About Fortify Ventures
Fortify Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2011. It is primarily based out of Washington, DC, United States. As of Jun 2025, Fortify Ventures has invested in 40 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 Samphire Neuroscience Overall, Fortify Ventures portfolio has seen 1 unicorn and 8 acquisitions including key companies like Hinge, ID.me and Fleksy. A lot of funds co-invest with Fortify Ventures, with names like 500 Global sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Fortify Ventures has team of 4 people including 3 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 1 more
Portfolio Unicorns
Portfolio Soonicorns
Fortify Ventures' List of Top Investments
Fortify Ventures has a portfolio of 40 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investments are in 410Labs and Emprego Ligado.Their portfolio spans across United States, United Kingdom, Brazil and 1 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Retail and 19 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Fortify Ventures:1. Hinge
App-based platform offering personality-based dating and matchmaking services. The platform enables users to get matched profile and initiate a conversation based on their personality. It offers features like an engaging platform, in-app chatting, and more. The mobile application is available for both Android and iOS platforms.
Key facts about Hinge
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $26.8M
- Employee Count: 516 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Shasta Ventures, Graph Ventures and 18 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Dec 24, 2014, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
2. ID.me
Cloud based secure identity management and authentication solutions, provider. It is a digital identity verification platform that provides a secure way for individuals to prove and share the identity online, offering a range of services including identity verification, authentication, and access to deals and benefits.
Key facts about ID.me
- Founded Year: 2010
- Location: Mclean (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $619M
- Employee Count: 1,166 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Pittco, Ares Capital Corporation and 36 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Sep 03, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Fleksy
Fleksy is an alternate mobile software keyboard. Fleksy provides customizable extensions like to send GIFs, predictable extensions, etc. Fleksy has developed the auto-correct algorithm which functions by combining analysis of user typing patterns and linguistic context. Swiping gestures are used by Fleksy to control common functions, such as space, delete, and word correction. Fleksy has been used by blind people through muscle memory for typing on a smartphone. Fleksy is the first keyboard to be demonstrated on a 3D gesture system (Leap Motion) and smartwatch.
Key facts about Fleksy
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $7.73M
- Employee Count: 3 as on Aug 31, 2021
- Investors: Seedcamp, Kleiner Perkins and 17 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Oct 28, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. Introhive
Provider of the relationship management platform. It offers a relationship analytics platform that analyzes mail, social and mobile sources to get a complete picture of the connections among employees, customers and leads to improve sales processes of hiring, prospecting, territory assignment, renewals, and lead scoring. Accessible through web and mobile apps, its API, and natively within Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
Key facts about Introhive
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Fredericton Junction (Canada)
- Annual Revenue: 0 - ₹10 Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $132M
- Employee Count: 221 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Espresso Capital, PSG and 14 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jun 16, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
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Key facts about Samphire Neuroscience
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $7.3M
- Employee Count: 18 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: SOSV, AfterWork Ventures and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jun 03, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Fortify Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Fortify Ventures has invested in 40 companies over the last 15 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 1 investment. Its most recent first time investment was in Samphire Neuroscience and most recent follow-on round was in Social Tables.Fortify Ventures' Investments by Stage
Fortify Ventures has made 23 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $585K, 2 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $2.88M and 1 investment in Venture Debt stage with an average round size of $1.1M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 23 |
Series A | 2 |
Venture Debt | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Fortify Ventures' Investments by Sector
Fortify Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Consumer, Enterprise Applications, Media & Entertainment, Enterprise Infrastructure and FinTech. Notably, it has invested in 32 Tech companies, 20 Consumer (B2C) companies, 19 Software companies and at least 18 companies focusing on Enterprise (B2B).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Consumer | 10 |
Enterprise Applications | 10 |
Media & Entertainment | 4 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 2 |
FinTech | 2 |
Others | 15 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Fortify Ventures' Investments by Geography
Fortify Ventures has made most investments in United States (23), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 2 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 23 |
United Kingdom | 2 |
Brazil | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Fortify Ventures' recent investments
Fortify Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Fortify Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jun 03, 2025 | United Kingdom | Series A | 8586 | ||
Sep 30, 2016 | United States | Series B | 4110 | [+3] | |
Sep 02, 2014 | United States | Series A | 2652 | [+4] | |
Apr 22, 2014 | United States | Series A | 3026 | [+13] | |
Jan 2014 | United States | Seed | 9632 |
Unicorns in Fortify Ventures' Portfolio
Fortify Ventures has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - ID.me. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is ID.me which became a unicorn in 2021, 5 years before Fortify Ventures first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Fortify Ventures' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
72 | Cloud based secure identity management and authentication solutions provider | 2010 | Mclean | Series E | kitdrmm |
Acquired companies in Fortify Ventures' Portfolio
8 companies from Fortify Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Aquicore in Nov 2022 by Infogrid for $*****.Here are Fortify Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 03, 2022 | - | - | 2964 | |
May 02, 2019 | - | - | 6414 | |
Oct 16, 2018 | Jul 30, 2013 | Seed | 6563 | |
Jun 20, 2018 | Mar 2012 | Seed | 3642 | |
Apr 11, 2018 | - | - | 1564 |
Team profile of Fortify Ventures
Fortify Ventures has a team of 4 members including 3 Partners and 1 Principal located in United States. Fortify Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Fortify Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Reston | - | - | |
Partner | - | - | - | |
Partner | - | - | - | |
Principal | - | - | - |
Co-investors of Fortify Ventures
Over the past 15 years, 108 investors have co-invested in Fortify Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Fortify Ventures: Center for Innovative Technology, Saatchinvest and 12 others have invested in rounds before Fortify Ventures. There are 2 companies where Center for Innovative Technology has invested before Fortify Ventures and 1 company where Saatchinvest has invested before Fortify Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Fortify Ventures: 39 investors entered a company along with Fortify Ventures. These include investors like 500 Global (6 companies).
- Invested after Fortify Ventures: A total of 55 investors have invested in Fortify Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Middleland Capital (2 companies), Militello Capital (2 companies) and Eniac Ventures (2 companies).
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RockthePost & CoFoundersLab Merge to Create One-Stop Shop for Equity Crowdfunding: OnevestCrowdfund Insider•Jul 16, 2014•Mid Atlantic Angel Group, Talent Equity Ventures, Fortify Ventures, Militello Capital and 3 others
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Hinge Raises $4 Million Series A FundingTech Cocktail•Nov 05, 2013•Hinge, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Red Swan, 500 Global and 6 others
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Social Tables Seating Arrangement Software Lands $1.6M Equity Round Led By Militello Capital – TechCrunchTechCrunch+•Jul 30, 2013•Social Tables, Fortify Ventures, Militello Capital, 500 Global and 5 others
