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What does NCT Ventures invest in?
NCT Ventures invests most often at Venture and Series A (87% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Technology.
NCT Ventures highlights
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17 rounds on record
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Mostly Venture and Series A: 87% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 12 rounds, median $1.0M
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1 exits from the portfolio
What they do
NCT is a Midwest focused investment operating firm that supports seed and early stage technology companies disrupting major industries.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries A
- Sectors
- Technology
- Based in
- Columbus, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first17 appearances
- 2019
1 round
- Feb
- 2017
1 round
- Jul
- 2015
2 rounds
- Aug
- Jun
- 2014
2 rounds
- Oct
- Jun
- 2013
1 round
- Feb
- 2012
2 rounds
- Aug
- Mar
- 2011
3 rounds
- Nov
- Nov
- Feb
- 2010
1 round
- Jul
- 2009
1 round
- Dec
- 2008
3 rounds
- Oct
- Sept
- Sept
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 registration4 named
LKLindsay Karas StencelChief Compliance Officer, Chief Legal CounseliForm ADV
MCMichael Clark ButlerManaging PrincipaliFiling they signed
RLRichard LangdaleManaging PrincipaliFiling they signed
WFWilliam FrankManaging PrincipaliFiling they signed
We also hold 7 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
$39Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- NCT Fund Management, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 163692
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
16 of 28 we have independently watched raise
AgilenetworksBuzzsolutionsCuriosityDatainventionsDistilnetworksDomediaEnlacehealthHaasalertHealthyrosterHeurekasoftwareJadetrackKapowLevelelevenNikolaNimiaQstartlabs10xemArxcommunityBeeznowBrowsehappyExacterincGetacceptdGetrhymeLunapoweredOnseenRetronymsRidewithshareSolarcore
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 listed1 in all
ClearSaleingBought by GSI CommerceUndisclosedJan 2011
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.