About Goat Venture
Goat Venture, established in 2015, is an angel investment group based in Auckland, United States. It primarily focuses on Series A investments in companies in United States. Its portfolio includes 2 firms, spanning the Enterprise Applications and Retail sectors. Its most notable investments are Insite AI and McCarthyFinch. As of May 2026, Goat Venture has witnessed 1 portfolio exit. Its latest investment was a $1.8M Series A round in Insite AI on Nov 20, 2018, which also saw participation from Chemist Warehouse and New Zealand Growth Capital Partners.
To date, 2 investors have co-invested in Goat Venture's portfolio companies, including prominent names like Chemist Warehouse.
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2015
Location
Auckland, United States
Portfolio Companies
Sectors of Investment
Stages of Investment
Series A
Locations of Investment
Goat Venture's List of All Investments
Goat Venture has a portfolio of 2 companies. Their most notable investmentis in Insite AITheir portfolio spans across New Zealand and United States. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Retail, across Series A stage. Here is the list of all investments by Goat Venture:
1. Insite AI
Provider of AI-based operation management software solutions for retail businesses. The company offers a tailored AI platform that understands and targets the products and retail accounts to optimize product range and current performance. It offers to build and optimize assortments, space planning, trade promotions, pricing, and more. The AI platform uses multiple data points POS, financial planning, market data, loyalty programs, and more to simulate primary and downstream possibilities by adding, removing, or maintaining SKUs, changing prices, trade discounts, and more.
Key facts about Insite AI
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Austin (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $20.8M
- Employee Count: 67 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: EVP, M12 and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Oct 11, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Platform offering legal enterprise management software. It offers end to end automation of legal contracts that includes contract creation, management, review, and more. The platform leverages AI that augments and automates the contract review process. Its offerings include case management, legal spend management, workflow management, and more.
Key facts about McCarthyFinch
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Auckland (New Zealand)
- Stage: Acqui-Hired
- Total Funding till date: $5M
- Employee Count: 2 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Fantail Ventures, KDK Ventures and 5 Others
Goat Venture's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Goat Venture has invested in Insite AI in 2018. Its most recent first time investment was in Insite AI.Goat Venture's Investments by Stage
Goat Venture has made 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $1.8M.Goat Venture's Investments by Sector
Goat Venture has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Retail and Vertical SaaS. Notably, it has invested in 2 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 2 Saas companies, 2 Software companies and 2 companies focusing on Tech.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 1 |
Retail | 1 |
Vertical SaaS | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Goat Venture's Investments by Geography
Goat Venture has made most investments in United States (1).Goat Venture's recent investments
Goat Venture has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Goat Venture:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 20, 2018 | United States | Series A | 3893 | [+1] |
Acquired companies in Goat Venture's Portfolio
1 company from Goat Venture's portfolio has been acquired. The most recent acquisition was McCarthyFinch in Nov 2020 by Onit for $*****.Here are Goat Venture's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 17, 2020 | - | - | 8787 |
Co-investors of Goat Venture
Over the past 8 years, 4 investors have co-invested in Goat Venture's portfolio companies. This includes only funds.
- Top Co-investors of Goat Venture: 2 investors entered a company along with Goat Venture. These include investors like Chemist Warehouse (1 company).
- Invested after Goat Venture: NewRoad Capital Partners (1 company) and M12 (1 company) are the investors which have invested in Goat Venture's portfolio after their investments.
