About Flight Ventures
Flight Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2014. It is primarily based out of San Francisco, United States. As of Sep 2021, Flight Ventures has invested in 31 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 Consumer and Retail. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of Mast Overall, Flight Ventures portfolio has seen 1 unicorn and 10 acquisitions including key companies like Carta, happn and NewsWhip. A lot of funds co-invest with Flight Ventures, with names like 500 Global sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Flight Ventures has team of 4 people including 4 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series A, Seed & 1 more
Portfolio Unicorns
Flight Ventures' List of Top Investments
Flight Ventures has a portfolio of 31 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investments are in Moon Technologies and Revcascade.Their portfolio spans across United States, Ireland, Canada and 2 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Retail and 18 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Flight Ventures:
1. Carta
Software-based equity management solutions. It offers features solutions for valuation, equity planning, transfer agents, electronic securities, scenario modeling, fund administration, portfolio data collection, and more. It offers solutions to multiple sectors including private companies, investors, and public companies. It also offers ESOP management solutions.
Key facts about Carta
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series G
- Total Funding till date: $1.16B
- Employee Count: 1,728 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Angelneers, Silver Lake and 132 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series G, Aug 13, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. happn
Happn is a proximity-based online dating app. The app uses the phone’s GPS location to search users in the vicinity. The exact location of other users is not shown for security reasons. The app shows profiles on their timeline if they happen to cross them in real-time and enables to see the number of times they've encountered the particular person. Provides chat and media sharing features. Available for download from App Store, Play Store, and Windows Phone Store.
Key facts about happn
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Paris (France)
- Annual Revenue: €39M as on Dec 31, 2023
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $22M
- Investors: #adm ventures, Alven and 16 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jun 30, 2017, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
3. Olio
Application for waste trading. It is a sharing software for neighborhood groups that enables users to donate goods to those who need them. By photographing the meal and placing it on the app for others to request, application users can volunteer to share it with people within the community.
Key facts about Olio
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Annual Revenue: £2.86M as on Feb 29, 2024
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $51.2M
- Employee Count: 90 as on Feb 29, 2024
- Investors: Tuesday Capital, VNV Global and 37 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Sep 05, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Happy
Provider of centralized maintenance, asset, and property management software solutions. The platform offers tools for service requests, unit turnover, preventative maintenance, and scheduling. It facilitates capital project oversight, fixed asset tracking, and property budgeting. The software also supports property inspections, resident satisfaction initiatives, and reporting.
Key facts about Happy
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Carlsbad (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $77.9M
- Employee Count: 30 as on Dec 31, 2020
- Investors: Supercharge Capital, Sandalphon Capital and 31 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jan 18, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. NewsWhip
Social analytics tool to discover content and trending topics. It is a social analytics tool that tracks tweets, shares, and comments of the content including news sites, Reddit, blogs, and YouTube. It enables users to know what stories are resonating most at any given time. Its flagship product is NewsWhip Spike, which lets users filter popular content by location, topic, source, keywords and more. It is used by publishers, brand marketers, communications and PR firms and many others to connect with their audiences each day.
Key facts about NewsWhip
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Dublin (Ireland)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $22.7M
- Employee Count: 70 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Asahi Shimbun, Avid Ventures and 27 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Feb 14, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Flight Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Flight Ventures has invested in 31 companies over the last 11 years, with an average of 2 new investments annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Mast.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 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Flight Ventures' Investments by Stage
Flight Ventures has made 11 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $10.2M, 8 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.58M and 2 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $28.5M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 11 |
Seed | 8 |
Series B | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Flight Ventures' Investments by Sector
Flight Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Gig Economy, Retail and Sustainability Tech. Notably, it has invested in 28 Tech companies, 22 Software companies, 19 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 12 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 11 |
Consumer | 8 |
Gig Economy | 3 |
Retail | 3 |
Sustainability Tech | 3 |
Others | 24 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Flight Ventures' Investments by Geography
Flight Ventures has made most investments in United States (17), followed by Canada where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 17 |
Canada | 1 |
France | 1 |
Ireland | 1 |
United Kingdom | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Flight Ventures' recent investments
Flight Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Flight Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 29, 2021 | United States | Series A | 6402 | [+14] | |
Sep 24, 2021 | United States | Series A | 5248 | [+8] | |
Sep 05, 2021 | United Kingdom | Series B | 6121 | [+7] | |
Mar 15, 2021 | United States | Seed | 4070 | [+4] | |
Nov 06, 2020 | United States | Series A | 1397 | [+10] |
Unicorns in Flight Ventures' Portfolio
Flight Ventures has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - Carta. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Carta which became a unicorn in 2019, 6 years before Flight Ventures first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Flight Ventures' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
85 | Software-based equity management solutions | 2012 | San Francisco | Series G | ielqopz |
Acquired companies in Flight Ventures' Portfolio
10 companies from Flight Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition were happn in Sep 2025 by Hello Group.Here are Flight Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 19, 2025 | Sep 30, 2015 | Series B | 9347 | |
Jul 31, 2025 | May 28, 2015 | Seed | 9015 | |
Mar 02, 2023 | Dec 14, 2015 | Seed | 3357 | |
Jan 18, 2022 | Jul 17, 2018 | Series A | 3439 | |
Mar 17, 2021 | Aug 25, 2015 | Seed | 6955 |
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Team profile of Flight Ventures
Flight Ventures has a team of 4 members including 4 Partners located in United States. Flight Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Flight Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | New York City | - | - | |
Partner | San Francisco | - | - | |
Partner | Palo Alto | - | - | |
Partner | Miami | - |
Co-investors of Flight Ventures
Over the past 11 years, 220 investors have co-invested in Flight Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Flight Ventures: FJ Labs, Point Nine and 39 others have invested in rounds before Flight Ventures. There are 2 companies where FJ Labs has invested before Flight Ventures and 2 companies where Point Nine has invested before Flight Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Flight Ventures: 108 investors entered a company along with Flight Ventures. These include investors like 500 Global (3 companies).
- Invested after Flight Ventures: A total of 71 investors have invested in Flight Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include TRAC (2 companies), Eurazeo (1 company) and Nimish Arora (1 company).
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