# First Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> First Ventures is a vc firm based in Brazil. 5 investments on record, latest Dec 2011. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

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# First Ventures

No cheque observed since Dec 2011, after 5 earlier cheques, and the website is dead.

Dormant VC firm

Venture Series A Series B Cloud Infrastructure Fintech Fund-raising

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 5 on record

Since the last cheque **5425** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$6.5M** Rounds led **0 of 5** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 80%**

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## First Ventures highlights

- 01 5 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Venture and Series A: 60% of its rounds
- 03 1 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Sectors:** Cloud Infrastructure Fintech Fund-raising
- **Based in:** Recoleta, Brazil
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **5 appearances**

- **2011** 1 round
- **Dec** **[Pirq](https://millionrounds.com/company/pirq)** Venture · US · finsmes.com **$2.0M** With 1 other
- **2008** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Antenova](https://millionrounds.com/company/antenova)** Venture · GB · gpsbusinessnews.com **$6.5M** With 4 others
- **2001** 1 round
- **Sept** **[Sentillion](https://millionrounds.com/company/sentillion)** Series C · US · healthdatamanagement.com **$18M** With 6 others
- **2000** 1 round
- **Apr** **[Sentillion](https://millionrounds.com/company/sentillion)** Series B · US · allbusiness.com **$8.8M** With 4 others
- **1999** 1 round
- **Mar** **[Sentillion](https://millionrounds.com/company/sentillion)** Series A · US · google.com **$2.7M** With 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.

## Exits from the portfolio

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

**[Sentillion](https://millionrounds.com/company/sentillion)** Bought by [Microsoft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/microsoft) **Undisclosed** Dec 2009

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

## The cheque

Venture Series A Series B

Median round joined **$6.5M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 5 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Dec 2011
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

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

Cheques by year Led Joined

1999 2011

Often in the room with

- [Intersouth Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intersouth-partners) 3
- [Newbury Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rising-tide-vc) 3
- [Polaris Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/polaris-partners) 3

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Intersouth Partners** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intersouth-partners)[**Newbury Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rising-tide-vc)[**Polaris Partners** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/polaris-partners)

## Quick answers about First Ventures

### What does First Ventures invest in?

First Ventures invests most often at Venture and Series A (60% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Cloud Infrastructure, Fintech and Fund-raising.

### How active is First Ventures?

5 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Dec 2011.

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

The median round it joins is $6.5M.

### Does First Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 5 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does First Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (80%) and the United Kingdom (20%).

### Is First Ventures investing now?

It looks quiet: no investment on record since Dec 2011.

### Who does First Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Intersouth Partners (3 rounds together), Newbury Ventures (3 rounds together) and Polaris Partners (3 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is First Ventures?

First Ventures is a VC firm based in Recoleta, Brazil.

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