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Investments

716

Portfolio Exits

117

Funds

20

Partners & Customers

2

Service Providers

2

About True Ventures

True Ventures operates as a venture capital firm specializing in seed and early-stage investments. It collaborates with entrepreneurs in rapidly growing technology sectors. It focuses on emerging technology markets, such areas as e-commerce, consumer electronics, infrastructure services, media, mobile technology, and software and services. It was founded in 2005 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

Headquarters Location

575 High Street Suite 400

Palo Alto, California, 94301,

United States

650-319-2150

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Expert Collections containing True Ventures

Expert Collections are analyst-curated lists that highlight the companies you need to know in the most important technology spaces.

Find True Ventures in 8 Expert Collections, including Direct-To-Consumer Brands (Non-Food).

D

Direct-To-Consumer Brands (Non-Food)

37 items

Startups selling their own branded products directly to consumers via online/mobile channels, rather than relying on department stores or big online marketplaces.

H

HR Tech

65 items

S

Store tech (In-store retail tech)

55 items

Startups aiming work with retailers to improve brick-and-mortar retail operations.

B

Beauty & Personal Care

65 items

Startups in the beauty & personal care space, including cosmetics brands, shaving startups, on-demand beauty services, salon management platforms, and more.

S

Synthetic Biology

382 items

T

Travel Technology (Travel Tech)

39 items

Tech-enabled companies offering services and products focused on tourism. This collection includes booking services, search platforms, on-demand travel and recommendation sites, among others.

Research containing True Ventures

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CB Insights Intelligence Analysts have mentioned True Ventures in 1 CB Insights research brief, most recently on Dec 9, 2021.

Latest True Ventures News

SIP Global Partners Participates in $99M Series C Funding Round in Seurat, World Leader in 3D Metal Printing

Nov 1, 2023

The Series C funding round was led by NVIDIA and Capricorn, with support from SIP Global Partners, Denso Global, True Ventures, Cubit Capital, Honda Innovations, Porsche SE, Xerox Ventures among others BOSTON, Oct. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- SIP Global Partners, a US-Japan VC firm...

True Ventures Investments

716 Investments

True Ventures has made 716 investments. Their latest investment was in Carbo Culture as part of their Series A on November 11, 2023.

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True Ventures Investments Activity

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Date

Round

Company

Amount

New?

Co-Investors

Sources

11/28/2023

Series A

Carbo Culture

$18M

No

GenZero, Tesi, and Undisclosed Investors

2

10/26/2023

Seed VC

Radiantgraph

$5M

Yes

1

10/2/2023

Series B - II

SoFar Ocean Technologies

$5M

No

1

9/27/2023

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$99M

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10

9/21/2023

Series B - II

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$99M

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10

Date

11/28/2023

10/26/2023

10/2/2023

9/27/2023

9/21/2023

Round

Series A

Seed VC

Series B - II

PIPE

Series B - II

Company

Carbo Culture

Radiantgraph

SoFar Ocean Technologies

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Amount

$18M

$5M

$5M

$99M

$99M

New?

No

Yes

No

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Co-Investors

GenZero, Tesi, and Undisclosed Investors

Sources

2

1

1

10

10

True Ventures Portfolio Exits

117 Portfolio Exits

True Ventures has 117 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Neosec on April 19, 2023.

Date

Exit

Companies

Valuation
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Acquirer

Sources

4/19/2023

Acquired

$99M

8

3/2/2023

Acquired

$99M

3

1/30/2023

Acquired

$99M

2

12/8/2022

Acquired

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$99M

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10

12/5/2022

Acquired

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$99M

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10

Date

4/19/2023

3/2/2023

1/30/2023

12/8/2022

12/5/2022

Exit

Acquired

Acquired

Acquired

Acquired

Acquired

Companies

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Valuation

$99M

$99M

$99M

$99M

$99M

Acquirer

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Sources

8

3

2

10

10

True Ventures Fund History

20 Fund Histories

True Ventures has 20 funds, including True Ventures Select IV.

Closing Date

Fund

Fund Type

Status

Amount

Sources

10/14/2020

True Ventures Select IV

$375M

3

10/14/2020

True Ventures VII

$465M

4

10/14/2020

True Core Fund VII LP

$465M

1

10/30/2018

True Ventures VI

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$99M

10

10/30/2018

True Ventures Select III

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$99M

10

Closing Date

10/14/2020

10/14/2020

10/14/2020

10/30/2018

10/30/2018

Fund

True Ventures Select IV

True Ventures VII

True Core Fund VII LP

True Ventures VI

True Ventures Select III

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Amount

$375M

$465M

$465M

$99M

$99M

Sources

3

4

1

10

10

True Ventures Partners & Customers

2 Partners and customers

True Ventures has 2 strategic partners and customers. True Ventures recently partnered with DFX on March 3, 2021.

Date

Type

Business Partner

Country

News Snippet

Sources

3/1/2021

Partner

Canada

5/24/2017

Partner

United States

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Date

3/1/2021

5/24/2017

Type

Partner

Partner

Business Partner

Country

Canada

United States

News Snippet

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Sources

10

True Ventures Service Providers

2 Service Providers

True Ventures has 2 service provider relationships

Service Provider

Associated Rounds

Provider Type

Service Type

Counsel

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True Ventures Team

6 Team Members

True Ventures has 6 team members, including , .

Name

Work History

Title

Status

Philip D. Black

ABS Ventures, Weiss, Peck & Greer Ventu, and Summit Partners

Founder

Current

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Philip D. Black

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Work History

ABS Ventures, Weiss, Peck & Greer Ventu, and Summit Partners

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