# Plough Penny Partners: portfolio, investments and team > Plough Penny Partners is a family office based in United States. 15 investments on record, latest Jul 2013. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/plough-penny-partners (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Plough Penny Partners Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Mar 2024, closing $45M. Last cheque observed Jul 2013. Quiet New fund $45M, Mar 2024 Family office Growth Seed Series A Cloud Computing Wireless Investment Management Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 15 on record Since the last cheque **4864** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$4.5M** Rounds led **0 of 15** Sole investor **3 rounds** Exits **5 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 93%** Pitch Plough Penny Partners ## Plough Penny Partners highlights - 01 15 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Series A and Venture: 58% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 3 rounds, median undisclosed - 04 5 exits from the portfolio ## What they do - **Type:** Family office (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Growth Seed Series A - **Sectors:** Cloud Computing Wireless Investment Management - **Based in:** New York, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **15 appearances** - **2013** 5 rounds - **Jul** **[basno](https://millionrounds.com/company/basno)** Series A · US · techcrunch.com **$1.0M** With 4 others - **Jun** **[We Heart It](https://millionrounds.com/company/we-heart-it)** Series A · US **$8.0M** With 3 others - **Jun** **[Tinypass](https://millionrounds.com/company/tinypass)** Venture · US · allthingsd.com **$3.0M** With 2 others - **Jun** **[Solve Media (An Adiant Company)](https://millionrounds.com/company/solve-media-an-adiant-company)** Series B · US · techcrunch.com **$7.0M** With 6 others - **May** **[DietBetter](https://millionrounds.com/company/dietbetter)** Seed · US **$1.9M** With 24 others - **2012** 2 rounds - **Jan** **[We Heart It](https://millionrounds.com/company/we-heart-it)** Series A · US · techcrunch.com **Undisclosed** With 2 others - **Jan** **[Zeel](https://millionrounds.com/company/zeel)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$1.5M** With 13 others - **2011** 3 rounds - **Jun** **[Health Guru Media Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/health-guru-media-inc)** Series D · US · techcrunch.com **$6.0M** With 3 others - **Mar** **[BONDS.COM](https://millionrounds.com/company/bonds-com)** Venture · US · earthtimes.org **$6.5M** With 4 others - **Mar** **[AdChina](https://millionrounds.com/company/adchina)** CN **Undisclosed** With 3 others - **2010** 1 round - **May** **[Babble](https://millionrounds.com/company/babble)** Series B · US · deals.venturebeat.com **$3.0M** With 3 others - **2009** 1 round - **Oct** **[Cel-Fi by Nextivity](https://millionrounds.com/company/cel-fi-by-nextivity)** US **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **2007** 1 round - **Nov** **[KoolConnect Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/koolconnect-technologies)** Venture · US · koolconnect.tv **$6.5M** With 2 others - **2005** 2 rounds - **Nov** **[Critical Media](https://millionrounds.com/company/critical-media)** Series A · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Jun** **[Game Trust](https://millionrounds.com/company/game-trust)** US **Undisclosed** Sole investor 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 **1 named** JT **Jud Traphagen** Mr. Traphagen is the Managing Member of Plough Penny Management LLC, the General Partner i Filing 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. ## Exits from the portfolio Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **5 in all** **[AdChina](https://millionrounds.com/company/adchina)** Bought by [Alibaba](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alibaba) **Undisclosed** Jan 2015 **[BONDS.COM](https://millionrounds.com/company/bonds-com)** Bought by MTS Group **Undisclosed** Mar 2014 **[Health Guru Media Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/health-guru-media-inc)** Bought by Kitara Media **Undisclosed** Dec 2013 **[Babble](https://millionrounds.com/company/babble)** Bought by [The Walt Disney Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-walt-disney-company) **$40M** Nov 2011 **[Game Trust](https://millionrounds.com/company/game-trust)** Bought by [Real Networks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/real-networks) **$20M** Sept 2007 An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records. New fund on file **$45M** raised in Mar 2024 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Growth Seed Series A Median round joined **$4.5M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **-** Led 0 of 15 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** 3 rounds - **Last cheque:** Jul 2013 - **Exits:** 5 from the portfolio Rounds by stage said on their site - Series A said *4* - Venture *3* - Seed said *2* - Series B *2* - Series D *1* - Growth said *-* Cheques by year Led Joined 2005 2013 Often in the room with - [Burch Creative Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/burch-creative-capital) 2 - [Village Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/village-ventures) 2 **Pitching Plough Penny Partners?** 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 *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Plough Penny Partners. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Burch Creative Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/burch-creative-capital)[**Village Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/village-ventures) ## Quick answers about Plough Penny Partners ### What does Plough Penny Partners invest in? Plough Penny Partners invests most often at Series A and Venture (58% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Cloud Computing, Wireless and Investment Management. ### How active is Plough Penny Partners? 15 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jul 2013. ### How big are Plough Penny Partners's cheques? The median round it joins is $4.5M. ### Does Plough Penny Partners lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 15 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does Plough Penny Partners invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (93%) and China (7%). ### Is Plough Penny Partners investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jul 2013. ### Who does Plough Penny Partners invest alongside? Most often Burch Creative Capital (2 rounds together) and Village Ventures (2 rounds together). ### What kind of investor is Plough Penny Partners? Plough Penny Partners is a family office based in New York, United States. ## 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=plough-penny-partners) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=plough-penny-partners)