# Startup Capital Ventures: portfolio, investments and team > Startup Capital Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 21 investments on record, latest Aug 2016. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/startup-capital-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Startup Capital Ventures Last cheque observed Aug 2016. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Quiet New fund $32M, Oct 2022 VC firm Seed Series A Series B Enterprise Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 21 on record Since the last cheque **3737** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$19M** Cheque size, as they say **$250K – $2.0M** Rounds led **0 of 21** Sole investor **2 rounds** Exits **3 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 100%** Pitch Startup Capital Ventures ## Startup Capital Ventures highlights - 01 21 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Series A and Seed: 65% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $852K - 04 3 exits from the portfolio ## What they do - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** $250K – $2.0M as they say - **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth - **Sectors:** Enterprise - **Based in:** Menlo Park, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **21 appearances** - **2016** 2 rounds - **Aug** **[Xignite](https://millionrounds.com/company/xignite)** **$21M** With 4 others - **Jul** **[Karmic](https://millionrounds.com/company/karmic)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$17M** With 4 others - **2015** 5 rounds - **Nov** **[HealthCrowd](https://millionrounds.com/company/healthcrowd)** Seed · US **$2.1M** With 4 others - **Nov** **[VideoAmp](https://millionrounds.com/company/videoamp)** Series A · US **$15M** With 7 others - **May** **[Iotera](https://millionrounds.com/company/iotera)** Seed · US **$1.0M** With 7 others - **Feb** **[PlayFab, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/playfab-inc)** Series A · US **$7.4M** With 6 others - **Feb** **[Iotera](https://millionrounds.com/company/iotera)** Seed · US **$1.4M** With 5 others - **2014** 1 round - **Aug** **[PlayFab, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/playfab-inc)** Seed · US **$2.5M** With 20 others - **2011** 1 round - **Jun** **[Silver Tail Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/silver-tail-systems)** Series B · US · freshnews.com **$20M** With 4 others - **2010** 2 rounds - **Sept** **[Adama Materials](https://millionrounds.com/company/adama-materials)** Series A · US · adamamaterials.com **$4.8M** With 2 others - **Jan** **[TuneIn](https://millionrounds.com/company/tunein)** Venture · US · allthingsd.com **$6.0M** With 1 other - **2009** 2 rounds - **Nov** **[Xignite, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/xignite-inc)** Series A · US **$5.7M** With 1 other - **Aug** **[TuneIn](https://millionrounds.com/company/tunein)** Series B · US **$852K** Sole investor - **2008** 2 rounds - **Sept** **[Silver Tail Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/silver-tail-systems)** Series A · US · google.com **$2.1M** With 3 others - **Jun** **[WhiteHat Security](https://millionrounds.com/company/whitehat-security)** Series D · US · venturebeat.com **$7.0M** With 3 others - **2007** 2 rounds - **Aug** **[Switchfly](https://millionrounds.com/company/switchfly)** Series B · US · marketwire.com **$15M** With 5 others - **Feb** **[TagArray](https://millionrounds.com/company/tagarray)** Series A · US **$1.8M** With 1 other - **2006** 3 rounds - **Jun** **[Xignite](https://millionrounds.com/company/xignite)** Series A · US **$2.2M** With 1 other - **Jun** **[Packet Island](https://millionrounds.com/company/packet-island)** Series A · US · venturebeat.com **$2.0M** With 2 others - **Jan** **[Attainia](https://millionrounds.com/company/attainia)** Series C · US **$800K** With 1 other - **2005** 1 round - **Nov** **[Think Finance](https://millionrounds.com/company/think-finance)** Series A · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor 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 registration **4 named** DK **Donavan Kealoha** Managing Director of Startup Capital Ventures III, LLC General Partner i Filing they signed TT **Thomas Toy** Managing Director of Startup Capital Ventures III, LLC General Partner i Filing they signed TD **Timothy Dick** Managing Director i Filing they signed TY **Tomohiko Yoshida** Managing Director of Startup Capital Ventures III, LLC General Partner i Filing they signed We also hold **9** 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 listed **3 in all** **[TagArray](https://millionrounds.com/company/tagarray)** Bought by [Maxim Integrated](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maxim-integrated) **Undisclosed** Jul 2013 **[Silver Tail Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/silver-tail-systems)** Bought by [EMC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emc) **$250M** Oct 2012 **[Packet Island](https://millionrounds.com/company/packet-island)** Bought by BroadSoft **Undisclosed** Oct 2009 An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records. New fund on file **$32M** raised in Oct 2022 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Seed Series A Series B Median round joined **$19M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$852K** Led 0 of 21 rounds **0%** - **Said size:** $250K – $2.0M - **Sole investor:** 2 rounds - **Last cheque:** Aug 2016 - **Exits:** 3 from the portfolio Rounds by stage said on their site - Series A said *9* - Seed said *4* - Series B said *4* - Series C *1* - Series D *1* - Venture *1* - Growth said *-* Cheques by year Led Joined 2005 2016 Often in the room with - [Altos Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/altos-ventures) 4 - [ZenShin Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zenshin-capital) 3 - [Barney Harford](https://millionrounds.com/fund/barney-harford) 2 - [CrunchFund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crunchfund-3) 2 - [Garage Technology Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/garage-technology-ventures) 2 - [Jason Kapalka](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jason-kapalka) 2 **Pitching Startup Capital 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 Startup Capital Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Altos Ventures** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/altos-ventures)[**ZenShin Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zenshin-capital)[**Barney Harford** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/barney-harford)[**CrunchFund** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crunchfund-3)[**Garage Technology Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/garage-technology-ventures)[**Jason Kapalka** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jason-kapalka)[**Knoll Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/knoll-ventures)[**Larry Bowman** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/larry-bowman)[**Leapfrog Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/leapfrog-ventures)[**Rubicon Venture Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rubicon-venture-capital)[**Seraph Group** Angel network **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seraph-group)[**String Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/string-ventures) ## Recently backed The latest companies Startup Capital Ventures put money into. [**Karmic** $17M · Jul 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/karmic) ## Quick answers about Startup Capital Ventures ### What does Startup Capital Ventures invest in? Startup Capital Ventures invests most often at Series A and Seed (65% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Enterprise. ### How active is Startup Capital Ventures? 21 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Aug 2016. ### What has Startup Capital Ventures invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Xignite (Aug 2016) and Karmic (Series B, Jul 2016). ### How big are Startup Capital Ventures's cheques? The median round it joins is $19M. It says it writes cheques of $250K to $2.0M. ### Does Startup Capital Ventures lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 21 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does Startup Capital Ventures invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%). ### Is Startup Capital Ventures investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Aug 2016. ### Who does Startup Capital Ventures invest alongside? Most often Altos Ventures (4 rounds together), ZenShin Capital (3 rounds together) and Barney Harford (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=startup-capital-ventures) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=startup-capital-ventures)