About Atlas Venture
Atlas Venture is a venture capital firm founded in 1980. It is primarily based out of Cambridge, United States. As of Jan 2025, Atlas Venture is an active investor, having invested in 325 companies, with 3 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series A round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Life Sciences to Enterprise Applications and Consumer. Most recently it led the $100M Series A round of Judo Bio along with TCG. This round also saw participation from Alexandria and other investors.
Overall, Atlas Venture portfolio has seen 5 unicorns, 34 IPOs and 153 acquisitions including key companies like DraftKings, Patreon and Drizly. A lot of funds co-invest with Atlas Venture, with names like Polaris Partners sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Atlas Venture has team of 94 people including 12 partners.
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Atlas Venture's List of Top Investments
Atlas Venture has a portfolio of 325 companies, including 5 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in JenaValve Technology and GRO Biosciences.Their portfolio spans across United States, United Kingdom, CanadaÌý²¹²Ô»å 18 more locations. They have invested in Life Sciences, Enterprise Applications, ConsumerÌý²¹²Ô»å 23 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed Ìý²¹²Ô»å 7 more. Here is the list of top investments by Atlas Venture:
1. DraftKings
Provider of online fantasy sports platform. It provides users with fantasy sports platforms for multiple sports. It offers daily leagues for fantasy esports,football,baseball,basketball and more.
Key facts about DraftKings
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Boston (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $3.67B as on Dec 31, 2023
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $719M
- Employee Count: 1,974 as on Dec 31, 2022
- Investors: Sunrise Ventures, Wellington and 49 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Sep 02, 2020
- Highlight: Public
2. Patreon
Reward-based crowdfunding platform for musicians and content creators. It allows users to invest in projects to avail returns in the form of pre-sold concert tickets, personal gifts, meet & greets, etc. The backers pledge a fixed amount every month to the chosen project. It is based on the ad revenue and per-stream payouts model. The application can be accessed on iOS and Android devices.
Key facts about Patreon
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $4B as on Apr 07, 2021
- Stage: Series F
- Total Funding till date: $412M
- Employee Count: 392 as on Dec 31, 2023
- Investors: Wellington, New Enterprise Associates and 46 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series F, Apr 06, 2021, $155M
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Drizly
Drizly provides an on-demand alcohol delivery mobile application. The platform recommends liquors and alcohols based on customer preferences. It also offers delivery tracking. Users can also compare the pricing of liquors on the platform. The application is available for Android and iOS users. It offers whiskey, vodka, tequila, gin, rum, and more.
Key facts about Drizly
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Boston (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $117M
- Employee Count: 112 as on Dec 31, 2022
- Investors: Atlas Venture, Polaris Partners and 36 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Aug 20, 2020, $50M
- Highlight: Acquired
Recorded Future is a real-time threat intelligence solutions provider. It provides a platform that performs source collection, processing, analysis, and reporting of web data. It employs text search, data visualization, natural language processing, and entity extraction to perform data-mining of all the events reported on the web in real-time and place it as indexed facts. It prepares trend signals and leading indicators by harvesting hundreds of thousands of web sources across multiple, crucial languages continuously.
Key facts about Recorded Future
- Founded Year: 2009
- Location: Somerville (United States)
- Annual Revenue: ₹10.6Cr as on Mar 31, 2024
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $72.3M
- Employee Count: 75 as on Dec 31, 2017
- Investors: Atlas Venture, Google Ventures and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Feb 17, 2022, $21.1M
- Highlight: Acquired
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An online listing platform for residential and commercial properties. It is a listing platform to buy, sell, and rent residential and commercial properties. Users can register and search for properties by applying the location filter. Property owners/agents can list their properties by providing necessary information such as location, pictures, prices, area, and more. Additionally, the company offers a solution which offers an estimation solution of the market value of a home on any given day, calculated using a proprietary algorithm.
