About Fantail Ventures
Fantail Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2009. It is primarily based out of New York City, United States. As of Sep 2021, Fantail Ventures has invested in 61 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to Blockchain Technology and Enterprise Applications. Most recently it led the $2M Seed round of Percent along with Recharge Capital. This round also saw participation from and other investors.
Overall, Fantail Ventures portfolio has seen 7 unicorns, 3 IPOs and 14 acquisitions including key companies like Robinhood, Moneylion and Kraken. A lot of funds co-invest with Fantail Ventures, with names like Qualcomm Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Fantail Ventures has team of 2 people including 1 partners.
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Fantail Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Fantail Ventures has invested in 61 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 Cynamics and most recent follow-on round was in Percent.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1stÌý¸é´Ç³Ü²Ô»å | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |

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Fantail Ventures' Investments by Stage
Fantail Ventures has made 3 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.5M, 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $7M and 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $40M.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
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Seed | 3 |
Series A | 1 |
Series B | 1 |
Fantail Ventures' Investments by Sector
Fantail Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications, High Tech, EdTech and Enterprise Infrastructure. Notably, it has invested in 48 Tech companies, 29 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 28 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 25 companies focusing on Software.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
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Enterprise Applications | 3 |
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications | 2 |
High Tech | 2 |
EdTech | 1 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 1 |
Others | 3 |
Fantail Ventures' Investments by Geography
Fantail Ventures has made most investments in United States (5).
Fantail Ventures' recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Fantail Ventures:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Sep 14, 2021 | United States | Series A | $7M | [+1] | |
Jun 03, 2021 | United States | Series B | $40M | ||
Apr 22, 2021 | United States | Series A | $12.5M | [+3] | |
Jan 12, 2021 | United States | Seed | $4M | [+3] | |
2020 | United States | Seed | $3M | [+2] |
Unicorns in Fantail Ventures' Portfolio
Here is a list of unicorns in Fantail Ventures' portfolio:
ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
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47 | Crime intelligence and analytics solution | 2016 | San Francisco | Series C | dubkaax | ||
78 | Provider of a decentralized exchange platform for cryptocurrency | 2018 | New York City | Series B | frsdxfv | ||
73 | Hardware mining solutions for cryptocurrency | 2006 | San Francisco | Series D | uxzszah | ||
71 | Blockchain based hardware wallet for cryptocurrency | 2014 | Paris | Series C | nbqvbkc | ||
75 | Blockchain-based settlement solutions for financial institutions | 2012 | New York City | Series D | u{tctfu |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Fantail Ventures' Portfolio
Here are Fantail Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
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May 04, 2022 | - | - | - | |
Jul 29, 2021 | - | - | - | |
Sep 21, 2016 | - | - | - |
Acquired companies in Fantail Ventures' Portfolio
Here are Fantail Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
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Dec 10, 2024 | - | - | - | |
Jul 01, 2024 | - | - | - | |
Apr 16, 2024 | - | - | - | |
Sep 11, 2023 | - | - | - | |
Jun 09, 2023 | - | - | - |
Team profile of Fantail Ventures
Fantail Ventures has a team of 2 membersÌýlocated in United States. Fantail Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Fantail Ventures
Over the past 6 years, 30 investors have co-invested in Fantail Ventures's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Fantail Ventures:ÌýKernel Labs has invested before Fantail Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Fantail Ventures:Ìý14 investors entered a company along with Fantail Ventures. These include investors like Qualcomm Ventures (1 company).
- Invested after Fantail Ventures:ÌýA total of 15 investors have invested in Fantail Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include AI2 Incubator (1 company), (1 company) and Nimble Ventures (1 company).

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