# Floodgate: portfolio, investments and team

> Floodgate is a vc firm based in United States. 328 investments on record, 9 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

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# Floodgate

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 328 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $1.0M, Apr 2026 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Technology

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**45%** of best year **9** **cheques in 12 months**, 328 on record

Since the last cheque **60** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$9.8M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $5.0M** Rounds led **2 of 328** Sole investor **20 rounds** Exits **40 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 92%**

Pitch Floodgate

## Floodgate highlights

- 01 9 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series A and Seed: 68% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 20 rounds, median $2.1M
- 04 40 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

> Floodgate Fund is a venture capital firm that focuses on early stage investments in technology companies. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $100K – $5.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth Pre-IPO
- **Sectors:** Technology
- **Based in:** West Menlo Park, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **328 appearances**

- **2026** 6 rounds
- **Sept** **[Handraise](https://millionrounds.com/company/handraise)** Seed · US **$4.5M** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[EFEX](https://millionrounds.com/company/efex)** Seed · MX · Contxto **$8.0M** *Led*
- **Feb** **[Plug](https://millionrounds.com/company/plug)** Series A · US **$20M** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[Fieldguide](https://millionrounds.com/company/fieldguide)** Series C · US **$75M** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[Terra Industries](https://millionrounds.com/company/terra-industries)** Series A · NG · Disrupt Africa **$12M** With 10 others
- **Jan** **[Artifact](https://millionrounds.com/company/artifact)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **2025** 18 rounds
- **Dec** **[Last Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/last-energy)** Series C · TechCrunch **$100M** With 11 others
- **Dec** **[Wavedash](https://millionrounds.com/company/wavedash)** Seed · US **$3.8M** With 2 others
- **Nov** **[Mem](https://millionrounds.com/company/mem)** Series A · US **$650K** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[Counsel Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/counsel-health)** Series A · US **$25M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Magic](https://millionrounds.com/company/magic)** Seed · US **$10M** With 5 others
- **Sept** **[Magic Mind](https://millionrounds.com/company/magicmind)** Venture · US **$13M** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Mirrorva](https://millionrounds.com/company/mirrorva)** Seed · US **$2.0M** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[Ontic](https://millionrounds.com/company/ontic)** Series C · US **$230M** With 6 others
- **Aug** **[Blue J](https://millionrounds.com/company/blue-j)** Series D · CA **$122M** With 8 others
- **Jul** **[AirGarage](https://millionrounds.com/company/airgarage)** Series B · US **$23M** With 4 others
- **May** **[Terradot](https://millionrounds.com/company/terradot)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[Coolant](https://millionrounds.com/company/coolant)** Seed · US **$4.3M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Comprehensive](https://millionrounds.com/company/comprehensive)** Venture · US **$9.1M** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[Replenysh](https://millionrounds.com/company/replenysh)** Series A · US **$8.0M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[SmarterDx](https://millionrounds.com/company/smarterdx)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[MindPay AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/mindpay-ai)** Seed · US **$2.0M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Eudia](https://millionrounds.com/company/eudia)** Series A · US **$105M** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[Created by Humans](https://millionrounds.com/company/created-by-humans)** Seed · US **$5.5M** With 3 others
- **2024** 15 rounds
- **Dec** **[Terradot](https://millionrounds.com/company/terradot)** Series A · US · LatamList **$58M** With 11 others
- **Nov** **[ZITADEL](https://millionrounds.com/company/zitadel)** Series A · US **$9.0M** With 2 others
- **Nov** **[Lume](https://millionrounds.com/company/lume)** Seed · US **$4.2M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Nooks](https://millionrounds.com/company/nooks)** Series B · US **$43M** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[Shuttle Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/shuttle-labs)** Seed · US **$6.0M** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Neptune](https://millionrounds.com/company/neptune)** Pre-seed · US **$2.5M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Bounti.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/bounti-ai)** Seed · US **$16M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Rescript](https://millionrounds.com/company/rescript)** Pre-seed · US **$500K** Sole investor
- **Aug** **[The Zebra](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-zebra)** Venture · US **$2.1M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Hebbia](https://millionrounds.com/company/hebbia)** Series B · US **$130M** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Ario](https://millionrounds.com/company/ario)** Seed · US **$16M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Visily](https://millionrounds.com/company/visily)** Seed · US **$2.3M** Sole investor
- **Mar** **[Cheetah](https://millionrounds.com/company/cheetah)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[Legends](https://millionrounds.com/company/legends)** Seed · US **$6.0M** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Arch](https://millionrounds.com/company/arch)** Seed · US **$6.2M** With 2 others
- **2023** 7 rounds
- **Nov** **[Modulus](https://millionrounds.com/company/modulus)** Seed · US **$6.3M** 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 **5 named**

