About Corazon Capital
Corazon Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2014. It is primarily based out of Chicago, United States. As of Jun 2022, Corazon Capital has invested in 32 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 Consumer and Retail. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of Tellie Overall, Corazon Capital portfolio has seen 8 acquisitions including key companies like Mantle, Kapow and Keybase. A lot of funds co-invest with Corazon Capital, with names like Chicago Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Corazon Capital has team of 17 people including 7 partners.Key Metrics
Corazon Capital's List of Top Investments
Corazon Capital has a portfolio of 32 companies. Their most notable investments are in Gated and Authy.Their portfolio spans across United States and Canada. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Retail and 15 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 2 more. Here is the list of top investments by Corazon Capital:
1. Mantle
Manufacturer of machines, tool steels, and software for toolmaking operations. The company provides solutions for prototype and production tooling applications. It offers resources such as videos, white papers, webinars, and material performance studies. The company also provides material data sheets and blogs.
Key facts about Mantle
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $61.5M
- Employee Count: 49 as on Dec 31, 2024
- Investors: Future Shape, Foundation Capital and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jul 10, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
2. Knock
Online reseller of residential properties. The company assists users in buying new properties and selling old properties. The company offers 'Home Swap' - digital solutions that enable users to buy new homes by paying a minimum mortgage. It also offers 'Knock Nest' - a digital solution to sell the house to the company and rent it back.
Key facts about Knock
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $138M
- Employee Count: 161 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: TriplePoint Capital, Max Ventures and 22 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Feb 26, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Kapow
Kapow is a venue marketplace for corporate events, business meetings, and company parties. Provides a list of curated venues along with corporate event packages for different types of events such as cocktail, dining, F&B, group activity, retail, and sports & entertainment. Also provides tools to manage an event, send invitations, monitor RSVPs, check in guests, and follow up after the event.
Key facts about Kapow
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Chicago (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $44.2M
- Employee Count: 67 as on Dec 31, 2018
- Investors: Drive Capital, Chicago Ventures and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Apr 21, 2016, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. GetCarro
Carro is an influencer marketing platform. The platform helps brands to discover, connect, and collaborate with influencers for promoting campaigns and creating content. It also helps with influencer outreach, campaign management, and tracking of multiple influencers and campaigns from one place.
Key facts about GetCarro
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Irvine (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $34M
- Employee Count: 28 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: PayPal Ventures, Rachel Zoe Ventures and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Aug 23, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Clarifai
Provider of AI-based image and video recognition solution for multiple industries. It offers image and video recognition technology based on machine vision and deep learning. It offers an API feature that includes software that summarizes videos and recognizes specific activities, customers counts, and more. It also provides customer insights with AI-driven social listening to measure customer sentiment and conducts audience research. It caters its solution to industries such as ecommerce, aviation, public sector, and more.
Key facts about Clarifai
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Annual Revenue: €1.26M as on Dec 31, 2023
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $101M
- Employee Count: 51 - 200 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Deep Learning, Osage University Partners and 19 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Oct 15, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Corazon Capital's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Corazon Capital has invested in 32 companies over the last 14 years, with an average of 2 new investments annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Tellie and most recent follow-on round was in TripScout.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 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
2021 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2018 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
2017 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Corazon Capital's Investments by Stage
