# Minor Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Minor Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 13 investments on record, latest Jan 2009. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors)

# Minor Ventures

Last cheque observed Jan 2009. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet VC firm

Series A Seed Series B B2B E-Commerce

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 13 on record

Since the last cheque **6507** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$2.5M** Rounds led **0 of 13** Sole investor **11 rounds** Exits **5 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

Pitch Minor Ventures

## Minor Ventures highlights

- 01 13 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series A and Seed: 85% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 11 rounds, median $2.1M
- 04 5 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Sectors:** B2B E-Commerce
- **Based in:** United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **13 appearances**

- **2009** 1 round
- **Jan** **[Minor Studios](https://millionrounds.com/company/minor-studios)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **2007** 2 rounds
- **Dec** **[Scout Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/scout-labs)** Series B · US · techcrunch.com **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[Swivel](https://millionrounds.com/company/swivel)** Series A · US **$1.0M** Sole investor
- **2006** 5 rounds
- **Oct** **[Scout Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/scout-labs)** Series A · US · techcrunch.com **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[Swivel](https://millionrounds.com/company/swivel)** Series A · US **$1.0M** Sole investor
- **May** **[Kareo](https://millionrounds.com/company/kareo)** Series B · US · vcastocks.com **$2.5M** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[GrandCentral](https://millionrounds.com/company/grandcentral)** Series A · US · thealarmclock.com **$4.0M** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[8020 Media](https://millionrounds.com/company/8020-media)** Seed · US · gigaom.com **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **2005** 4 rounds
- **Nov** **[OpenDNS](https://millionrounds.com/company/opendns)** Series A · US · blog.opendns.com **$2.5M** Sole investor
- **May** **[Paxfire](https://millionrounds.com/company/paxfire)** Series A · US · washingtonpost.com **$2.1M** Sole investor
- **May** **[Leverage Software](https://millionrounds.com/company/leverage-software)** Series A · US · thealarmclock.com **$6.0M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[Kareo](https://millionrounds.com/company/kareo)** Seed · US **$2.0M** Sole investor
- **1999** 1 round
- **Jan** **[Salesforce](https://millionrounds.com/company/salesforce)** Seed · US · redherring.com **$4.0M** With 2 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.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **5 in all**

**[OpenDNS](https://millionrounds.com/company/opendns)** Bought by [Cisco](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco) **$635M** Jun 2015

**[Leverage Software](https://millionrounds.com/company/leverage-software)** Bought by Telligent Systems **Undisclosed** Dec 2011

**[Scout Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/scout-labs)** Bought by Lithium Technologies **$23M** May 2010

**[GrandCentral](https://millionrounds.com/company/grandcentral)** Bought by [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) **$60M** Jul 2007

**[Salesforce](https://millionrounds.com/company/salesforce)** Listed **Undisclosed** Jul 2004

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

## The cheque

Series A Seed Series B

Median round joined **$2.5M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$2.1M**

Led 0 of 13 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 11 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Jan 2009
- **Exits:** 5 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A *7*
- Seed *4*
- Series B *2*

Cheques by year Led Joined

1999 2009

**Pitching Minor Ventures?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque.

Add to your CRM *→*

## Quick answers about Minor Ventures

### What does Minor Ventures invest in?

Minor Ventures invests most often at Series A and Seed (85% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as B2B and E-Commerce.

### How active is Minor Ventures?

13 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jan 2009.

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

The median round it joins is $2.5M.

### Does Minor Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 13 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Minor Ventures invest?

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

### Is Minor Ventures investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jan 2009.

### What kind of investor is Minor Ventures?

Minor Ventures is a VC firm based in United States.

### Where does this information on Minor Ventures come from?

From 8 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

## Raising now?

Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board.

Find similar investorsOpen your CRM

Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=minor-ventures) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=minor-ventures)
