Our friends at CrunchBase released a new offering on the site recently called the Investor LeaderBoard. I took the time to scour through the functionality to isolate the most active New York City venture capital firms that are investing in the largest number of deals (this analysis is not based on dollar amounts) across all stages of the venture cycle. Hopefully, as you seek out your next round, this will be a handy guide to know where the dollars are pouring in from in the NYC ecosystem. Included for each firm is the number of investments made in 2015 YTD, total number of historic investments and the number of companies invested in, total funds raised, number of exits, and the companies that the venture firms have invested in this year.
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Author’s note – this data is current as of 9/30/15 and the analysis runs from 1/1/15-9/30/15. This data does not include investments made by the investment bank Goldman Sachs nor does include the investments made by NYC accelerator programs. It does however, include one individual who has made a significant number of investments.
10. Mesa Ventures
Investments Made in 2015: 15
Total number of investments: 52 investments in 46 companies
Fund raised: $10M
Exits: 6 acquisitions
Companies invested in 2015:
Clique, CodeFights, Culinary Agents, FEM Inc., Hungryroot, Hyper, InVenture, KISI, Parachute, Home, Ringly, Rinse, SnowShoe, Stamp, Vrideo, wedgies, and Who What Wear
For a comprehensive list of every NYC Venture capital firm, check out The Complete Guide to Venture Capital Firms in NYC
9. Metamorphic Ventures
Investments Made in 2015: 16
Total number of investments: 100 investments in 77 companies
Fund raised: $162M
Exits: 19 acquisitions
Companies invested in 2015:
AlphaDraft, Away, Blend Systems, Charge Communication Inc., DigitalGenius, Direct Match, Ease Central, Insensi, LotusFlare, Move, Loot, Pippio, Rebagg, Stanza, Trusted, UpCounsel, and Vrideo
For a comprehensive list of every NYC Venture capital firm, check out The Complete Guide to Venture Capital Firms in NYC
8. Vayner/RSE
Investments Made in 2015: 20
Total number of investments: 55 investments in 53 companies
Exits: 1 acquisition
Companies invested in 2015:
A Plus, Beme, Binti, Brandtale, Button, Coinbase, Envoy, Homer Logistics, LawnStarter, Littlstar, LOLA, Luxe, Meerkat, MikMak, Namely, North Technologies, Omaze, PlateJoy, PureWow, and Spoon University
For a comprehensive list of every NYC Venture capital firm, check out The Complete Guide to Venture Capital Firms in NYC
8. Thrive Capital
Investments Made in 2015: 20
Total number of investments: 92 investments in 66 companies
Fund raised: $1.06B
Exits: 13 acquisitions
Companies invested in 2015:
Artsy, Benchling, CADRE, ClassPass, Compass, FiftyThree, Flatiron School, GitHub, Greenhouse Software, Hightower, Jet, Joyable, Justworks, Mapbox, Maple, Opendoor, Orchard, Platform, panOpen, Spring Inc, and Tictail
For a comprehensive list of every NYC Venture capital firm, check out The Complete Guide to Venture Capital Firms in NYC
7. BoxGroup
Investments Made in 2015: 23
Total number of investments: 197 investments in 154 companies
Exits: 32 acquisitions
Companies invested in 2015:
Airtable, Amberjack, Blue Apron, Boxed, Casetext, Clearbit, Clubhouse Software, Colu, Draft, Fundera, Giant Swarm, GoButler, Guideline Technologies Inc., LOLA, Luxe, Maven Clinic, OneDrop, Pilot, SplashThat, Spoon University, Spring Inc, Sproutling, and WayUp
For a comprehensive list of every NYC Venture capital firm, check out The Complete Guide to Venture Capital Firms in NYC
6. Insight Venture Partners
Investments Made in 2015: 25
Total number of investments: 164 investments in 130 companies
Fund raised: $9.85B
