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Shasta Ventures

Last cheque observed Aug 2026; 353 cheques on record.

Deploying nowNew fund $13M, Oct 2026VC firm

Pre-seedSeedSeries ARecurringDataPrivacy

Deploying now
60%of best year9cheques in 12 months, 353 on record
Since the last cheque71days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$15MCheque size, as they say$250K – $10MRounds led8 of 353Sole investor25 roundsExits44 from the portfolioMostly inUnited States, 68%
Pitch Shasta Ventures

Shasta Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    9 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Series A and Series B: 61% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 25 rounds, median $7.5M

  4. 04

    44 exits from the portfolio

What they do

Filed 1 private fund offering with the SEC, the most recent in 2021-03From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$250K – $10M as they say
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
Sectors
RecurringDataPrivacy
Based in
Portola Valley, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first353 appearances

  1. 2026

    6 rounds

  2. Aug
    VessevSeries A · NZ · Startup Daily$19MWith 6 others
  3. Jun
    Dawn AerospaceSeries B · NZ · Firms' own news pages$25MWith 18 others
  4. May
    AlitheonVenture · US$8.0MSole investor
  5. Mar
    Beautiful.aiDebt · US$45MWith 2 others
  6. Mar
    AskmeeSeed · US$705KSole investor
  7. Jan
    InterluneSeed · US$500KWith 4 others
  8. 2025

    13 rounds

  9. Dec
    LawVuVenture · NZ$6.0MWith 4 others
  10. Nov
    Portal26Series A · US$9.0MWith 1 other
  11. Nov
    AnzenSeries A · US$16MWith 3 others
  12. Oct
    Starship TechnologiesSeries C · US$50MWith 3 others
  13. Oct
    BildSeries A · US$9.0MWith 3 others
  14. Jul
    FlyhomesSeries D · US$15MWith 4 others
  15. Jul
    WisqSeries A · US$15MWith 2 others
  16. Jun
    TracksuitSeries B · NZ · Startup Daily$38MWith 5 others
  17. Jun
    Deep SentinelSeries B · US$15MWith 3 others
  18. Apr
    RecurveVenture · US$12MWith 1 other
  19. Apr
    AnecdotesSeries B · US$30MWith 2 others
  20. Apr
    LiteratiVenture · US$4.9MWith 4 others
  21. Mar
    CloudsmithSeries B · GB · Frontline Ventures$23MWith 5 others
  22. 2024

    8 rounds

  23. Dec
    Zenno AstronauticsNZ · Nuance Connected CapitalUndisclosedWith 4 others
  24. Dec
    OutpostGrant · GB$19MWith 2 others
  25. Nov
    AurorSeries C · NZ · Startup Daily$49MWith 9 others
  26. Oct
    AerolaneUS$9.5MWith 2 others
  27. Sept
    Interplay LearningGrowth · US$20MWith 4 others
  28. Sept
    Accion SystemsVenture · US$5.7MWith 4 others
  29. May
    Voxel51Series B · US · Firms' own news pages$30MWith 5 others
  30. Mar
    LeakSignalSeed · US$1.6MWith 2 others
  31. 2023

    5 rounds

  32. Sept
    AkkaVenture · ES$4.0MWith 2 others
  33. Aug
    VolleySeed · US$144KWith 1 other
  34. May
    Cequence SecurityUS · Prosperity7 VenturesUndisclosedWith 6 others
  35. May
    ResilincVenture · USUndisclosedWith 4 others
  36. Mar
    LightupSeries A · US$9.0MWith 3 others
  37. 2022

    13 rounds

  38. Nov
    Private AISeries A · CA$8.0MWith 3 others
  39. Nov
    ImpactSeries B · US$15MWith 1 other
  40. Nov
    Elevate SecurityVenture · USUndisclosedWith 4 others
  41. Aug
    Zenno AstronauticsSeed · NZ · Nuance Connected Capital$6.4MWith 8 others
  42. Jun
    PortainerSeries A · NZ$6.2MWith 3 others
  43. Jun
    DenoSeries A · US$21MWith 3 others
  44. May
    ShabodiSeries A · CA$10MWith 3 others
  45. Mar
    CommerceIQSeries D · US$115MWith 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

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration8 named

DPDoug PepperA Managing Director of the General PartneriFiling they signed
JMJacob MullinsManaging Director of the General PartneriFiling they signed
JMJason Matthew PressmanA Managing Director of the General PartneriFiling they signed
NBNikhil Basu TrivediA Managing Director of the General PartneriFiling they signed
RMRavi MohanA Managing Director of the General PartneriFiling they signed
RCRob ConeybeerA Managing Director of the General PartneriFiling they signed
RPRose Paige KellyVp FinanceiForm ADV
TFTod FrancisA Managing Director of the General PartneriFiling they signed

We also hold 14 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

$976Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
Shasta Ventures Management, LLC
SEC number
CRD 162676

Who backs their funds

1 LP on record in Shasta Ventures's funds

Committed
$109M
Funds
4
Vintages
2008 to 2017

The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: the pension's own report, latest Jun 2025.

Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed44 in all

BigBox VRBought by FacebookUndisclosedJun 2021
AppSheetBought by GoogleUndisclosedJan 2020
SocraticBought by GoogleUndisclosedOct 2019
EeroBought by Amazon$97MFeb 2019
GlintBought by Microsoft$400MOct 2018
FountainBought by PorchUndisclosedOct 2015
VoloMetrixBought by Microsoft$250MSept 2015
OUYABought by RazerUndisclosedJul 2015
PathBought by Daum KakaoUndisclosedMay 2015
WatchDoxBought by BlackBerryUndisclosedApr 2015
MamapediaBought by Get It®UndisclosedSept 2014
LuminateBought by Yahoo!UndisclosedSept 2014
Plastic JungleBought by CardCash.comUndisclosedJul 2014
Caring.comBought by Bankrate$54MMay 2014
Adometry By GoogleBought by GoogleUndisclosedMay 2014
Nest LabsBought by Google$3.2BJan 2014
ClickabilityBought by Upland SoftwareUndisclosedDec 2013
NodeFlyBought by StrongLoopUndisclosedJul 2013

The latest 20 here. 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 Shasta Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies Shasta Ventures put money into.

On podcasts

5 episodes naming Shasta Ventures in the title, and 4 more that mention it.

Mentioned in

Quick answers about Shasta Ventures

What does Shasta Ventures invest in?

Shasta Ventures invests most often at Series A and Series B (61% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Recurring, Data and Privacy.

How active is Shasta Ventures?

353 investments on record, 9 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 8. The most recent was in Aug 2026.

What has Shasta Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Vessev (Series A, Aug 2026), Dawn Aerospace (Series B, Jun 2026) and Alitheon (Venture, May 2026).

How big are Shasta Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $15M. It says it writes cheques of $250K to $10M.

Does Shasta Ventures lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 8 of its 353 investments on record (2%).

Where does Shasta Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (68%), New Zealand (20%) and the United Kingdom (5%).

Is Shasta Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 9 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Shasta Ventures invest alongside?

Most often First Round Capital (36 rounds together), Greylock (22 rounds together) and TA Ventures (20 rounds together).

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