About Kodiak Venture Partners
Kodiak Venture Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 1999. It is primarily based out of Waltham, United States. As of Sep 2017, Kodiak Venture Partners has invested in 48 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 High Tech and Retail. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series D round of GreenLight Biosciences Overall, Kodiak Venture Partners portfolio has seen 1 IPO and 31 acquisitions including key companies like AppNexus, GreenLight Biosciences and Rithum. A lot of funds co-invest with Kodiak Venture Partners, with names like North Bridge Venture Partners sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Kodiak Venture Partners has team of 4 people including 3 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series A, Series B & 2 more
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Soonicorns
Kodiak Venture Partners' List of Top Investments
Kodiak Venture Partners has a portfolio of 48 companies. Their most notable investments are in Fluxion Biosciences and Weather Trends International.Their portfolio spans across United States and Canada. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Retail and 15 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Series B and 2 more. Here is the list of top investments by Kodiak Venture Partners:1. AppNexus
AppNexus offers an advanced programmatic advertising technology platform that provides trading solutions and powers marketplaces for Internet advertising. Serves major buyers and sellers of online advertising, including Microsoft Ad Exchange, Interactive Media (Deutsche Telekom) and Collective. AppNexus publisher's suite include SSP, AdServer, and Yieldex analytics. In addition to the DSP as the major offering, AppNexus also offers an ad exchange platform. Led by the pioneers of online ad exchanges at Yahoo!’s Right Media and Google’s DoubleClick, backed by Angel investors like Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz and Ron Conway.
Key facts about AppNexus
- Founded Year: 2007
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $319M
- Employee Count: 74 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Woodside Fund, First Round Capital and 17 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series F, Sep 30, 2016, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Developer of a platform for RNA-based products for the life science industry. It offer platform that is used for vaccine development, antibody therapies, pandemic preparation, crop management, plant protection, support the health of bees and other pollinators
Key facts about GreenLight Biosciences
- Founded Year: 2008
- Location: Lexington (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $1M - $10M as on Dec 31, 2022
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $225M
- Employee Count: 178 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Trinity Capital, Kodiak Venture Partners and 36 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Apr 07, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Public
Developer of fluorescence-guided imaging technologies to help surgeons detect residual cancer tissue during operations. The company’s product is the Lumicell Direct Visualization System, designed to provide real-time illumination of cancerous tissue within the breast cavity during the initial lumpectomy, potentially reducing repeat surgeries. Lumicell’s proprietary, pan-oncologic optical imaging agent is also being explored across a wide variety of solid tumor indications.
Key facts about Lumicell Diagnostics
- Founded Year: 2008
- Location: Wellesley (United States)
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $361M
- Employee Count: 61 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Kodiak Venture Partners, Rivas Capital and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Apr 22, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Rithum
AI-based software suite solutions for retailers and suppliers. Platform provides e-commerce and retailer discovery solutions. The solutions includes dropshipping, marketplace, fulfillment, inventory management, order management, supplier on-boarding, product feed management, and more.
Key facts about Rithum
- Founded Year: 1997
- Location: Atlanta (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $100M - $500M as on Dec 31, 2021
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $80.7M
- Employee Count: 948 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Kodiak Venture Partners, Advanced Technology Ventures and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Dec 02, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
5. Newforma
Project information management software for AECO industry. The company mainly provides project information management (PIM) software for architecture, engineering, and construction firms. Some of its key features include Submittals, Punch List and RFI management, document management and creating daily reports.
Key facts about Newforma
- Founded Year: 2003
- Location: Manchester (United States)
- Annual Revenue: £1M - £10M as on Dec 31, 2025
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $21.1M
- Employee Count: 37 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Kodiak Venture Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Dec 20, 2013, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Kodiak Venture Partners' Investments by Stage
Kodiak Venture Partners has made 26 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $8.47M, 7 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $12.4M, 3 investments in Series C stage with an average round size of $7.57M and 1 investment in Series E stage with an average round size of $16M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 26 |
Series B | 7 |
Series C | 3 |
Series E | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Kodiak Venture Partners' Investments by Sector
Kodiak Venture Partners has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Enterprise Infrastructure, Retail and Business Services. Notably, it has invested in 37 Tech companies, 34 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 23 Software companies and at least 11 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 17 |
High Tech | 7 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 5 |
Retail | 4 |
Business Services | 3 |
Others | 32 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Kodiak Venture Partners' Investments by Geography
Kodiak Venture Partners has made most investments in United States (36), followed by Canada where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 36 |
Canada | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Kodiak Venture Partners' recent investments
Kodiak Venture Partners has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Kodiak Venture Partners:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Sep 14, 2017 | United States | Series D | 1463 | [+5] | |
Dec 20, 2013 | United States | Series D | 8511 | ||
Dec 20, 2013 | United States | Series A | 5077 | ||
Jul 2013 | United States | Series A | 9886 | [+2] | |
Jul 01, 2013 | United States | Series E | 8706 | [+3] |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Kodiak Venture Partners' Portfolio
1 of Kodiak Venture Partners' portfolio company became public - GreenLight Biosciences. It got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), in Feb 2022 at marketcap of $44.9MHere are Kodiak Venture Partners' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
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Feb 03, 2022 | Dec 20, 2013 | Series A | 7005 |
Acquired companies in Kodiak Venture Partners' Portfolio
31 companies from Kodiak Venture Partners' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Rithum in Dec 2023 by CommerceHub for $*****.Here are Kodiak Venture Partners' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
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Dec 12, 2023 | Jan 22, 2004 | Series A | 7739 | |
Aug 23, 2023 | Nov 13, 2007 | Series A | 7135 | |
Apr 03, 2023 | May 05, 2004 | Series A | 6481 | |
Jun 10, 2018 | Sep 12, 2008 | Series B | 9664 | |
Feb 01, 2018 | Aug 30, 2007 | Series E | 6613 |
Team profile of Kodiak Venture Partners
Kodiak Venture Partners has a team of 4 members including 3 Partners located in United States. Kodiak Venture Partners' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Kodiak Venture Partners:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Waltham | - | - | |
Partner | Princeton | - | - | |
Partner | Waltham | - | - |
Co-investors of Kodiak Venture Partners
Over the past 26 years, 145 investors have co-invested in Kodiak Venture Partners's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Kodiak Venture Partners: First Round Capital, Khosla Ventures and 4 others have invested in rounds before Kodiak Venture Partners. There is 1 company where First Round Capital has invested before Kodiak Venture Partners and 1 company where Khosla Ventures has invested before Kodiak Venture Partners.
- Top Co-investors of Kodiak Venture Partners: 49 investors entered a company along with Kodiak Venture Partners. These include investors like North Bridge Venture Partners (4 companies).
- Invested after Kodiak Venture Partners: A total of 90 investors have invested in Kodiak Venture Partners's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include TCV (2 companies), Crosslink Capital (2 companies) and ABS Ventures (2 companies).
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AppNexus Secures $5M Equity Financing |FinSMEsFinSMEs•Nov 10, 2009•AppNexus, Kodiak Venture Partners, Venrock, First Round Capital
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AppNexus Secures $8 Million in Series B Funding | Business WireBusiness Wire•Sep 23, 2008•AppNexus, First Round Capital, Khosla Ventures, Kodiak Venture Partners and 1 other
