Investments
165Portfolio Exits
27Funds
7Service Providers
1About BOLDstart Ventures
BOLDstart Ventures is a New York-based, micro-VC fund that seeks to partner with and provide seed funding to bold entrepreneurs in the Internet, mobile, and cloud computing markets.
BOLDstart Ventures Headquarter Location
30 Irving Place 6th Floor
New York, New York, 10003,
United States
646-450-1941
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Latest BOLDstart Ventures News
May 6, 2022
Amberdata , a New York-based provider of a digital asset data, raised $30M in Series B funding. The round was led by Susquehanna International Group, with participation from Nasdaq Ventures, NAB Ventures, Chicago Trading Company, Nexo, Coinbase, Innovius, Citi, Franklin Templeton, Aspenwood Ventures, Rovida Kruptos Assets, and Boldstart Ventures. The company intends to use the funds to further product innovation and expand go-to-market in the United States and internationally to address the accelerating institutional adoption of digital assets. Led by CEO Shawn Douglass, Amberdata delivers comprehensive data and insights into blockchain networks, crypto markets, and decentralized finance, empowering financial institutions with data for research, trading, risk, analytics, reporting, and compliance. Financial institutions use Amberdata as their digital asset data partner to eliminate the infrastructure setup, integration challenges and maintenance headaches to access digital asset data, reducing cost and time to market for entering the asset class. FinSMEs 06/05/2022
BOLDstart Ventures Investments
165 Investments
BOLDstart Ventures has made 165 investments. Their latest investment was in Amberdata as part of their Series B on May 5, 2022.
BOLDstart Ventures Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5/4/2022 | Series B | Amberdata | $30M | Yes | 6 | |
3/23/2022 | Series B | Spectro Cloud | $40M | No | 15 | |
3/16/2022 | Seed VC | Liveblocks | $5M | No | Atlassian Ventures, Kima Ventures, Seedcamp, and Undisclosed Angel Investors | 4 |
3/9/2022 | Series A | |||||
3/1/2022 | Seed VC |
Date | 5/4/2022 | 3/23/2022 | 3/16/2022 | 3/9/2022 | 3/1/2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Series B | Series B | Seed VC | Series A | Seed VC |
Company | Amberdata | Spectro Cloud | Liveblocks | ||
Amount | $30M | $40M | $5M | ||
New? | Yes | No | No | ||
Co-Investors | Atlassian Ventures, Kima Ventures, Seedcamp, and Undisclosed Angel Investors | ||||
Sources | 6 | 15 | 4 |
BOLDstart Ventures Portfolio Exits
27 Portfolio Exits
BOLDstart Ventures has 27 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Catalytic on March 02, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3/2/2022 | Acquired | 1 | |||
2/16/2022 | Acquired | 1 | |||
12/22/2021 | Acquired | 8 | |||
Date | 3/2/2022 | 2/16/2022 | 12/22/2021 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exit | Acquired | Acquired | Acquired | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 1 | 1 | 8 |
BOLDstart Ventures Fund History
7 Fund Histories
BOLDstart Ventures has 7 funds, including Boldstart Ventures V.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2/17/2021 | Boldstart Ventures V | $155M | 2 | ||
2/17/2021 | Boldstart Opportunities II | ||||
11/12/2019 | Boldstart Opportunities I | ||||
11/12/2019 | Boldstart Ventures IV | ||||
11/15/2016 | BOLDstart Ventures III |
Closing Date | 2/17/2021 | 2/17/2021 | 11/12/2019 | 11/12/2019 | 11/15/2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fund | Boldstart Ventures V | Boldstart Opportunities II | Boldstart Opportunities I | Boldstart Ventures IV | BOLDstart Ventures III |
Fund Type | |||||
Status | |||||
Amount | $155M | ||||
Sources | 2 |
BOLDstart Ventures Team
3 Team Members
BOLDstart Ventures has 3 team members, including current Founder, Managing Partner, Ed Sim.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Ed Sim | Dawntreader Ventures, and J.P. Morgan & Co. | Founder, Managing Partner | Current |
Doug Schmidt | Soom, Dentsu Aegis Network, Pearson, CBS Interactive, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., and TiVo | Chief Information Officer | Current |
Eliot Durbin | General Partner | Current |
Name | Ed Sim | Doug Schmidt | Eliot Durbin |
|---|---|---|---|
Work History | Dawntreader Ventures, and J.P. Morgan & Co. | Soom, Dentsu Aegis Network, Pearson, CBS Interactive, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., and TiVo | |
Title | Founder, Managing Partner | Chief Information Officer | General Partner |
Status | Current | Current | Current |
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