Key facts about Zoopla
- Founded Year: 2008
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Annual Revenue: £73.3M as on Dec 31, 2021
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $10.7M
- Employee Count: 456 as on Dec 31, 2021
- Investors: Atlas Venture, SVB and
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Dec 15, 2010, $5.15M
- Highlight: Public
Atlas Venture's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Atlas Venture has invested in 325 companies over the last 27 years, with an average of 6 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2024, it made 13 investments, while as of Jan 2025, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Judo Bio and most recent follow-on round was in Be Bio.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1stÌý¸é´Ç³Ü²Ô»å | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2024 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
2023 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
2022 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
2021 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
2020 | 12 | 7 | 19 |
2019 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
2018 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
2017 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
2016 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
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Atlas Venture's Investments by Stage
Atlas Venture has made 140 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $27.8M, 81 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.25M and 47 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $26.4M.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 140 |
Seed | 81 |
Series B | 47 |
Series C | 16 |
Post IPO | 4 |
Others | 6 |
Atlas Venture's Investments by Sector
Atlas Venture has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Life Sciences, Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Enterprise Infrastructure and High Tech. Notably, it has invested in 268 Tech companies, 199 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 69 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 60 companies focusing on Software.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Life Sciences | 103 |
Enterprise Applications | 69 |
Consumer | 59 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 31 |
High Tech | 30 |
Others | 194 |
Atlas Venture's Investments by Geography
Atlas Venture has made most investments in United States (223), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 24 investments.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 223 |
United Kingdom | 24 |
Canada | 7 |
Germany | 7 |
France | 6 |
Others | 27 |
Atlas Venture's recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Atlas Venture:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 15, 2025 | United States | Series C | $92M | [+6] | |
Oct 22, 2024 | United States | Series B | $82M | ||
Oct 07, 2024 | United States | Series A | $100M | TCG [+5] | |
Oct 07, 2024 | United States | Seed | Undisclosed | ||
Oct 02, 2024 | United States | Series B | $115M | [+6] |
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Here is a list of unicorns in Atlas Venture's portfolio:
ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
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72 | Cloud-based invoicing and accounting software | 2003 | Toronto | Series E | pxxbopj | ||
71 | Provider of an AI and cloud based data science platform | 2012 | Boston | Series G | {wmcyzi | ||
73 | AI-powered price prediction platform for booking multiple categories of travel services | 2007 | Montreal | Series G | wrqlxly | ||
68 | Provider of a smart wearable device for physical activities monitoring | 2012 | Boston | Series F | dkjtrvr | ||
82 | Reward-based crowdfunding platform for musicians and content creators | 2013 | San Francisco | Series F | v{f{icx |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Atlas Venture's Portfolio
Here are Atlas Venture's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
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Feb 07, 2025 | Apr 19, 2022 | Series B | $111M | |
Dec 29, 2022 | 2017 | Seed | Undisclosed | |
Sep 15, 2022 | Jan 2019 | Seed | Undisclosed | |
Dec 09, 2021 | May 27, 2020 | Series A | $46M | |
Oct 22, 2021 | Sep 27, 2018 | Series A | $30M |
Acquired companies in Atlas Venture's Portfolio
Here are Atlas Venture's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
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May 28, 2025 | - | - | - | |
May 21, 2025 | Dec 08, 2020 | Series A | $50M | |
Sep 12, 2024 | May 24, 2012 | Series C | $12M | |
Jul 25, 2024 | Sep 21, 2007 | Series A | $14M | |
May 02, 2024 | Dec 01, 2021 | Series A | $75M |
Team profile of Atlas Venture
Atlas Venture has a team of 94 membersÌýincluding 12 Partners, 28 Venture Partners and 11 PrincipalsÌýlocated in United States, United Kingdom and . Atlas Venture's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Atlas Venture:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
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Partner | Boston | - | ||
Partner | Brookline | - | - | |
Partner | Cambridge | - | ||
Partner | South Brunswick Township | - | ||
Partner | Boston | - | - | |
Partner | Cambridge | - | ||
Partner | Cambridge | - | ||
Partner | Toronto | - | - | |
Partner | Wellesley | - | - | |
Partner | New York City | - | - | |
Partner | Boston | - | - |
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Over the past 27 years, 1316 investors have co-invested in Atlas Venture's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Atlas Venture:ÌýTechstars, HHS and 126 others have invested in rounds before Atlas Venture. There are 10 companies where Techstars has invested before Atlas Venture and 3 companies where HHS has invested before Atlas Venture.
- Top Co-investors of Atlas Venture:Ìý497 investors entered a company along with Atlas Venture. These include investors like Polaris Partners (9 companies).
- Invested after Atlas Venture:ÌýA total of 691 investors have invested in Atlas Venture's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Accomplice (22 companies), Wellington (12 companies) and RA Capital Management (11 companies).
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