# Harrison Metal: portfolio, investments and team

> Harrison Metal is a vc firm based in United States. 141 investments on record, latest Nov 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

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# Harrison Metal

Last cheque observed Nov 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet New fund $60M, May 2020 VC firm Website unconfirmed

Seed Series A Series B Technology

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 141 on record

Since the last cheque **2539** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$30M** Cheque size, as they say **$200K – $1.2M** Rounds led **0 of 141** Sole investor **12 rounds** Exits **26 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 97%**

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## Harrison Metal highlights

- 01 141 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 72% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 12 rounds, median $1.0M
- 04 26 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $200K – $1.2M as they say
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **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](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=harrison-metal).

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **141 appearances**

- **2019** 5 rounds
- **Nov** **[Guild Education](https://millionrounds.com/company/guild-education)** Series D · US · FinSMEs **$157M** With 11 others
- **Jul** **[CircleCI](https://millionrounds.com/company/circleci)** Series D · US · FinSMEs **$56M** With 8 others
- **Apr** **[Dote](https://millionrounds.com/company/dote)** US · TechCrunch **$12M** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[Fleetsmith](https://millionrounds.com/company/fleetsmith)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$30M** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[Signal Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/signal-sciences)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$35M** With 4 others
- **2018** 8 rounds
- **Dec** **[Crew](https://millionrounds.com/company/crew)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$35M** With 5 others
- **Dec** **[LightStep](https://millionrounds.com/company/lightstep)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$41M** With 5 others
- **Jul** **[Guild Education](https://millionrounds.com/company/guild-education)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$40M** With 7 others
- **Jul** **[Even](https://millionrounds.com/company/even)** US · FinSMEs **$40M** With 5 others
- **Jun** **[EveryTeam](https://millionrounds.com/company/everyteam)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$3.0M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Fletsmith](https://millionrounds.com/company/fletsmith)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$7.7M** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Mixmax](https://millionrounds.com/company/mixmax)** US · FinSMEs **$10M** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[CircleCI](https://millionrounds.com/company/circleci)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$31M** With 5 others
- **2017** 5 rounds
- **Nov** **[LightStep](https://millionrounds.com/company/lightstep)** US · Marketwired **$29M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Guild](https://millionrounds.com/company/guild)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$21M** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[PagerDuty](https://millionrounds.com/company/pagerduty)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$44M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Smyte](https://millionrounds.com/company/smyte)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$4.0M** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[Astro](https://millionrounds.com/company/astro)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$8.3M** With 3 others
- **2016** 1 round
- **Nov** **[Fleetsmith](https://millionrounds.com/company/fleetsmith)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$3.1M** With 1 other
- **2015** 14 rounds
- **Nov** **[Pinrose](https://millionrounds.com/company/pinrose)** Seed · US **$2.1M** With 1 other
- **Nov** **[Joyable](https://millionrounds.com/company/joyable)** Series A · US **$8.0M** With 2 others
- **Nov** **[Hivemapper](https://millionrounds.com/company/hivemapper)** Seed · US **$2.9M** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[Mast Mobile](https://millionrounds.com/company/mast-mobile)** Venture · US **$7.0M** With 4 others
- **Sept** **[Din](https://millionrounds.com/company/din)** Seed **$3.0M** With 7 others
- **Aug** **[Front Row](https://millionrounds.com/company/front-row)** Series A · US **$5.3M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[500px](https://millionrounds.com/company/500px)** Series B · CA **$13M** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Smyte](https://millionrounds.com/company/smyte)** Seed **$2.3M** With 4 others
- **May** **[Yard Club](https://millionrounds.com/company/yard-club)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **May** **[AltSchool](https://millionrounds.com/company/altschool)** Series B · US **$100M** With 10 others
- **Apr** **[Mixmax](https://millionrounds.com/company/mixmax)** Seed · US **$1.5M** With 8 others
- **Apr** **[Reelgood](https://millionrounds.com/company/reelgood)** Seed **$1.0M** Sole investor
- **Mar** **[Joyable](https://millionrounds.com/company/joyable)** Seed · US **$2.1M** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[Liftoff](https://millionrounds.com/company/liftoff)** Series A · US **$5.0M** With 5 others
- **2014** 14 rounds
- **Dec** **[TinyPulse](https://millionrounds.com/company/tinypulse)** Series A · US **$3.5M** With 1 other
- **Nov** **[Bloc](https://millionrounds.com/company/bloc)** Series A · US **$6.0M** With 5 others
- **Nov** **[Good Eggs](https://millionrounds.com/company/good-eggs)** Series C · US **$21M** With 6 others
- **Oct** **[Mixmax](https://millionrounds.com/company/mixmax)** Seed · US **$1.5M** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[PagerDuty](https://millionrounds.com/company/pagerduty)** Series B · US **$27M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Grand Rounds](https://millionrounds.com/company/grand-rounds)** Series B · US **$40M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Pinrose](https://millionrounds.com/company/pinrose)** Seed · US **$1.8M** With 5 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.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **1 named**