Corazon Capital has made 15 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.48M, 12 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $7.08M, 4 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $13M and 1 investment in Conventional Debt stage with an average round size of $374M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 15 |
Series A | 12 |
Series B | 4 |
Conventional Debt | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Corazon Capital's Investments by Sector
Corazon Capital has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Retail, Vertical SaaS and FinTech. Notably, it has invested in 31 Tech companies, 21 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 20 Software companies and at least 14 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 19 |
Consumer | 15 |
Retail | 5 |
Vertical SaaS | 4 |
FinTech | 3 |
Others | 23 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Corazon Capital's Investments by Geography
Corazon Capital has made most investments in United States (31), followed by Canada where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 31 |
Canada | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Corazon Capital's recent investments
Corazon Capital has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Corazon Capital:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jun 14, 2022 | United States | Series A | 6488 | [+7] | |
Jun 02, 2022 | United States | Series A | 1486 | [+3] | |
Mar 23, 2022 | United States | Seed | 1899 | [+2] | |
Mar 03, 2022 | United States | Seed | 6134 | ||
Feb 14, 2022 | United States | Seed | 3454 | [+3] |
Acquired companies in Corazon Capital's Portfolio
8 companies from Corazon Capital's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition were Mantle.Here are Corazon Capital's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 04, 2025 | Feb 24, 2021 | Series B | 8300 | |
Feb 04, 2025 | Apr 21, 2016 | Series B | 3919 | |
Apr 22, 2024 | Jan 17, 2022 | Series A | 9868 | |
Aug 29, 2022 | Dec 19, 2017 | Seed | 3688 | |
Mar 02, 2022 | Sep 20, 2016 | Series A | 4609 |
Team profile of Corazon Capital
Corazon Capital has a team of 17 members including 7 Partners, 1 Venture Partner and 5 Principals located in United States. Corazon Capital's team sits on the board of 4 companies.Here is a list of top team members in Corazon Capital:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Chicago | |||
Partner | Brooklyn | - | - | |
Partner | Chicago | - | ||
Partner | Chicago | - | ||
Partner | Los Angeles | Batch and ExecOnline | ||
Partner | - | |||
Partner | United States | - | ||
Venture Partner | United States | - | - | |
Principal | Los Angeles | - | ||
Principal | Chicago | - | ||
Principal | Chicago | - |
Co-investors of Corazon Capital
Over the past 14 years, 207 investors have co-invested in Corazon Capital's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Corazon Capital: FireStarter Fund, Chicago Ventures and 47 others have invested in rounds before Corazon Capital. There are 2 companies where FireStarter Fund has invested before Corazon Capital and 2 companies where Chicago Ventures has invested before Corazon Capital.
- Top Co-investors of Corazon Capital: 98 investors entered a company along with Corazon Capital. These include investors like Chicago Ventures (5 companies).
- Invested after Corazon Capital: A total of 60 investors have invested in Corazon Capital's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include NBA Equity (2 companies), Schooner Capital (1 company) and Fine Structure Ventures (1 company).
Recent News related to Corazon Capital
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Tellie, Web3 Starter Kit for Creators, Raises $10M Series A to Onboard Web2 Creators to Web3userwalls.news•Jun 15, 2022•Tellie, Malibu Point Capital, Galaxy Digital, Osage Venture Partners and 7 others
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Tripscout raises $14M, launches hotel booking through InstagramPhocusWire•Jun 02, 2022•TripScout, M25, New Stack Ventures, MATH Venture Partners and 2 others
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Gated Raises $3.5M in Seed FundingFinSMEs•Mar 23, 2022•Gated, Corazon Capital, Precursor Ventures, Burst Capital and 1 other
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Lovewick, An App for Couples, Raises $1 Million Pre-Seedsvdaily.com•Feb 15, 2022•Lovewick, Corazon Capital, Match Group, Tinder and 1 other
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Corazon Capital Raises $134 Million; Promotes Phil Schwarz To Partner; And Registers With The SEC As An Investment AdviserAiThority•Dec 10, 2021•Corazon Capital
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Carro Raises $20M to Help Brands 'Sell More, Together'Yahoo•Nov 18, 2021•Carro, PayPal, GC1 Holding, Alpha Edison and 3 others
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Clarifai Raises $60M in Series C Funding to Bring AI to DevelopersCNW•Oct 15, 2021•Clarifai, New Enterprise Associates, Menlo Ventures, Union Square Ventures and 9 others
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Specialist in additively manufacturing metal tooling completes $25 million financing roundThe FABRICATOR•Oct 01, 2021•Mantle, Fidelity Investments, Hypertherm, Corazon Capital and 5 others
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Happs raises $4.7 million for a multicast livestream platform creator communityTechCrunch+•Jun 24, 2021•Happs, Bullpen Capital, Crosslink Capital, Goodwater Capital and 3 others
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