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What does IA Ventures invest in?
IA Ventures invests most often at Series A and Seed (74% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI & Machine Learning, AI/ML and Advertising (AdTech).
IA Ventures highlights
- 01
2 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Series A and Seed: 74% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 8 rounds, median $500K
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22 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Filed 1 private fund offering with the SEC, the most recent in 2023-03From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $1.0M – $3.0M as they say
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries A
- Sectors
- AI & Machine LearningAI/MLAdvertising (AdTech)
- Based in
- New York, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first125 appearances
- 2026
2 rounds
- Oct
- Apr
- 2024
1 round
- Dec
- 2019
1 round
- Jul
- 2018
1 round
- Jul
- 2016
7 rounds
- Dec
- Dec
- Nov
- Aug
- Jul
- Jun
- Jan
- 2015
11 rounds
- Oct
- Sept
- Sept
- Jun
- May
- Apr
- Feb
- Feb
- Feb
- Jan
- Jan
- 2014
13 rounds
- Aug
- Aug
- Jul
- Jun
- May
- Apr
- Mar
- Feb
- Feb
- Feb
- Feb
- Jan
- Jan
- 2013
12 rounds
- Dec
- Sept
- Aug
- Aug
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 registration4 named
BGBrad GillespieManaging MemberiFiling they signed
BWBradford Wilson GillespieManaging MemberiForm ADV
JAJesse Alexander BeyrouteyManaging MemberiForm ADV
RERoger EhrenbergManaging Member of General PartneriFiling they signed
We also 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.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$1.8Bgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- IA Capital Advisors, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 161772
Who backs their funds
1 LP on record in IA Ventures's funds
- Funds
- 1
The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: an LP list.
Cendana Capital1 fundFund Vintage Committed IA Ventures - -
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed22 in all
TicketflyBought by Pandora Media$450MOct 2015
Next Big SoundBought by Pandora MediaUndisclosedMay 2015
CovestorBought by Interactive Brokers GroupUndisclosedApr 2015
ConsumrBought by PurchUndisclosedMar 2015
DataPopBought by CriteoUndisclosedFeb 2015
SimpleBought by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria$117MFeb 2014
LoreBought by NoodleUndisclosedMar 2013
Visual RevenueBought by OutbrainUndisclosedMar 2013
ClickableBought by SyncapseUndisclosedJun 2012
Salesforce Buddy MediaBought by Salesforce$689MJun 2012
onefortyBought by HubSpotUndisclosedAug 2011
TweetDeckBought by UberMediaUndisclosedFeb 2011
Standout JobsBought by Talent TechnologyUndisclosedOct 2010
LookeryBought by AdknowledgeUndisclosedNov 2008
The latest 20 here. An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.