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Rose Park Advisors

Last cheque observed Mar 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

QuietVC firm

SeedSeries AEnergyDisruptive Innovation

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 16 on record
Since the last cheque2788days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$25MRounds led0 of 16Sole investor2 roundsMostly inUnited States, 88%
Pitch Rose Park Advisors

Rose Park Advisors highlights

  1. 01

    16 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Series C and Seed: 57% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $6.7M

What they do

We employ insights drawn from the research of the late Co-Founder Clay Christensen to invest with the aim of driving great outcomes for our investors and entrepreneurs.From their own website
Type
VC firm
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
SeedSeries A
Sectors
EnergyDisruptive Innovation
Based in
Boston, United States
Cold pitches
Not accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first16 appearances

  1. 2019

    1 round

  2. Mar
    Artemis HealthSeries C · US · FinSMEs$25MWith 4 others
  3. 2015

    3 rounds

  4. Nov
    CircleUpSeries C · US$30MWith 10 others
  5. Jul
    ACT.mdSeries A · US$8.4MSole investor
  6. Jun
    HireVueSeries E · US$45MWith 5 others
  7. 2014

    3 rounds

  8. Dec
    CoupangGrowth · KR$300MWith 4 others
  9. May
    CoupangVenture · KR$100MWith 7 others
  10. Mar
    CircleUpSeries B · US$14MWith 4 others
  11. 2013

    6 rounds

  12. Dec
    WymseeSeed · US$2.5MWith 4 others
  13. Dec
    CSA MedicalSeries C · US$16MWith 6 others
  14. Oct
    HireVueSeries D · US · techcrunch.com$25MWith 5 others
  15. Sept
    PushPageSeed · US · techcrunch.com$1.7MWith 8 others
  16. May
    CircleUpSeries A · US · techcrunch.com$7.5MWith 4 others
  17. Apr
    ProcessUnitySeries C · US · finsmes.com$5.0MSole investor
  18. 2012

    3 rounds

  19. Aug
    HireVueSeries C · US · techcrunch.com$22MWith 3 others
  20. May
    innRoadSeries B · US · pevc.dowjones.com$5.8MWith 1 other
  21. Apr
    CircleUpSeed · US · techcrunch.com$1.5MWith 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 registration4 named

AJAdrian John PepperGeneral CounseliForm ADV
CCChristine ChristensenTrustee - Clayton M. Christensen Family TrustiForm ADV
JCJoey Cesar MartinezChief Compliance OfficeriForm ADV
MQMatthew Quinn ChristensenManaging PartneriForm ADV

We also hold 5 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

$630Massets it managesOct 2026
Registeredinvestment adviserfull reporting to the SEC
Legal name
ROSE PARK Advisors, LLC
SEC number
CRD 162017

Funds on its Form ADV

5 private funds, $611M in gross assets · filed May 2024

Venture 2Special purpose vehicle 2Hedge 1

  1. Disruptive Innovation Fund, L.P.Hedge135 investors$420M
  2. Circleup Growth Partners, L.P.Venture35 investors$155M
  3. Circleup Growth Partners II, L.P.Venture11 investors$23M
  4. DVF - Circleup - I, L.P.Special purpose vehicle16 investors$11M
  5. RPA Sirona I, L.P.Special purpose vehicle8 investors$2.4M

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

0 of 2 we have independently watched raise

HbrHbs

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.

Who they invest alongside

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

Recently backed

The latest companies Rose Park Advisors put money into.

Quick answers about Rose Park Advisors

What does Rose Park Advisors invest in?

Rose Park Advisors invests most often at Series C and Seed (57% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Energy and Disruptive Innovation.

How active is Rose Park Advisors?

16 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Mar 2019.

What has Rose Park Advisors invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Artemis Health (Series C, Mar 2019).

How big are Rose Park Advisors's cheques?

The median round it joins is $25M.

Does Rose Park Advisors lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 16 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does Rose Park Advisors invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (88%) and South Korea (13%).

Is Rose Park Advisors investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Mar 2019.

Who does Rose Park Advisors invest alongside?

Most often Maveron (4 rounds together), Granite Ventures (3 rounds together) and Sequoia Capital (3 rounds together).

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