# Straus Partners: portfolio, investments and team

> Straus Partners is a vc firm based in Denmark. 3 investments on record, latest Sept 2010. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/straus-partners (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Straus Partners

Last cheque observed Sep 2010. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet New fund $49M, Apr 2012 VC firm

Seed Series A Information Technology Robotics

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 3 on record

Since the last cheque **5876** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$10M** Rounds led **0 of 3** Exits **2 from the portfolio**

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## Straus Partners highlights

- 01 3 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Venture and Growth: 100% of its rounds
- 03 2 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Information Technology Robotics
- **Based in:** Denmark
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **3 appearances**

- **2010** 1 round
- **Sept** **[Oncothyreon](https://millionrounds.com/company/oncothyreon)** Growth · US · ir.oncothyreon.com **$15M** With 10 others
- **2006** 1 round
- **Sept** **[SIMTEK](https://millionrounds.com/company/simtek)** Venture · US · www10.sharecg.com **$4.6M** With 4 others
- **2005** 1 round
- **Dec** **[SIMTEK](https://millionrounds.com/company/simtek)** Venture · US **$10M** With 7 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 registration **1 named**

MS **Melville Straus** Melville Straus is the Managing Member of Straus Capital Management, L.L.C., the General Partner i Filing they signed

We also hold **1** person 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 **2 in all**

**[Oncothyreon](https://millionrounds.com/company/oncothyreon)** Listed **$10M** May 2013

**[SIMTEK](https://millionrounds.com/company/simtek)** Bought by [Cypress Semiconductor](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cypress-semiconductor) **$44M** Sept 2008

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

New fund on file

**$49M**

raised in Apr 2012

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Seed Series A

Median round joined **$10M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 3 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2010
- **Exits:** 2 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Venture *2*
- Growth *1*
- Seed said *-*
- Series A said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2005 2010

Often in the room with

- [Renaissance Capital Growth & Income Fund III, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/fund/renaissance-capital-growth-and-income-fund-iii-inc) 2
- [SF Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sf-capital) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Straus Partners. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Renaissance Capital Growth & Income Fund III, Inc.** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/renaissance-capital-growth-and-income-fund-iii-inc)[**SF Capital** Investment firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sf-capital)

## Quick answers about Straus Partners

### What does Straus Partners invest in?

Straus Partners invests most often at Venture and Growth (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Information Technology and Robotics.

### How active is Straus Partners?

3 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2010.

### How big are Straus Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $10M.

### Is Straus Partners investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Sept 2010.

### Who does Straus Partners invest alongside?

Most often Renaissance Capital Growth & Income Fund III, Inc. (2 rounds together) and SF Capital (2 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is Straus Partners?

Straus Partners is a VC firm based in Denmark.

### Has Straus Partners raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Apr 2012, reporting $49M raised.

### Where does this information on Straus Partners come from?

From 2 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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