About Serra Ventures
Serra Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2008. It is primarily based out of Champaign, United States. As of Jan 2025, Serra Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 104 companies, with 2 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Food and Agriculture Tech and High Tech. Most recently it led the $3.5M Series A round of IntelliCulture along with Tall Grass Ventures.
Overall, Serra Ventures portfolio has seen 23 acquisitions including key companies like Evisort, Network Perception and Label Insight. A lot of funds co-invest with Serra Ventures, with names like Illinois Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Serra Ventures has team of 8 people including 1 partners.
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Serra Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Serra Ventures has invested in 104 companies over the last 14 years, with an average of 5 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2024, it made 3 investments, while as of Jan 2025, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in EarthOptics and most recent follow-on round was in Bonsai Robotics.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1stÌý¸é´Ç³Ü²Ô»å | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2023 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
2022 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
2021 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
2020 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
2019 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
2018 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
2017 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
2016 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
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Serra Ventures' Investments by Stage
Serra Ventures has made 40 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.98M, 24 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $4.88M, 3 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $19.8M and 1 investment in Angel stage with an average round size of $650K.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 40 |
Series A | 24 |
Series B | 3 |
Angel | 1 |
Serra Ventures' Investments by Sector
Serra Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Food and Agriculture Tech, Life Sciences and Environment Tech. Notably, it has invested in 89 Tech companies, 75 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 41 Software companies and at least 20 companies focusing on Saas.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 33 |
High Tech | 25 |
Food and Agriculture Tech | 15 |
Life Sciences | 11 |
Environment Tech | 9 |
Others | 84 |
Serra Ventures' Investments by Geography
Serra Ventures has made most investments in United States (63), followed by Australia where it has made 2 investments.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 63 |
Australia | 2 |
Canada | 2 |
France | 1 |
Norway | 1 |
Serra Ventures' recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Serra Ventures:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 28, 2025 | United States | Series A | $15M | Bison Ventures [+6] | |
Dec 03, 2024 | United States | Series B | $24M | Cibus Fund [+15] | |
Jun 04, 2024 | United States | Series A | $3.5M | ||
Apr 04, 2024 | Norway | Seed | $2.85M | York IE [+4] | |
Oct 06, 2023 | United States | Series A | $6M | Lever VC [+5] |
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Serra Ventures has a team of 8 membersÌý¾±²Ô³¦±ô³Ü»å¾±²Ô²µ 1 Partner and 2 Venture PartnersÌýlocated in United States. Serra Ventures' team sits on the board of 1 company.Here is a list of all team members in Serra Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | San Diego | - | ||
Venture Partner | Chicago | |||
Venture Partner | Chicago | - | - | |
Advisor | Dallas | - | - | |
Advisor | Champaign | - | - | |
Advisor | - | - | - | |
Advisor | Miramar | - | - | |
Advisor | Overland Park | - | - |
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Over the past 14 years, 352 investors have co-invested in Serra Ventures's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Serra Ventures:ÌýArch Grants, Cultivation Capital and 74 others have invested in rounds before Serra Ventures. There are 4 companies where Arch Grants has invested before Serra Ventures and 3 companies where Cultivation Capital has invested before Serra Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Serra Ventures:Ìý132 investors entered a company along with Serra Ventures. These include investors like Illinois Ventures (6 companies).
- Invested after Serra Ventures:ÌýA total of 144 investors have invested in Serra Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include OCA Ventures (3 companies), Intel Capital (3 companies) and Stage Venture Partners (2 companies).
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