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Poseidon Asset Management

Founders Christopher Otchy

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Total investments 42
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$7M
Portfolio companies 28
Rounds per year 3.82
Lead investments 6
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.33
Exits 4
Key employees 3
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Cannabis
  • Software
  • SaaS
  • Information Technology
  • Small and Medium Businesses
Summary

Poseidon Asset Management appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2013. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the San Francisco. The company was established in North America in United States.

The fund was created by Christopher Otchy. We also calculated 3 valuable employees in our database.

Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Ascend Wellness, Flow Kana, Flowhub Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Cannabis, Point of Sale. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States.

The top amount of exits for fund were in 2018. Opposing the other organizations, this Poseidon Asset Management works on 23 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The important activity for fund was in 2018. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. When the investment is from Poseidon Asset Management the average startup value is 10-50 millions dollars. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 19 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Poseidon Asset Management, startups are often financed by CanopyBoulder, Phyto Partners, Arcview Group. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Salveo Capital, Phyto Partners, Arcview Group. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Phyto Partners, Salveo Capital, Arcview Group.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Buzzkill Labs

Biotechnology
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical
17 May 2023 Livermore, California, United States

AMNESIA Media

Advertising
$1M25 Apr 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Komplyd

Cannabis
Compliance
Risk Management
SaaS
Software
09 Aug 2022 San Jose, California, United States

Dispense

Cannabis
E-Commerce
SaaS
Software
$2M21 Sep 2021 New York, New York, United States

AdaViv

AgTech
Artificial Intelligence
Environmental Engineering
Information Technology
Machine Learning
Robotics
$2M20 Jul 2021 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Birchmount Network

Business Development
Gift Card
Marketing
$2M28 Jun 2021 Oakland, California, United States

Wurk

Cannabis
Enterprise Software
FinTech
Human Resources
Information Technology
Mobile
Recruiting
SaaS
Small and Medium Businesses
Software
$3M22 Apr 2021 Denver, Colorado, United States

BastCore

Agriculture
Consumer Goods
Manufacturing
$2M21 Apr 2021 Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Wurk

Cannabis
Enterprise Software
FinTech
Human Resources
Information Technology
Mobile
Recruiting
SaaS
Small and Medium Businesses
Software
$19M26 Mar 2020 Denver, Colorado, United States
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Dispense Raises $2M in Seed Funding

– Dispense is a New York-based digital dispensary management platform.
– The company raised $2M in Seed funding.
– The round was led by NextView Ventures with participation from Poseidon Asset Management, Achari Ventures along with Arrive and Wayne Chang.
– The new investment will be used to hire talent, continue developing and enhancing their product, and scale their sales and marketing efforts.

Marijuana data platform Headset raises $1.8M to expand into recently legalized markets

– Seattle startup Headset, which provides a business intelligence platform for the legal cannabis industry, announced $1.8m in new funding.
– The company will use the funds to expand into recently legalized markets.
– In the U.S., 16 states and Washington, D.C., have legalized recreational marijuana for adults over age 21 and 36 states have legalized medical marijuana.
– In the past six months alone, half a dozen states have passed or are in the process of passing legislation legalizing marijuana in some form.
– Headset was founded in 2015 by CEO Cy Scott, Chief Design Officer Brian Wansolich and CTO Scott Vickers, who all previously co-founded Leafly, a cannabis resource platform.
– The latest funding was led by private equity investment manager Silverleaf Venture Partners with participation from cannabis-focused investors WGD Capital and Poseidon.

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Total investments 42
Average round size 7M
Rounds per year 3.82
Peak activity year 2019
Lead investments 6
Follow on index 0.33
Exits 4
Group Appearance index 0.74

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Buzzkill Labs

Biotechnology
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical
17 May 2023 Livermore, California, United States

AMNESIA Media

Advertising
$1M25 Apr 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Komplyd

Cannabis
Compliance
Risk Management
SaaS
Software
09 Aug 2022 San Jose, California, United States

Dispense

Cannabis
E-Commerce
SaaS
Software
$2M21 Sep 2021 New York, New York, United States

AdaViv

AgTech
Artificial Intelligence
Environmental Engineering
Information Technology
Machine Learning
Robotics
$2M20 Jul 2021 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Birchmount Network

Business Development
Gift Card
Marketing
$2M28 Jun 2021 Oakland, California, United States

Wurk

Cannabis
Enterprise Software
FinTech
Human Resources
Information Technology
Mobile
Recruiting
SaaS
Small and Medium Businesses
Software
$3M22 Apr 2021 Denver, Colorado, United States

BastCore

Agriculture
Consumer Goods
Manufacturing
$2M21 Apr 2021 Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Wurk

Cannabis
Enterprise Software
FinTech
Human Resources
Information Technology
Mobile
Recruiting
SaaS
Small and Medium Businesses
Software
$19M26 Mar 2020 Denver, Colorado, United States
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