Investments
67Portfolio Exits
19Funds
10Service Providers
1About Five Elms Capital
Five Elms Capital is a venture capital and private equity firm that invests in and acquires growth-stage B2B software companies outside of Silicon Valley. Five Elms partners with growing, bootstrapped software and services businesses, providing capital and resources to accelerate growth and help companies become industry leaders.
Five Elms Capital Headquarter Location
4801 Main Street Suite 700
Kansas City, Missouri, 64112,
United States
913-953-8960
Latest Five Elms Capital News
May 19, 2022
Fable Tech Labs secures US $10.5M Series A led by Five Elms Capital CPE News Brief (5.18.2022) – Fable Tech Labs Inc. has raised US $10.5 million in Series A funding led by Five Elms Capital with participation of Difference Partners, seed investor Disruption Ventures, and others. The financing closed in Q1 2022 and the company has yet to make a formal announcement of the financing. Austin Gideon, Partner of Five Elms Capital, has joined Elaine Kunda, Managing Partner at Disruption Ventures, on Fable Tech Labs board of directors, along with two founders. In June 2020, Fable Tech Labs raised CDN $2 million in seed financing led by Disruption Ventures with participation of Village Global, Globalive Capital, Innovation Grade Ventures and BDC Capital (debt). Founded Alwar Pillai and Abid Virani, Fable is a leading accessibility platform powered by people with disabilities. Fable’s platform connects researchers, designers, and developers with people with disabilities, with the goal of making it easier to create an accessible digital product. photo credit: Fable Tech
Five Elms Capital Investments
67 Investments
Five Elms Capital has made 67 investments. Their latest investment was in DeepCrawl as part of their Unattributed VC on August 8, 2022.
Five Elms Capital Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8/2/2022 | Unattributed VC | DeepCrawl | $6M | No | 1 | |
7/12/2022 | Growth Equity | SingleOps | $74M | No | 2 | |
5/17/2022 | Series A | Fable | $10.5M | Yes | 2 | |
5/16/2022 | Series B | |||||
3/1/2022 | Series B |
Date | 8/2/2022 | 7/12/2022 | 5/17/2022 | 5/16/2022 | 3/1/2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Unattributed VC | Growth Equity | Series A | Series B | Series B |
Company | DeepCrawl | SingleOps | Fable | ||
Amount | $6M | $74M | $10.5M | ||
New? | No | No | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Five Elms Capital Portfolio Exits
19 Portfolio Exits
Five Elms Capital has 19 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Proxyclick on January 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1/18/2022 | Acquired | 2 | |||
11/22/2021 | Acquired | 1 | |||
10/22/2021 | Acquired | 10 | |||
Date | 1/18/2022 | 11/22/2021 | 10/22/2021 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exit | Acquired | Acquired | Acquired | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 2 | 1 | 10 |
Five Elms Capital Fund History
10 Fund Histories
Five Elms Capital has 10 funds, including Five Elms V.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7/22/2021 | Five Elms V | $780M | 1 | ||
4/26/2019 | Five Elms IV | Diversified Private Equity | Closed | $306.18M | 4 |
4/26/2019 | Five Elms IV Q | $306.18M | 1 | ||
4/26/2019 | Five Elms IV B | ||||
12/31/2016 | Five Elms Capital III |
Closing Date | 7/22/2021 | 4/26/2019 | 4/26/2019 | 4/26/2019 | 12/31/2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fund | Five Elms V | Five Elms IV | Five Elms IV Q | Five Elms IV B | Five Elms Capital III |
Fund Type | Diversified Private Equity | ||||
Status | Closed | ||||
Amount | $780M | $306.18M | $306.18M | ||
Sources | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Five Elms Capital Team
4 Team Members
Five Elms Capital has 4 team members, including current Founder, Managing Partner, Fred Coulson.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Fred Coulson | Founder, Managing Partner | Current | |
Saran Ferraro | Chief Financial Officer | Current | |
Ryan Mandl | Managing Director | Current | |
Joe Onofrio | Managing Director | Current |
Name | Fred Coulson | Saran Ferraro | Ryan Mandl | Joe Onofrio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Work History | ||||
Title | Founder, Managing Partner | Chief Financial Officer | Managing Director | Managing Director |
Status | Current | Current | Current | Current |
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