AJ **Ann James Miura-ko** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

LS **Lori Simotas** Member - Floodgate Partners IV LLC i Form ADV

MJ **Michael James Maples** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

MJ **Michael James Maples, Jr.** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

RA **Reiko Ann Miura-Ko** Member-Maples Management II, LLC i Form ADV

We also hold **14** 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

**$601M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Floodgate Management Company, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 160983

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**60** of 60 we have independently watched raise

[Aceable](https://millionrounds.com/company/aceable)[Aible](https://millionrounds.com/company/aible)[Airgarage](https://millionrounds.com/company/airgarage)[Appliedintuition](https://millionrounds.com/company/applied-intuition)[Around](https://millionrounds.com/company/around)[Bazaarvoice](https://millionrounds.com/company/bazaarvoice)[Bigcommerce](https://millionrounds.com/company/bigcommerce)[Blooma](https://millionrounds.com/company/blooma)[Boam](https://millionrounds.com/company/boam-ai)[Botmd](https://millionrounds.com/company/bot-md)[Chegg](https://millionrounds.com/company/chegg)[Cloverhealth](https://millionrounds.com/company/clover-health)[Comprehensive](https://millionrounds.com/company/comprehensive)[Createdbyhumans](https://millionrounds.com/company/created-by-humans)[Culdesac](https://millionrounds.com/company/culdesac)[Demandforce](https://millionrounds.com/company/demandforce)[Draftbit](https://millionrounds.com/company/draftbit)[Egnyte](https://millionrounds.com/company/egnyte)[Emotive](https://millionrounds.com/company/emotive)[Eudia](https://millionrounds.com/company/eudia)[Fieldguide](https://millionrounds.com/company/fieldguide)[Get](https://millionrounds.com/company/get)[Goformz](https://millionrounds.com/company/goformz)[Hadrian](https://millionrounds.com/company/hadrian)[Handraise](https://millionrounds.com/company/handraise)[Harmonic](https://millionrounds.com/company/harmonic-ai)[Hebbia](https://millionrounds.com/company/hebbia)[Ifttt](https://millionrounds.com/company/ifttt)[Jodel](https://millionrounds.com/company/jodel)[Lastenergy](https://millionrounds.com/company/last-energy)[Livingcarbon](https://millionrounds.com/company/living-carbon)[Lob](https://millionrounds.com/company/lob)[Loris](https://millionrounds.com/company/loris-ai)[Ltse](https://millionrounds.com/company/long-term-stock-exchange)[Lyft](https://millionrounds.com/company/lyft)[Magicmind](https://millionrounds.com/company/magicmind)[Mentava](https://millionrounds.com/company/mentava)[Merlinlabs](https://millionrounds.com/company/merlin-labs)[Messari](https://millionrounds.com/company/messari)[Mightynetworks](https://millionrounds.com/company/mighty-networks)[N3twork](https://millionrounds.com/company/n3twork)[Nooks](https://millionrounds.com/company/nooks)[Ohmconnect](https://millionrounds.com/company/ohmconnect)[Okta](https://millionrounds.com/company/okta)[Ontic](https://millionrounds.com/company/ontic)[Outreach](https://millionrounds.com/company/outreach)[Parallelwireless](https://millionrounds.com/company/parallel-wireless)[Rafay](https://millionrounds.com/company/rafay-systems)[Rappi](https://millionrounds.com/company/rappi)[Refinery29](https://millionrounds.com/company/refinery29)[Replenysh](https://millionrounds.com/company/replenysh)[Smule](https://millionrounds.com/company/smule)[Snaplogic](https://millionrounds.com/company/snaplogic)[Spiceworks](https://millionrounds.com/company/spiceworks)[Superorder](https://millionrounds.com/company/superorder)[Tangocard](https://millionrounds.com/company/tango-card)[Taskrabbit](https://millionrounds.com/company/taskrabbit)[Tesorio](https://millionrounds.com/company/tesorio)[Tetrascience](https://millionrounds.com/company/tetrascience)[Textiq](https://millionrounds.com/company/text-iq) and 50 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 listed **40 in all**

