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What does Morado Ventures invest in?
Morado Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (77% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Fashion, Smart Clothes and Wearables.
Morado Ventures highlights
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1 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Seed and Series A: 77% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 3 rounds, median $1.1M
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11 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Your partner in seed-stage investments.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $100K – $2.0M as they say
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
- Sectors
- FashionSmart ClothesWearables
- Based in
- Palo Alto, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first30 appearances
- 2025
1 round
- Nov
- 2017
1 round
- Aug
- 2013
6 rounds
- Nov
- Nov
- Sept
- Jun
- Feb
- Jan
- 2012
11 rounds
- Nov
- Nov
- Nov
- Oct
- Aug
- Jul
- Jul
- Jul
- Jun
- May
- Apr
- 2011
10 rounds
- Dec
- Jun
- Jun
- May
- May
- May
- Apr
- Apr
- Apr
- Jan
- 2010
1 round
- Nov
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 registration2 named
APAshvinkumar Parbhoobhai PatelManager and Member of Morado Ventures, LLCiForm ADV
MJMichael James MarquezManager and Member of Morado Ventures, LLCiForm ADV
We also hold 8 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
$206Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Morado Ventures, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 168743
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed11 in all
OpsmaticBought by New RelicUndisclosedNov 2015
Local MotionBought by ZipcarUndisclosedAug 2015
OnSwipeBought by Beanstock MediaUndisclosedAug 2014
CardSpringBought by TwitterUndisclosedJul 2014
COLOURloversBought by AutodeskUndisclosedMar 2014
TomfooleryBought by Yahoo!$16MJan 2014
ThisLifeBought by ShutterflyUndisclosedJan 2013
CloverBought by First Data Corporation$56MJan 2012
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.