About Crosscut Ventures
Crosscut Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2007. It is primarily based out of Santa Monica, United States. As of Mar 2025, Crosscut Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 115 companies, with 5 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Retail and Consumer. Most recently it led the $9.5M Series B round of Carbon Ridge along with . This round also saw participation from Bergebulk and other investors.
Overall, Crosscut Ventures portfolio has seen 4 unicorns, 5 IPOs and 21 acquisitions including key companies like Shift Technologies, TechStyle and BuzzFeed. A lot of funds co-invest with Crosscut Ventures, with names like 500 Global sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Crosscut Ventures has team of 24 people including 4 partners.
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Crosscut Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Crosscut Ventures has invested in 115 companies over the last 18 years, with an average of 6 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2024, it made 6 investments, while as of Mar 2025, it has made 2 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in PROTEUS SPACE and most recent follow-on round was in Nostra.
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2025 (YTD) | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2024 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2022 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
2021 | 9 | 9 | 18 |
2020 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
2019 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
2018 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
2017 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
2016 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
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Crosscut Ventures' Investment Trends by Stage
Crosscut Ventures has made 51 investments in Seed stage, 23 investments in Series A stage, 7 investments in Series B stage, 2 investments in Angel stage and 2 investments in Series C stage.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 51 |
Series A | 23 |
Series B | 7 |
Angel | 2 |
Series C | 2 |
Crosscut Ventures' Investment Trends by Sector
Crosscut Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, High Tech, Retail and FinTech. Notably, it has invested in 101 Tech companies, 57 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 53 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 45 companies focusing on Software.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 40 |
Consumer | 24 |
High Tech | 17 |
Retail | 14 |
FinTech | 11 |
Others | 94 |
Crosscut Ventures' Investment Trends by Geography
Crosscut Ventures has made most investments in United States (109), followed by Switzerland where it has made 2 investments.
Crosscut Ventures' recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Crosscut Ventures:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 18, 2025 | United States | Seed | $6.1M | [+3] | |
Jan 15, 2025 | United States | Seed | $7.15M | [+3] | |
Oct 22, 2024 | United States | Series B | $9.5M | ||
Sep 20, 2024 | United States | Series A | $8.9M | High Alpha [+4] | |
Sep 19, 2024 | United States | Series B | $40M | [+2] |
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Here is a list of unicorns in Crosscut Ventures' portfolio:
ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
64 | Software solution for facility management and commercial contractors | 2018 | Santa Monica | Series C | xcrnjih | ||
63 | Online listing platform to buy or sell co-ownership homes | 2020 | Cincinnati | Series D | cgwglgt | ||
55 | Internet first brand of innerwear for men and women | 2017 | El Segundo | Series C | fyloxqp | ||
72 | Provider of membership commerce solutions for fashion businesses | 2010 | El Segundo | Series C | xooailp |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Crosscut Ventures' Portfolio
Here are Crosscut Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 11, 2021 | Feb 12, 2013 | Series A | $3.1M | |
Nov 04, 2021 | Jan 24, 2019 | Series B | $37M | |
Mar 05, 2021 | - | - | - | |
Jun 04, 2019 | - | - | - | |
Feb 19, 2019 | - | - | - |
Acquired companies in Crosscut Ventures' Portfolio
Here are Crosscut Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 24, 2024 | Jan 27, 2015 | Seed | $2.5M | |
Apr 25, 2024 | Feb 06, 2018 | Seed | $4M | |
Feb 15, 2023 | - | - | - | |
Dec 12, 2022 | Dec 07, 2018 | Series A | $37M | |
May 02, 2022 | Mar 03, 2016 | Series A | $6.5M |
Team profile of Crosscut Ventures
Crosscut Ventures has a team of 24 membersÌýincluding 4 Partners and 3 Venture PartnersÌýlocated in United States. Crosscut Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Crosscut Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Los Angeles | - | ||
Partner | Los Angeles | - | ||
Partner | Turlock | - | - | |
Partner | Santa Barbara | - | , | |
Venture Partner | Los Angeles | - | - | |
Venture Partner | West Hollywood | - | - | |
Venture Partner | Los Angeles | - | - | |
Advisor | Falls Church | - | ||
Advisor | Los Angeles | - | - | |
Advisor | Los Angeles | - | - | |
Advisor | Los Angeles | - | - |
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Over the past 18 years, 646 investors have co-invested in Crosscut Ventures's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Crosscut Ventures:ÌýSignalFire, 500 Global and 75 others have invested in rounds before Crosscut Ventures. There are 2 companies where SignalFire has invested before Crosscut Ventures and 2 companies where 500 Global has invested before Crosscut Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Crosscut Ventures:Ìý338 investors entered a company along with Crosscut Ventures. These include investors like 500 Global (6 companies).
- Invested after Crosscut Ventures:ÌýA total of 231 investors have invested in Crosscut Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Greycroft (5 companies), Gaingels (4 companies) and SVB (3 companies).
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