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Parade Ventures

Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Nov 2023, closing $20M. Last cheque observed Feb 2024.

QuietNew fund $20M, Nov 2023VC firm

Pre-seedSeedSeries AAgnosticIndustry AgnosticNo Sector

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 2 on record
Since the last cheque1003days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$8.0MCheque size, as they say$1.0M – $1.0MRounds led0 of 2
Pitch Parade Ventures

Parade Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    2 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed: 100% of its rounds

What they do

Parade Ventures is a seed stage venture fund investing in enterprise-themed companiesFrom their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$1.0M – $1.0M as they say
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries B
Sectors
AgnosticIndustry AgnosticNo Sector
Based in
Menlo Park, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first2 appearances

  1. 2024

    1 round

  2. Feb
    FlowFiSeed · US · Firms' own news pages$9.0MWith 6 others
  3. 2019

    1 round

  4. May
    InCountrySeed · US · FinSMEs$7.0MWith 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 registration1 named

SCShawn Chander MeraniManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed

We also hold 2 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

$76Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
Parade Ventures Management, LLC
SEC number
CRD 297532

Who backs their funds

1 LP on record in Parade Ventures's funds

Funds
1

The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: an LP list.

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

3 of 3 we have independently watched raise

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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.

Recently backed

The latest companies Parade Ventures put money into.

Quick answers about Parade Ventures

What does Parade Ventures invest in?

Parade Ventures invests most often at Seed (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Agnostic, Industry Agnostic and No Sector.

How active is Parade Ventures?

2 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Feb 2024.

What has Parade Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: FlowFi (Seed, Feb 2024) and InCountry (Seed, May 2019).

How big are Parade Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $8.0M. It says it writes cheques of $1.0M to $1.0M.

Is Parade Ventures investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Feb 2024.

What kind of investor is Parade Ventures?

Parade Ventures is a VC firm based in Menlo Park, United States.

How much does Parade Ventures manage?

About $76M, as gross assets of its private funds (Oct 2026).

Has Parade Ventures raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Nov 2023, reporting $20M raised.

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