Investments
70Portfolio Exits
12Funds
2Latest Base Ventures News
Dec 4, 2020
Space Perspective today announced it has closed a $7 million series seed financing for the development and early flights of Spaceship Neptune to the edge of space. The infusion of capital advances the human space flight company another step closer to fundamentally changing the way people have access to space for research and tourism. The financing was led by Prime Movers Lab, the lead investor in Momentus who recently announced its SPAC merger, and Base Ventures who is a leading Silicon Valley tech fund. The investor group also includes world-renowned entrepreneur, author and business strategist Tony Robbins, and venture capital firms Kirenaga Partners' Central Florida Tech Fund, 1517 Fund, Schox, E2MC Ventures and SpaceFund Venture Capital. Anton Brevde of Prime Movers and Kirby Harris of Base Ventures serve on the Space Perspective Board of Directors. David Scalzo of Kirenaga is an advisor. Space Perspective is a human spaceflight company committed to fundamentally changing people's view and perception of Earth. Using a high-performance space balloon and pressurized capsule technology that gently travels to and from the edge of space over a six-hour period, the spacecraft offers opportunities for groundbreaking research and life-changing travel experiences for off-world explorers. Space Perspective is led by a team of professionals that have developed or operated all human balloon flights to the edge of space in the last 50 years. For more information, visit TheSpacePerspective.com. (c)2011-2020 by Massinvestor, Inc. For contact info, please check out our about page.
Base Ventures Investments
70 Investments
Base Ventures has made 70 investments. Their latest investment was in Space Perspective as part of their Series B on May 5, 2022.
Base Ventures Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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5/19/2022 | Series B | Space Perspective | $17M | No | 4 | |
10/14/2021 | Series A | Space Perspective | $40M | No | 17 | |
10/7/2021 | Seed VC | Tenacity Cloud | $3M | Yes | 1 | |
3/25/2021 | Series A | |||||
12/2/2020 | Seed VC |
Date | 5/19/2022 | 10/14/2021 | 10/7/2021 | 3/25/2021 | 12/2/2020 |
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Round | Series B | Series A | Seed VC | Series A | Seed VC |
Company | Space Perspective | Space Perspective | Tenacity Cloud | ||
Amount | $17M | $40M | $3M | ||
New? | No | No | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 4 | 17 | 1 |
Base Ventures Portfolio Exits
12 Portfolio Exits
Base Ventures has 12 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Surf Air Mobility on May 18, 2022.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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5/18/2022 | Acq - Pending | 1 | |||
10/23/2019 | Acquired | 1 | |||
5/20/2019 | Acquired | 1 | |||
Date | 5/18/2022 | 10/23/2019 | 5/20/2019 | ||
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Exit | Acq - Pending | Acquired | Acquired | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Base Ventures Fund History
2 Fund Histories
Base Ventures has 2 funds, including Base Venture Fund II.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
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3/30/2017 | Base Venture Fund II | Early-Stage Venture Capital | Closed | $8.75M | 2 |
Base Venture Fund III |
Closing Date | 3/30/2017 | |
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Fund | Base Venture Fund II | Base Venture Fund III |
Fund Type | Early-Stage Venture Capital | |
Status | Closed | |
Amount | $8.75M | |
Sources | 2 |
Base Ventures Team
2 Team Members
Base Ventures has 2 team members, including current Founder, Managing Partner, Kirby Harris.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Kirby Harris | Founder, Managing Partner | Current | |
Erik Moore | Founder, Managing Director | Current |
Name | Kirby Harris | Erik Moore |
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Work History | ||
Title | Founder, Managing Partner | Founder, Managing Director |
Status | Current | Current |
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