# Diamond State Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Diamond State Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 2 investments on record, latest Dec 2013. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Diamond State Ventures

Last cheque observed Dec 2013. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet New fund $34M, Nov 2014 VC firm

Seed Series A Series B Second-generation Historically Ignored Founder Bipoc

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 2 on record

Since the last cheque **4698** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$4.0M** Rounds led **0 of 2** Exits **1 from the portfolio**

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## Diamond State Ventures highlights

- 01 2 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series B: 100% of its rounds
- 03 1 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Second-generation Historically Ignored Founder Bipoc
- **Based in:** United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **2 appearances**

- **2013** 1 round
- **Dec** **[VIOlife](https://millionrounds.com/company/violife)** US **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **2004** 1 round
- **Jun** **[TrestleTree](https://millionrounds.com/company/trestletree)** Series B · US **$4.0M** 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 **4 named**

CB **Centennial B. Bank** Member of General Partner i Filing they signed

JD **J. Dale Dawson** Member of General Partner i Filing they signed

JT **Joe T. Hays** Member and Manager of General Partner i Filing they signed

LB **Larry B. Carter** Member and Manager of General Partner i Filing they signed

We also hold **4** 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.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all**

**[TrestleTree](https://millionrounds.com/company/trestletree)** Bought by [Harvard Pilgrim Health Care](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harvard-pilgrim-health-care) **Undisclosed** Jan 2015

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

New fund on file

**$34M**

raised in Nov 2014

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

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$4.0M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 2 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Dec 2013
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series B said *1*
- Seed said *-*
- Series A said *-*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2004 2013

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## Quick answers about Diamond State Ventures

### What does Diamond State Ventures invest in?

Diamond State Ventures invests most often at Series B (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Second-generation, Historically Ignored Founder and Bipoc.

### How active is Diamond State Ventures?

2 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Dec 2013.

### How big are Diamond State Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $4.0M.

### Is Diamond State Ventures investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Dec 2013.

### What kind of investor is Diamond State Ventures?

Diamond State Ventures is a VC firm based in United States.

### Has Diamond State Ventures raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Nov 2014, reporting $34M raised.

### Where does this information on Diamond State Ventures come from?

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