**[Laserlike](https://millionrounds.com/company/laserlike)** Bought by [Apple](https://millionrounds.com/fund/apple) **Undisclosed** 2018

**[Xamarin](https://millionrounds.com/company/xamarin)** Bought by [Microsoft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/microsoft) **Undisclosed** Feb 2016

**[Shop Hers](https://millionrounds.com/company/shop-hers)** Bought by Tradesy **Undisclosed** Nov 2015

**[Socialware](https://millionrounds.com/company/socialware)** Bought by Proofpoint **$9.0M** Nov 2015

**[Connected Data](https://millionrounds.com/company/connected-data)** Bought by [Imation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/imation) **$7.5M** Oct 2015

**[Main Street Genome](https://millionrounds.com/company/main-street-genome)** Bought by Dining Alliance **Undisclosed** Oct 2015

**[Allclasses](https://millionrounds.com/company/allclasses)** Bought by Noodle **Undisclosed** Jul 2015

**[Reverb Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/reverb-technologies)** Bought by Inform **Undisclosed** May 2015

**[FitStar](https://millionrounds.com/company/fitstar)** Bought by [Fitbit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fitbit) **$18M** Mar 2015

**[BranchOut](https://millionrounds.com/company/branchout)** Bought by 1-Page **Undisclosed** Nov 2014

**[Slice](https://millionrounds.com/company/slice)** Bought by [Rakuten](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rakuten) **Undisclosed** Aug 2014

**[Matchbox](https://millionrounds.com/company/matchbox)** Bought by TargetX **Undisclosed** Apr 2014

**[Mass Relevance](https://millionrounds.com/company/mass-relevance)** Bought by Spredfast **Undisclosed** Apr 2014

**[Chegg](https://millionrounds.com/company/chegg)** Listed **$188M** Nov 2013

**[Kno](https://millionrounds.com/company/kno)** Bought by [Intel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intel) **Undisclosed** Nov 2013

**[Hitpost](https://millionrounds.com/company/hitpost)** Bought by [Yahoo!](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yahoo) **Undisclosed** Oct 2013

**[Giftly](https://millionrounds.com/company/giftly)** Bought by GiftCards.com **Undisclosed** May 2013

**[M.dot](https://millionrounds.com/company/m-dot)** Bought by [GoDaddy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/godaddy) **$2.5M** Feb 2013

**[Formspring](https://millionrounds.com/company/formspring)** Bought by Spring.me **Undisclosed** Jan 2013

**[One Jackson](https://millionrounds.com/company/one-jackson)** Bought by TaskRabbit **Undisclosed** Nov 2012

The latest 20 here. An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

New fund on file

**$1.0M**

raised in Apr 2026

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

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$9.8M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$2.1M**

Led 2 of 328 rounds **1%**

- **Said size:** $100K – $5.0M
- **Sole investor:** 20 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2026
- **Exits:** 40 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *110*
- Seed said *98*
- Series B said *46*
- Venture *32*
- Series C *20*
- Pre-seed said *-*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) 33
- [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) 23
- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 22
- [Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners) 20
- [Baseline Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baseline-ventures) 18
- [Felicis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures) 17

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Floodgate. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**First Round Capital** VC firm **33** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital)[**SV Angel** VC firm **23** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **22** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**Greylock** VC firm **20** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners)[**Baseline Ventures** VC firm **18** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baseline-ventures)[**Felicis** VC firm **17** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures)[**Silverton Partners** VC firm **17** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/silverton-partners)[**Google Ventures** Corporate VC **16** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv)[**Ron Conway** Angel **12** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ron-conway)[**Founder Collective** VC firm **11** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-collective)[**Shasta Ventures** VC firm **10** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shasta-ventures)[**500 Global** Angel **9** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Floodgate put money into.

