# Klein Venture Partners: portfolio, investments and team

> Klein Venture Partners is a vc firm based in United States. 3 investments on record, latest Sept 2016. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

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# Klein Venture Partners

Last cheque observed Sep 2016. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet VC firm Now at mwg.vc

Pre-seed Seed Series A Esports Play Entertainment

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 3 on record

Since the last cheque **3697** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$25M** Rounds led **0 of 3** Exits **1 from the portfolio**

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## Klein Venture Partners highlights

- 01 3 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series A: 100% of its rounds
- 03 1 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Esports Play Entertainment
- **Based in:** Mercer Island, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **3 appearances**

- **2016** 1 round
- **Sept** **[Zipline](https://millionrounds.com/company/zipline)** **$25M** With 25 others
- **2010** 1 round
- **Jan** **[Vanilla Forums](https://millionrounds.com/company/vanilla-forums)** Series A · CA · businesswire.com **$971K** With 4 others
- **2007** 1 round
- **Feb** **[Shelfari](https://millionrounds.com/company/shelfari)** Series A · US · techcrunch.com **$1.0M** With 4 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.

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**9** of 16 we have independently watched raise

[Gridwise](https://millionrounds.com/company/gridwise)[Instock](https://millionrounds.com/company/instock)[Lumafield](https://millionrounds.com/company/lumafield)[Remitly](https://millionrounds.com/company/remitly)[Shopventory](https://millionrounds.com/company/shopventory)[Spectrohm](https://millionrounds.com/company/spectrohm)[Survios](https://millionrounds.com/company/survios)[TiltFive](https://millionrounds.com/company/tilt-five)[UrbanMachine](https://millionrounds.com/company/urban-machine) Better Ventures EpochML FTW Lemnos Path Roth River line

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.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all**

**[Shelfari](https://millionrounds.com/company/shelfari)** Bought by [Amazon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amazon) **Undisclosed** Aug 2008

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

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$25M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 3 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2016
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *2*
- Pre-seed said *-*
- Seed said *-*
- Series B said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2007 2016

Often in the room with

- [Alliance of Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alliance-of-angels) 2
- [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Alliance of Angels** Angel network **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alliance-of-angels)[**Techstars** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Klein Venture Partners put money into.

[**Zipline** $25M · Sept 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/zipline)

## Quick answers about Klein Venture Partners

### What does Klein Venture Partners invest in?

Klein Venture Partners invests most often at Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Esports, Play and Entertainment.

### How active is Klein Venture Partners?

3 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2016.

### What has Klein Venture Partners invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Zipline (Sept 2016).

### How big are Klein Venture Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $25M.

### Is Klein Venture Partners investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Sept 2016.

### Who does Klein Venture Partners invest alongside?

Most often Alliance of Angels (2 rounds together) and Techstars (2 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is Klein Venture Partners?

Klein Venture Partners is a VC firm based in Mercer Island, United States.

### When was Klein Venture Partners founded?

Klein Venture Partners was founded in 2008.

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