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What does Stage 1 Ventures invest in?
Stage 1 Ventures invests most often at Series A and Seed (73% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Ev, Car and Electric Car.
Stage 1 Ventures highlights
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34 rounds on record
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Mostly Series A and Seed: 73% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 8 rounds, median $1.5M
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3 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Our focus is to invest in disruptive Deep Tech and Science companies.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
- Sectors
- EvCarElectric Car
- Based in
- Miami, United States
- Cold pitches
- Accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first34 appearances
- 2024
1 round
- Jul
- 2019
1 round
- Sept
- 2018
3 rounds
- Dec
- Nov
- May
- 2017
3 rounds
- Sept
- Jul
- Jun
- 2015
6 rounds
- Aug
- Aug
- Jul
- Jul
- Apr
- Feb
- 2014
3 rounds
- May
- Feb
- Feb
- 2013
8 rounds
- Dec
- Oct
- Sept
- Aug
- Jun
- Jun
- Mar
- Jan
- 2012
3 rounds
- Dec
- Jul
- Apr
- 2011
2 rounds
- Dec
- Jun
- 2010
2 rounds
- Jul
- Mar
- 2009
2 rounds
- Dec
- Mar
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 registration1 named
DWDavid W. BaumManaging DirectoriForm ADV
We also hold 18 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
$181Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Stage 1 Managers LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 313429
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
26 of 49 we have independently watched raise
3D CloudActasysAimiAkuminaArtliftingCLIPrCadenceChaos SearchCloudtruthCoherent PathFourGrowersJumpCloudKlearLandtrustOnePINPerformance Drone WorksPsionicPureCarsQwickTERIONTrue AnomalyValkyrieViralGainsWyebotXY RetailZeno PowerAAI SolutionsAliasWireEcoSmart SolutionEvolve WirelessFarmTraceInvaioInvestor PortalKlikenMagLev AeroMagnetic MobileOndas HoldingsResolute GridReticareSail BiomedicinesShiftOpsSix Minute MileSworkitTalkmapTemplatesThrive AgrifoodTiberiusTrive FantasyWealththramp
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.
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed3 in all
PureCarsBought by Raycom Media$125MOct 2015
PaydiantBought by PayPal$280MMar 2015
HipLogicBought by ZyngaUndisclosedAug 2011
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.