# CircleUp Growth Partners: portfolio, investments and team > CircleUp Growth Partners is a vc firm based in United States. 12 investments on record, latest Jun 2021. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/circleup-growth-partners (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # CircleUp Growth Partners Last cheque observed Jun 2021. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Email Quiet New fund $800K, Jan 2018 VC firm Pre-seed Seed Series A Advertising Artificial Intelligence Intelligent Systems Follow CircleUp Growth Partners and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fcircleup-growth-partners) Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 12 on record Since the last cheque **1959** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$5.0M** Rounds led **1 of 12** Sole investor **4 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 100%** Pitch CircleUp Growth Partners ## CircleUp Growth Partners highlights - 01 12 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Series A and Seed: 70% of its rounds - 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-seed Seed Series A - **Sectors:** Advertising Artificial Intelligence Intelligent Systems - **Based in:** San Francisco, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **12 appearances** - **2021** 1 round - **Jun** **[Ohza](https://millionrounds.com/company/ohza)** Series A · US · Branch Venture Group **$4.0M** *Led* - **2019** 1 round - **Apr** **[4505 Meats](https://millionrounds.com/company/4505-meats)** US · Nosh **$8.5M** With 1 other - **2018** 3 rounds - **Nov** **[Wild Friends](https://millionrounds.com/company/wild-friends)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$3.5M** With 6 others - **Nov** **[Heyday](https://millionrounds.com/company/heyday)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$8.0M** With 2 others - **May** **[NomNomNow](https://millionrounds.com/company/nomnomnow)** US · FinSMEs **$13M** With 4 others - **2017** 1 round - **Nov** **[HUM Nutrition](https://millionrounds.com/company/hum-nutrition)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$5.0M** With 2 others - **2016** 1 round - **Sept** **[Criquet Shirts](https://millionrounds.com/company/criquet-shirts)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$1.4M** Sole investor - **2015** 1 round - **Jun** **[Green Zebra Grocery](https://millionrounds.com/company/green-zebra-grocery)** Crowdfunding · US **$2.5M** Sole investor - **2014** 1 round - **May** **[SmartyPants Vitamins](https://millionrounds.com/company/smartypants-vitamins)** Venture · US **$2.2M** Sole investor - **2013** 2 rounds - **Aug** **[SmartyPants Vitamins](https://millionrounds.com/company/smartypants-vitamins)** Seed · US · finsmes.com **$2.6M** With 3 others - **Jan** **[Bhakti Chai](https://millionrounds.com/company/bhakti-chai)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other - **2012** 1 round - **Jun** **[Episencial](https://millionrounds.com/company/episencial)** Venture · US · finsmes.com **$500K** 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 **3 named** BL **Benjamin Lee** Managing Director i Filing they signed JC **John Cabala** Managing Director i Filing they signed RC **Ryan Caldbeck** Managing Director i Filing 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. New fund on file **$800K** raised in Jan 2018 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 **$5.0M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$1.8M** Led 1 of 12 rounds **8%** - **Sole investor:** 4 rounds - **Last cheque:** Jun 2021 Rounds by stage said on their site - Series A said *5* - Seed said *2* - Venture *2* - Crowdfunding *1* - Pre-seed said *-* Cheques by year Led Joined 2012 2021 **Pitching CircleUp Growth Partners?** 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 CircleUp Growth Partners put money into. [**4505 Meats** $8.5M · Apr 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/4505-meats)[**Heyday** $8.0M · Nov 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/heyday)[**HUM Nutrition** $5.0M · Nov 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/hum-nutrition)[**Criquet Shirts** $1.4M · Sept 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/criquet-shirts) ## 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. ## 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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