Exits: 12 IPOs and 27 acquisitions
Companies invested in 2015:
AMCS, BlaBlaCar, BrightBytes, Checkmarx, Chrono24.com, Conga, Docker, ezCate,r Fenergo, Instructure, iSpot.tv, Inc., LeanKit, Mirantis, nCino, Nextdoor, PicsArt, SMS Assist, Sole Society, SpareFoot, SpotHero, Thycotic, Software, Tintri, Udemy, Virgin Pulse, and Zenefits
For a comprehensive list of every NYC Venture capital firm, check out The Complete Guide to Venture Capital Firms in NYC
5. Fabrice Grinda
Investments Made in 2015: 31
Total number of investments: 191 investments in 171 companies
Companies invested in 2015:
Boxed, Button, Catawiki, CodeFights, Dataminr, Din, docplanner, Eaze, Envoy, Eve Mattress, Farfetch, Flexport, GrubMarket Inc, Havenly, Headout, LendingHome, Managed by Q, Méliuz, Mighty, Olapic, Pillow, PLAE, Porch, Rebagg, SeatGeek, Sourcery, Sprig, Studypool, Ticketbis, TripleMint, and ZIRX
4. Greycroft Partners
Investments Made in 2015: 33
Total number of investments: 216 investments in 145 companies
Fund raised: $593.25M
Exits: 36 acquisitions
Companies invested in 2015:
Acorns, AlphaDraft, Azimo, BetterCloud, Blitsy, Clique, Cotopaxi, Custora, Dasher, DataScience, Inc., Dropoff, Inc., Everything But The House (EBTH), Flashpoint Partners, HelloTech, Icertis, Inverse, Karmic Labs, Livefyre, Lost My Name, Managed by Q, Molio Inc., Munchery, Nativo, NuORDER, Plated, Skimlinks, Sourcepoint, The RealReal, Thrive Market, wedgies, When I Work, and Who What Wear
For a comprehensive list of every NYC Venture capital firm, check out The Complete Guide to Venture Capital Firms in NYC
3. Lerer Hippeau Ventures
Investments Made in 2015: 35
Total number of investments: 264 investments in 197 companies
Fund raised: $131.5M
Exits: 39 acquisitions
Companies invested in 2015:
Bench, Bottlenose, Brandtale, Casper, Clique, Clubhouse Software, Conversion Logic, Cotopaxi, Dering Hall, DigitalGenius, EVEN Financial, Fatherly, Friendsy, Giphy, Guideline Technologies Inc., Hungryroot, INTURN, Jott Messenger, June, LE TOTE, Mic Network, Namely, Payable, Percolate PowerToFly, PureWow, Soylent Corporation, SplashThat, Spoon University, Studypool, Vrideo, WayUp, and Who What Wear
For a comprehensive list of every NYC Venture capital firm, check out The Complete Guide to Venture Capital Firms in NYC
2. RRE Ventures
Investments Made in 2015: 37
Total number of investments: 306 investments in 180 companies
Fund raised: $131.5M
Exits: 4 IPOs and 43 acquisitions
Companies invested in 2015:
21 Inc, Abra, Accion Systems, Artivest, Avant, Beeswax, BioLite, Breather, brightwheel, Brilliant Bicycles, Case, Clearpath Robotics, Clubhouse Software, CoverHound, Culinary Agents, DigitalGenius, DriverUp, Gem, Giphy, Hightower, itBit, Jibo, Managed by Q, Mirror, Moda Operandi, NerdWallet, Noom, OneDrop, Ripple Labs, Shuddle, Spaceflight Industries, Spire, StellaService, TheSquareFoot, Thinkful, Wag, and Yhat
For a comprehensive list of every NYC Venture capital firm, check out The Complete Guide to Venture Capital Firms in NYC
1. Great Oaks Venture Capital
Investments Made in 2015: 40
Total number of investments: 231 investments in 186 companies
Fund raised: $80M
Exits: 1 IPO and 28 acquisitions
Companies invested in 2015:
1DocWay, 20n, Acorns, Augmedix, Blend Systems, Brilliant Bicycles, Canopy, Classkick, Collective Health, CoVenture, eero, EquipmentShare.com, Fatherly, Fetch Rewards, Fuisz Media, Gracious Eloise, GrubMarket Inc, Ibotta, Interviewed, Locket, Maven Clinic, Move Loot, Nylas, Page Vault Inc, PicnicHealth, Pippio, PureWow, ReadMe.io, Rinse, Roomi, SplashThat, Studypool, Sunshine, The Muse, ThinkCERCA, Trusted, Welkin Health, WiGo
For a comprehensive list of every NYC Venture capital firm, check out The Complete Guide to Venture Capital Firms in NYC
