# GSV Capital: portfolio, investments and team

> GSV Capital is an investment firm based in United States. 47 investments on record, latest Sept 2015. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

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# GSV Capital

Last cheque observed Sep 2015. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet Investment firm Website unconfirmed

Venture Series A Series B Digital Media Transportation

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 47 on record

Since the last cheque **4057** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$20M** Rounds led **0 of 47** Sole investor **9 rounds** Exits **7 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 98%**

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## GSV Capital highlights

- 01 47 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Venture and Series A: 48% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 9 rounds, median $4.5M
- 04 7 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** Investment firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Sectors:** Digital Media Transportation
- **Based in:** Woodside, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

A website was listed for this organisation, but we could not confirm it belongs to the firm that wrote these cheques. Either the site never mentions them, or it turned out to be a different company sharing the name. We show neither it nor anything read from it. [Tell us the right one](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=gsv-capital).

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **47 appearances**

- **2015** 5 rounds
- **Sept** **[Aspiration](https://millionrounds.com/company/aspiration)** Series A · US **$16M** With 12 others
- **Aug** **[Solexel](https://millionrounds.com/company/solexel)** Series D · US **$70M** With 9 others
- **Jun** **[Fullbridge](https://millionrounds.com/company/fullbridge)** Venture · US **$15M** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[Spotify](https://millionrounds.com/company/spotify)** Series G · SE **$526M** With 12 others
- **Jan** **[Bloom Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/bloom-energy)** Growth · US **$130M** With 4 others
- **2014** 13 rounds
- **Dec** **[Clever](https://millionrounds.com/company/clever)** Series B · US **$30M** With 3 others
- **Nov** **[Course Hero](https://millionrounds.com/company/course-hero)** Series A · US **$15M** With 7 others
- **Nov** **[DogVacay](https://millionrounds.com/company/dogvacay)** Series B · US **$25M** With 6 others
- **Jul** **[Solexel](https://millionrounds.com/company/solexel)** Series D · US **$31M** With 9 others
- **Apr** **[Declara](https://millionrounds.com/company/declara)** Series A · US **$16M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Lyft](https://millionrounds.com/company/lyft)** Series D · US **$250M** With 8 others
- **Mar** **[Parchment](https://millionrounds.com/company/parchment)** Series D · US **$35M** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[General Assembly](https://millionrounds.com/company/general-assembly)** Series C · US **$35M** With 5 others
- **Feb** **[EdSurge](https://millionrounds.com/company/edsurge)** Series A · US **$1.5M** With 5 others
- **Feb** **[Curious.com](https://millionrounds.com/company/curious-com)** Series B · US **$15M** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[PayNearMe](https://millionrounds.com/company/paynearme)** Series E · US **$20M** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[StormWind](https://millionrounds.com/company/stormwind)** Series C · US **$5.0M** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Lytro](https://millionrounds.com/company/lytro)** Venture · US **$50M** With 2 others
- **2013** 11 rounds
- **Dec** **[DreamBox Learning](https://millionrounds.com/company/dreambox-learning)** Series A · US **$15M** With 4 others
- **Dec** **[JAMF Software](https://millionrounds.com/company/jamf-software)** Venture · US · finsmes.com **$30M** With 1 other
- **Dec** **[Knewton](https://millionrounds.com/company/knewton)** Series E · US **$51M** With 7 others
- **Nov** **[Coursera](https://millionrounds.com/company/coursera)** Series B · US · techcrunch.com **$20M** With 1 other
- **Nov** **[Lytro](https://millionrounds.com/company/lytro)** Series B · US · finsmes.com **$40M** With 6 others
- **Aug** **[Silicon Valley Data Science](https://millionrounds.com/company/silicon-valley-data-science)** Series A · US **$3.0M** With 7 others
- **Jul** **[Coursera](https://millionrounds.com/company/coursera)** Series B · US · techcrunch.com **$43M** With 5 others
- **Jun** **[Solexel](https://millionrounds.com/company/solexel)** Series C · US · sec.gov **$55M** With 6 others
- **Jun** **[Dataminr](https://millionrounds.com/company/dataminr)** Series C · US · finsmes.com **$30M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Dailybreak Media](https://millionrounds.com/company/dailybreak-media)** Series A · US · bizjournals.com **$2.0M** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[Tynker](https://millionrounds.com/company/tynker)** Venture · US · techcrunch.com **$3.3M** With 6 others
- **2012** 8 rounds
- **Dec** **[Grockit](https://millionrounds.com/company/grockit)** Venture · US · techcrunch.com **$20M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Parchment](https://millionrounds.com/company/parchment)** Series D · US · parchment.com **$24M** With 5 others
- **Sept** **[CorpU](https://millionrounds.com/company/corpu)** Venture · US · prnewswire.com **$4.5M** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[rSmart](https://millionrounds.com/company/rsmart)** Series B · US · prnewswire.com **$11M** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[Dailybreak Media](https://millionrounds.com/company/dailybreak-media)** Series A · US · techcrunch.com **$5.0M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Maven](https://millionrounds.com/company/maven)** Series A · US · investors.gsvcap.com **$2.0M** Sole investor
- **May** **[Fullbridge](https://millionrounds.com/company/fullbridge)** Venture · US · finsmes.com **$5.5M** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[StormWind](https://millionrounds.com/company/stormwind)** Venture · US · finsmes.com **$4.0M** Sole investor
- **2011** 10 rounds
- **Dec** **[DreamBox Learning](https://millionrounds.com/company/dreambox-learning)** Series A · US · techcrunch.com **$11M** With 2 others
- **Nov** **[Control4](https://millionrounds.com/company/control4)** US · finsmes.com **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Nov** **[The Echo System](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-echo-system)** Venture · US · sec.gov **$675K** Sole investor

