About Manifest
Manifest is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. It is primarily based out of Tiburon, United States. As of Nov 2023, Manifest has invested in 12 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 High Tech and Consumer. Most recently it led the $13.1M Series A round of Alyce along with Boston Seed Capital. This round also saw participation from Golden Ventures and other investors.
Overall, Manifest portfolio has seen 5 acquisitions including key companies like Vungle, Jebbit and Alyce. A lot of funds co-invest with Manifest, with names like Jackson Square Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Manifest has team of 7 people including 4 partners.
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Portfolio Sectors
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Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Soonicorns
Manifest's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Manifest has invested in 12 companies over the last 8 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Picklebet and most recent follow-on round was in Jebbit.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1stÌý¸é´Ç³Ü²Ô»å | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2017 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
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Manifest's Investments by Stage
Manifest has made 7 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $8.96M and 1 investment in Seed stage with an average round size of $3M.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 7 |
Seed | 1 |
Manifest's Investments by Sector
Manifest has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications, Consumer and Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech. Notably, it has invested in 12 Tech companies, 9 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 8 Software companies and at least 6 companies focusing on Artificial intelligence.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 5 |
High Tech | 4 |
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications | 3 |
Consumer | 3 |
Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech | 1 |
Others | 4 |
Manifest's Investments by Geography
Manifest has made most investments in United States (7), followed by Australia where it has made 1 investment.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 7 |
Australia | 1 |
Manifest's recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Manifest:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 30, 2023 | Australia | Series A | $9.94M | Discerning Capital [+2] | |
Jan 25, 2022 | United States | Series C | $70M | [+1] | |
Apr 08, 2021 | United States | Series B | $30M | General Catalyst [+4] | |
Jun 18, 2019 | United States | Series A | $13.1M | General Catalyst [+5] | |
Apr 08, 2019 | United States | Series B | $12M | [+4] |
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Manifest has a team of 7 membersÌý¾±²Ô³¦±ô³Ü»å¾±²Ô²µ 4 Partners, 1 Venture Partner and 2 PrincipalsÌýlocated in United States. Manifest's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Manifest:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Tiburon | - | ||
Partner | Cambridge | - | ||
Partner | Los Angeles | - | ||
Partner | Newark | - | - | |
Venture Partner | Menlo Park | - | - | |
Principal | San Francisco | - | ||
Principal | Tacoma | - | - |
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Over the past 8 years, 72 investors have co-invested in Manifest's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Manifest:ÌýLerer Hippeau, Freestyle and 13 others have invested in rounds before Manifest. There are 1 company where Lerer Hippeau has invested before Manifest and 1 company where Freestyle has invested before Manifest.
- Top Co-investors of Manifest:Ìý20 investors entered a company along with Manifest. These include investors like Jackson Square Ventures (1 company).
- Invested after Manifest:ÌýA total of 37 investors have invested in Manifest's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Industry Ventures (1 company), Mitsubishi Estate (1 company) and Prudence (1 company).
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