When was Sputnik ATX founded?

Sputnik ATX was founded in 2017.

Where is Sputnik ATX's headquarters located?

Sputnik ATX's headquarters is located in Austin (United States).

How many companies has Sputnik ATX invested in?

Sputnik ATX has invested in 68 companies, including Meowtel & Polygraf.

Which companies has Sputnik ATX invested in lately?

Handraise & ContextQA are the latest investments by Sputnik ATX.

How many exits has Sputnik ATX been involved in?

Sputnik ATX's portfolio has seen 2 acquisitions.

Sputnik ATX - 2026 Investor Profile, Portfolio, Team & Investment Trends

1. Meowtel

Meowtel is a cat-sitting site. It is a service marketplace that provides cat services while helping local animal shelters through their exclusive incentive program. Meowtel is a one-stop-shop for finding kitty sitters, temporary cat care, foster parents, and even adoptable cats. For sitters, they need to provide 2 recommendations in order to be a sitter for Meowtel.

Key facts about Meowtel

Founded Year: 2015
Location: California (United States)
Stage: Acquired
Total Funding till date: $100K
Employee Count: 259 as on Mar 31, 2026
Investors: Tech Wildcatters, The 6ixth Event and 3 Others
Latest Funding Round: Seed, Jan 17, 2018, $*****
Highlight: Acquired

2. Polygraf

AI provides data integrity, monitoring, and governance solutions. Its solutions to organizations using AI and LLM tools. Its product, allows users to identify false and misleading consumer reviews, including those generated by AI.

Key facts about Polygraf

Founded Year: 2021
Location: Austin (United States)
Stage: Series A
Total Funding till date: $11.3M
Employee Count: 29 as on Mar 31, 2026
Investors: 10X Capital, Alumni Ventures and 8 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series A, Sep 30, 2025, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

3. OpenTeams

OpenTeams provides opensource project and funding management software. It allows users to connect with teams, manage funding opportunities, projects to help communities. Other solutions include conversation and code management solutions. It helps founders, funders, and organizations to connect with contributors.

Key facts about OpenTeams

Founded Year: 2004
Location: Austin (United States)
Stage: Series A
Total Funding till date: $3.9M
Employee Count: 90 as on Mar 31, 2026
Investors: Mana Ventures, Capital Factory and 2 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jun 04, 2025, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

4. AdInMo

In game advertising platform. It allows brands to engage with audiences by integrating image, audio, video, and rich media ads into the games. It includes a reporting feature that provides insights into the ad performance.

Key facts about AdInMo

Founded Year: 2017
Location: Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
Valuation: $*****
Stage: Seed
Total Funding till date: $8.18M
Employee Count: 9 as on Mar 31, 2026
Investors: Scottish Enterprise, Right Side Capital Management and 6 Others
Latest Funding Round: Seed, Aug 31, 2023, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

5. minube

Minube is an online platform for travelers that provides pre-booking travel planning. Travelers are allowed to provide the destination & other details on the platform to get the trip plannings. It also provides travel guides to travelers.

Key facts about minube

Founded Year: 2006
Location: Alcorcon (Spain)
Stage: Series A
Total Funding till date: $4.38M
Employee Count: 23 as on Mar 31, 2026
Investors: Inveready, Kibo Ventures and 8 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series A, Dec 18, 2018, $*****

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Sputnik ATX has invested in 68 companies over the last 8 years, with an average of 2 new investments annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Handraise and most recent follow-on round was in Elite Sweets.

Here are Sputnik ATX's Year-on-Year Investment Trends:

Year	No. of Investments
Year	1^st Round	Follow-on	Total
2026 (YTD)	0	0	0
2025	0	0	0
2024	0	0	0
2023	2	0	2
2022	1	0	1
2021	8	3	11
2020	7	0	7
2019	9	0	9
2018	7	0	7

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Sputnik ATX has made 33 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $382K and 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $5M.

Here are Sputnik ATX's investments by stage:

Stage of entry	No. of Investments
Seed	33
Series A	1

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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Sputnik ATX has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, High Tech, Retail and FinTech. Notably, it has invested in 59 Tech companies, 46 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 33 Software companies and at least 24 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).

Here are Sputnik ATX's investments by sector:

Sector	No. of Investments
Enterprise Applications	19
Consumer	10
High Tech	5
Retail	5
FinTech	4
Others	36

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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Sputnik ATX has made most investments in United States (31), followed by Colombia where it has made 1 investment.

Here are Sputnik ATX's investments by geography:

Country	No. of Investments
United States	31
Colombia	1
Nigeria	1
United Kingdom	1

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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Sputnik ATX has not made any investment in 2026 so far.

Here are the most recent investments by Sputnik ATX:

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Date	Company	Location	Round Details	Round Amount	Co-Investors
Nov 16, 2023	Handraise	United States	Seed	3505	Silverton Partners [+5]
Feb 23, 2023	ContextQA	United States	Seed	4196	-
Feb 16, 2022	PiggyBack	United States	Seed	6922	-
Aug 18, 2021	ImagineX	Colombia	Seed	2084	-
Aug 18, 2021	Lodgeur	United States	Seed	4162	-

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2 companies from Sputnik ATX's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Meowtel in Jan 2026 by Rover for $*****.

Here are Sputnik ATX's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:

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Company	Acquisition Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
Meowtel	Jan 29, 2026	Jan 17, 2018	Seed	1704
Datum Solutions	Jun 01, 2022	-	-	4786

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Sputnik ATX has a team of 5 members including 2 Partners located in United States. Sputnik ATX's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.

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Over the past 8 years, 43 investors have co-invested in Sputnik ATX's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.

Invested before Sputnik ATX: Shasta Ventures, Genesis and 4 others have invested in rounds before Sputnik ATX. There is 1 company where Shasta Ventures has invested before Sputnik ATX and 1 company where Genesis has invested before Sputnik ATX.
Top Co-investors of Sputnik ATX: 24 investors entered a company along with Sputnik ATX. These include investors like Capital Factory (2 companies).
Invested after Sputnik ATX: A total of 13 investors have invested in Sputnik ATX's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Techstart Ventures (1 company) and Norrsken VC (1 company).