Investments
191Portfolio Exits
27Funds
9Service 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.

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Latest BOLDstart Ventures News
May 24, 2023
On May 24, 2023 Original investors Redpoint, Battery and Boldstart Ventures reinvest in Kustomer, the industry leading Conversational CRM platform aiming to disrupt the way companies and customers communicate across modern messaging channels Kustomer, the industry leading Conversational CRM platform, co-founded by serial entrepreneurs Brad Birnbaum and Jeremy Suriel, announced it has raised $60 million in a new financing round co-led by previous investors Battery and Redpoint with participation from Boldstart as it spins out of parent company Meta. “Kustomer continues to push the envelope and redefine what it means to deliver a modern customer service experience,” said Alex Bard, Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures. “As Kustomer enters the next phase of their journey as a standalone company, we couldn’t be more thrilled to have another opportunity to partner with such a talented team that is passionate about creating products that help companies deliver great value to their customers.” With the new funding, Kustomer will look to expand its team, focus on combining new AI technology with its customer data platform, offering even faster and more accurate automated support, and help agents work more efficiently within the ever-evolving AI landscape. “We believe AI combined with contextual data from our customer service platform can automate many customer experiences and help agents perform better,” said Brad Birnbaum, CEO of Kustomer. “Our continued priority will be to improve our data platform, AI offerings, and agent tools in parallel.” “Kustomer’s unique product vision and amazing people made it easy to partner with them again,” said Neeraj Agrawal, General Partner at Battery Ventures. “Kustomer has a strong customer base, a robust data platform, and a AI-focused product roadmap which differentiates them from many competitors in the space.” Meta closed its acquisition with Kustomer in February 2022. Kustomer then joined the Meta Business Messaging Group to help transform the way people and businesses communicate through modern messaging channels. While at Meta, Kustomer made enormous strides in new areas of the business including expanding Its international offerings, broadening its capabilities with artificial intelligence and deepening its integration with Meta’s modern communication channels (Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger).
BOLDstart Ventures Investments
191 Investments
BOLDstart Ventures has made 191 investments. Their latest investment was in OpenSauced as part of their Seed - II on May 5, 2023.

BOLDstart Ventures Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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5/31/2023 | Seed - II | OpenSauced | $3.52M | Yes | 1 | |
5/16/2023 | Unattributed VC | Kustomer | $60M | No | 4 | |
3/29/2023 | Series A - II | Env0 | $18.1M | No | 8 | |
3/24/2023 | Seed VC - II | |||||
3/15/2023 | Series A |
Date | 5/31/2023 | 5/16/2023 | 3/29/2023 | 3/24/2023 | 3/15/2023 |
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Round | Seed - II | Unattributed VC | Series A - II | Seed VC - II | Series A |
Company | OpenSauced | Kustomer | Env0 | ||
Amount | $3.52M | $60M | $18.1M | ||
New? | Yes | No | No | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 1 | 4 | 8 |
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 |
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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 | ||
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Exit | Acquired | Acquired | Acquired | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 1 | 1 | 8 |
BOLDstart Ventures Fund History
9 Fund Histories
BOLDstart Ventures has 9 funds, including Boldstart Ventures V.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
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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 |
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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, Edward Sim.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Edward Sim | Dawntreader Ventures, and J.P. Morgan | Founder, Managing Partner | Current |
Name | Edward Sim | ||
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Work History | Dawntreader Ventures, and J.P. Morgan | ||
Title | Founder, Managing Partner | ||
Status | Current |
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