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Fenway Summer Ventures

Last cheque observed Jun 2017. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

QuietNew fund, May 2015VC firm

SeedSeries ASeries BRegtechLendingFinancial Services

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 16 on record
Since the last cheque3413days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$5.5MCheque size, as they say$100K – $5.0MRounds led0 of 16Sole investor1 roundsMostly inUnited States, 86%
Pitch Fenway Summer Ventures

Fenway Summer Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    16 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Series A: 80% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $4.1M

What they do

Fenway Summer is a venture capital firm focused at the intersection of finance, technology, and regulation.From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$100K – $5.0M as they say
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
RegtechLendingFinancial Services
Based in
Washington, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first16 appearances

  1. 2017

    1 round

  2. Jun
    AdvizrSeries A · US · FinSMEs$7.0MWith 3 others
  3. 2016

    3 rounds

  4. Dec
    SupportPaySeries A · US · FinSMEs$4.1MSole investor
  5. Jul
    EarnUpSeed · FinSMEs$3.0MWith 2 others
  6. Jan
    Nav$25MWith 11 others
  7. 2015

    8 rounds

  8. Nov
    CARD.comSeries C · US$9.0MWith 1 other
  9. Nov
    Align CommerceSeries A · US$13MWith 4 others
  10. Sept
    PeerIQSeed · US$2.5MWith 3 others
  11. Sept
    TrunomiVenture · BM$3.0MWith 3 others
  12. Sept
    XOR Data ExchangeSeries A · US$4.2MWith 3 others
  13. Aug
    FlexportSeries A · US$20MWith 11 others
  14. Jul
    GoodWorldSeed · US$1.6MWith 2 others
  15. Apr
    Align CommerceSeed · USUndisclosedWith 7 others
  16. 2014

    4 rounds

  17. Dec
    SelfscoreSeed · US$1.0MWith 2 others
  18. Apr
    Tuition.ioSeed · US$900KWith 4 others
  19. Mar
    CircleSeries B · US$17MWith 8 others
  20. Feb
    TrunomiSeed · BM$2.3MWith 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 registration3 named

AGAlexander Griffiths AcreeMember, Fenway Summer Ventures GP LLCiForm ADV
MEMark Edward LefanowiczManaging Director, Fenway Summer Investment Management LLCiForm ADV
RVRajeev V. DateManaging Director and CCO, Fenway Summer Investment Management LLCiForm ADV

We also hold 7 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

$82Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
Fenway Summer Investment Management LLC
SEC number
CRD 174384

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

0 of 3 we have independently watched raise

FsvectorRightwisewealthUK Financial Vulnerability Index

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 Fenway Summer Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies Fenway Summer Ventures put money into.

Quick answers about Fenway Summer Ventures

What does Fenway Summer Ventures invest in?

Fenway Summer Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (80% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Regtech, Lending and Financial Services.

How active is Fenway Summer Ventures?

16 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jun 2017.

What has Fenway Summer Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Advizr (Series A, Jun 2017), SupportPay (Series A, Dec 2016) and EarnUp (Seed, Jul 2016).

How big are Fenway Summer Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $5.5M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $5.0M.

Does Fenway Summer Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 16 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does Fenway Summer Ventures invest?

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

Is Fenway Summer Ventures investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jun 2017.

Who does Fenway Summer Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Pantera Capital (3 rounds together), Camp One Ventures (2 rounds together) and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (2 rounds together).

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