About Compass Ventures Group
Compass Ventures Group is a venture capital firm founded in 2007. It is primarily based out of Hong Kong, China. As of Jul 2022, Compass Ventures Group has invested in 74 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 High Tech and HealthTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Resolve Advocates Overall, Compass Ventures Group portfolio has seen 8 IPOs and 24 acquisitions including key companies like Applied Optoelectronics, Magic Software Enterprises and Compugen. A lot of funds co-invest with Compass Ventures Group, with names like AlleyCorp sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Compass Ventures Group has team of 21 people including 7 partners.Key Metrics
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Compass Ventures Group's List of Top Investments
Compass Ventures Group has a portfolio of 74 companies. Their most notable investments include Applied Optoelectronics and Magic Software Enterprises.Their portfolio spans across Israel, United States, United Kingdom and 4 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, HealthTech and 20 other sectors, across stages such as Seed stage. Here is the list of top investments by Compass Ventures Group:
AOI is a manufacturer of fiber-optic networking products. It serves various markets such as cable television broadband, fiber-to-the-home, and internet data centers. It designs and manufactures various optical communications products employing their own vertical integration strategy from laser chips, components, subassemblies, and modules. It designs, manufactures, and integrates analog and digital lasers using a proprietary Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) fabrication process.
Key facts about Applied Optoelectronics
- Founded Year: 1997
- Location: Sugar Land (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $100M - $500M as on Dec 31, 2024
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $90.5M
- Employee Count: 370 as on Dec 31, 2022
- Investors: Swanlaab Venture Factory, Techlink Ventures and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Mar 05, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Public
Provider of enterprise software solutions focused on integration, application development, and digital transformation tools. It is a code-free integration platform for automating workflows, data mapping, and real time synchronization across systems. It enables rapid development of cross-platform business apps, including Angular based single-page applications. It delivers cloud solutions for digital transformation, data management, and real-time insights. It offers integration platforms, application development platforms, and smart manufacturing solutions. The company also provides professional services, support, and training
Key facts about Magic Software Enterprises
- Founded Year: 1983
- Location: Or Yehuda (Israel)
- Annual Revenue: $500M - $1B as on Dec 31, 2024
- Stage: Public
- Employee Count: 486 as on Jan 04, 2026
- Investors: Compass Ventures Group
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Nov 09, 2016, $*****
- Highlight: Public
3. Compugen
Compugen is a leading drug discovery company focused on therapeutic proteins and monoclonal antibodies to address important unmet needs in the fields of immunology and oncology. The company predictive platforms, algorithms, machine learning systems and other computational biology capabilities for the in silico (by computer) prediction and selection of product candidates, which are then advanced in its pipeline program.
Key facts about Compugen
- Founded Year: 1993
- Location: Holon (Israel)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $35.4M
- Employee Count: 20 as on Dec 31, 2022
- Investors: Apax, Bristol-Myers Squibb and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Nov 11, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Public
4. Altair
Altair is a fabless semiconductor company that is a developer of LTE chipsets. The company's product portfolio consists of LTE for IoT, broadband LTE, and supercharged LTEs. Altair LTE chipsets are used by OEM/ODM of devices like tablets, netbooks, Chromebooks, mobile hotspots, USB dongles, routers, and M2M applications. Verizon Wireless has certified Altair to operate on its 4G LTE network. Altair's chipsets are used by Verizon to power their Ellipsis 7 tablet and are at the core of HP Chromebook 11 LTE.
Key facts about Altair
- Founded Year: 2005
- Location: Hod Hasharon (Israel)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $124M
- Employee Count: 91 as on Feb 28, 2026
- Investors: Scale Up Venture Capital, BRM and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Nov 19, 2014, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
5. Gencell
Fuel cell-based solutions provider. The company has commercially launched the GenCell G5 product line, which includes reliable and efficient generators, and is also developing a proprietary ammonia cracker for a wide range of applications. Their basic business model is based on a per-unit purchase and includes a one-year warranty. The company also offers a full-service solution that includes an extended warranty, additional equipment, maintenance, network operations centre tracking and fueling, tailor-made to specific customers needs and requirements.
Key facts about Gencell
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Petah Tikva (Israel)
- Stage: Public
- Employee Count: 91 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Harel Group, Migdal Group and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Oct 01, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Public
Compass Ventures Group's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Its most recent first time investment was in Resolve Advocates.Compass Ventures Group's Investments by Stage
Compass Ventures Group has made 1 investment in Seed stage with an average round size of $3.31M.Compass Ventures Group's Investments by Sector
Compass Ventures Group has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, FinTech and InsurTech. Notably, it has invested in 53 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 42 Tech companies, 25 Software companies and at least 16 companies focusing on Tech hardware.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 1 |
FinTech | 1 |
InsurTech | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Compass Ventures Group's Investments by Geography
Compass Ventures Group has made most investments in United States (1).Compass Ventures Group's recent investments
Compass Ventures Group has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Compass Ventures Group:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jul 12, 2022 | United States | Seed | 2273 | [+5] |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Compass Ventures Group's Portfolio
8 of Compass Ventures Group's portfolio companies have become public. Gencell got listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TLV), in Nov 2020 and Roots-Sustainable Agriculture Technologies got listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) at marketcap of $9.23M.Here are Compass Ventures Group's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 26, 2020 | - | - | 4034 | |
Dec 07, 2017 | - | - | 4211 | |
Sep 26, 2013 | - | - | 5877 | |
Nov 10, 2011 | - | - | 5979 | |
Feb 25, 2010 | - | - | 7781 |
Acquired companies in Compass Ventures Group's Portfolio
24 companies from Compass Ventures Group's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Varcode in Feb 2025 by Fourmcommercialoperations for $*****.Here are Compass Ventures Group's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 21, 2025 | - | - | 2498 | |
Dec 23, 2022 | - | - | 4080 | |
Apr 20, 2022 | - | - | 9163 | |
Aug 30, 2021 | - | - | 2723 | |
Aug 02, 2021 | - | - | 5257 |
Team profile of Compass Ventures Group
Compass Ventures Group has a team of 21 members including 7 Partners and 3 Principals located in United States, Ukraine and 1 more location. Compass Ventures Group's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Compass Ventures Group:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | - | - | - | |
Partner | Englewood Cliffs | - | - | |
Partner | Sri Lanka | - | - | |
Partner | - | - | - | |
Partner | Ukraine | - | - | |
Partner | - | - | - | |
Partner | - | - | - | |
Principal | - | - | - | |
Principal | Chicago | - | - | |
Principal | - | - | - |
Co-investors of Compass Ventures Group
Over the past 4 years, 6 investors have co-invested in Compass Ventures Group's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Top Co-investors of Compass Ventures Group: 6 investors entered a company along with Compass Ventures Group. These include investors like AlleyCorp (1 company).
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