About Fenway Summer Ventures
Fenway Summer Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2013. It is primarily based out of Bethesda, United States. As of Apr 2024, Fenway Summer Ventures has invested in 41 companies. 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 FinTech and High Tech. Most recently it led the $1.3M Seed round of Parlay along with Capacity. This round also saw participation from Alumni Ventures and other investors.
Overall, Fenway Summer Ventures portfolio has seen 3 unicorns, 1 IPO and 6 acquisitions including key companies like Shift Technologies, Flexport and Lendable. A lot of funds co-invest with Fenway Summer Ventures, with names like Nyca Partners sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Fenway Summer Ventures has team of 11 people including 6 partners.
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Fenway Summer Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Fenway Summer Ventures has invested in 42 companies over the last 11 years, with an average of 3 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2024, it made 2 investments. Its most recent first time investment was in Parlay and most recent follow-on round was in Summer.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1stÌý¸é´Ç³Ü²Ô»å | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2017 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
2016 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
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Fenway Summer Ventures' Investments by Stage
Fenway Summer Ventures has made 13 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $7.25M, 12 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.06M, 3 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $17.8M, 1 investment in PE stage and 1 investment in Series C stage with an average round size of $29.5M.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 13 |
Seed | 12 |
Series B | 3 |
PE | 1 |
Series C | 1 |
Fenway Summer Ventures' Investments by Sector
Fenway Summer Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the FinTech, Enterprise Applications, Financial Services, Consumer and Vertical SaaS. Notably, it has invested in 34 Tech companies, 24 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 15 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 14 companies focusing on Software.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
FinTech | 25 |
Enterprise Applications | 12 |
Financial Services | 6 |
Consumer | 4 |
Vertical SaaS | 4 |
Others | 19 |
Fenway Summer Ventures' Investments by Geography
Fenway Summer Ventures has made most investments in United States (27), followed by Ireland where it has made 2 investments.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 27 |
Ireland | 2 |
United Kingdom | 1 |
Fenway Summer Ventures' recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Fenway Summer Ventures:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 08, 2024 | United States | Series B | $18.5M | Rebalance [+5] | |
Feb 14, 2024 | United States | Seed | $1.3M | Hivers & Strivers [+4] | |
Oct 11, 2023 | United States | Series B | $17M | IA Capital Group [+9] | |
Apr 26, 2023 | United States | Series A | $6M | General Catalyst [+9] | |
Jun 15, 2021 | United States | Series A | $3M | [+2] |
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Here is a list of unicorns in Fenway Summer Ventures' portfolio:
ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
65 | Online platform offering cloud-based API embedded investing solutions | 2012 | Chatham | Series D | rfotdoa | ||
67 | An online platform for personal loans | 2014 | London | Series B | nlolqua | ||
71 | Cloud-based platform offering freight forwarding and supply chain services | 2013 | San Francisco | Series E | sfebffw |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Fenway Summer Ventures' Portfolio
Here are Fenway Summer Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 04, 2019 | May 05, 2014 | Seed | Undisclosed |
Acquired companies in Fenway Summer Ventures' Portfolio
Here are Fenway Summer Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 26, 2023 | Oct 27, 2014 | Seed | Undisclosed | |
Sep 12, 2022 | Jan 27, 2016 | Series B | $20M | |
Mar 10, 2022 | Mar 10, 2016 | Series A | $6.98M | |
Jun 23, 2021 | Sep 14, 2015 | Seed | $2.5M | |
Jul 11, 2019 | Sep 17, 2015 | Seed | $1.74M |
Team profile of Fenway Summer Ventures
Fenway Summer Ventures has a team of 11 membersÌýincluding 6 Partners, 2 Venture Partners and 1 PrincipalÌýlocated in United States. Fenway Summer Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Fenway Summer Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Lafayette | - | ||
Partner | United States | - | ||
Partner | Austin | - | ||
Partner | United States | - | ||
Partner | Alexandria | - | ||
Partner | Los Angeles | - | - | |
Venture Partner | United States | - | ||
Venture Partner | United States | - | ||
Principal | Baltimore | - | ||
Advisor | New York City | - | ||
Associate | United States | - |
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Over the past 11 years, 242 investors have co-invested in Fenway Summer Ventures's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Fenway Summer Ventures:ÌýQED Investors, Google Ventures and 56 others have invested in rounds before Fenway Summer Ventures. There are 3 companies where QED Investors has invested before Fenway Summer Ventures and 2 companies where Google Ventures has invested before Fenway Summer Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Fenway Summer Ventures:Ìý85 investors entered a company along with Fenway Summer Ventures. These include investors like Nyca Partners (3 companies).
- Invested after Fenway Summer Ventures:ÌýA total of 99 investors have invested in Fenway Summer Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Goldman Sachs (3 companies), Waterfall (2 companies) and BMW i Ventures (1 company).
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