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iSelect Fund

Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Dec 2024, closing $97M. Last cheque observed Oct 2019.

QuietNew fund $97M, Dec 2024VC firm

Pre-seedSeedSeries AAgtechIn Vitro DiagnosticsFashion

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 15 on record
Since the last cheque2587days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$10MCheque size, as they say$250K – $2.0MRounds led1 of 15Sole investor7 roundsMostly inUnited States, 100%
Pitch iSelect Fund

iSelect Fund highlights

  1. 01

    15 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Series A: 80% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 7 rounds, median $3.0M

What they do

As venture investors, we take a balanced portfolio approach, using diversification, and maximizing optionality, to narrow risk.From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$250K – $2.0M as they say
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
Sectors
AgtechIn Vitro DiagnosticsFashion
Based in
Saint Louis, United States
Cold pitches
Not accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first15 appearances

  1. 2019

    3 rounds

  2. Oct
    Molecular AssembliesSeries A · US · FinSMEs$12MLed
  3. May
    ArtemisSeries A · US · FinSMEs$8.0MWith 3 others
  4. Apr
    FlywheelSeries A · US · Americaninno$6.0MSole investor
  5. 2018

    1 round

  6. Jul
    HerdDoggSeed · US · FinSMEs$2.3MWith 1 other
  7. 2017

    2 rounds

  8. Sept
    Cofactor GenomicsUS · FinSMEs$18MWith 5 others
  9. Mar
    Benson Hill BiosystemsSeries B · US · FinSMEs$25MWith 10 others
  10. 2015

    1 round

  11. Jan
    Kultevat, Inc.VentureUndisclosedSole investor
  12. 2014

    6 rounds

  13. Nov
    GremlnSeed · US$500KWith 1 other
  14. Sept
    ImmunoPhotonicsSeries A · US$1.8MWith 2 others
  15. Aug
    Benson Hill BiosystemsSeed · US$50KSole investor
  16. Jun
    Benson Hill BiosystemsUSUndisclosedSole investor
  17. Apr
    adFreeqUSUndisclosedSole investor
  18. Feb
    Time To CaterSeed · US$103KWith 1 other
  19. 2013

    2 rounds

  20. Sept
    Tansna TherapeuticsUSUndisclosedSole investor
  21. Aug
    Time To CaterUSUndisclosedSole 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

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration7 named

CMCraig Meredith HerronExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
JCJames Carter WilliamPresident, Managing Director and Board MemberiForm ADV
JCJames Carter WilliamsExecutive Officer, DirectoriFiling they signed
JMJames MeyerDirectoriFiling they signed
MDMichael Duaine KimeSenior Vice President, Managing Director and Board MemberiForm ADV
RPRichard Paul ImperialeChairman, Equity Owner and Board MemberiForm ADV
SSSusan Slavik WilliamsEquity Owner and Board MemberiForm ADV

We also hold 102 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

$108Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
Iselect Fund Management, LLC
SEC number
CRD 285182

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

35 of 60 we have independently watched raise

AgriWebb Australia Pty LtdAgribleArtemisagAutonomous PivotBensonhillBiolumicBlueTraceCofactorgenomicsCyrus BiotechnologyEarthOpticsEntacmedicalFaeth TherapeuticsGeltorGeneoscopy, IncGilatherapeuticsHarpe Bioherbicide Solutions,HealionicsHerddoggHolobiomeImmunophotonicsInfinant HealthKulabioMendMercarisMobilionsystemsMolecular AssembliesNeurosmedicalPlastomicsScibacSenteraStony Creek Colors,TillableTradelanesVenceVestaronAlden ScientificAlphabiomeArableBond Pet FoodsBonumoseBractletBrightseedbioEdacious, PBCEuclisesFINRAFINRA’s BrokerCheckFlywheelGene-mattersGrowers Edge Financial, IncHarvest CROO, LLCKultevatMadewithcocoonMercybioMiraterra Technologies CorporationNabacoNextsenseNixbiosensorsOnePlantresponsePlutonbioand 8 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.

Who they invest alongside

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

Recently backed

The latest companies iSelect Fund put money into.

Quick answers about iSelect Fund

What does iSelect Fund invest in?

iSelect Fund invests most often at Seed and Series A (80% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Agtech, In Vitro Diagnostics and Fashion.

How active is iSelect Fund?

15 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Oct 2019.

What has iSelect Fund invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Molecular Assemblies (Series A, Oct 2019), Artemis (Series A, May 2019) and Flywheel (Series A, Apr 2019).

How big are iSelect Fund's cheques?

The median round it joins is $10M. It says it writes cheques of $250K to $2.0M.

Does iSelect Fund lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 15 investments on record (7%).

Where does iSelect Fund invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

Is iSelect Fund investing now?

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

Who does iSelect Fund invest alongside?

Most often Cultivation Capital (3 rounds together) and Alexandria Real Estate Equities (2 rounds together).

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