# Core Ventures: portfolio, investments and team > Core Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 7 investments on record, latest Jun 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/core-ventures-group (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Core Ventures Last cheque observed Jun 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Email VC firm Quiet Last fund $7.8M, Sept 2015 Seed Series A Series B B2C B To B Small And Medium Businesses Follow Core Ventures and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fcore-ventures-group) Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 7 on record Since the last cheque **2695** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$3.2M** Rounds led **0 of 7** Mostly in **United States, 86%** Pitch Core Ventures ## Core Ventures highlights - 01 7 rounds on record - 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:** Seed Series A Series B - **Sectors:** B2C B To B Small And Medium Businesses - **Based in:** Santa Clara, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **7 appearances** - **2019** 1 round - **Jun** **[Ockam](https://millionrounds.com/company/ockam)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$3.2M** With 3 others - **2014** 4 rounds - **Oct** **[Weaved](https://millionrounds.com/company/weaved)** Seed · US **$2.3M** With 10 others - **Sept** **[Kueski](https://millionrounds.com/company/kueski)** Seed · MX **$1.3M** With 5 others - **Sept** **[Feed.fm](https://millionrounds.com/company/feed-fm)** Seed · US **$1.2M** With 4 others - **Jun** **[ElectroCore](https://millionrounds.com/company/electrocore)** Series A · US **$50M** With 2 others - **2013** 2 rounds - **Nov** **[Wizeline](https://millionrounds.com/company/wizeline)** Seed · US **$1.7M** With 4 others - **Aug** **[trueAnthem](https://millionrounds.com/company/trueanthem)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$2.6M** With 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 registration **2 named** JD **Joanna Drake Earl** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed SA **Shinya Akamine** Fund manager, managing member of general partner i Filing 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 for](https://millionrounds.com/company/zippin)[Compensation intelligence platform](https://millionrounds.com/company/compa)[Feed](https://millionrounds.com/company/feed)[Humbledot](https://millionrounds.com/company/humble-dot)[Imperva](https://millionrounds.com/company/prevoty)[Leading online lending](https://millionrounds.com/company/kueski)[Predictive Analytics for](https://millionrounds.com/company/omnee)[Revolutionizing product development](https://millionrounds.com/company/wizeline)[Trusted data exchange solutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/ockam)[Using AI to](https://millionrounds.com/company/concentric-ai) Bringing cutting-edge technology Bringing internet efficiencies Data pipeline automation Digital content customized Live human-AI collaboration solutions Machine learning social marketing Outsourced bookkeeping with intelligence Pioneer in mobile The 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. Latest fund on file **$7.8M** raised in Sept 2015 From its SEC filing. Nothing newer is on file yet. ## The cheque Seed Series A Series B Median round joined **$3.2M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 7 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Jun 2019 Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed said *6* - Series A said *1* - Series B said *-* Cheques by year Led Joined 2013 2019 Often in the room with - [CrunchFund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crunchfund-3) 4 **Pitching Core Ventures?** 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 *→* ## 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. [**CrunchFund** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crunchfund-3) ## Recently backed The latest companies Core Ventures put money into. [**Ockam** $3.2M · Jun 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/ockam) ## Mentioned on podcasts Episodes that name Core Ventures in their description, not their title. - [Venture Unlocked](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/venture-unlocked) 26 Oct 2022 · 50 min Mapping out a new partnership, why the RAISE GP/LP summit was such an important effort, and the art of fundraising by Joanna Drake of Magnify Ventures With [Joanna Drake](https://millionrounds.com/person/joanna-drake) Mentions [Broadway Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/broadway-angels-angels)[Core Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/core-ventures-group) Apple PodcastsShow page ## 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). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. 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