About Cedar Fund
Cedar Fund is a venture capital firm founded in 1997. It is primarily based out of Waltham, United States. As of Oct 2016, Cedar Fund has invested in 35 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 Enterprise Infrastructure and Retail. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series C round of Wochit Overall, Cedar Fund portfolio has seen 24 acquisitions including key companies like Amimon, Datorama and ScaleBase. A lot of funds co-invest with Cedar Fund, with names like Evergreen Venture Partners sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Cedar Fund has team of 5 people including 3 partners.Key Metrics
Cedar Fund's List of Top Investments
Cedar Fund has a portfolio of 35 companies. Their most notable investments are in Amimon and Amimon.Their portfolio spans across United States, Israel and China. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure, Retail and 10 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Series B and 4 more. Here is the list of top investments by Cedar Fund:
1. Start.io
Provider of a platform for mobile advertising and audience monetization. The platform offers tools for app developers and website publishers to generate revenue through advertisements. It also provides brands and agencies with first-party consumer signals processed using artificial intelligence. The platform facilitates audience exploration and activation for digital advertising campaigns.
Key facts about Start.io
- Founded Year: 2010
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $4.3M
- Employee Count: 133 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Scale Up Venture Capital, Hercules Capital and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jun 01, 2013, $*****
2. Wochit
Cloud-based video creation platform for enterprises. It licenses raw footage from original sources and produces videos that can be repurposed and embedded onto publisher sites. It automates the process of editing footage into watchable segments. It creates a template video that can be used by any news organization and also allows users to personalize their videos.
Key facts about Wochit
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $28.8M
- Employee Count: 63 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Greycroft, La Maison Partners and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jan 17, 2017, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Amimon
Developer of integrated circuits and video modem solutions for wireless video. The company provides baseband and RF ICs enabling high-quality, ultra-low latency solutions. Its video modem solution uses MIMO and OFDM technologies with Joint Source Channel Coding. The company's technology serves the cinema, medical, industrial, and live streaming markets through partner brands.
Key facts about Amimon
- Founded Year: 2004
- Location: Herzliya (Israel)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $65M
- Employee Count: 59 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Amiti Ventures, Walden Israel and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Jun 11, 2015, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. Datorama
Datorama is a software-as-a-service business intelligence platform for advertisers,brands and agencies. It integrates and tracks data from different advertising data channels, mash it up and provide advanced analytics with machine learning models. It can integrate marketing channels with sales, CRM, paid and digital media data. By creating marketing specific data models, it offers a new way of Marketing Data Management allowing the Advertiser to seize ownership of the data and increase visibility and control. It track the consumer’s touch points with the brand across channels, to provide cross channel analytics.
Key facts about Datorama
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Tel Aviv (Israel)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $50.7M
- Employee Count: 324 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners, Cerca Partners and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Sep 12, 2016, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
5. ScaleBase
AI-powered platform optimizing subscription businesses' revenue processes, from quote to cash. This SaaS solution streamlines sales and billing, enabling flexible pricing strategies. It offers contract management, usage-based billing, invoicing, payment processing, and collection automation. Benefits include simplified quote creation, clear contract oversight, and efficient revenue management. The platform supports various payment methods and automates reconciliation and dunning processes. It enhances sales management, automates billing, and provides accurate revenue insights. The cloud-based software caters to subscription and SaaS businesses, offering features like product catalog management, sales management, customer management, and recurring revenue calculation. It facilitates efficient invoice generation, payment tracking, and debt collection, ultimately optimizing the entire revenue cycle.
Key facts about ScaleBase
- Founded Year: 2010
- Location: Newton (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $10.5M
- Employee Count: 11 - 50 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Bain Capital Ventures, Ascent Venture Partners and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Oct 17, 2012, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Cedar Fund's Investments by Stage
Cedar Fund is primarily an Early Stage Investor investor majorly investing in Series A (18) rounds where average round size is $87.3M, Series B (4) rounds where average round size is $66M and Seed (2) rounds where average round size is $4M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 18 |
Series B | 4 |
Seed | 2 |
Angel | 1 |
Series F | 1 |
Others | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Cedar Fund's Investments by Sector
Cedar Fund has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure, Semiconductors, Telecom and Media & Entertainment. Notably, it has invested in 28 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 27 Tech companies, 21 Software companies and at least 9 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 15 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 7 |
Semiconductors | 3 |
Telecom | 3 |
Media & Entertainment | 2 |
Others | 12 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Cedar Fund's Investments by Geography
Cedar Fund has made most investments in United States (16), followed by Israel where it has made 10 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 16 |
Israel | 10 |
China | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Cedar Fund's recent investments
Cedar Fund has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Cedar Fund:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Oct 27, 2016 | United States | Series C | 7185 | [+4] | |
Jun 28, 2016 | United States | Series B | 6394 | [+1] | |
Jun 11, 2015 | Israel | Series B | 4274 | ||
Sep 29, 2014 | Israel | Series B | 5973 | [+1] | |
Sep 29, 2014 | China | Series B | 6450 | [+1] |
Acquired companies in Cedar Fund's Portfolio
24 companies from Cedar Fund's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition were 365Scores in Apr 2023 by Entain for $160M.Here are Cedar Fund's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 05, 2023 | Jan 28, 2013 | Series A | 4475 | |
Nov 02, 2020 | Jul 31, 2013 | Series A | 7668 | |
Oct 01, 2020 | - | - | 9563 | |
May 04, 2020 | Jun 2011 | Series A | 5761 | |
May 20, 2019 | 2005 | Series A | 7694 |
Team profile of Cedar Fund
Cedar Fund has a team of 5 members including 3 Partners located in Israel. Cedar Fund's team sits on the board of 1 company.Here is a list of all team members in Cedar Fund:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Israel | - | ||
Partner | Herzliya | |||
Partner | Israel | - | - |
Co-investors of Cedar Fund
Over the past 24 years, 76 investors have co-invested in Cedar Fund's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Cedar Fund: Evergreen Venture Partners, OurCrowd and 4 others have invested in rounds before Cedar Fund. There is 1 company where Evergreen Venture Partners has invested before Cedar Fund and 1 company where OurCrowd has invested before Cedar Fund.
- Top Co-investors of Cedar Fund: 28 investors entered a company along with Cedar Fund. These include investors like Evergreen Venture Partners (5 companies).
- Invested after Cedar Fund: A total of 42 investors have invested in Cedar Fund's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Marker (2 companies), Motorola Solutions (2 companies) and Ascent Venture Partners (2 companies).
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