# Obvious Corporation: portfolio, investments and team

> Obvious Corporation is a vc firm. 2 investments on record, latest Mar 2012. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

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# Obvious Corporation

Last cheque observed Mar 2012. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet New fund, Oct 2020 VC firm

Seed

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 2 on record

Since the last cheque **5347** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$2.0M** Rounds led **0 of 2** Exits **1 from the portfolio**

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## Obvious Corporation highlights

- 01 2 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed: 100% of its rounds
- 03 1 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **2 appearances**

- **2012** 1 round
- **Mar** **[Branch](https://millionrounds.com/company/branch)** Seed · US · businessinsider.com **$2.0M** With 8 others
- **2011** 1 round
- **Feb** **[Findery](https://millionrounds.com/company/findery)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$2.0M** With 7 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 **5 named**

AB **Andrew Beebe** Managing Member of the Manager i Filing they signed

EW **Evan Williams** Managing Member of the Manager i Filing they signed

JJ **James Joaquin** Managing Member of the Manager i Filing they signed

NL **Nan Li** Managing Member of the Manager i Filing they signed

VV **Vishal Vasishth** Managing Member of the Manager i Filing they signed

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all**

**[Branch](https://millionrounds.com/company/branch)** Bought by [Facebook](https://millionrounds.com/fund/facebook) **$15M** Jan 2014

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

New fund on file

**Raised**

a new fund in Oct 2020

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Seed

Median round joined **$2.0M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 2 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Mar 2012
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed *2*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2011 2012

Often in the room with

- [Betaworks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/betaworks) 2
- [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Betaworks** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/betaworks)[**SV Angel** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel)

## Quick answers about Obvious Corporation

### What does Obvious Corporation invest in?

Obvious Corporation invests most often at Seed (100% of the rounds on record).

### How active is Obvious Corporation?

2 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Mar 2012.

### How big are Obvious Corporation's cheques?

The median round it joins is $2.0M.

### Is Obvious Corporation investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Mar 2012.

### Who does Obvious Corporation invest alongside?

Most often Betaworks (2 rounds together) and SV Angel (2 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is Obvious Corporation?

Obvious Corporation is a VC firm.

### Has Obvious Corporation raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Oct 2020.

### Where does this information on Obvious Corporation come from?

From 2 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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