MC **Michael Charles Dearing** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing 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

**$130M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture 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 listed **26 in all**

**[Fleetsmith](https://millionrounds.com/company/fleetsmith)** Bought by [Apple](https://millionrounds.com/fund/apple) **Undisclosed** Jun 2020

**[Smyte](https://millionrounds.com/company/smyte)** Bought by [Twitter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/twitter) **$65M** Jun 2018

**[Polyvore](https://millionrounds.com/company/polyvore)** Bought by [Yahoo!](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yahoo) **$200M** Jul 2015

**[TellApart](https://millionrounds.com/company/tellapart)** Bought by [Twitter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/twitter) **$479M** Apr 2015

**[Librato](https://millionrounds.com/company/librato)** Bought by SolarWinds **$40M** Jan 2015

**[Acompli](https://millionrounds.com/company/acompli)** Bought by [Microsoft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/microsoft) **$200M** Dec 2014

**[Plastic Jungle](https://millionrounds.com/company/plastic-jungle)** Bought by CardCash.com **Undisclosed** Jul 2014

**[Cover Lockscreen](https://millionrounds.com/company/cover-lockscreen)** Bought by [Twitter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/twitter) **Undisclosed** Apr 2014

**[FanSnap](https://millionrounds.com/company/fansnap)** Bought by SeatGeek **Undisclosed** Dec 2013

**[StackMob](https://millionrounds.com/company/stackmob)** Bought by PayPal **Undisclosed** Dec 2013

**[LookFlow](https://millionrounds.com/company/lookflow)** Bought by [Yahoo!](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yahoo) **Undisclosed** Oct 2013

**[AdStack](https://millionrounds.com/company/adstack)** Bought by [TellApart](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tellapart) **Undisclosed** Sept 2013

**[MoPub](https://millionrounds.com/company/mopub)** Bought by [Twitter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/twitter) **$350M** Sept 2013

**[Foundry Hiring](https://millionrounds.com/company/foundry-hiring)** Bought by [Dropbox](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dropbox-ventures) **Undisclosed** Sept 2013

**[Ubalo](https://millionrounds.com/company/ubalo)** Bought by [Twitter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/twitter) **Undisclosed** May 2013

**[Metaresolver](https://millionrounds.com/company/metaresolver)** Bought by Millennial Media **Undisclosed** Feb 2013

**[Bloomspot](https://millionrounds.com/company/bloomspot)** Bought by Chase Banking Corporation **Undisclosed** Dec 2012

**[threadsy](https://millionrounds.com/company/threadsy)** Bought by [Facebook](https://millionrounds.com/fund/facebook) **Undisclosed** Aug 2012

**[card.io](https://millionrounds.com/company/card-io)** Bought by PayPal **Undisclosed** Jul 2012

**[Blockboard](https://millionrounds.com/company/blockboard)** Bought by Klout **Undisclosed** Feb 2012

The latest 20 here. An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

New fund on file

**$60M**

raised in May 2020

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$30M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$1.0M**

