Investments
67Portfolio Exits
7Funds
3About Zone Ventures
Zone Ventures is a partnership funded by institutional investors for the purpose of providing equity capital to young, high-growth companies. While many of Zone's investments are centralized in Southern California, its investments are not geographic specific. Zone focuses on information technology businesses.
Zone Ventures Headquarters Location
241 S. Figueroa Street #340
Los Angeles, California, 90012,
United States
213.628.2400
Latest Zone Ventures News
Aug 1, 2018
Zkey.com Closes On $10 Million in Second Round of Funding Page 1 of 1 Zkey.com (formerly Zcentral.com), a divisionof SDN Online Inc., closed on $10 million in second-round financing from BearVentures, Ridgely Capital, Zone Ventures and Oracle Corp. Zkey.com said its vision is to make the Zkey a universal, ubiquitous key "forenabling simplified and accurate information exchange between businesses andpeople, both on and off the Web." This includes the migration of the desktopto the Web, unified messaging, wireless Web delivery to cell phones andpagers, Web-based applications and smart and dumb card based solutions. Bear Ventures, a private equity investment fund focusing on growth andInternet related investments, led the round with a $5 million investment. "In our deals we look for and provide three things: Leadership, strategy andcapital," said Philip Erdoes, president of Bear Ventures. "Zkey had the firsttwo down cold; we were glad to provide capital. The Zkey team has done agreat job of taking this companyfrom a backyard idea to a paradigm shifting entity." "The Zkey is one of those very simple ideas that turns out to berevolutionary, as the Hotmail model was to viral marketing," said FrankCreer, managing partner with Zone Ventures. "We are very excited about thefuture of this company."
Zone Ventures Investments
67 Investments
Zone Ventures has made 67 investments. Their latest investment was in NeuroVigil as part of their Series A on May 5, 2015.
Zone Ventures Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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5/1/2015 | Series A | NeuroVigil | No | 1 | ||
5/20/2013 | Series B - II | Lunera Lighting | $2.5M | No | 1 | |
5/17/2013 | Series B | Lunera Lighting | $6.11M | Yes | 1 | |
5/3/2011 | Seed VC - II | |||||
11/16/2009 | Unattributed VC |
Date | 5/1/2015 | 5/20/2013 | 5/17/2013 | 5/3/2011 | 11/16/2009 |
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Round | Series A | Series B - II | Series B | Seed VC - II | Unattributed VC |
Company | NeuroVigil | Lunera Lighting | Lunera Lighting | ||
Amount | $2.5M | $6.11M | |||
New? | No | No | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Zone Ventures Portfolio Exits
7 Portfolio Exits
Zone Ventures has 7 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Microfabrica on April 18, 2019.
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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4/18/2019 | Acquired | 2 | |||
Date | 4/18/2019 | ||||
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Exit | Acquired | ||||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 2 |
Zone Ventures Fund History
3 Fund Histories
Zone Ventures has 3 funds, including Zone Ventures II LP.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
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3/15/2000 | Zone Ventures II LP | Early-Stage Venture Capital | Closed | $103M | 1 |
8/1/1998 | Zone Venture Fund | ||||
Zone Ventures III LP |
Closing Date | 3/15/2000 | 8/1/1998 | |
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Fund | Zone Ventures II LP | Zone Venture Fund | Zone Ventures III LP |
Fund Type | Early-Stage Venture Capital | ||
Status | Closed | ||
Amount | $103M | ||
Sources | 1 |
Zone Ventures Team
4 Team Members
Zone Ventures has 4 team members, including current Managing Director, Frank Creer.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Frank Creer | Managing Director | Current | |
Mark Greenstein | Chief Financial Officer | Former | |
Shankar Rao | Chief Technology Officer | Former | |
Paulo de Rezende | Managing Director | Former |
Name | Frank Creer | Mark Greenstein | Shankar Rao | Paulo de Rezende |
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Work History | ||||
Title | Managing Director | Chief Financial Officer | Chief Technology Officer | Managing Director |
Status | Current | Former | Former | Former |
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