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SAM LESSIN

Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Feb 2025, closing $64M. Last cheque observed Dec 2024.

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VC firmQuietLast fund $64M, Feb 2025

Seed

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 13 on record
Since the last cheque698days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$33MRounds led0 of 13Exits3 from the portfolioMostly inUnited States, 82%
Pitch SAM LESSIN

SAM LESSIN highlights

  1. 01

    13 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Series C: 85% of its rounds

  3. 03

    3 exits from the portfolio

What they do

Filed 1 private fund offerings with the SEC, the most recent in 2025-02From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
Seed
Based in
United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first13 appearances

  1. 2024

    1 round

  2. Dec
    RiversideSeries C · IL · TechCrunch$30MWith 3 others
  3. 2017

    1 round

  4. Mar
    MasterClassSeries C · US · FinSMEs$35MWith 8 others
  5. 2015

    2 rounds

  6. Apr
    PicnicHealthSeed · US$2.0MWith 15 others
  7. Jan
    EvenSeed$1.5MWith 12 others
  8. 2014

    2 rounds

  9. Sept
    FlynnSeed$1.3MWith 6 others
  10. Aug
    MavrxSeed · USUndisclosedWith 7 others
  11. 2013

    1 round

  12. Jul
    SendbloomSeed · US$1.3MWith 19 others
  13. 2011

    2 rounds

  14. Aug
    MakerBotGrowth · US · techcrunch.com$10MWith 5 others
  15. Aug
    BirchboxSeries A · US · techcrunch.com$11MWith 7 others
  16. 2010

    4 rounds

  17. Nov
    PathSeed · US · techcrunch.com$2.5MWith 27 others
  18. Oct
    BirchboxSeed · US · techcrunch.com$1.4MWith 12 others
  19. May
    VenmoSeed · US · techcrunch.com$1.2MWith 7 others
  20. Apr
    Faction SkisSeed · CHUndisclosedWith 5 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 registration3 named

KCKevin ColleranManaging DirectoriFiling they signed
SLSam LessinManaging DirectoriFiling they signed
WQWilliam QuistManaging DirectoriFiling 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 listed3 in all

PathBought by Daum KakaoUndisclosedMay 2015
MakerBotBought by Stratasys$403MJun 2013
VenmoBought by Braintree$26MAug 2012

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

Who they invest alongside

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

Slow VenturesVC firm5rounds togetherLerer VenturesVC firm4rounds togetherDave MorinVC firm3rounds togetherFirst Round CapitalVC firm3rounds togetherKevin ColleranVC firm3rounds togetherRRE VenturesVC firm3rounds togetherAccelVC firm2rounds togetherBetaworksVC firm2rounds togetherDustin MoskovitzAngel2rounds togetherForerunner VenturesVC firm2rounds togetherFounders FundVC firm2rounds togetherGary VaynerchukVC firm2rounds together

Recently backed

The latest companies SAM LESSIN put money into.

MasterClass$35M · Mar 2017

Quick answers about SAM LESSIN

What does SAM LESSIN invest in?

SAM LESSIN invests most often at Seed and Series C (85% of the rounds on record).

How active is SAM LESSIN?

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

What has SAM LESSIN invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Riverside (Series C, Dec 2024) and MasterClass (Series C, Mar 2017).

How big are SAM LESSIN's cheques?

The median round it joins is $33M.

Does SAM LESSIN lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 13 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does SAM LESSIN invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (82%), Israel (9%) and Switzerland (9%).

Is SAM LESSIN investing now?

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

Who does SAM LESSIN invest alongside?

Most often Slow Ventures (5 rounds together), Lerer Ventures (4 rounds together) and Dave Morin (3 rounds together).

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