Led 0 of 141 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $200K – $1.2M
- **Sole investor:** 12 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Nov 2019
- **Exits:** 26 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *56*
- Series A said *41*
- Series B said *22*
- Series C *9*
- Venture *6*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2007 2019

Often in the room with

- [Baseline Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baseline-ventures) 26
- [First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) 13
- [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) 12
- [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) 11
- [Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners) 9
- [Redpoint](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redpoint) 8

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Baseline Ventures** VC firm **26** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baseline-ventures)[**First Round Capital** VC firm **13** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital)[**Sequoia Capital** VC firm **12** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital)[**Accel** VC firm **11** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel)[**Greylock** VC firm **9** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners)[**Redpoint** VC firm **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redpoint)[**SV Angel** VC firm **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel)[**Andreessen Horowitz** VC firm **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)[**Collaborative Fund** VC firm **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collaborative-fund)[**Benchmark** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark)[**Cowboy Ventures** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cowboy-ventures)[**Floodgate** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Harrison Metal put money into.

[**CircleCI** $56M · Jul 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/circleci)[**Dote** $12M · Apr 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/dote)[**Fleetsmith** $30M · Apr 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/fleetsmith)[**Signal Sciences** $35M · Feb 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/signal-sciences)[**LightStep** $41M · Dec 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/lightstep)[**EveryTeam** $3.0M · Jun 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/everyteam)

## Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name Harrison Metal in their description, not their title.

- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 28 Aug 2020 · 44 min 20VC: PagerDuty CEO Jennifer Tejada on A Leader's Relationship To Risk, Insecurity, Making Decisions with Imperfect Data & What Successful Board Management Looks Like With [Jennifer Tejada](https://millionrounds.com/person/jennifer-tejada) Mentions [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel)[Harrison Metal](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harrison-metal) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Official SaaStr Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/saastr) 23 Jun 2020 · 33 min SaaStr 345: PagerDuty CMO Julie Herendeen on Attribution and Accountability within Marketing Teams, The Optimal Relationship Between Marketing & Product & Why Customer Success and Marketing Have Never Been Closer With [Julie Herendeen](https://millionrounds.com/person/julie-herendeen) Mentions [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel)[Broadway Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/broadway-angels-angels)[Harrison Metal](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harrison-metal) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Official SaaStr Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/saastr) 14 Apr 2020 · 29 min SaaStr 325: How Marketing Teams Can Replace The Leads Lost From Events in A COVID World & The Right Tone To Adopt With Clients That Is Caring and Achieves Business Objectives with Carolyn Guss, VP Corporate Marketing @ PagerDuty Mentions [Elad Gil](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elad-gil)[Harrison Metal](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harrison-metal) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 11 Oct 2019 · 34 min 20VC: Guild Education's Rachel Carlson on The Benefits of Scaling Startups Outside of Silicon Valley, Why Mission and Margin Are So Tightly Integrated & Why Mums Are The Most Under-Utilised Asset In The Economy Mentions [Cowboy Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cowboy-ventures)[Harrison Metal](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harrison-metal)[Michael Dearing](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-dearing) *+3* Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 26 Apr 2019 · 31 min 20VC: Why Startup Founders Have One Core Job, How To Reduce Risk & Increase Probability In Your Startup & Why You Should Not Send A Pitch Deck Pre-Investor Meeting with David Rogier, Founder & CEO @ Masterclass Mentions [David Rogier](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-rogier)[Atomico](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atomico)[Harrison Metal](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harrison-metal) *+4* Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Harrison Metal

### 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.

### How active is Harrison Metal?

141 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Nov 2019.

### What has Harrison Metal invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Guild Education (Series D, Nov 2019), CircleCI (Series D, Jul 2019) and Dote (Undisclosed round, Apr 2019).

### How big are Harrison Metal's cheques?

The median round it joins is $30M. It says it writes cheques of $200K to $1.2M.

### Does Harrison Metal lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 141 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Harrison Metal invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (97%).

### Is Harrison Metal investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Nov 2019.

### Who does Harrison Metal invest alongside?

Most often Baseline Ventures (26 rounds together), First Round Capital (13 rounds together) and Sequoia Capital (12 rounds together).

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