Investments
81Portfolio Exits
19Funds
5About Cue Ball Capital
Cue Ball Capital is a Boston-based venture capital firm focused on early stage growth companies with recurring revenue business models and differentiated intellectual property across sectors such as business information services and Internet media and commerce. Cue Ball's portfolio includes a mix of business information and consumer service investments including Knovel, Stylesight, MiniLuxe, PlanetTran, Epic Burger, and Tickets-for-Charity.

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Latest Cue Ball Capital News
Dec 8, 2021
Opens The Market TORONTO, Dec. 8, 2021 /CNW/ - Anthony Tjan, Managing Partner, Chairman and Co-Founder, Cue Ball Capital and MiniLuxe, Inc. Author: TORONTO, Dec. 8, 2021 /CNW/ - Anthony Tjan, Managing Partner, Chairman and Co-Founder, Cue Ball Capital and MiniLuxe, Inc., ("MiniLuxe") (TSXV: MNLX) together with Zoe Krislock, Chief Executive Officer of MiniLuxe and their team joined Dani Lipkin, Director, Global Business Development, TMX Group, to celebrate the Company's new listing on TSX Venture Exchange and open the market. MiniLuxe, a Delaware corporation based in Boston, Massachusetts is a digitally-driven, socially-responsible lifestyle brand and empowerment platform in nail care. For over a decade, MiniLuxe has been promoting standards for health, hygiene, and fair labour practices in the nail care service industry. MiniLuxe seeks to become one of the largest educators and employers of Asian-American, Asian-Canadian, and other diverse members who are part of one of the largest independent workforces of women. "Listing publicly on TSXV marks a major step in MiniLuxe's journey as we continue to positively transform the nail care industry", said Anthony Tjan, Executive Chairman, MiniLuxe Inc. "We are building a digital-first platform to uplift the largest independent workforce of women, celebrating their creativity and craft with the highest standards of clean and hygiene. " Today, MiniLuxe provides talent services (nail care and waxing services) and products (through its own proprietary clean nail care products). MiniLuxe is driven by a fully integrated digital-first platform that manages all client bookings, preferences and payments and provides designers with the ability to manage their scheduling, clientele, bonuses and gratuity, and training content. Since its founding, MiniLuxe has performed over 2 million services. For Market Openings: Media may pick up a feed from the TOC (television operations centre) for all market open ceremonies. The feed is named TSX Transmit 1 (SD-SDI) and is produced at the TMX Broadcast Centre and sent live to the TOC. To pick up the feed via the Dejero network, please contact avservices@tmx.com . The client feature video will begin playing on the TMX media wall at approximately 9:27 a.m. ET and the markets will open with the sound of a siren at 9:30 a.m. ET Date: Wednesday, December 8, 2021 Time: 9:00am - 9:30am SOURCE TSX Venture Exchange
Cue Ball Capital Investments
81 Investments
Cue Ball Capital has made 81 investments. Their latest investment was in Covey as part of their Seed VC on January 1, 2022.

Cue Ball Capital Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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1/10/2022 | Seed VC | Covey | $2.5M | Yes | BoxOne Ventures, Cue Ball Capital, Portage, Social Leverage, and Undisclosed Investors | 2 |
1/4/2022 | Series A | ianacare | $12.1M | Yes | 11 | |
10/13/2021 | Series A - II | Seraphina Therapeutics | $5M | Yes | 3 | |
6/24/2021 | Series C | |||||
6/21/2021 | Series B |
Date | 1/10/2022 | 1/4/2022 | 10/13/2021 | 6/24/2021 | 6/21/2021 |
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Round | Seed VC | Series A | Series A - II | Series C | Series B |
Company | Covey | ianacare | Seraphina Therapeutics | ||
Amount | $2.5M | $12.1M | $5M | ||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | BoxOne Ventures, Cue Ball Capital, Portage, Social Leverage, and Undisclosed Investors | ||||
Sources | 2 | 11 | 3 |
Cue Ball Capital Portfolio Exits
19 Portfolio Exits
Cue Ball Capital has 19 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Jopwell on April 27, 2023.
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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4/27/2023 | Acquired | 5 | |||
3/1/2022 | Acquired | 1 | |||
1/4/2022 | Acquired | 1 | |||
Date | 4/27/2023 | 3/1/2022 | 1/4/2022 | ||
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Exit | Acquired | Acquired | Acquired | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 5 | 1 | 1 |
Cue Ball Capital Fund History
5 Fund Histories
Cue Ball Capital has 5 funds, including Cue Ball Direct Placement Opportunity I.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
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12/31/2020 | Cue Ball Direct Placement Opportunity I | $4.5M | 1 | ||
3/31/2014 | Cue Ball Capital | ||||
4/15/2011 | Cue Ball Capital | ||||
3/10/2008 | Cue Ball Group | ||||
2/13/2007 | Cue Ball Discovery Fund |
Closing Date | 12/31/2020 | 3/31/2014 | 4/15/2011 | 3/10/2008 | 2/13/2007 |
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Fund | Cue Ball Direct Placement Opportunity I | Cue Ball Capital | Cue Ball Capital | Cue Ball Group | Cue Ball Discovery Fund |
Fund Type | |||||
Status | |||||
Amount | $4.5M | ||||
Sources | 1 |
Cue Ball Capital Team
3 Team Members
Cue Ball Capital has 3 team members, including current Chief Executive Officer, Managing Partner, Anthony K. Tjan.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Anthony K. Tjan | Chief Executive Officer, Managing Partner | Current | |
Name | Anthony K. Tjan | ||
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Work History | |||
Title | Chief Executive Officer, Managing Partner | ||
Status | Current |