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What does DAG Ventures invest in?
DAG Ventures invests most often at Series C and Series B (54% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Cybersecurity, Social and Food.
DAG Ventures highlights
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228 rounds on record
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Mostly Series C and Series B: 54% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 7 rounds, median $8.5M
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47 exits from the portfolio
What they do
A mid-stage venture capital partnership with a service-oriented mindset.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
- Sectors
- CybersecuritySocialFood
- Based in
- Palo Alto, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first228 appearances
- 2019
4 rounds
- Oct
- Aug
- Jul
- Mar
- 2018
2 rounds
- Dec
- Jun
- 2017
4 rounds
- Oct
- Aug
- Feb
- Jan
- 2015
9 rounds
- Sept
- Sept
- Aug
- Aug
- Mar
- Mar
- Jan
- Jan
- Jan
- 2014
18 rounds
- Dec
- Dec
- Nov
- Nov
- Oct
- Oct
- Jul
- Jul
- Jun
- May
- May
- Apr
- Apr
- Apr
- Mar
- Feb
- Jan
- Jan
- 2013
20 rounds
- Dec
- Dec
- Nov
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 registration13 named
AWArnold W AckermanMember, Dag Ventures Management, LLCiForm ADV
GEGreg Eric PaulsonMember, Dag Ventures Management V, LLCiForm ADV
GTGreg Thomas WilliamsManaging Director of General Partner to IssueriFiling they signed
GRGregory Richard Alan WilliamsManaging DirectoriForm ADV
JJJohn James CadedduManaging Director of General Partner to IssueriFiling they signed
JMJohn M DuffManaging Director, Dag Ventures Management II, LLCiForm ADV
JJJoseph John ZanoneChief Financial OfficeriForm ADV
KHKendra Harris RagatzMember, Dag Ventures Management IV, LLCiForm ADV
NKNicholas Kwasi PianimManaging DirectoriForm ADV
NJNick J. PianimManaging Director of General Partner to IssueriFiling they signed
RTR Thomas GoodrichManaging DirectoriForm ADV
RTR. Thomas GoodrichManaging Director of General Partner to IssueriFiling they signed
YJYoung Joon ChungManaging Director of General Partner to IssueriFiling they signed
We also hold 19 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 the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$465Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
4+funds on filenumbered funds in its name
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- DAG Ventures, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 162705
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
48 of 60 we have independently watched raise
AmbarellaAquifiAvneraAvvoBloomenergyBokuBranchCheggClearstorydataCleartripClickatellClouderaDisplaylinkFireeyeFunnyordieGigyaGrubhubInspiratoLearnvestMcube-incNewrelicNextdoorOpendnsOportunOrigamilogicPacificbiosciencesPentahoPicarroPingerPlangridPointPolyvoreProofpointRecroomRingcentralSilver-peakTauliaTrusteUpworkUsertestingUshipVectranetworksWealthfrontWeworkWonoloYelpZuoraZyngaAdamaspharmaAtarabioAxiomlawBrighterDesign2siliconJasperwirelessLithiumOnemedicalQuantennaSilverspringnetSunrunhomeXoomand 1 more
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.
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed47 in all
StrongViewBought by HGGCUndisclosedSept 2015
ZimbraBought by Synacor$25MAug 2015
Xoom CorporationBought by PayPal$890MJul 2015
PentahoBought by Hitachi Data SystemsUndisclosedFeb 2015
High Gear MediaBought by Internet BrandsUndisclosedSept 2014
Newport MediaBought by AtmelUndisclosedJul 2014
KovioBought by Thin Film Electronics ASA$3.7MJan 2014
ADORBought by LightInTheBox.comUndisclosedJan 2014
YubBought by Coupons.com$30MDec 2013
WetpaintBought by Viggle, Inc.$30MDec 2013
Alta DevicesBought by Hanergy Holding GroupUndisclosedDec 2013
Aggregate KnowledgeBought by Neustar$119MOct 2013
RingCentralListed$98MSept 2013
FireEyeListed$304MSept 2013
OptiMedicaBought by Abbott Labs$400MJul 2013
ZimbraBought by Telligent SystemsUndisclosedJul 2013
YuMeListed$65MJul 2013
The latest 20 here. An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.