[**Handraise** $4.5M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/handraise)[**EFEX** $8.0M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/efex)[**Fieldguide** $75M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/fieldguide)[**Artifact** Jan 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/artifact)[**Last Energy** $100M · Dec 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/last-energy)[**Wavedash** $3.8M · Dec 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/wavedash)

## On podcasts

6 episodes naming Floodgate in the title, and 4 more that mention it.

- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 6 Jan 2025 · 1h 10m 20VC: How To Do a 10x Seed Fund in 2025 | Three Frameworks to Evaluate Startups an Founders | Lessons from Losing Billions Missing Airbnb and Pinterest & Investing Lessons from Charlie Munger with Mike Maples @ Floodgate With [Mike Maples](https://millionrounds.com/person/mike-maples) Mentions [Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate)[Case Studies](https://millionrounds.com/person/case-studies-consilia-investments) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Logan Bartlett Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/logan-bartlett-show) 2 Aug 2024 · 2h 4m EP 112: Mike Maples (Founding Partner, Floodgate): What Makes Startups Win & The Future of Venture Capital With [Mike Maples](https://millionrounds.com/person/mike-maples) Mentions [Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate)[Floodgate Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate-fund)[Case Studies](https://millionrounds.com/person/case-studies-consilia-investments) Apple Podcasts
- [Equity](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/equity) 10 Jul 2024 · 29 min Floodgate's Mike Maples says startups that people 'don't like' may be the best ones to back With [Mike Maples](https://millionrounds.com/person/mike-maples) Mentions [Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [Turpentine VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/turpentine-vc) 19 Sept 2023 · 54 min E7: How Floodgate Differentiated Again From Thousands of Seed Firms Mentions [Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate)[Mike Maples](https://millionrounds.com/person/mike-maples) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [StrictlyVC Download](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/strictlyvc-download) 17 Sept 2022 · 37 min Floodgate's Ann Miura-Ko Asks, "Is This Idea Big Enough?" With [Ann Miura-Ko](https://millionrounds.com/person/ann-miura-ko) Mentions [Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate) Apple Podcasts
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 12 Aug 2021 · 41 min 20VC: The Lyft Memo: Floodgate's Ann Miura Ko on Why Successful Seed Investing Is Not Investing In a Company But The Development of a Set of Secrets, Whether Capital Is a Defensible Moat Today &How Startups Should Approach Competition Mentions [Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate) Apple PodcastsShow page

### Mentioned in

- [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) 1 Jul 2026 · 1h 14m Why the VC Hype Cycle Always Gets It Wrong | VC Roundtable | E2307 Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) 25 Dec 2025 · 6 min Investor Stories 449: Exceptional Founders Up Close: Listening Over Posturing, Integrity Over Ease, and Deliberate Execution from Day One (Hsieh, Delk, Maples Jr.) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) 4 Dec 2025 · 6 min Investor Stories 444. The Biggest Misses in VC: Passing on Airbnb, Overlooking Skype, and Arriving Hours After Postman Closed (Maples, Okike, Mohapatra) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) 13 Oct 2025 · 7 min Investor Stories 433. The Art of Sensing Greatness, From Analytical to Intuitive Investing, and the Case for Industry Outsiders (Hsieh, Hilaly, Maples) Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Floodgate

### What does Floodgate invest in?

Floodgate invests most often at Series A and Seed (68% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Technology.

### How active is Floodgate?

328 investments on record, 9 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 2. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

### What has Floodgate invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Handraise (Seed, Sept 2026), EFEX (Seed, Feb 2026) and Plug (Series A, Feb 2026).

### How big are Floodgate's cheques?

The median round it joins is $9.8M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $5.0M.

### Does Floodgate lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 2 of its 328 investments on record (1%).

### Where does Floodgate invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (92%).

### Is Floodgate investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 9 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Floodgate invest alongside?

Most often First Round Capital (33 rounds together), SV Angel (23 rounds together) and Y Combinator (22 rounds together).

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