# Metamorphic Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Metamorphic Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 113 investments on record, latest Sept 2016. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

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# Metamorphic Ventures

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

Quiet New fund $10.0M, Jan 2016 VC firm Website unconfirmed Now at portalnegara.com

Seed Series A Series B Software Venture Capital & Private Equity

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 113 on record

Since the last cheque **3680** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$1.9M** Rounds led **0 of 113** Sole investor **11 rounds** Exits **16 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 97%**

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## Metamorphic Ventures highlights

- 01 113 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 75% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 11 rounds, median $1.5M
- 04 16 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Sectors:** Software Venture Capital & Private Equity
- **Based in:** New York, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

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=metamorphic-ventures).

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **113 appearances**

- **2016** 4 rounds
- **Sept** **[Deepgram](https://millionrounds.com/company/deepgram)** US · TechCrunch **$1.8M** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Allset](https://millionrounds.com/company/allset)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$2.4M** Sole investor
- **Aug** **[Mode](https://millionrounds.com/company/mode)** Seed · CA · FinSMEs **$1.3M** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[MeQ](https://millionrounds.com/company/meq)** TechCrunch **$2.0M** With 2 others
- **2015** 18 rounds
- **Nov** **[Zipdrug](https://millionrounds.com/company/zipdrug)** Seed · US **$2.6M** With 8 others
- **Oct** **[Modsy](https://millionrounds.com/company/modsy)** Seed · US **$3.0M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Ease Central](https://millionrounds.com/company/easecentral)** Seed **$2.1M** With 4 others
- **Sept** **[LotusFlare](https://millionrounds.com/company/lotusflare)** Series A · US **$6.0M** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Owlet Baby Care](https://millionrounds.com/company/owlet-baby-care)** Series A · US **$7.0M** With 7 others
- **Aug** **[Away](https://millionrounds.com/company/away)** Seed · US **$2.5M** With 10 others
- **Aug** **[Rebagg](https://millionrounds.com/company/rebagg)** Seed · US **$4.0M** With 8 others
- **Jul** **[UpCounsel](https://millionrounds.com/company/upcounsel)** Series A · US **$10M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Trusted](https://millionrounds.com/company/trusted)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** With 5 others
- **Jun** **[DigitalGenius](https://millionrounds.com/company/digitalgenius)** US **$3.0M** With 4 others
- **May** **[AlphaDraft](https://millionrounds.com/company/alphadraft)** Seed · US **$5.0M** With 12 others
- **May** **[Blend Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/blend-systems)** Series A · US **$6.3M** With 8 others
- **May** **[Direct Match](https://millionrounds.com/company/direct-match)** Seed · US **$3.0M** With 7 others
- **Apr** **[Stanza](https://millionrounds.com/company/stanza)** Seed · US **$4.3M** With 6 others
- **Mar** **[Pippio](https://millionrounds.com/company/pippio)** Seed · US **$2.3M** With 12 others
- **Mar** **[Vrideo](https://millionrounds.com/company/vrideo)** Seed · US **$1.8M** With 11 others
- **Feb** **[Move Loot](https://millionrounds.com/company/move-loot)** Series A · US **$9.0M** With 6 others
- **Jan** **[Insensi](https://millionrounds.com/company/insensi)** Seed · US **$2.4M** With 1 other
- **2014** 25 rounds
- **Dec** **[Boxbee, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/boxbee-inc)** Series A · US **$5.0M** With 9 others
- **Dec** **[Switch](https://millionrounds.com/company/switch)** Seed · US **$2.4M** With 9 others
- **Dec** **[UpCounsel](https://millionrounds.com/company/upcounsel)** Seed · US **$2.4M** With 5 others
- **Dec** **[Whipclip](https://millionrounds.com/company/whipclip)** Series B · US **$20M** With 11 others
- **Nov** **[LaunchKey](https://millionrounds.com/company/launchkey)** Venture · US **$3.0M** With 4 others
- **Nov** **[Flipsicle](https://millionrounds.com/company/flipsicle)** Seed · US **$2.0M** With 8 others
- **Nov** **[Encoding.com](https://millionrounds.com/company/encoding-com)** Series B · US **$3.5M** With 2 others
- **Nov** **[Wanderu](https://millionrounds.com/company/wanderu)** Series A · US **$5.6M** With 8 others
- **Nov** **[Lingo Live](https://millionrounds.com/company/lingo-live)** US **$4.0M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Weaved](https://millionrounds.com/company/weaved)** Seed · US **$2.3M** With 10 others
- **Oct** **[Snowball](https://millionrounds.com/company/snowball)** Seed · US **$2.3M** With 5 others
- **Oct** **[Viyet](https://millionrounds.com/company/viyet)** Seed · US **$1.5M** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Gem](https://millionrounds.com/company/gem)** Seed · US **$2.0M** With 14 others
- **Sept** **[Cord Project](https://millionrounds.com/company/cord-project)** Seed · US **$1.8M** With 18 others
- **Sept** **[PageScience](https://millionrounds.com/company/pagescience)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Stowaway Cosmetics](https://millionrounds.com/company/stowaway-cosmetics)** Seed · US **$1.5M** With 7 others
- **Jul** **[Voyat](https://millionrounds.com/company/voyat)** Seed · US **$1.8M** With 8 others
- **Jul** **[Fuisz](https://millionrounds.com/company/fuisz)** Seed · US **$2.1M** With 16 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 **4 named**

