About Evolv Ventures
Evolv Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2018. It is primarily based out of Chicago, United States. As of May 2022, Evolv Ventures has invested in 11 companies. It primarily invests in Series A round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to Retail and Enterprise Applications. Most recently it led the $30M Series B round of Zippin along with Maven Ventures. This round also saw participation from SAP.iO and other investors.
Overall, Evolv Ventures portfolio has seen 2 unicorns and 1 acquisition, namely Parsable, GrubMarket and Fabric. A lot of funds co-invest with Evolv Ventures, with names like Alumni Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Evolv Ventures has team of 1 people.
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Evolv Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Evolv Ventures has invested in 11 companies over the last 6 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Shanghai Fuliu Culture Communication and most recent follow-on round was in Oobli.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1stÌý¸é´Ç³Ü²Ô»å | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
2020 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2019 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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Evolv Ventures' Investments by Stage
Evolv Ventures has made 3 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $3.5M, 3 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $14M, 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $65M, 1 investment in Series C stage with an average round size of $28.2M and 1 investment in Series D stage with an average round size of $60M.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 3 |
Series A | 3 |
Series B | 1 |
Series C | 1 |
Series D | 1 |
Evolv Ventures' Investments by Sector
Evolv Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Food and Agriculture Tech, High Tech, Enterprise Applications, HealthTech and Vertical SaaS. Notably, it has invested in 10 Tech companies, 6 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 6 Software companies and at least 4 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Food and Agriculture Tech | 4 |
High Tech | 4 |
Enterprise Applications | 3 |
HealthTech | 3 |
Vertical SaaS | 3 |
Others | 16 |
Evolv Ventures' Investments by Geography
Evolv Ventures has made most investments in United States (7), followed by Canada where it has made 1 investment.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 7 |
Canada | 1 |
China | 1 |
Evolv Ventures' recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Evolv Ventures:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 27, 2022 | United States | Series B | $25M | Piva Capital [+5] | |
Nov 22, 2021 | United States | Series A | $25M | Ahren [+11] | |
Sep 01, 2021 | United States | Series B | $30M | [+2] | |
Aug 25, 2021 | China | Seed | Undisclosed | ||
Oct 28, 2020 | United States | Series B | $65M |
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Here is a list of unicorns in Evolv Ventures' portfolio:
ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
58 | Provider of AI-based robots for logistics micro-fulfillment operations | 2015 | Tel Aviv | Series C | bwzsslg | ||
65 | Online platform offering multi category grocery products | 2014 | San Francisco | Series G | lnyvegg |
Team profile of Evolv Ventures
Evolv Ventures has a team of 1 member.Co-investors of Evolv Ventures
Over the past 6 years, 142 investors have co-invested in Evolv Ventures's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Evolv Ventures:ÌýIndieBio, and 48 others have invested in rounds before Evolv Ventures. There are 2 companies where IndieBio has invested before Evolv Ventures and 1 company where Schlumberger has invested before Evolv Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Evolv Ventures:Ìý34 investors entered a company along with Evolv Ventures. These include investors like Alumni Ventures (2 companies).
- Invested after Evolv Ventures:ÌýA total of 58 investors have invested in Evolv Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include B37 Ventures (2 companies), BlackRock (1 company) and Celtic House Venture Partners (1 company).
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