > Brightstone Venture Capital is a vc firm based in United States. 12 investments on record, latest Oct 2018. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/brightstone-venture-capital (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Brightstone Venture Capital Last cheque observed Oct 2018. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Email Quiet New fund $15M, Apr 2016 VC firm Seed Series A Series B Life Sciences Lifesciences AR Follow Brightstone Venture Capital and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fbrightstone-venture-capital) Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 12 on record Since the last cheque **2944** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$16M** Rounds led **0 of 12** Sole investor **5 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 100%** Pitch Brightstone Venture Capital ## Brightstone Venture Capital highlights - 01 12 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 67% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 5 rounds, median $3.5M ## What they do > Brightstone currently manages a $100 million venture fund focused on early-growth stage investment opportunities. From their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth - **Sectors:** Life Sciences Lifesciences AR - **Based in:** Minneapolis, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **12 appearances** - **2018** 1 round - **Oct** **[Cnex Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/cnex-labs)** Series D · US · FinSMEs **$23M** With 3 others - **2017** 1 round - **May** **[Atavium](https://millionrounds.com/company/atavium)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$8.7M** With 4 others - **2015** 3 rounds - **May** **[truBrain](https://millionrounds.com/company/trubrain)** Seed · US **$1.4M** With 5 others - **Feb** **[Vidku](https://millionrounds.com/company/vidku)** Series A · US **$17M** With 1 other - **Jan** **[HomeSpotter](https://millionrounds.com/company/homespotter)** Seed · US **$1.8M** With 1 other - **2014** 2 rounds - **Jun** **[Fortus Medical](https://millionrounds.com/company/fortus-medical)** Venture **$1.4M** Sole investor - **Mar** **[Celcuity](https://millionrounds.com/company/celcuity)** Series A · US **$4.0M** Sole investor - **2013** 3 rounds - **Oct** **[Horizon Oilfield Services](https://millionrounds.com/company/horizon-oilfield-services)** Series A **$3.5M** Sole investor - **May** **[HomeSpotter](https://millionrounds.com/company/homespotter)** Seed · US · sec.gov **$1.0M** Sole investor - **Mar** **[Bnocular](https://millionrounds.com/company/bnocular)** Seed · US · venturebeat.com **$1.0M** With 2 others - **2012** 1 round - **Jul** **[Miromatrix Medical](https://millionrounds.com/company/miromatrix-medical)** Venture · US · sec.gov **$5.3M** Sole investor - **2004** 1 round - **May** **[Disc Dynamics](https://millionrounds.com/company/disc-dynamics)** Venture · US **$24M** 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 **3 named** DF **David F. Dalvey** Principal i Filing they signed PM **Patrick M. O'Shaughnessy** Principal i Filing they signed SA **Seth A. DeGroot** Principal i Filing they signed We also hold **5** 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 they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **10** of 14 we have independently watched raise [Celcuity](https://millionrounds.com/company/celcuity)[Codestream](https://millionrounds.com/company/codestream)[Cryosa](https://millionrounds.com/company/cryosa)[Flyrlabs](https://millionrounds.com/company/flyr)[Gravie](https://millionrounds.com/company/gravie)[Homespotter](https://millionrounds.com/company/homespotter)[Info](https://millionrounds.com/company/info)[Intacttherapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/intact-therapeutics)[Wasabi](https://millionrounds.com/company/wasabi)[Xplore](https://millionrounds.com/company/xplore) Afriexapp Bitesquad Mosaic Vrchat 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. New fund on file **$15M** raised in Apr 2016 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Seed Series A Series B Median round joined **$16M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$3.5M** Led 0 of 12 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** 5 rounds - **Last cheque:** Oct 2018 Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed said *4* - Series A said *4* - Venture *3* - Series D *1* - Series B said *-* - Growth said *-* Cheques by year Led Joined 2004 2018 **Pitching Brightstone Venture Capital?** 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 *→* ## Recently backed The latest companies Brightstone Venture Capital put money into. [**Cnex Labs** $23M · Oct 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/cnex-labs) ## Quick answers about Brightstone Venture Capital ### What does Brightstone Venture Capital invest in? Brightstone Venture Capital invests most often at Seed and Series A (67% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Life Sciences, Lifesciences and AR. ### How active is Brightstone Venture Capital? 12 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2018. ### What has Brightstone Venture Capital invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Cnex Labs (Series D, Oct 2018) and Atavium (Series A, May 2017). ### How big are Brightstone Venture Capital's cheques? The median round it joins is $16M. ### Does Brightstone Venture Capital lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 12 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does Brightstone Venture Capital invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%). ### Is Brightstone Venture Capital investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2018. ### What kind of investor is Brightstone Venture Capital? 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