DD **David D. Hirsch** A Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

LD **Lewis D. Gersh** A Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

MD **Marc D. Michel** A Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

MM **Marc Michael** A Managing Director of the Manager i Filing they signed

We also hold **6** 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.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **16 in all**

**[AlphaDraft](https://millionrounds.com/company/alphadraft)** Bought by FanDuel **Undisclosed** Sept 2015

**[isocket](https://millionrounds.com/company/isocket)** Bought by Rubicon Project **Undisclosed** Nov 2014

**[Fuze Network](https://millionrounds.com/company/fuze-network)** Bought by Ingo Money **Undisclosed** Nov 2014

**[Artspace](https://millionrounds.com/company/artspace)** Bought by Phaidon Press **Undisclosed** Aug 2014

**[Songza](https://millionrounds.com/company/songza)** Bought by [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) **Undisclosed** Jul 2014

**[TapCommerce](https://millionrounds.com/company/tapcommerce)** Bought by [Twitter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/twitter) **$100M** Jun 2014

**[Playnomics](https://millionrounds.com/company/playnomics)** Bought by Unity Technologies **Undisclosed** Apr 2014

**[Mass Relevance](https://millionrounds.com/company/mass-relevance)** Bought by Spredfast **Undisclosed** Apr 2014

**[Nearbuy Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/nearbuy-systems)** Bought by RetailNext **Undisclosed** Dec 2013

**[Stamped](https://millionrounds.com/company/stamped)** Bought by [Yahoo!](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yahoo) **Undisclosed** Oct 2012

**[Thinknear](https://millionrounds.com/company/thinknear)** Bought by [Telenav](https://millionrounds.com/fund/telenav) **Undisclosed** Oct 2012

**[Tynt](https://millionrounds.com/company/tynt)** Bought by 33Across **Undisclosed** Jan 2012

**[ORCA, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/orca-inc)** Bought by [Ingk Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ingk-labs) **Undisclosed** Jan 2012

**[OfferIQ](https://millionrounds.com/company/offeriq)** Bought by Transactis **Undisclosed** Sept 2010

**[Transactis](https://millionrounds.com/company/transactis)** Bought by OfferIQ **Undisclosed** Sept 2010

**[FetchBack](https://millionrounds.com/company/fetchback)** Bought by [GSI Commerce](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gsi-commerce) **$40M** Jun 2010

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

New fund on file

**$10.0M**

raised in Jan 2016

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 **$1.9M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$1.5M**

Led 0 of 113 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 11 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2016
- **Exits:** 16 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed *49*
- Series A *26*
- Series B *12*
- Venture *10*
- Series C *3*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2006 2016

Often in the room with

- [ff Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ff-venture-capital) 15
- [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) 8
- [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/great-oaks-venture-capital) 8
- [Greycroft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft) 8
- [First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) 7
- [Geoff Judge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/geoff-judge) 7

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**ff Venture Capital** VC firm **15** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ff-venture-capital)[**Google Ventures** Corporate VC **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv)[**Great Oaks Venture Capital** VC firm **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/great-oaks-venture-capital)[**Greycroft** VC firm **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft)[**First Round Capital** VC firm **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital)[**Geoff Judge** Angel **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/geoff-judge)[**Inovia Capital** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inovia-capital)[**RRE Ventures** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rre-ventures)[**Accelerator Ventures** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accelerator-ventures)[**Compound** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/compound-4)[**Eniac Ventures** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eniac-ventures)[**FirstMark** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firstmark)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Metamorphic Ventures put money into.

[**Deepgram** $1.8M · Sept 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/deepgram)[**Mode** $1.3M · Aug 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/mode)

## Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name Metamorphic Ventures in their description, not their title.

- [This Much I Know](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-much-i-know) 20 Oct 2016 · 33 min Josh Nussbaum, Principal at Compound, on rebranding and learning from missed opportunities Mentions [Compound](https://millionrounds.com/fund/compound-4)[Metamorphic Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/metamorphic-ventures) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [Angel Insights](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/angel-insights) 11 Sept 2016 · 19 min Why Having A Flexible Cheque Size Can Help In Early Stage with Meghan Cross @ Red Bear Angels With [Meghan Cross](https://millionrounds.com/person/meghan-cross) Mentions [Red Bear Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/red-bear-angels)[Bowery Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bowery-capital)[Metamorphic Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/metamorphic-ventures) *+1* Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Metamorphic Ventures

### What does Metamorphic Ventures invest in?

Metamorphic Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (75% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Software and Venture Capital & Private Equity.

### How active is Metamorphic Ventures?

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

### What has Metamorphic Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Deepgram (Undisclosed round, Sept 2016), Allset (Seed, Sept 2016) and Mode (Seed, Aug 2016).

### How big are Metamorphic Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $1.9M.

### Does Metamorphic Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 113 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Metamorphic Ventures invest?

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

### Is Metamorphic Ventures investing now?

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

### Who does Metamorphic Ventures invest alongside?

Most often ff Venture Capital (15 rounds together), Google Ventures (8 rounds together) and Great Oaks Venture Capital (8 rounds together).

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