# First Data: portfolio, investments and team

> First Data is a corporate vc based in United States. 6 investments on record, latest Mar 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-data (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# First Data

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

Quiet Corporate VC

Series A Series C Growth Medical Device Subscription Service E-commerce

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 6 on record

Since the last cheque **2791** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$12M** Rounds led **0 of 6** Sole investor **1 rounds** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

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## First Data highlights

- 01 6 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series A and Series C: 67% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $12M
- 04 1 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** Corporate VC (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Sectors:** Medical Device Subscription Service E-commerce
- **Based in:** Brookfield, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **6 appearances**

- **2019** 2 rounds
- **Mar** **[FutureFuel.io](https://millionrounds.com/company/futurefuel-io)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$11M** With 7 others
- **Jan** **[Finxact](https://millionrounds.com/company/finxact)** Growth · US · FinSMEs **$30M** With 8 others
- **2018** 1 round
- **May** **[Salido](https://millionrounds.com/company/salido)** Series A · US · Pymnts **$12M** Sole investor
- **2015** 2 rounds
- **Mar** **[Booker](https://millionrounds.com/company/booker)** Series C · US **$35M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[MineralTree](https://millionrounds.com/company/mineraltree)** Series B · US **$11M** With 2 others
- **2007** 1 round
- **Aug** **[Vivotech](https://millionrounds.com/company/vivotech)** Series C · US **$23M** With 5 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.

## Exits from the portfolio

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

**[Vivotech](https://millionrounds.com/company/vivotech)** Bought by Sequent **Undisclosed** Oct 2012

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

## Companies it bought

Acquisitions by the firm itself

**[Spree Commerce](https://millionrounds.com/company/spree-commerce)** **Undisclosed** Sept 2015

**[Gyft](https://millionrounds.com/company/gyft)** **$7.5M** Jul 2014

**Perka, Inc.** **Undisclosed** Oct 2013

**[Clover](https://millionrounds.com/company/clover)** **$56M** Jan 2012

**EuroProcessing International** **Undisclosed** Jun 2005

**Achex** **$32M** Jul 2001

## The cheque

Series A Series C Growth

Median round joined **$12M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$12M**

Led 0 of 6 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Mar 2019
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A *2*
- Series C *2*
- Growth *1*
- Series B *1*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2007 2019

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## Recently backed

The latest companies First Data put money into.

[**FutureFuel.io** $11M · Mar 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/futurefuel-io)[**Finxact** $30M · Jan 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/finxact)

## Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name First Data in their description, not their title.

- [The Neon Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/neon-show) 1 Dec 2019 · 53 min Amrish Rau, Co-Founder, CitrusPay & Angel Investor With [Amrish Rau](https://millionrounds.com/person/amrish-rau-2) Mentions [First Data](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-data) Apple Podcasts
- [Fintech Insider](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/fintech-insider) 21 Jan 2019 · 1h 11m 289. News: Meaningful Merging Mentions [First Data](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-data)[Peter Thiel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peter-thiel) Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about First Data

### What does First Data invest in?

First Data invests most often at Series A and Series C (67% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Medical Device, Subscription Service and E-commerce.

### How active is First Data?

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

### What has First Data invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: FutureFuel.io (Series A, Mar 2019), Finxact (Growth, Jan 2019) and Salido (Series A, May 2018).

### How big are First Data's cheques?

The median round it joins is $12M.

### Does First Data lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 6 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does First Data invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

### Is First Data investing now?

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

### What kind of investor is First Data?

First Data is a corporate VC based in Brookfield, United States.

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