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What does Slow Ventures invest in?
Slow Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (67% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Blockchain, SaaS and Venture Capital & Private Equity.
Slow Ventures highlights
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32 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Seed and Series A: 67% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 7 rounds, median $2.0M
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14 exits from the portfolio
What they do
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $50K – $3.0M as they say
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
- Sectors
- BlockchainSaaSVenture Capital & Private Equity
- Based in
- San Francisco, United States
- Cold pitches
- Accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first438 appearances
- 2026
24 rounds
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- Jun
- Jun
- May
- May
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- Mar
- Mar
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- 2025
48 rounds
- Dec
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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 registration7 named
DMDave MorinManaging Director of the General PartneriFiling they signed
DMDavid MorinMember of Slow Venture Management III, LLCiForm ADV
KCKevin ColleranManaging Director of Slow Venture Management III, LLCiForm ADV
SLSam LessinManaging Director of the General PartneriFiling they signed
SMScott MarletteManaging Director of the General PartneriFiling they signed
WQWill QuistManaging Director of the General PartneriFiling they signed
WGWilliam George QuistManaging Director of the General PartneriFiling they signed
We also hold 7 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
$1.5Bgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- SLOW Ventures, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 171144
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed14 in all
OpsmaticBought by New RelicUndisclosedNov 2015
TindieBought by HackadayUndisclosedAug 2015
SnapguideBought by Brit + CoUndisclosedJun 2015
WillCallBought by TicketflyUndisclosedAug 2014
SmartThingsBought by Samsung Electronics$200MJul 2014
TonxBought by Blue Bottle CoffeeUndisclosedApr 2014
Amen.Bought by Tape TVUndisclosedAug 2013
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.