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Total investments 11
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$3M
Portfolio companies 9
Rounds per year 2.20
Lead investments 1
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.18
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Palo Alto, California, United States
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • SaaS
  • Cloud Computing
  • Cloud Management
  • Cloud Infrastructure
Summary

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1 partaker.

Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Software, Cloud Management. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight CoreStack.

The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The high activity for fund was in 2018.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Alltius Inc.

Corporate Training
Education
Software
$2M30 May 2023
Z5 Capital
Wharton Alumni Angels
Veda venture capital
TiE SoCal Angels
Stellaris Venture Partners
peercheque
Gemba Capital
 Los Angeles, California, United States

Secuvy Inc

Artificial Intelligence
Cyber Security
Information Technology
Machine Learning
Privacy
SaaS
Software
17 Mar 2023
Z5 Capital
WestWave Capital
Dell Technologies Capital
 San Francisco, California, United States

qiibee

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Loyalty Programs
Software
$4M05 Jul 2022
Z5 Capital
R/GA Ventures
 Zug, Zug, Switzerland

Nirmata

Cloud Computing
Enterprise Software
Information Technology
PaaS
$4M11 Aug 2021
Uncorrelated Ventures
Z5 Capital
Benhamou Global Ventures
Samsung NEXT
 San Jose, California, United States

Flexmoney

Financial Services
$4M15 Jun 2021
Z5 Capital
Pravega Ventures
 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

$3M13 May 2021
Sierra Ventures
Tau Ventures
Z5 Capital
 Palo Alto, California, United States

AccuKnox

Information Technology
Security
$4M27 Apr 2021
SRI International
National Grid Partners (NGP)
Outliers Venture Capital
Z5 Capital
Gravity Ranch
 Cupertino, California, United States

Prescient Devices

Cloud Data Services
Internet of Things
SaaS
Software
$2M26 Apr 2021
Z5 Capital
 Concord, Massachusetts, United States

CoreStack

Cloud Computing
Cloud Infrastructure
Cloud Management
Cloud Security
Private Cloud
SaaS
Software
$8M17 Mar 2020
Z5 Capital
Naya Ventures
 Bellevue, Washington, United States
News
Nirmata Secures $4M in Pre-Series A Funding

– Nirmata is a software solutions provider for governance, compliance, security, and automation of production Kubernetes workloads and clusters.
– The company raised $4.0m in pre-series A funding.
– The round was led by Z5 Capital with participation from Uncorrelated Ventures, Samsung Next, Benhamou Global Ventures (BGV) and angel investors Saqib Syed and BV Jagadeesh.
– The new investment will be used to accelerate the company’s growth and development of Kyverno.

ArmorCode Raises $3M in Seed Funding

– ArmorCode is a Palo Alto, Calif.-based startup delivering application security at the speed of DevOps.
– The company raised $3m in seed financing.
– The round was led by Sierra Ventures with participation from Tau Ventures and Z5 Capital and individual investors Andreas Kuehlmann (CEO, Tortuga Logic; former security executive at Synopsys) and Prithvi Rai (former Sr. Director of Security at Uber, Facebook, and Yahoo!).
– The new investment will be used to expand the company’s operations and business reach.

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Total investments 11
Average round size 3M
Rounds per year 2.20
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.18
Group Appearance index 0.73

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Alltius Inc.

Corporate Training
Education
Software
$2M30 May 2023
Z5 Capital
Wharton Alumni Angels
Veda venture capital
TiE SoCal Angels
Stellaris Venture Partners
peercheque
Gemba Capital
 Los Angeles, California, United States

Secuvy Inc

Artificial Intelligence
Cyber Security
Information Technology
Machine Learning
Privacy
SaaS
Software
17 Mar 2023
Z5 Capital
WestWave Capital
Dell Technologies Capital
 San Francisco, California, United States

qiibee

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Loyalty Programs
Software
$4M05 Jul 2022
Z5 Capital
R/GA Ventures
 Zug, Zug, Switzerland

Nirmata

Cloud Computing
Enterprise Software
Information Technology
PaaS
$4M11 Aug 2021
Uncorrelated Ventures
Z5 Capital
Benhamou Global Ventures
Samsung NEXT
 San Jose, California, United States

Flexmoney

Financial Services
$4M15 Jun 2021
Z5 Capital
Pravega Ventures
 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

$3M13 May 2021
Sierra Ventures
Tau Ventures
Z5 Capital
 Palo Alto, California, United States

AccuKnox

Information Technology
Security
$4M27 Apr 2021
SRI International
National Grid Partners (NGP)
Outliers Venture Capital
Z5 Capital
Gravity Ranch
 Cupertino, California, United States

Prescient Devices

Cloud Data Services
Internet of Things
SaaS
Software
$2M26 Apr 2021
Z5 Capital
 Concord, Massachusetts, United States

CoreStack

Cloud Computing
Cloud Infrastructure
Cloud Management
Cloud Security
Private Cloud
SaaS
Software
$8M17 Mar 2020
Z5 Capital
Naya Ventures
 Bellevue, Washington, United States
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