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What does Harrison Metal invest in?
Harrison Metal invests most often at Seed and Series A (72% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Technology.
Harrison Metal highlights
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141 rounds on record
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Mostly Seed and Series A: 72% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 12 rounds, median $1.0M
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26 exits from the portfolio
What they do
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $200K – $1.2M as they say
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
- Sectors
- Technology
- Based in
- San Francisco, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not accepted
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.
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first141 appearances
- 2019
5 rounds
- Nov
- Jul
- Apr
- Apr
- Feb
- 2018
8 rounds
- Dec
- Dec
- Jul
- Jul
- Jun
- Apr
- Feb
- Jan
- 2017
5 rounds
- Nov
- Sept
- Apr
- Mar
- Mar
- 2016
1 round
- Nov
- 2015
14 rounds
- Nov
- Nov
- Nov
- Oct
- Sept
- Aug
- Jul
- Jun
- May
- May
- Apr
- Apr
- Mar
- Feb
- 2014
14 rounds
- Dec
- Nov
- Nov
- Oct
- Jul
- Jun
- Jun
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 registration1 named
MCMichael Charles DearingManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
We also hold 1 person 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
$130Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Grasshopper Escapement, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 162089
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed26 in all
FleetsmithBought by AppleUndisclosedJun 2020
LibratoBought by SolarWinds$40MJan 2015
Plastic JungleBought by CardCash.comUndisclosedJul 2014
Cover LockscreenBought by TwitterUndisclosedApr 2014
FanSnapBought by SeatGeekUndisclosedDec 2013
StackMobBought by PayPalUndisclosedDec 2013
Foundry HiringBought by DropboxUndisclosedSept 2013
MetaresolverBought by Millennial MediaUndisclosedFeb 2013
BloomspotBought by Chase Banking CorporationUndisclosedDec 2012
card.ioBought by PayPalUndisclosedJul 2012
BlockboardBought by KloutUndisclosedFeb 2012
The latest 20 here. An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.