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TVC Capital

Last cheque observed Oct 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

QuietNew fund $106M, May 2018Private equity

SeedSeries ASeries BProductivity ToolsSaaSCollaboration Tools

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 18 on record
Since the last cheque2581days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$10MCheque size, as they say$8.0M – $25MRounds led1 of 18Sole investor11 roundsExits3 from the portfolioMostly inUnited States, 100%
Pitch TVC Capital

TVC Capital highlights

  1. 01

    18 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Series A and Series B: 83% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 11 rounds, median $6.0M

  4. 04

    3 exits from the portfolio

What they do

TVC Capital is an operator led growth equity firm based in San Diego, CA.From their own website
Type
Private equity (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$8.0M – $25M as they say
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
Productivity ToolsSaaSCollaboration Tools
Based in
San Diego, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first18 appearances

  1. 2019

    4 rounds

  2. Oct
    CeligoSeries B · US · FinSMEs$20MWith 2 others
  3. Jun
    CreatorIQSeries B · US · FinSMEs$12MLed
  4. Apr
    PersepctiumSeries B · US · FinSMEs$8.0MSole investor
  5. Feb
    Centage CorporationSeries C · US · FinSMEs$8.5MSole investor
  6. 2017

    1 round

  7. May
    PerspecticumSeries A · US · FinSMEs$8.0MSole investor
  8. 2016

    1 round

  9. Jun
    BitTitanSeries A · US · GeekWire$15MSole investor
  10. 2015

    1 round

  11. Aug
    MediaPlatformGrowth · US$12MWith 2 others
  12. 2014

    5 rounds

  13. Oct
    LimeadeSeries C · US$25MWith 1 other
  14. Sept
    Centage CorporationSeries A · US$9.5MWith 1 other
  15. Jul
    EdgeWave Inc.Series A · US$6.0MSole investor
  16. May
    LiquidPlannerSeries B · US$8.0MSole investor
  17. Apr
    Levels BeyondSeries A · US$2.5MSole investor
  18. 2013

    1 round

  19. Jan
    Levels BeyondSeries A · US · finsmes.com$4.5MSole investor
  20. 2012

    2 rounds

  21. Oct
    AnametrixSeries A · US · techcrunch.com$4.4MWith 1 other
  22. Oct
    LimeadeSeries B · US · finance.yahoo.com$5.0MSole investor
  23. 2008

    1 round

  24. Jan
    Mercent CorporationSeries B · US · mercent.com$6.5MWith 2 others
  25. 2007

    1 round

  26. Jul
    Q4bisSeries A · US$6.0MSole investor
  27. 2006

    1 round

  28. Mar
    Accordent TechnologiesSeries A · US · freshnews.com$4.0MSole 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 registration3 named

JSJeb Stewart SpencerManaging Director of the General PartneriFiling they signed
MCMykel Carl SprinklesManaging Member, Tvc Capital IV GP, LLCiForm ADV
SJSteven Jay HamerslagManaging Director of the General PartneriFiling they signed

We also hold 13 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

$307Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
TVC Capital Management, LLC
SEC number
CRD 163541

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

0 of 1 we have independently watched raise

Ftvcapital

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

Mercent CorporationBought by CommerceHubUndisclosedDec 2014
AnametrixBought by EnsightenUndisclosedOct 2014
Accordent TechnologiesBought by PolycomUndisclosedMar 2011

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

Recently backed

The latest companies TVC Capital put money into.

Quick answers about TVC Capital

What does TVC Capital invest in?

TVC Capital invests most often at Series A and Series B (83% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Productivity Tools, SaaS and Collaboration Tools.

How active is TVC Capital?

18 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Oct 2019.

What has TVC Capital invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Celigo (Series B, Oct 2019), CreatorIQ (Series B, Jun 2019) and Persepctium (Series B, Apr 2019).

How big are TVC Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $10M. It says it writes cheques of $8.0M to $25M.

Does TVC Capital lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 18 investments on record (6%).

Where does TVC Capital invest?

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

Is TVC Capital investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2019.

What kind of investor is TVC Capital?

TVC Capital is a private equity firm based in San Diego, United States.

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