# Coral: portfolio, investments and team

> Coral is a family office based in Puerto Rico. 8 investments on record, latest Sept 2009. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/coral (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Coral

Last cheque observed Sep 2009. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet New fund $100K, Jul 2018 Family office

Seed Series A Cryptocurrency Fintech Venture Capital & Private Equity

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 8 on record

Since the last cheque **6235** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$12M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $5.0M** Rounds led **0 of 8** Exits **3 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 88%**

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## Coral highlights

- 01 8 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series B and Series D: 50% of its rounds
- 03 3 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** Family office (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $100K – $5.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Cryptocurrency Fintech Venture Capital & Private Equity
- **Based in:** San Juan, Puerto Rico
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **8 appearances**

- **2009** 2 rounds
- **Sept** **[Delivery Agent](https://millionrounds.com/company/delivery-agent)** Series D · US · deals.venturebeat.com **$25M** With 4 others
- **Sept** **[Firetide](https://millionrounds.com/company/firetide)** Series E · US · deals.venturebeat.com **$8.6M** With 1 other
- **2008** 3 rounds
- **Aug** **[Entone Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/entone-technologies)** Series B · US · paidcontent.org **$15M** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[Red Bend Software](https://millionrounds.com/company/red-bend-software)** Series E · US · masshightech.com **$10M** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[Fon](https://millionrounds.com/company/fon)** Series C · ES **$9.5M** With 5 others
- **2007** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Firetide](https://millionrounds.com/company/firetide)** Series D · US · firetide.com **$14M** With 1 other
- **2006** 1 round
- **Aug** **[PlayPhone](https://millionrounds.com/company/playphone)** Series B · US · sanjose.bizjournals.com **$9.1M** With 2 others
- **2005** 1 round
- **Aug** **[Picolight](https://millionrounds.com/company/picolight)** Venture · US · findarticles.com **$28M** 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 **1 named**

ES **Erik Sterling Nelson** President of General Partner i Filing they signed

We also hold **1** person 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.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **3 in all**

**[Red Bend Software](https://millionrounds.com/company/red-bend-software)** Bought by Harman International Industries **$200M** Jan 2015

**[Firetide](https://millionrounds.com/company/firetide)** Bought by UNICOM Global **Undisclosed** May 2014

**[Picolight](https://millionrounds.com/company/picolight)** Bought by JDSU **$115M** May 2007

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

New fund on file

**$100K**

raised in Jul 2018

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Seed Series A

Median round joined **$12M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 8 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $100K – $5.0M
- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2009
- **Exits:** 3 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series B *2*
- Series D *2*
- Series E *2*
- Series C *1*
- Venture *1*
- Seed said *-*
- Series A said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2005 2009

Often in the room with

- [Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) 4
- [Cardinal Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cardinal-venture-capital) 2
- [Scale Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scale-venture-partners) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Menlo Ventures** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures)[**Cardinal Venture Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cardinal-venture-capital)[**Scale Venture Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scale-venture-partners)

## Quick answers about Coral

### What does Coral invest in?

Coral invests most often at Series B and Series D (50% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Cryptocurrency, Fintech and Venture Capital & Private Equity.

### How active is Coral?

8 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2009.

### How big are Coral's cheques?

The median round it joins is $12M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $5.0M.

### Does Coral lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 8 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Coral invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (88%) and Spain (13%).

### Is Coral investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Sept 2009.

### Who does Coral invest alongside?

Most often Menlo Ventures (4 rounds together), Cardinal Venture Capital (2 rounds together) and Scale Venture Partners (2 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is Coral?

Coral is a family office based in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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