Investments
76Portfolio Exits
10Funds
1Service Providers
1About Masthead Venture Partners
Masthead is a venture capital firm investing in early-stage technology companies in the following sectors: software, Internet infrastructure, communicaitons technology and IT-intensive life science applications.

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Feb 4, 2013
Apple Daniel Flatley from Masthead Venture Partners is a member of FundingPost online! Venture Fund Member Profile Share This Profile: Masthead is a venture capital firm investing in early-stage technology companies in the following sectors: software, internet infrastructure, communications technology and IT-intensive life science applications. Masthead partners combine over 100 years of experience in leading and financing companies from founding through public offerings. We have the advanced technical expertise and deep industry relationships to help out venture-backed entrepreneurs build companies into category-defining market leaders. Daniel Flatley General Partner Masthead Venture Partners Daniel K. Flatley has over 23 years of experience investing in early-stage information technology, media and telecommunications companies. Prior to joining Masthead, Mr. Flatley was a Managing Director at Credit Suisse First Boston and Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette where he was global head of a group investing in and financing satellite and telecommunications companies. Previously, he was a principal in a mid-market buyout and M&A advisory firm. He also practiced corporate/securities law, and clerked with a federal trial court judge.Mr. Flatley's corporate board and advisor service has included Masthead portfolio companies Netilla Networks (merged with AEP Networks), Newsgator and Tacoda Systems, as well as Phillips, Nuron (sold to Intel), and Mail.com (predecessor to Easylink Services (NASDAQ: EASY). Representative Investments AEP Networks AEP Networks is the specialist in network and application access security. AEP's integrated suite of solutions, spanning identity-based application security gateways, highly secure IPSec VPNs, SSL VPNs, and hardware security modules for key management, address the most demanding security and access requirements of public-sector and commercial enterprises worldwide. Centric Software Centric Software accelerates product innovation through its industry-leading Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) applications suite, Centric Innovation. The solution enables manufacturers to manage product innovation programs and campaigns to deliver market-dominating products within critical windows of opportunity. NewsGator Technologies, Inc. NewsGator Technologies is the premier RSS (Really Simple Syndication) platform company, providing software applications and services for end-users to manage and aggregate their syndicated news and content. SyChip, Inc. Designs, develops and markets Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits and Chip Scale Modules for the wireless Internet appliance market. Daniel participated in the FundingPost event: Perfect Venture Conference 2on October 11-13, 2006 in NY, Sponsored by Merrill Lynch, Wolf Block To list your Company on our website and make your profile available to Daniel and 7,500+ other VCs and Angel Investors, Click Here. About FundingPost For over Fourteen Years FundingPost has worked with thousandsof Angel and Venture Capital Investors. We believe that it isimportant to reach investors in every medium possible -both online and offline. We have been directly responsible fortons of success stories and Millions and Millions of dollars raised.We look forward to introducing your company to the leading Venture and Angel Investors nationwide. Sign up now: Entrepreneurs / Investors Join the FundingPost email list and learn how, when and where you can meet these Investors: Other Venture Profiles:
Masthead Venture Partners Investments
76 Investments
Masthead Venture Partners has made 76 investments. Their latest investment was in Music City Baseball as part of their Unattributed VC on September 9, 2019.

Masthead Venture Partners Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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9/3/2019 | Unattributed VC | Music City Baseball | $2.2M | Yes | 2 | |
7/29/2014 | Series D | Centric Software | $24M | No | 2 | |
7/7/2014 | Convertible Note | Sitrion | $0.5M | No | 1 | |
11/18/2013 | Unattributed VC | |||||
5/14/2013 | Series D |
Date | 9/3/2019 | 7/29/2014 | 7/7/2014 | 11/18/2013 | 5/14/2013 |
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Round | Unattributed VC | Series D | Convertible Note | Unattributed VC | Series D |
Company | Music City Baseball | Centric Software | Sitrion | ||
Amount | $2.2M | $24M | $0.5M | ||
New? | Yes | No | No | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Masthead Venture Partners Portfolio Exits
10 Portfolio Exits
Masthead Venture Partners has 10 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Sitrion on September 19, 2018.
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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9/19/2018 | Acquired | 1 | |||
6/14/2018 | Corporate Majority | 1 | |||
6/27/2013 | IPO | Public | 2 | ||
Date | 9/19/2018 | 6/14/2018 | 6/27/2013 | ||
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Exit | Acquired | Corporate Majority | IPO | ||
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Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | Public | ||||
Sources | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Masthead Venture Partners Fund History
1 Fund History
Masthead Venture Partners has 1 fund, including Masthead Venture Capital Partners LP.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
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12/31/2004 | Masthead Venture Capital Partners LP | Early-Stage Venture Capital | Closed | $160M | 1 |
Closing Date | 12/31/2004 |
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Fund | Masthead Venture Capital Partners LP |
Fund Type | Early-Stage Venture Capital |
Status | Closed |
Amount | $160M |
Sources | 1 |
Masthead Venture Partners Service Providers
1 Service Provider
Masthead Venture Partners has 1 service provider relationship
Service Provider | Associated Rounds | Provider Type | Service Type |
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Counsel | General Counsel |
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Provider Type | Counsel |
Service Type | General Counsel |
Partnership data by VentureSource
Masthead Venture Partners Team
1 Team Member
Masthead Venture Partners has 1 team member, including current General Partner, Stephen K. Smith.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Stephen K. Smith | Yellow Pages Group, hibu, Webber, CTA, and Booz Allen Hamilton | General Partner | Current |
Name | Stephen K. Smith |
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Work History | Yellow Pages Group, hibu, Webber, CTA, and Booz Allen Hamilton |
Title | General Partner |
Status | Current |