About Cardinal Venture Capital
Cardinal Venture Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2000. It is primarily based out of Menlo Park, United States. As of Jun 2015, Cardinal Venture Capital has invested in 23 companies. It primarily invests in Series C round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Retail and FinTech. Most recently it led the $67.2M Series C round of Playphone along with Scale Venture Partners. This round also saw participation from Menlo Ventures.
Overall, Cardinal Venture Capital portfolio has seen 18 acquisitions including key companies like SuccessFactors, Workday Adaptive Planning and IP Infusion. A lot of funds co-invest with Cardinal Venture Capital, with names like Worldview Technology Partners sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Cardinal Venture Capital has team of 3 people including 2 partners.
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Cardinal Venture Capital's Investments by Stage
Cardinal Venture Capital has made 7 investments in Series C stage with an average round size of $14.7M, 6 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $6.03M, 6 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $9.71M, 1 investment in Series D stage with an average round size of $18M and 1 investment in Series F stage with an average round size of $4M.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
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Series C | 7 |
Series A | 6 |
Series B | 6 |
Series D | 1 |
Series F | 1 |

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Cardinal Venture Capital's Investments by Sector
Cardinal Venture Capital has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, FinTech, Vertical SaaS, High Tech and Enterprise Infrastructure. Notably, it has invested in 17 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 17 Tech companies, 10 Saas companies and at least 7 companies focusing on Software.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
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Enterprise Applications | 11 |
FinTech | 4 |
Vertical SaaS | 4 |
High Tech | 3 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 2 |
Others | 9 |
Cardinal Venture Capital's Investments by Geography
Cardinal Venture Capital has made most investments in United States (17), followed by Norway where it has made 1 investment.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
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United States | 20 |
Spain | 1 |
Cardinal Venture Capital's recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Cardinal Venture Capital:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jun 30, 2015 | United States | Series G | $75M | Monitor Ventures [+5] | |
Jun 30, 2015 | United States | Series G | $75M | Monitor Ventures [+5] | |
Aug 22, 2013 | United States | Series F | $45.7M | [+5] | |
May 21, 2013 | United States | Series D | $45M | ||
Mar 14, 2012 | United States | Series E | $22.1M | ONSET Ventures [+4] |
Team profile of Cardinal Venture Capital
Cardinal Venture Capital has a team of 3 membersÌý¾±²Ô³¦±ô³Ü»å¾±²Ô²µ 2 PartnersÌýlocated in United States. Cardinal Venture Capital's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Cardinal Venture Capital
Over the past 23 years, 110 investors have co-invested in Cardinal Venture Capital's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Cardinal Venture Capital:ÌýGreylock, Canaan and 33 others have invested in rounds before Cardinal Venture Capital. There are 1 company where Greylock has invested before Cardinal Venture Capital and 1 company where Canaan has invested before Cardinal Venture Capital.
- Top Co-investors of Cardinal Venture Capital:Ìý39 investors entered a company along with Cardinal Venture Capital. These include investors like Worldview Technology Partners (4 companies).
- Invested after Cardinal Venture Capital:ÌýA total of 36 investors have invested in Cardinal Venture Capital's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Bessemer Venture Partners (3 companies), Norwest Venture Partners (3 companies) and Information Venture Partners (2 companies).

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Business Wire•May 02, 2007•Delivery Agent, Bessemer Venture Partners, Cardinal Venture Capital, Worldview Technology Partners
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PR Newswire•May 17, 2006•Delivery Agent, Bessemer Venture Partners, Worldview Technology Partners, Cardinal Venture Capital