About IA Ventures
IA Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2010. It is primarily based out of New York City, United States. As of Mar 2025, IA Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 74 companies, with 2 new investments in the last 12 months. 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 High Tech and FinTech. Most recently it led the $11.7M Seed round of Portal along with Pear VC. This round also saw participation from IKJ Capital and other investors.
Overall, IA Ventures portfolio has seen 8 unicorns, 5 IPOs and 20 acquisitions including key companies like Wise, Datadog and Recorded Future. A lot of funds co-invest with IA Ventures, with names like Founder Collective sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
IA Ventures has team of 1 people including 1 partners.
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IA Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
IA Ventures has invested in 74 companies over the last 15 years, with an average of 3 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2024, it made 1 investment, while as of Mar 2025, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Uthana and most recent follow-on round was in January.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1stÌý¸é´Ç³Ü²Ô»å | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2023 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
2022 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
2021 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
2020 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2018 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
2017 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
2016 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
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IA Ventures' Investment Trends by Stage
IA Ventures has made 37 investments in Seed stage, 30 investments in Series A stage, 2 investments in Series C stage, 1 investment in Angel stage and 1 investment in Series B stage.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 37 |
Series A | 30 |
Series C | 2 |
Angel | 1 |
Series B | 1 |
IA Ventures' Investment Trends by Sector
IA Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications and Consumer. Notably, it has invested in 66 Tech companies, 53 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 40 Software companies and at least 23 companies focusing on Saas.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 41 |
High Tech | 22 |
FinTech | 17 |
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications | 11 |
Consumer | 10 |
Others | 86 |
IA Ventures' Investment Trends by Geography
IA Ventures has made most investments in United States (60), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 4 investments.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 61 |
United Kingdom | 4 |
Canada | 2 |
Germany | 1 |
India | 1 |
Others | 3 |
IA Ventures' recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by IA Ventures:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 10, 2025 | United States | Series A | $4.3M | a16z [+5] | |
Dec 11, 2024 | United States | Seed | $11.7M | Pear VC [+3] | |
Dec 04, 2023 | United States | Series B | $12M | Brewer Lane Ventures [+4] | |
Jun 06, 2023 | United States | Seed | $3.59M | ||
Apr 13, 2023 | Canada | Series C | $92M | [+3] |
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Here is a list of unicorns in IA Ventures' portfolio:
ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
60 | Provider of a mental health therapist consultation platform | 2012 | New York City | Series D | xyxdgbi | ||
65 | Provider of cloud based relational database for enterprises | 2011 | San Francisco | Series F | meqshcs | ||
68 | Analysis of web data about public companies for institutional investors | 2010 | New York City | Series E | nsfwyot | ||
64 | Provider of an AI and cloud based data science platform | 2012 | Boston | Series G | qmiuyme | ||
68 | AI based network detection and response solutions | 2010 | San Jose | Series F | qdiashv |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in IA Ventures' Portfolio
Here are IA Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jul 07, 2021 | Jan 27, 2012 | Seed | $1.3M | |
Mar 24, 2021 | Jul 15, 2013 | Seed | $3.41M | |
Sep 19, 2019 | Nov 20, 2012 | Series A | $6.2M | |
Sep 21, 2016 | Mar 23, 2010 | Seed | $2.5M | |
Jul 12, 2015 | May 17, 2013 | Series A | $5M |
Acquired companies in IA Ventures' Portfolio
Here are IA Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 03, 2025 | Feb 09, 2016 | Seed | $3M | |
Sep 12, 2024 | May 24, 2012 | Series C | $12M | |
Jun 12, 2024 | Nov 13, 2020 | Seed | $8.5M | |
Mar 05, 2024 | Aug 14, 2012 | Seed | $1.92M | |
Jan 19, 2022 | Apr 05, 2011 | Seed | $1M |
Team profile of IA Ventures
IA Ventures has a team of 1 memberÌýlocated in United States. IA Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of IA Ventures
Over the past 15 years, 615 investors have co-invested in IA Ventures's portfolio companies.
- Invested before IA Ventures:ÌýTechstars, SV Angel and 69 others have invested in rounds before IA Ventures. There are 7 companies where Techstars has invested before IA Ventures and 4 companies where SV Angel has invested before IA Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of IA Ventures:Ìý177 investors entered a company along with IA Ventures. These include investors like Founder Collective (10 companies).
- Invested after IA Ventures:ÌýA total of 367 investors have invested in IA Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include a16z (4 companies), Khosla Ventures (4 companies) and SVB (3 companies).
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