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Caterpillar Ventures

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

QuietCorporate VC

SeedSeries ASeries BBatteriesIndustry 4.0Advanced Manufacturing

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 7 on record
Since the last cheque2666days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$17MRounds led1 of 7Mostly inUnited States, 71%
Pitch Caterpillar Ventures

Caterpillar Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    7 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Series A and Series B: 67% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Led 1 rounds

What they do

Type
Corporate VC (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
BatteriesIndustry 4.0Advanced Manufacturing
Based in
Irving, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first7 appearances

  1. 2019

    1 round

  2. Jul
    PowerhiveSeries B · US · FinSMEs$9.3MWith 7 others
  3. 2018

    1 round

  4. Sept
    GuardhatSeries A · US · FinSMEs$20MWith 4 others
  5. 2017

    1 round

  6. Feb
  7. 2016

    1 round

  8. Oct
    Clearpath RoboticsSeries B · CA · FinSMEs$30MWith 5 others
  9. 2015

    2 rounds

  10. Aug
    FlexGen Power SystemsSeries A · US$26MWith 2 others
  11. May
    Yard ClubVenture · USUndisclosedWith 2 others
  12. 2011

    1 round

  13. May
    DatapipeDebt · US · finsmes.com$176MWith 6 others

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The team

We hold 14 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.

Funds they back

1 fund commitment on record

Managers
1

Every fund on record that it has committed money to, and the managers who invest it.Source: fund news.

Who they invest alongside

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

Recently backed

The latest companies Caterpillar Ventures put money into.

Quick answers about Caterpillar Ventures

What does Caterpillar Ventures invest in?

Caterpillar Ventures invests most often at Series A and Series B (67% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Batteries, Industry 4.0 and Advanced Manufacturing.

How active is Caterpillar Ventures?

7 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Jul 2019.

What has Caterpillar Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Powerhive (Series B, Jul 2019), Guardhat (Series A, Sept 2018) and MineSense (Undisclosed round, Feb 2017).

How big are Caterpillar Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $17M.

Does Caterpillar Ventures lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 7 investments on record (14%).

Where does Caterpillar Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (71%) and Canada (29%).

Is Caterpillar Ventures investing now?

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

Who does Caterpillar Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Prelude Ventures (2 rounds together) and SVB Capital (2 rounds together).

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