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What does Galvanize invest in?
Galvanize invests most often at Seed and Series A (82% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as E-Commerce.
Galvanize highlights
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7 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Seed and Series A: 82% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 10 rounds, median $860K
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1 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Filed 1 private fund offering with the SEC, the most recent in 2023-12From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- SeedPre-seed
- Sectors
- E-Commerce
- Based in
- United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first56 appearances
- 2026
3 rounds
- Sept
- Aug
- Jun
- 2025
4 rounds
- Dec
- Dec
- Nov
- Nov
- 2017
2 rounds
- Mar
- Jan
- 2015
20 rounds
- Oct
- Aug
- Aug
- Aug
- Aug
- May
- May
- May
- May
- May
- May
- Apr
- Apr
- Mar
- Mar
- Mar
- Mar
- Feb
- Jan
- Jan
- 2014
25 rounds
- Dec
- Dec
- Nov
- Oct
- Oct
- Oct
- Oct
- Sept
- Sept
- Sept
- Sept
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 registration16 named
ARAsad RahmanExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
CAChristian ArtmannExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
CCChristopher C. OnanMANAGING DIRECTOR AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE GENERAL PARTNERiFiling they signed
CJChristopher J. CreedManaging Partner & Co-Head of Credit of the Investment ManageriFiling they signed
CRCliff RyanExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
JCJames C. DetersMANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE GENERAL PARTNERiFiling they signed
JKJohn K. DelaneyManaging Partner & Chair of Credit of the Investment ManageriFiling they signed
JSJoseph SumbergExecutive Officer, PromoteriFiling they signed
KHKathryn HallExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
LCLawrence C. MandesMANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE GENERAL PARTNERiFiling they signed
MCMichael Cliff RyanExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
PGPhilip GoldsmithExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
SCSaloni Cliff MultaniExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
SKSeth KirkhamExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
TSThomas SteyerExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
VCVeery Cliff MaxwellExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
We also hold 80 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
5+funds on filenumbered funds in its name
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed1 in all
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
Zipfian AcademyUndisclosedNov 2015