About Collina Ventures
Collina Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2006. It is primarily based out of Carmel, United States. As of Jun 2022, Collina Ventures has invested in 35 companies. 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 EdTech and Life Sciences. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of Boardable Overall, Collina Ventures portfolio has seen 1 IPO and 19 acquisitions including key companies like Sharpen, ExactTarget and T2 Systems. A lot of funds co-invest with Collina Ventures, with names like Elevate Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Collina Ventures has team of 1 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 1 more
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Soonicorns
Collina Ventures' List of Top Investments
Collina Ventures has a portfolio of 35 companies. Their most notable investments are in Ellipsis Education and Sharpen.Their portfolio spans across United States and Netherlands. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, EdTech, Life Sciences and 12 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Collina Ventures:
1. Zylo
Platform offering SaaS applications management solutions. It offers SaaS management and optimization services to assist customers in controlling SaaS spending, ensuring governance, and enhancing employee experience. It includes functions such as SaaS discovery, optimization, governance, vendor management, and others.
Key facts about Zylo
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Indianapolis (United States)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $72.5M
- Employee Count: 162 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Salesforce Ventures, The Gramercy Fund and 16 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Feb 16, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Sharpen
Sharpen is a multi channel cloud contact center solution. It provides a cloud native contact center platform to manage inbound calling solutions for call centers. Offers auto-attendant, skill based routing, ACD, call recording, outbound text messaging. Offers reporting and analytics dashboard for managing incoming calls, agent metrics, FCR rates, average hold time.
Key facts about Sharpen
- Founded Year: 2007
- Location: Indianapolis (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $55M
- Employee Count: 97 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Western Alliance Bank, IU Ventures and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, May 03, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
3. ExactTarget
ExactTarget is a provider of on-demand email marketing software solutions. Their suite of on-demand one-to-one marketing applications enables clients to send business-critical and event-triggered communications to improve sales, optimize marketing investments, and strengthen customer relationships. Acquired by Salesforce and is now known as a salesforce marketing cloud.
Key facts about ExactTarget
- Founded Year: 2000
- Location: Indianapolis (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $229M
- Employee Count: 1,554 as on Dec 31, 2022
- Investors: Harvest Growth Capital, Cross Creek and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Oct 24, 2012, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. T2 Systems
Provider of parking management software and related technology solutions. The company delivers tools for enforcement, permit management, and license plate recognition. It offers pay stations, mobile payments, and citation services. The company serves universities, municipalities, private operators, corporate campuses, healthcare systems, and airports.
Key facts about T2 Systems
- Founded Year: 1994
- Location: Indianapolis (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $31M
- Employee Count: 262 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Jupiter Peak, Olam Capital and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Sep 30, 2011, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
5. Aprimo
Digital asset and marketing management solutions for businesses. It enables marketers to manage images, videos, documents, and other assets across different stages of the content lifecycle. It offers an integrated, interactive marketing solution that enables companies to develop, implement, and manage every aspect of online marketing activities and includes traffic generation features.
Key facts about Aprimo
- Founded Year: 1998
- Location: Indianapolis (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $46.5M
- Employee Count: 303 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: MK Capital, Staenberg Venture Partners and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Jan 01, 2005, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Collina Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Collina Ventures has invested in 35 companies over the last 13 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Boardable and most recent follow-on round was in Boardable.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2018 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Collina Ventures' Investments by Stage
Collina Ventures has made 6 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.91M, 3 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $7.02M and 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $15M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 6 |
Series A | 3 |
Series B | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Collina Ventures' Investments by Sector
Collina Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Vertical SaaS, EdTech, Enterprise Infrastructure and Retail. Notably, it has invested in 31 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 31 Tech companies, 25 Software companies and at least 23 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 9 |
Vertical SaaS | 2 |
EdTech | 1 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 1 |
Retail | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Collina Ventures' Investments by Geography
Collina Ventures has made most investments in United States (10).Collina Ventures' recent investments
Collina Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Collina Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jun 10, 2022 | United States | Series A | 4347 | [+2] | |
Jan 21, 2022 | United States | Series A | 1810 | [+4] | |
Nov 22, 2019 | United States | Seed | 2783 | [+1] | |
Oct 10, 2019 | United States | Series B | 5660 | [+5] | |
May 30, 2019 | United States | Series A | 4916 | [+7] |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Collina Ventures' Portfolio
1 of Collina Ventures' portfolio company became public - Perq.Here are Collina Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
- | Oct 12, 2018 | Series A | 4816 |
Acquired companies in Collina Ventures' Portfolio
19 companies from Collina Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Vector Tech Group in Mar 2026 by Virtual Technologies Group for $*****.Here are Collina Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 04, 2026 | - | - | 7016 | |
Oct 15, 2025 | - | - | 7414 | |
Jul 31, 2025 | - | - | 3008 | |
Apr 09, 2025 | - | - | 9128 | |
Sep 20, 2024 | - | - | 5443 |
Team profile of Collina Ventures
Collina Ventures has a team of 1 member located in United States. Collina Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Collina Ventures
Over the past 13 years, 67 investors have co-invested in Collina Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Collina Ventures: Charmides Capital, Elevate Ventures and 13 others have invested in rounds before Collina Ventures. There are 3 companies where Charmides Capital has invested before Collina Ventures and 3 companies where Elevate Ventures has invested before Collina Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Collina Ventures: 24 investors entered a company along with Collina Ventures. These include investors like Elevate Ventures (4 companies).
- Invested after Collina Ventures: A total of 28 investors have invested in Collina Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Allos Ventures (3 companies), Jupiter Peak Capital (2 companies) and Western Alliance Bank (1 company).
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Clear Software Announces Series A RoundPR Newswire•Aug 20, 2018•Clear Software, Collina Ventures, The Knall and Cohen Group, Charmides Capital and 3 others
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Lumavate Secures $2.5M in Seed Funding and Announces Partner ProgramBusiness Wire•Mar 13, 2018•Lumavate, Allos Ventures, Collina Ventures, Elevate Ventures and 3 others
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Customer Success Management Platform, Bolstra Secures $1.5M in Seed FundingBusiness Wire•Feb 07, 2018•Bolstra, Allos Ventures, 4G Ventures, Collina Ventures and 2 others
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Lumavate Raises $2M in Series Seed Funding RoundBusiness Wire•Feb 28, 2017•Lumavate, Collina Ventures, Allos Ventures, Elevate Ventures and 2 others
