About Craft Ventures
Craft Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. It is primarily based out of San Francisco, United States. As of Apr 2025, Craft Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 242 companies, with 18 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 Enterprise Applications to High Tech and FinTech. Most recently it led the $30M Series A round of Allen Control Systems along with Rally Ventures. This round also saw participation from Inspired Capital.
Overall, Craft Ventures portfolio has seen 23 unicorns, 15 IPOs and 24 acquisitions including key companies like Uber, Slack and Opendoor. A lot of funds co-invest with Craft Ventures, with names like Abstract Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Craft Ventures has team of 38 people including 22 partners.
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Deals in last 12 months
Craft Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Craft Ventures has invested in 242 companies over the last 7 years, with an average of 29 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2024, it made 25 investments, while as of Apr 2025, it has made 7 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Norm Ai and most recent follow-on round was in Supabase.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1stÌý¸é´Ç³Ü²Ô»å | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 2 | 5 | 7 |
2024 | 19 | 6 | 25 |
2023 | 26 | 8 | 34 |
2022 | 33 | 15 | 48 |
2021 | 46 | 19 | 65 |
2020 | 25 | 8 | 33 |
2019 | 17 | 1 | 18 |
2018 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
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Craft Ventures' Investment Trends by Stage
Craft Ventures has made 72 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $4.83M, 72 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $14.9M and 23 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $48.3M.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 72 |
Series A | 72 |
Series B | 23 |
Series C | 8 |
Unattributed | 2 |
Others | 2 |
Craft Ventures' Investment Trends by Sector
Craft Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, FinTech, Consumer and Enterprise Infrastructure. Notably, it has invested in 230 Tech companies, 184 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 165 Software companies and at least 104 companies focusing on Saas.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 126 |
High Tech | 63 |
FinTech | 35 |
Consumer | 33 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 30 |
Others | 188 |
Craft Ventures' Investment Trends by Geography
Craft Ventures has made most investments in United States (224), followed by Canada where it has made 7 investments.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 166 |
Canada | 6 |
Anguilla | 1 |
Australia | 1 |
Brazil | 1 |
Others | 4 |
Craft Ventures' recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Craft Ventures:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 22, 2025 | Singapore | Series D | $200M | [+4] | |
Apr 03, 2025 | United States | Series B | $60M | Menlo Ventures [+3] | |
Mar 28, 2025 | United States | Series A | $30M | Inspired Capital [+1] | |
Mar 12, 2025 | United States | Series A | $12M | FirstMark [+2] | |
Mar 11, 2025 | United States | Series B | $48M | Coatue [+7] |
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Here is a list of unicorns in Craft Ventures' portfolio:
ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
42 | Crime intelligence and analytics solution | 2016 | San Francisco | Series C | yduzsla | ||
75 | AI powered application development platform | 2016 | San Francisco | Series D | agvwhzz | ||
70 | Cloud-based platform for payroll management | 2012 | San Francisco | Series C | yzjqonr | ||
63 | Platform offering saas management solutions | 2018 | Boston | Series B | bqgtliq | ||
76 | Compliance and risk management platform for enterprises | 2016 | San Francisco | Series C | tztntrg |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Craft Ventures' Portfolio
Here are Craft Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 19, 2025 | Sep 25, 2019 | Seed | $2.5M | |
Jan 11, 2024 | - | - | - | |
Nov 18, 2022 | - | - | - | |
Nov 05, 2021 | Jun 28, 2018 | Series C | $300M | |
Sep 29, 2021 | - | - | - |
Acquired companies in Craft Ventures' Portfolio
Here are Craft Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 23, 2025 | Aug 15, 2023 | Seed | $8M | |
Mar 11, 2025 | Feb 2019 | Series A | $3.5M | |
Feb 25, 2025 | Oct 07, 2021 | Seed | $2.95M | |
Dec 17, 2024 | - | - | - | |
Sep 04, 2024 | Jun 08, 2021 | Series B | $60M |
Team profile of Craft Ventures
Craft Ventures has a team of 38 membersÌýincluding 22 Partners, 3 Venture Partners and 6 PrincipalsÌýlocated in United States, United Kingdom and . Craft Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Craft Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
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Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | Los Angeles | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | Toronto | - | - | |
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | - | |
Partner | New York City | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | New York City | - | ||
Partner | Los Angeles | - | ||
Partner | New York City | - |
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Over the past 7 years, 1226 investors have co-invested in Craft Ventures's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Craft Ventures:Ìý, SV Angel and 326 others have invested in rounds before Craft Ventures. There are 33 companies where Y Combinator has invested before Craft Ventures and 5 companies where SV Angel has invested before Craft Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Craft Ventures:Ìý511 investors entered a company along with Craft Ventures. These include investors like Abstract Ventures (8 companies).
- Invested after Craft Ventures:ÌýA total of 387 investors have invested in Craft Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Tiger Global Management (7 companies), Valor Equity Partners (7 companies) and a16z (4 companies).
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