About Acta Wireless
Acta Wireless is a venture capital firm founded in 2003. It is primarily based out of Washington, DC, United States. As of Sep 2013, Acta Wireless has invested in 10 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 Retail and Consumer. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of PopUp Overall, Acta Wireless portfolio has seen 7 acquisitions including key companies like Payzer, Millennial Media and OZ. A lot of funds co-invest with Acta Wireless, with names like LaunchCapital sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Acta Wireless has team of 1 people.Key Metrics
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Acta Wireless' List of Top Investments
Acta Wireless has a portfolio of 10 companies. Their most notable investmentis in CardStarTheir portfolio spans across United States, Canada and United Kingdom. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Retail, Consumer and 4 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed stages. Here is the list of top investments by Acta Wireless:1. Payzer
Provider of SaaS-based payment solutions for businesses. It offers various financial tools to help contractors grow their businesses. It offers a mobile and cloud-based platform that allows businesses to accept credit cards, and debit cards at the point of sale. It allows companies to offer debit purchasing cards to their employees and subcontractors and transfer money to their cards directly, tracking company purchases.
Key facts about Payzer
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Charlotte (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $48.3M
- Employee Count: 86 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Square 1 Bank, MiddleGame Ventures and 13 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Jun 21, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Millennial Media is an independent mobile ad-platform and data company. It aims to partner with advertisers seeking to reach mobile consumers, application and media developers seeking to maximize ad revenue, and mobile operators seeking to further monetize their networks. It offers audience targeting, cross-screen, programmatic buying as it's services along with mobile customer intelligence. Millennial Media has expanded its offerings to key customer segments, to include OEM and platform partnerships that seek to access its strong base of developers and publishers. Since adding $27.5M to its strong cash position in January 2011 (bringing total equity funding to $65M), The customers include Ubermedia, Coca-Cola, Zynga. It has acquired Jumptap, Metaresolver, Condaptive and Tapmetrics. Millennial Media was number 74 on the Inc. 500/5000 list, based on its 3-year revenue growth rate from 2008 to 2010.
Key facts about Millennial Media
- Founded Year: 2006
- Location: Baltimore (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $100M - $500M as on Dec 31, 2014
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $64.8M
- Employee Count: 58 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: CRV, Columbia Capital and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Jul 18, 2014, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
3. OZ
OZ offers a content hosting platform, mainly for musicians, artists, athletes or sports teams, and helps them monetise the same. Platform facilitates by helping content creators to build clubs and offer membership with subscription to access the content. Platform charges 30% of the subscription fee, which can be offered monthly or daily as of June, 2016. Platform features hosting of video content, live streaming, communication with direct email and in-app notifications. Users can also run promotions to crab more subscribers.
Key facts about OZ
- Founded Year: 1995
- Location: Montreal (Canada)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $36.5M
- Investors: VantagePoint Capital Partners, New Business Venture Fund and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Sep 30, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. Gimbal
Unified advertising and marketing tech for connected experiences and media outcomes. The company elevates media outcomes for agencies and brands with powerful solutions. It delivers consumer engagement and attention through customizable, transparent, and holistic omnichannel media solutions. It offers a channel for every objective, including video, CTV, OOH, display, and mobile, with precision targeting and retargeting. The company provides digital creative solutions across every channel, along with programmatic solutions at scale. It offers software solutions that provide insights for action, enhancing marketing, operations, and commerce with location intelligence and in-store visitation data. The company transforms objectives into reality with a tailored approach for every client, offering guidance and full-service custom collaboration. It unifies software and data from advertising, marketing, commerce, and operations, empowering brands to focus on people. The company focuses on diversity, equity, and inclusion, honoring consumers’ time, attention, and privacy.
Key facts about Gimbal
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: San Diego (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Employee Count: 73 as on Apr 30, 2026
- Investors: SK Planet, Zebra and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, May 28, 2014, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
5. CardStar
CardStar is mobile application maker connecting membership and rewards cards to smartphone. It helps consumers to manage scannable-cards with a single app. It also enables merchants to manage mobile deals and broadcast information to their customers. It was acquired by ConstantContact in 2012.
Key facts about CardStar
- Founded Year: 2008
- Location: Boston (United States)
- Stage: Acqui-Hired
- Total Funding till date: $2.03M
- Employee Count: 1 - 10 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Verizon, Acta Wireless and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Aug 31, 2011, $*****
Acta Wireless' Investments by Stage
Acta Wireless has made 2 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $1M and 1 investment in Seed stage with an average round size of $650K.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 2 |
Seed | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Acta Wireless' Investments by Sector
Acta Wireless has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Consumer, FinTech, Media & Entertainment and Retail. Notably, it has invested in 10 Tech companies, 7 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 6 Software companies and at least 4 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Consumer | 1 |
FinTech | 1 |
Media & Entertainment | 1 |
Retail | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Acta Wireless' Investments by Geography
Acta Wireless has made most investments in United States (3).Acta Wireless' recent investments
Acta Wireless has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Acta Wireless:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 01, 2013 | United States | Seed | 5732 | - | |
Mar 28, 2010 | United States | Series A | 9623 | [+1] | |
Mar 11, 2010 | United States | Series A | 4099 | [+1] |
Acquired companies in Acta Wireless' Portfolio
7 companies from Acta Wireless' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Payzer in Oct 2023 by Wright Express for $*****.Here are Acta Wireless' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 26, 2023 | - | - | 6885 | |
Aug 02, 2018 | - | - | 7111 | |
Dec 05, 2016 | - | - | 2251 | |
Sep 23, 2014 | - | - | 3403 | |
Jan 19, 2012 | Mar 28, 2010 | Series A | 7476 |
Team profile of Acta Wireless
Acta Wireless has a team of 1 member.Co-investors of Acta Wireless
Over the past 16 years, 5 investors have co-invested in Acta Wireless's portfolio companies. This includes only funds.
- Invested before Acta Wireless: Amplifier Ventures and The Startup Factory have invested in rounds before Acta Wireless. There is 1 company where Amplifier Ventures has invested before Acta Wireless and 1 company where The Startup Factory has invested before Acta Wireless.
- Top Co-investors of Acta Wireless: 2 investors entered a company along with Acta Wireless. These include investors like LaunchCapital (2 companies).
- Invested after Acta Wireless: Verizon (1 company) is the only investor which has invested in Acta Wireless's portfolio after their investments.