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CircleUp Growth Partners

Last cheque observed Jun 2021. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

QuietNew fund $800K, Jan 2018VC firm

Pre-seedSeedSeries AAdvertisingArtificial IntelligenceIntelligent Systems

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 12 on record
Since the last cheque1958days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$5.0MRounds led1 of 12Sole investor4 roundsMostly inUnited States, 100%
Pitch CircleUp Growth Partners

CircleUp Growth Partners highlights

  1. 01

    12 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Series A and Seed: 70% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 4 rounds, median $1.8M

What they do

Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries A
Sectors
AdvertisingArtificial IntelligenceIntelligent Systems
Based in
San Francisco, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first12 appearances

  1. 2021

    1 round

  2. Jun
    OhzaSeries A · US · Branch Venture Group$4.0MLed
  3. 2019

    1 round

  4. Apr
    4505 MeatsUS · Nosh$8.5MWith 1 other
  5. 2018

    3 rounds

  6. Nov
    Wild FriendsSeries A · US · FinSMEs$3.5MWith 6 others
  7. Nov
    HeydaySeries A · US · TechCrunch$8.0MWith 2 others
  8. May
    NomNomNowUS · FinSMEs$13MWith 4 others
  9. 2017

    1 round

  10. Nov
    HUM NutritionSeries A · US · FinSMEs$5.0MWith 2 others
  11. 2016

    1 round

  12. Sept
    Criquet ShirtsSeries A · US · FinSMEs$1.4MSole investor
  13. 2015

    1 round

  14. Jun
    Green Zebra GroceryCrowdfunding · US$2.5MSole investor
  15. 2014

    1 round

  16. May
    SmartyPants VitaminsVenture · US$2.2MSole investor
  17. 2013

    2 rounds

  18. Aug
    SmartyPants VitaminsSeed · US · finsmes.com$2.6MWith 3 others
  19. Jan
    Bhakti ChaiSeed · USUndisclosedWith 1 other
  20. 2012

    1 round

  21. Jun
    EpisencialVenture · US · finsmes.com$500KSole 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 registration3 named

BLBenjamin LeeManaging DirectoriFiling they signed
JCJohn CabalaManaging DirectoriFiling they signed
RCRyan CaldbeckManaging DirectoriFiling they signed

We also hold 10 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.

Recently backed

The latest companies CircleUp Growth Partners put money into.

Quick answers about CircleUp Growth Partners

What does CircleUp Growth Partners invest in?

CircleUp Growth Partners invests most often at Series A and Seed (70% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Advertising, Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Systems.

How active is CircleUp Growth Partners?

12 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Jun 2021.

What has CircleUp Growth Partners invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Ohza (Series A, Jun 2021), 4505 Meats (Undisclosed round, Apr 2019) and Wild Friends (Series A, Nov 2018).

How big are CircleUp Growth Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $5.0M.

Does CircleUp Growth Partners lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 12 investments on record (8%).

Where does CircleUp Growth Partners invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

Is CircleUp Growth Partners investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jun 2021.

What kind of investor is CircleUp Growth Partners?

CircleUp Growth Partners is a VC firm based in San Francisco, United States.

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