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

We hold **3** 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.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **7 in all**

**[Silicon Valley Data Science](https://millionrounds.com/company/silicon-valley-data-science)** Bought by [Apple](https://millionrounds.com/fund/apple) **Undisclosed** Dec 2017

**[The Echo System](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-echo-system)** Bought by 4C **Undisclosed** Dec 2013

**[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

**[Grockit](https://millionrounds.com/company/grockit)** Bought by [Kaplan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kaplan) **Undisclosed** Jul 2013

**[Control4](https://millionrounds.com/company/control4)** Listed **$60M** Jul 2013

**[Silver Spring Networks](https://millionrounds.com/company/silver-spring-networks)** Listed **$81M** Mar 2013

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 **$20M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$4.5M**

Led 0 of 47 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 9 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2015
- **Exits:** 7 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Venture *10*
- Series A *10*
- Series B *7*
- Series D *6*
- Series C *5*
- Growth *4*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2011 2015

Often in the room with

- [DAG Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dag-ventures) 6
- [Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins-caufield-and-byers) 5
- [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) 4
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) 3
- [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) 3
- [Deborah Quazzo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deborah-quazzo) 3

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**DAG Ventures** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dag-ventures)[**Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins-caufield-and-byers)[**New Enterprise Associates** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates)[**Andreessen Horowitz** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)[**Benchmark** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark)[**Deborah Quazzo** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deborah-quazzo)[**First Round Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital)[**Founders Fund** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund)[**Learn Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/learn-capital)[**Maveron** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maveron)[**NewSchools Venture Fund** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newschools-venture-fund)[**Northgate Capital** Family office **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/northgate-capital)

## Quick answers about GSV Capital

### What does GSV Capital invest in?

GSV Capital invests most often at Venture and Series A (48% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Digital Media and Transportation.

### How active is GSV Capital?

47 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2015.

### How big are GSV Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $20M.

### Does GSV Capital lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 47 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does GSV Capital invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (98%).

### Is GSV Capital investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Sept 2015.

### Who does GSV Capital invest alongside?

Most often DAG Ventures (6 rounds together), Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (5 rounds together) and New Enterprise Associates (4 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is GSV Capital?

GSV Capital is an investment firm based in Woodside, United States.

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