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Core Ventures

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

VC firmQuietLast fund $7.8M, Sept 2015

SeedSeries ASeries BB2CB To BSmall And Medium Businesses

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 7 on record
Since the last cheque2695days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$3.2MRounds led0 of 7Mostly inUnited States, 86%
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Core Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    7 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Series A: 100% of its rounds

What they do

We primarily invest in seed stage companies with proven business models and advanced technologies.From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries B
Sectors
B2CB To BSmall And Medium Businesses
Based in
Santa Clara, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first7 appearances

  1. 2019

    1 round

  2. Jun
    OckamSeed · US · FinSMEs$3.2MWith 3 others
  3. 2014

    4 rounds

  4. Oct
    WeavedSeed · US$2.3MWith 10 others
  5. Sept
    KueskiSeed · MX$1.3MWith 5 others
  6. Sept
    Feed.fmSeed · US$1.2MWith 4 others
  7. Jun
    ElectroCoreSeries A · US$50MWith 2 others
  8. 2013

    2 rounds

  9. Nov
    WizelineSeed · US$1.7MWith 4 others
  10. Aug
    trueAnthemSeed · US · techcrunch.com$2.6MWith 1 other

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 registration2 named

JDJoanna Drake EarlExecutive Officer, PromoteriFiling they signed
SAShinya AkamineFund manager, managing member of general partneriFiling they signed

We also hold 3 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 19 we have independently watched raise

Checkout-free technology forCompensation intelligence platformFeedHumbledotImpervaLeading online lendingPredictive Analytics forRevolutionizing product developmentTrusted data exchange solutionsUsing AI toBringing cutting-edge technologyBringing internet efficienciesData pipeline automationDigital content customizedLive human-AI collaboration solutionsMachine learning social marketingOutsourced bookkeeping with intelligencePioneer in mobileThe dialtone for

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.

Who they invest alongside

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

Recently backed

The latest companies Core Ventures put money into.

Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name Core Ventures in their description, not their title.

Quick answers about Core Ventures

What does Core Ventures invest in?

Core Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as B2C, B To B and Small And Medium Businesses.

How active is Core Ventures?

7 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jun 2019.

What has Core Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Ockam (Seed, Jun 2019).

How big are Core Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $3.2M.

Does Core Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 7 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does Core Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (86%) and Mexico (14%).

Is Core Ventures investing now?

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

Who does Core Ventures invest alongside?

Most often CrunchFund (4 rounds together).

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