# SDL Ventures: portfolio, investments and team > SDL Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 7 investments on record, latest Jun 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/sdl-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # SDL Ventures Last cheque observed Jun 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Email Quiet VC firm Seed Series A Series B Consumer Toys Venture Capital & Private Equity Follow SDL Ventures and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fsdl-ventures) Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 7 on record Since the last cheque **2710** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$4.1M** Cheque size, as they say **$500K – $2.0M** Rounds led **0 of 7** Mostly in **United States, 100%** Pitch SDL Ventures ## SDL Ventures highlights - 01 7 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Series A and Series C: 57% of its rounds ## What they do > Our investment philosophy is simple. We believe that building great and lasting companies will provide a superior return on investment. From their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** $500K – $2.0M as they say - **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth - **Sectors:** Consumer Toys Venture Capital & Private Equity - **Based in:** Menlo Park, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **7 appearances** - **2019** 1 round - **Jun** **[selectION](https://millionrounds.com/company/selection)** Series A · US · Pharmiweb **$4.1M** With 1 other - **2015** 1 round - **Jan** **[RetroSense Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/retrosense-therapeutics)** Series A · US **$6.0M** With 4 others - **2009** 1 round - **Nov** **[BridgeWave Communications](https://millionrounds.com/company/bridgewave-communications)** Venture · US · deals.venturebeat.com **$2.4M** With 12 others - **2007** 2 rounds - **Jul** **[BridgeWave Communications](https://millionrounds.com/company/bridgewave-communications)** Series C · US · findarticles.com **$7.8M** With 5 others - **May** **[TRIA Beauty](https://millionrounds.com/company/tria-beauty)** Series D · US · venturebeat.com **$20M** With 3 others - **2004** 2 rounds - **Jun** **[Konarka Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/konarka-technologies)** Series C · US **$18M** With 8 others - **Jan** **[Calient Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/calient-technologies)** Series D · US **$20M** With 4 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 We hold **3** 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. ## The cheque Seed Series A Series B Median round joined **$4.1M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 7 rounds **0%** - **Said size:** $500K – $2.0M - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Jun 2019 Rounds by stage said on their site - Series A said *2* - Series C *2* - Series D *2* - Venture *1* - Seed said *-* - Series B said *-* - Growth said *-* Cheques by year Led Joined 2004 2019 Often in the room with - [Intel Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intel-capital) 2 - [Oak Investment Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oak-investment-partners) 2 **Pitching SDL Ventures?** 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 SDL Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Intel Capital** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intel-capital)[**Oak Investment Partners** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oak-investment-partners) ## Recently backed The latest companies SDL Ventures put money into. [**selectION** $4.1M · Jun 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/selection) ## Quick answers about SDL Ventures ### What does SDL Ventures invest in? SDL Ventures invests most often at Series A and Series C (57% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Consumer, Toys and Venture Capital & Private Equity. ### How active is SDL Ventures? 7 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jun 2019. ### What has SDL Ventures invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: selectION (Series A, Jun 2019). ### How big are SDL Ventures's cheques? The median round it joins is $4.1M. It says it writes cheques of $500K to $2.0M. ### Does SDL Ventures lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 7 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does SDL Ventures invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%). ### Is SDL Ventures investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jun 2019. ### Who does SDL Ventures invest alongside? Most often Intel Capital (2 rounds together) and Oak Investment Partners (2 rounds together). ## 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=sdl-ventures) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=sdl-ventures)