About Constellation Ventures
Constellation Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 1999. It is primarily based out of New York, United States. As of Nov 2013, Constellation Ventures has invested in 17 companies. It primarily invests in Series C round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Consumer and Retail. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of Astrum Solar Overall, Constellation Ventures portfolio has seen 1 IPO and 12 acquisitions including key companies like S&P Global, Astrum Solar and Siperian. A lot of funds co-invest with Constellation Ventures, with names like Safeguard Scientifics sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.Key Metrics
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Series C, Series A & 4 more
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Constellation Ventures' List of Top Investments
Constellation Ventures has a portfolio of 17 companies. Their most notable investments are in Verance and Verance.Their portfolio spans across United States and Nigeria. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Retail and 10 other sectors, across stages such as Series C, Series A and 4 more. Here is the list of top investments by Constellation Ventures:1. S&P Global
Provider of essential intelligence and market analysis for global finance. The company offers data, analytics, benchmarks, and insights across financial markets, commodities, indices, and credit ratings. Its solutions help organizations track market trends, assess risk, benchmark performance, and make informed business and investment decisions. Services include daily newsletters, analytical tools, and expert commentary covering the impact of economic events, regulatory changes, and industry trends across sectors and regions. The platform aims to empower financial professionals and enterprises to navigate complex markets, optimize strategies, and understand the broader economic landscape.
Key facts about S&P Global
- Founded Year: 1917
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $1B+ as on Dec 31, 2024
- Stage: Public
- Employee Count: 5,000 as on Dec 31, 2022
- Investors: Constellation Ventures, Temasek and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Nov 26, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Public
2. Verance
Developer of audio watermarking technology for media content. It enables media content owners to track and detect premium media content by enabling automated classification and identification. It provides two families of products Cinavia for filmed entertainment content and VCMS/A for music applications.
Key facts about Verance
- Founded Year: 1999
- Location: San Diego (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $36M
- Employee Count: 28 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Saints Capital, Constellation Ventures and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Mar 21, 2002, $*****
3. Astrum Solar
Key facts about Astrum Solar
- Founded Year: 2007
- Location: Maryland (Nigeria)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $12.5M
- Investors: Constellation Ventures, CCM Group and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Nov 19, 2013, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. Siperian
Siperian provides master data management software. The data management platform allows companies to unify critical data about customers, products and organizations with integrated, model-driven software. It allows users to adapts to business requirements providing an enterprise information management platform. It has been partnered with Accenture, HP, CSC, BearingPoint, IBM, Identity Systems, Salesforce, Harte Hanks Trillium Software, Business Objects, Cognos and Experian.
Key facts about Siperian
- Founded Year: 2000
- Location: Foster City (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $59.5M
- Employee Count: 9 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Investor, Constellation Ventures and 14 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Dec 31, 2008, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Digital rights management solutions provider for OTT. It offers a multi-platform, multi-format DRM and video optimization solution that content owners, internet video providers, retailers, and video operators can use to deliver video content to internet-connected entertainment platforms. It also deals with DRM and optimized video delivery to different video devices.
Key facts about Widevine Technologies
- Founded Year: 1998
- Location: Kirkland (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $55.7M
- Employee Count: 51 - 200 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Constellation Ventures, Western Technology Investment and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Dec 21, 2009, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Constellation Ventures' Investments by Stage
Constellation Ventures has made 6 investments in Series C stage with an average round size of $16.9M, 5 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $8.44M and 3 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $14.3M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series C | 6 |
Series A | 5 |
Series B | 3 |
PE | 1 |
Post IPO | 1 |
Others | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Constellation Ventures' Investments by Sector
Constellation Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Media & Entertainment, Retail, Vertical SaaS and Consumer. Notably, it has invested in 12 Tech companies, 9 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 9 Software companies and at least 5 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 7 |
Media & Entertainment | 3 |
Retail | 3 |
Vertical SaaS | 3 |
Consumer | 2 |
Others | 10 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Constellation Ventures' Investments by Geography
Constellation Ventures has made most investments in United States (16), followed by Nigeria where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 16 |
Nigeria | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Constellation Ventures' recent investments
Constellation Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Constellation Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Nov 19, 2013 | Nigeria | Series A | 6121 | [+1] | |
Apr 28, 2011 | United States | Series C | 1571 | [+3] | |
Jan 05, 2010 | United States | Series A | 6917 | ||
Jun 04, 2009 | United States | Series C | 2346 | ||
Apr 08, 2009 | United States | Series C | 4062 |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Constellation Ventures' Portfolio
1 of Constellation Ventures' portfolio company became public - S&P Global. It got listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), in Aug 1980.Here are Constellation Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 29, 1980 | Jul 15, 2002 | Post IPO | 4242 |
Acquired companies in Constellation Ventures' Portfolio
12 companies from Constellation Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Bridgevine in Dec 2019 by Updater for $*****.Here are Constellation Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 18, 2019 | Apr 08, 2009 | Series C | 7262 | |
Nov 09, 2016 | Jan 05, 2010 | Series A | 4174 | |
Jul 29, 2014 | Nov 19, 2013 | Series A | 9746 | |
Jan 13, 2014 | Apr 28, 2011 | Series C | 4393 | |
Dec 03, 2010 | Feb 10, 2004 | Series B | 9053 |
Co-investors of Constellation Ventures
Over the past 25 years, 72 investors have co-invested in Constellation Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes only funds.
- Invested before Constellation Ventures: Constellation, ArrowPath Venture Capital and 20 others have invested in rounds before Constellation Ventures. There are 2 companies where Constellation has invested before Constellation Ventures and 1 company where ArrowPath Venture Capital has invested before Constellation Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Constellation Ventures: 25 investors entered a company along with Constellation Ventures. These include investors like Safeguard Scientifics (2 companies).
- Invested after Constellation Ventures: A total of 25 investors have invested in Constellation Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Europa (1 company), ED (1 company) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (1 company).
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