About Ajax Strategies
Ajax Strategies is a venture capital firm located in San Francisco, United States. As of Sep 2023, Ajax Strategies has invested in 35 companies. It primarily invests in Series B round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Food and Agriculture Tech. Most recently it led the $12M Series A round of Lumen Energy along with Designer Fund. This round also saw participation from Nuveen and other investors.
Overall, Ajax Strategies portfolio has seen 1 unicorn, 2 IPOs and 9 acquisitions including key companies like Lime, Planet and Proterra. A lot of funds co-invest with Ajax Strategies, with names like Activate Capital sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Ajax Strategies has team of 9 people including 8 partners.
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Ajax Strategies' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Ajax Strategies has invested in 35 companies over the last 6 years, with an average of 3 new investments annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Lumen Energy and most recent follow-on round was in Infinitum.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1stÌý¸é´Ç³Ü²Ô»å | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2022 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
2021 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
2020 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Ajax Strategies' Investments by Stage
Ajax Strategies has made 8 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $18M, 3 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $15.7M and 2 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $13.3M.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series B | 8 |
Series A | 3 |
Seed | 2 |
Series C | 1 |
Series D | 1 |
Others | 1 |
Ajax Strategies' Investments by Sector
Ajax Strategies has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Sustainability Tech, Enterprise Applications, Environment Tech, High Tech and Internet of Things - Industry Applications. Notably, it has invested in 26 Tech companies, 25 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 16 Software companies and at least 7 companies focusing on Saas.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Sustainability Tech | 10 |
Enterprise Applications | 9 |
Environment Tech | 9 |
High Tech | 9 |
Internet of Things - Industry Applications | 7 |
Others | 22 |
Ajax Strategies' Investments by Geography
Ajax Strategies has made most investments in United States (16).
Ajax Strategies' recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Ajax Strategies:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 06, 2023 | United States | Series A | $12M | [+3] | |
Jul 31, 2023 | United States | Series E | $221M | [+9] | |
Feb 02, 2023 | United States | Series A | $18M | ||
Sep 20, 2022 | United States | Series C | $40M | ||
Jul 25, 2022 | United States | Series C | $40M | Qualcomm Ventures [+7] |
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Here is a list of unicorns in Ajax Strategies' portfolio:
ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
88 | App-based rental platform providing self-drive electric kick-scooter | 2017 | San Francisco | Series D | yysnkub |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Ajax Strategies' Portfolio
Here are Ajax Strategies' portfolio companies that went public:
Acquired companies in Ajax Strategies' Portfolio
Here are Ajax Strategies' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 15, 2024 | Oct 04, 2019 | Series B | $20M | |
Jun 20, 2024 | Sep 20, 2022 | Series C | $40M | |
 | Nov 02, 2023 | Apr 19, 2021 | Seed | Undisclosed |
Jan 04, 2023 | - | - | - | |
Feb 07, 2022 | Jun 17, 2020 | Series D | $15M |
Team profile of Ajax Strategies
Ajax Strategies has a team of 9 membersÌýincluding 8 PartnersÌýlocated in United States. Ajax Strategies' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Ajax Strategies:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | San Francisco | - | - | |
Partner | San Francisco | - | - | |
Partner | Kansas City | - | - | |
Partner | San Francisco | - | - | |
Partner | Washington, DC | - | - | |
Partner | Menlo Park | - | - | |
Partner | San Francisco | - | - | |
Partner | San Francisco | - | - | |
Associate | United States | - | - |
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Over the past 6 years, 166 investors have co-invested in Ajax Strategies's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Ajax Strategies:ÌýPrelude Ventures, S2G Ventures and 75 others have invested in rounds before Ajax Strategies. There are 2 companies where Prelude Ventures has invested before Ajax Strategies and 2 companies where S2G Ventures has invested before Ajax Strategies.
- Top Co-investors of Ajax Strategies:Ìý47 investors entered a company along with Ajax Strategies. These include investors like Activate Capital (2 companies).
- Invested after Ajax Strategies:ÌýA total of 42 investors have invested in Ajax Strategies's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Galvanize Climate Solutions (3 companies), (1 company) and (1 company).
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