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What does Grotech Ventures invest in?
Grotech Ventures invests most often at Series A and Series B (64% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Technology, Software and Device.
Grotech Ventures highlights
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1 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Series A and Series B: 64% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 9 rounds, median $3.0M
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13 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Grotech Ventures describes itself as 'Early Investors in High Potential Technology Companies' and states its mission is 'to partner with young companies outside of Silicon Valley'.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
- Sectors
- TechnologySoftwareDevice
- Based in
- Owings Mills, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first116 appearances
- 2026
1 round
- Aug
- 2025
1 round
- Apr
- 2019
8 rounds
- Dec
- Nov
- Oct
- Sept
- Sept
- Aug
- May
- Apr
- 2018
6 rounds
- Dec
- Nov
- Aug
- Apr
- Apr
- Mar
- 2017
2 rounds
- Nov
- Jan
- 2016
6 rounds
- Nov
- Sept
- Sept
- Sept
- Aug
- Jan
- 2015
7 rounds
- Dec
- Dec
- Nov
- Aug
- Jul
- Apr
- Jan
- 2014
16 rounds
- Dec
- Dec
- Dec
- Nov
- Oct
- Sept
- Sept
- Jul
- Jul
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 registration11 named
CPCharles Patrick CullenChief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Treasurer, Secretary, Principal, Shareholder of Grotech Management ComiForm ADV
DJDennis J. ShaughnessyRetired Member of Grotech Capital Group Vi, LLCiForm ADV
DJDonald James RaineyGeneral Partner and Member of Grotech Capital Group Vii, LLCiForm ADV
DLDonald Lawson DevriesPrincipal, Managing General Partner, Shareholder, Officer of Grotech Management CompanyiForm ADV
FAFrank Anthony AdamsExecutive Chairman, President, Principal, Shareholder, Director, Officer of Grotech Management CompanyiForm ADV
HHHarris HymanRetired Member of Grotech Capital Group Vi, LLCiForm ADV
JRJoseph Ronald ZellRetired Member of Grotech Capital Group Vi, LLCiForm ADV
JIJulia Inger TaxinPrincipal, Shareholder, and Officer of Grotech Management CompanyiForm ADV
PJPatrick John KerinsRetired Member of Grotech Capital Group Vi, LLCiForm ADV
SMStephen Martin FredrickPrincipal, Shareholder, Officer of Grotech Management CompanyiForm ADV
SDStuart David FrankelRetired Member of Grotech Capital Group Vi, LLCiForm ADV
We also hold 22 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
$311Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Grotech Management Company
- SEC number
- CRD 162772
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
60 of 60 we have independently watched raise
AirsidemobileBaseoperationsBuysafeCajuCerebrocapitalCerosCeterusChurnzeroCirclebackCloud-elementsCloverlyCognotaCommercialtribeContactuallyCrowdstreetDatasemblyDirectscaleDizzionFieldglassHillcrestlabsHumansecurityIcxmediaIncentivioLivingsocialLogianalyticsLogrhythmNotablesystemsOptoroParselyPassportincPayzerPetscreeningPgedgeRacktopsystemsRedpointglobalRentreadyRewstRoyaltyexchangeShardsecureShipmonkSpeedscaleStardogSturdySuitestudiosSunstonecreditTaskeasyTelliusTethrThemomprojectThreatconnectThreaterTidalcyberUrbanboundUrbanstemsUrjanetValicyberWebscaleXoiYardstikYetanalyticsand 20 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 listed13 in all
ZiptronixBought by Tessera Technologies$39MAug 2015
HelloWalletBought by Morningstar$5.3MMay 2014
Omnilink SystemsBought by Numerex$38MApr 2014
FieldglassBought by SAPUndisclosedMar 2014
TRAFFIQBought by an undisclosed buyerUndisclosedNov 2013
NexGen StorageBought by Fusion-io$119MApr 2013
Collective IntellectBought by Oracle CorporationUndisclosedJun 2012
Aztek NetworksBought by GENBANDUndisclosedApr 2012
RollstreamBought by GXSUndisclosedMar 2011
Hatteras NetworksBought by Overture NetworksUndisclosedMar 2011
BroadSoftListedUndisclosedJun 2010
HiveLiveBought by RightNow Technologies$5.6MSept 2009
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.