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Mars

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

QuietCorporate VC

SeedSeries ASeries BChildrenTransportationEmail

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 4 on record
Since the last cheque2699days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$9.8MRounds led0 of 4Sole investor1 rounds
Pitch Mars

Mars highlights

  1. 01

    4 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Series A: 50% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $80M

What they do

Type
Corporate VC (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Sectors
ChildrenTransportationEmail
Based in
McLean, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first4 appearances

  1. 2019

    2 rounds

  2. Jun
    MixlabSeed · US · AlleyWatch$8.5MWith 6 others
  3. May
    Wild EarthSeries A · US · FinSMEs$11MWith 7 others
  4. 2013

    1 round

  5. Sept
    HeliaeVenture · US · greentechmedia.com$80MSole investor
  6. 2005

    1 round

  7. Mar
    Vanson HaloSourceSeries B · US$5.0MWith 3 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

We hold 20 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.

Recently backed

The latest companies Mars put money into.

Mixlab$8.5M · Jun 2019Wild Earth$11M · May 2019

Quick answers about Mars

What does Mars invest in?

Mars invests most often at Seed and Series A (50% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Children, Transportation and Email.

How active is Mars?

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

What has Mars invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Mixlab (Seed, Jun 2019) and Wild Earth (Series A, May 2019).

How big are Mars's cheques?

The median round it joins is $9.8M.

Is Mars investing now?

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

What kind of investor is Mars?

Mars is a corporate VC based in McLean, United States.

When was Mars founded?

Mars was founded in 1935.

Where does this information on Mars come from?

From 3 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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