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Vertical Venture Partners

Founders David Schwab

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Total investments 62
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$16M
Portfolio companies 38
Rounds per year 6.89
Lead investments 11
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.39
Exits 4
Key employees 4

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Health Care
  • Biotechnology
  • Information Technology
  • SaaS
Summary

In 2014 was created Vertical Venture Partners, which is appeared as VC. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the Menlo Park.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight POWWOW, Redeam, Portfolium. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 3 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Enterprise Software, Health Care.

Comparing to the other companies, this Vertical Venture Partners performs on 21 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The real fund results show that this VC is 13 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The top activity for fund was in 2017. Deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The typical startup value when the investment from Vertical Venture Partners is 10-50 millions dollars.

The current fund was established by David Schwab. We also calculated 4 valuable employees in our database.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Vertical Venture Partners, startups are often financed by Accel, Taner Halicioglu, Silicon Valley Growth Syndicate. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Grayhawk Capital, Cobre Capital, Seven Peaks Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Seven Peaks Ventures, Grayhawk Capital, Cobre Capital.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Zuub

$9M25 Jun 2024 Santa Monica, California, United States

Alida Biosciences

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
$7M12 Jun 2024 San Diego, California, United States

Backflip

FinTech
iOS
Real Estate Investment
$15M29 Apr 2024 -

Scout

$3M09 Apr 2024 Davis, California, United States

Roofr

Construction
Home Improvement
Home Renovation
Marketplace
$23M18 Oct 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Partillion Bioscience

Biotechnology
$5M26 Sep 2023 -

Inbox Health

Billing
Health Care
Payments
Software
$22M04 May 2023 New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Welby Health

Health Care
Virtual Assistant
Wellness
$1M01 Apr 2023 Carlsbad, California, United States

OnSiteIQ

Computer Vision
Construction
Enterprise Software
Insurance
Risk Management
$10M02 Feb 2023 New York, New York, United States
News
Retina Raises $8 Million Series A to Transform E-Commerce Customer Acquisition

– Retina, the leading predictive customer lifetime value (pCLV) intelligence company, announced it raised an $8m Series A to transform how high-growth brands acquire, retain and expand their most valuable customers.
– The funding will be used to drive the company’s growth, continue its hiring spree, and expand the capabilities of its digital platform with existing integrations and partners, including Facebook, Google, Shopify, Segment, and Experian.
– Retina is the glue that enables brands to make better customer acquisition and service decisions through its AI, machine learning, and data analytics.
– Its platform is privacy-centric and gives marketers proven insights — without relying on cookies or IDFA (Identifier for Advertisers) — that drive improved customer targeting and brand loyalty.
Alpha Intelligence Capital and Vertical Venture Partners led the round.

Edifice Health Raises $12M in Funding

– Edifice Health is a San Mateo, CA-based immunological health and personalized nutrition company.
– Company raised $12m in Series A funding led by Leaps by Bayer with participation from Paladin Capital Group, Vertical Venture Partners, Ahren Innovation Capital, Ataraxia Capital Partners, Shanda Grab Ventures, Alafi Capital, and Taisho Pharmaceutical.
– The funds will be used to grow its foundation of immunological science and add additional talent.

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Total investments 62
Average round size 16M
Rounds per year 6.89
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 11
Follow on index 0.39
Exits 4
Group Appearance index 0.87

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Zuub

$9M25 Jun 2024 Santa Monica, California, United States

Alida Biosciences

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
$7M12 Jun 2024 San Diego, California, United States

Backflip

FinTech
iOS
Real Estate Investment
$15M29 Apr 2024 -

Scout

$3M09 Apr 2024 Davis, California, United States

Roofr

Construction
Home Improvement
Home Renovation
Marketplace
$23M18 Oct 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Partillion Bioscience

Biotechnology
$5M26 Sep 2023 -

Inbox Health

Billing
Health Care
Payments
Software
$22M04 May 2023 New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Welby Health

Health Care
Virtual Assistant
Wellness
$1M01 Apr 2023 Carlsbad, California, United States

OnSiteIQ

Computer Vision
Construction
Enterprise Software
Insurance
Risk Management
$10M02 Feb 2023 New York, New York, United States
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