# Tusk Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Tusk Ventures is a corporate vc based in United States. 7 investments on record, latest Jul 2021. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Tusk Ventures

Last cheque observed Jul 2021. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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Corporate VC Quiet

Pre-seed Seed Series A Regulatory Technology Transportation

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 7 on record

Since the last cheque **1927** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$33M** Rounds led **0 of 7** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

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## Tusk Ventures highlights

- 01 7 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series A and Seed: 50% of its rounds

## What they do

> We launched the only early-stage venture fund that understands regulatory risk and helps portfolio companies execute against those risks. From their own website

- **Type:** Corporate VC
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Regulatory Technology Transportation
- **Based in:** New York, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **7 appearances**

- **2021** 1 round
- **Jul** **[Dibbs](https://millionrounds.com/company/dibbs)** Series A · US · Foundry Group **Undisclosed** With 10 others
- **2016** 1 round
- **Feb** **[Lemonade](https://millionrounds.com/company/lemonade)** **$33M** With 10 others
- **2015** 3 rounds
- **Jul** **[FanDuel](https://millionrounds.com/company/fanduel)** Series E · US **$275M** With 11 others
- **May** **[Booster Fuels](https://millionrounds.com/company/booster-fuels)** Seed · US **$3.1M** With 2 others
- **May** **[Ripple](https://millionrounds.com/company/ripple)** Series A · US **$28M** With 10 others
- **2014** 1 round
- **Nov** **[Zendrive](https://millionrounds.com/company/zendrive)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **2011** 1 round
- **Dec** **[Uber](https://millionrounds.com/company/uber)** Series B · US · techcrunch.com **$37M** With 11 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

We hold **8** 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.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$33M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 7 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Jul 2021

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *2*
- Seed said *1*
- Series B *1*
- Series E *1*
- Venture *1*
- Pre-seed said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2011 2021

Often in the room with

- [Expansion Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/expansion-venture-capital) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Expansion Venture Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/expansion-venture-capital)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Tusk Ventures put money into.

[**Lemonade** $33M · Feb 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/lemonade)

## Quick answers about Tusk Ventures

### What does Tusk Ventures invest in?

Tusk Ventures invests most often at Series A and Seed (50% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Regulatory, Technology and Transportation.

### How active is Tusk Ventures?

7 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jul 2021.

### What has Tusk Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Dibbs (Series A, Jul 2021) and Lemonade (Feb 2016).

### How big are Tusk Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $33M.

### Does Tusk Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 7 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Tusk Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

### Is Tusk Ventures investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jul 2021.

### Who does Tusk Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Expansion Venture Capital (2 rounds together).

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