About Day One Ventures
Day One Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. It is primarily based out of San Francisco, United States. As of Apr 2025, Day One Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 101 companies, with 8 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 High Tech and FinTech. Most recently it led the $5.5M Seed round of along with VINYL. This round also saw participation from Susa Ventures and other investors.
Overall, Day One Ventures portfolio has seen 5 unicorns and 19 acquisitions including key companies like Houzz, Remote and Visit Health. A lot of funds co-invest with Day One Ventures, with names like a16z sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Day One Ventures has team of 5 people including 2 partners.
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Day One Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Day One Ventures has invested in 101 companies over the last 8 years, with an average of 11 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2024, it made 8 investments, while as of Apr 2025, it has made 4 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in and most recent follow-on round was in Artisans.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1stÌý¸é´Ç³Ü²Ô»å | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2024 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
2023 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
2022 | 16 | 5 | 21 |
2021 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
2020 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
2019 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2018 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Day One Ventures' Investment Trends by Stage
Day One Ventures has made 44 investments in Seed stage, 21 investments in Series A stage and 6 investments in Series B stage.Day One Ventures' Investment Trends by Sector
Day One Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, FinTech, Consumer and Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications. Notably, it has invested in 87 Tech companies, 54 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 51 Software companies and at least 42 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
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Enterprise Applications | 29 |
High Tech | 22 |
FinTech | 16 |
Consumer | 11 |
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications | 8 |
Others | 72 |
Day One Ventures' Investment Trends by Geography
Day One Ventures has made most investments in United States (82), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 6 investments.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
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United States | 58 |
United Kingdom | 4 |
Canada | 2 |
Australia | 1 |
Guernsey | 1 |
Others | 4 |
Day One Ventures' recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Day One Ventures:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Apr 23, 2025 | - | Seed | $3.4M | [+6] | |
Apr 23, 2025 | United States | Series A | $30M | Forerunner Ventures [+10] | |
Apr 09, 2025 | United States | Series A | $25M | Glade Brook Capital [+4] | |
Mar 05, 2025 | United Kingdom | Series A | $18.3M | Extantia [+4] | |
Nov 21, 2024 | United States | Seed | $30M | Spark Capital [+9] |
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Here is a list of unicorns in Day One Ventures' portfolio:
ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
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56 | Company offering utility bill management software and also manages community solar program | 2014 | Washington, DC | Series D | tydtzdh | ||
68 | Develope of a digital currency focused on general purpose | 2019 | San Francisco | Series C | wseetwn | ||
73 | Cloud-based HR software for distributed teams | 2019 | San Francisco | Series C | ysveaxh | ||
58 | Developer of AI and blockchain-based platform offering cryptocurrency mining solutions | 2011 | Amsterdam | Series D | jfsijna | ||
74 | Platform for home design, decorating, and renovation | 2009 | Palo Alto | Series E | rwshrpl |
Team profile of Day One Ventures
Day One Ventures has a team of 5 membersÌý¾±²Ô³¦±ô³Ü»å¾±²Ô²µ 2 Partners, 1 Venture Partner and 1 PrincipalÌýlocated in United States. Day One Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Day One Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
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Partner | San Francisco | - | - | |
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Venture Partner | New York City | - | - | |
Principal | Los Angeles | - |
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Over the past 8 years, 604 investors have co-invested in Day One Ventures's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Day One Ventures:Ìý, Index Ventures and 115 others have invested in rounds before Day One Ventures. There are 11 companies where Y Combinator has invested before Day One Ventures and 3 companies where Index Ventures has invested before Day One Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Day One Ventures:Ìý342 investors entered a company along with Day One Ventures. These include investors like a16z (3 companies).
- Invested after Day One Ventures:ÌýA total of 145 investors have invested in Day One Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include SoftBank Vision Fund (2 companies), Khosla Ventures (2 companies) and Dylan Field (2 companies).
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