Investments
114Portfolio Exits
26Funds
28Partners & Customers
2About Lead Edge Capital
Lead Edge Capital is a growth equity firm that partners with world-class entrepreneurs and exceptional technology businesses. Lead Edge Capital seeks to invest in expansion-stage technology companies that are interested in leveraging its vast network of corporate executives, successful entrepreneurs and investment professionals to drive sales and facilitate partnerships with the larger business community.
Lead Edge Capital Headquarter Location
405 Lexington Avenue Floor 32
New York, New York, 10174,
United States
212-984-2421
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Latest Lead Edge Capital News
Apr 12, 2022
Lead Edge Capital recently announced it closed Fund VI – which was oversubscribed – with over $1.95 billion of commitments. These are the details. Lead Edge Capital, a technology-focused growth stage investment fund, recently announced the closing of Fund VI. The new fund was oversubscribed with over $1.95 billion of commitments from Lead Edge’s expansive network of over 500 limited partners and institutions. LEC will target making equity investments of between $15 million and $200 million per portfolio company from Fund VI and continues a focus on investing primarily in private companies with a flexible mandate that also enables public company investments. And the addition of Fund VI brings the firm’s total capital raised since inception to $5 billion. An investor in companies like Toast, Alibaba Group, Delivery Hero, Duo Security, Grafana, Spotify, Benchling, and Wise, LEC invests in growth-stage software, internet, consumer, and tech-enabled service businesses globally. And LEC has participated in recent notable funding rounds for companies like Workiz, LaunchDarkly, ID.me, Material Bank, Hinge Health, Copado, SafeSend, Yousign, and more. Since being founded in 2009, the firm has had over 50 exits with recent liquidity events including FIGS (IPO), Asana (Direct Listing), Bumble (IPO), and Signal Sciences (Acquired by Fastly). LEC’s LP network consists of over 500 accomplished executives and entrepreneurs who have built, run, and invested in some of the world’s most successful companies. And Lead Edge’s LPs utilize their extended networks and deep knowledge bases to assist portfolio companies throughout the investment lifecycle. The Limited Partners come from companies including Charles Schwab, Capital One, Disney, NetSuite, Colgate-Palmolive, eBay, Microsoft, Xerox, Unilever, Google, Cisco, Saks, Autodesk, Intuit, ESPN, and many more. KEY QUOTES: “With the help of our dedicated LP base, we’ve taken an innovative, hands-on approach to support founders and differentiate ourselves. Fund VI will be an extension of this strategy, continuing to drive results for portfolio companies and build a network of global leaders to serve the next generation of software, internet, and consumer service businesses.” — Mitchell Green, Founder and Managing Partner of Lead Edge Capital “Not only is the Lead Edge Capital team well-connected, but they’re also ready and willing to roll up their sleeves and do whatever they can to help their portfolio companies. I had the opportunity to work with the team starting in 2015 as a founder – fast-forward to 2022, I’m looking forward to working alongside the team as an LP and providing their portfolio companies the same level of guidance that we benefited from at Duo.” — Dug Song, former CEO of Duo Security
Lead Edge Capital Investments
114 Investments
Lead Edge Capital has made 114 investments. Their latest investment was in Grafana Labs as part of their Series D on April 4, 2022.
Lead Edge Capital Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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4/6/2022 | Series D | Grafana Labs | $240M | No | 4 | |
3/23/2022 | Series B | Nucleus Security | $20M | Yes | 11 | |
12/2/2021 | Series A - III | Barn2Door | $6M | No | 1 | |
11/17/2021 | Series C | |||||
11/16/2021 | Series C |
Date | 4/6/2022 | 3/23/2022 | 12/2/2021 | 11/17/2021 | 11/16/2021 |
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Round | Series D | Series B | Series A - III | Series C | Series C |
Company | Grafana Labs | Nucleus Security | Barn2Door | ||
Amount | $240M | $20M | $6M | ||
New? | No | Yes | No | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 4 | 11 | 1 |
Lead Edge Capital Portfolio Exits
26 Portfolio Exits
Lead Edge Capital has 26 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Tile on November 23, 2021.
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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11/23/2021 | Acquired | 2 | |||
11/11/2021 | IPO | 6 | |||
11/4/2021 | Reverse Merger | 7 | |||
Date | 11/23/2021 | 11/11/2021 | 11/4/2021 | ||
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Exit | Acquired | IPO | Reverse Merger | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 2 | 6 | 7 |
Lead Edge Capital Fund History
28 Fund Histories
Lead Edge Capital has 28 funds, including Lead Edge Capital VI.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
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4/6/2022 | Lead Edge Capital VI | $1,950M | 1 | ||
6/16/2021 | Lead Edge Capital Public Equity Fund | $150M | 1 | ||
10/14/2020 | Lead Edge Capital V | $950M | 4 | ||
6/2/2020 | Lead Edge Partners Opportunity XXVII | ||||
3/10/2020 | Lead Edge Partners Opportunity XXVI |
Closing Date | 4/6/2022 | 6/16/2021 | 10/14/2020 | 6/2/2020 | 3/10/2020 |
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Fund | Lead Edge Capital VI | Lead Edge Capital Public Equity Fund | Lead Edge Capital V | Lead Edge Partners Opportunity XXVII | Lead Edge Partners Opportunity XXVI |
Fund Type | |||||
Status | |||||
Amount | $1,950M | $150M | $950M | ||
Sources | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Lead Edge Capital Partners & Customers
2 Partners and customers
Lead Edge Capital has 2 strategic partners and customers. Lead Edge Capital recently partnered with SafeSend on April 4, 2021.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
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4/6/2021 | Partner | United States | `` The partnership with Lead Edge Capital Partners paves the way for accelerated investment in the SafeSend and progress towards our vision of streamlining and automating every client touchpoint across the tax preparation engagement lifecycle . '' | 2 | |
4/6/2021 | Partner |
Date | 4/6/2021 | 4/6/2021 |
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Type | Partner | Partner |
Business Partner | ||
Country | United States | |
News Snippet | `` The partnership with Lead Edge Capital Partners paves the way for accelerated investment in the SafeSend and progress towards our vision of streamlining and automating every client touchpoint across the tax preparation engagement lifecycle . '' | |
Sources | 2 |
Lead Edge Capital Team
2 Team Members
Lead Edge Capital has 2 team members, including current Founder, Managing Partner, Mitchell H. Green.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Scott Booth | Kingdon Capital | Founder | Current |
Mitchell H. Green | Founder, Managing Partner | Current |
Name | Scott Booth | Mitchell H. Green |
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Work History | Kingdon Capital | |
Title | Founder | Founder, Managing Partner |
Status | Current | Current |
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