About Liquid Capital Group
Liquid Capital Group is a venture capital firm founded in 2000. It is primarily based out of Mclean, United States. As of Dec 2008, Liquid Capital Group has invested in 14 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 Enterprise Infrastructure and EdTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series C round of Overture Technologies Overall, Liquid Capital Group portfolio has seen 8 acquisitions including key companies like Parature, Matrics and edo Interactive. A lot of funds co-invest with Liquid Capital Group, with names like Capital Trust Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.Key Metrics
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Series A & Series C
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Liquid Capital Group's List of Top Investments
Liquid Capital Group has a portfolio of 14 companies. Their most notable investments include Parature and Matrics.Their portfolio spans across United States and Germany. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure, EdTech and 3 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Series C stages. Here is the list of top investments by Liquid Capital Group:1. Parature
Formerly known as Cyracle, Parature provides cloud based customer service software making an on demand customer helpdesk through knowledge management, self service and multi channel interactions. Its product Parature customer service software integrates a consumer portal, knowledgebase and ticket software to manage each ticket across multichannels. It recently introduced Parature for facebook(supports twitter also) for directly engaging with customers. It creates visibility and efficiency for organizations by integrating with sales automation softwares such as Salesforce or ERP systems. It got acquired by Microsoft in Jan'14. Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Parature work together to provide a better customer experience.
Key facts about Parature
- Founded Year: 2000
- Location: Reston (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $29.5M
- Employee Count: 56 as on Dec 31, 2014
- Investors: Opus8, Sierra Ventures and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jul 09, 2010, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
2. Matrics
Matrics provides RFID technology for industrial supply chain, asset management, and security uses. Products include readers designed & packaged ready to interface with EPC-compliant tags, UHF smart inlays & labels, Visibility Manager(TM) which manages information in the reader network. Also offers wireless tracking technologies that provide users with visibility solution of assets throughout an enterprise.
Key facts about Matrics
- Founded Year: 1998
- Location: Columbia (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $37M
- Investors: Novak Biddle Venture Partners, The Carlyle Group and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jul 14, 2003, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
3. ServiceBench
Field service management software connecting networks, simplifying processes, and increasing productivity. This is a SaaS platform designed to transform businesses with industry-leading solutions. It connects entire networks, simplifies processes, and increases productivity. The platform manages techs, customers, work in flight, parts ordering, claiming, and invoicing. It provides tools for service events, optimizing part operations, workforce management, and technician empowerment. Real-time visibility into customers, jobs, technicians, and claims is available through dashboards, reporting, and analytics. The mobile app enables technicians to process onsite jobs with ease, even offline. It is a global solution that optimizes business from customer contact to claims processing.
Key facts about ServiceBench
- Founded Year: 1995
- Location: Fairfax (United States)
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $7.3M
- Employee Count: 11 as on Dec 30, 2025
- Investors: JMI Management, Valhalla Partners and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Jun 23, 2006, $*****
4. Cigital
Cigital provides web application security and mobile application security solutions. Solution is delivered in-premise or cloud based service. Solution combines 3 major strategy of Dynamic Security Scanning (DSS), Automated Ethical Hack (AEH) and Manual Ethical Hack (MEH).
Key facts about Cigital
- Founded Year: 1992
- Location: Mountain View (United States)
- Stage: Acqui-Hired
- Total Funding till date: $55M
- Employee Count: 4,430 as on Dec 31, 2021
- Investors: LLR Partners, Mid-Atlantic Venture Funds and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Oct 01, 2013, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Lightningcast offers solutions for placing ads in on-demand, live and downloaded web video. Lightningcast enables owners and distributors of broadband audio and video to maximize their revenue potential by providing content and ad insertion. Also provides campaign management and reporting, targeting and auditing. AOL has acquired Lightningcast in May, 2006.
Key facts about Lightningcast
- Founded Year: 1999
- Location: Baltimore (United States)
- Stage: Acqui-Hired
- Total Funding till date: $20.5M
- Investors: Arcady Bay Partners, New Markets Venture Partners and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jul 07, 2004, $*****
Liquid Capital Group's Investments by Stage
Liquid Capital Group has made 1 investment in Series A stage and 1 investment in Series C stage with an average round size of $6M.Liquid Capital Group's Investments by Sector
Liquid Capital Group has a portfolio focused on EdTech. Notably, it has invested in 10 Tech companies, 9 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 7 Software companies and at least 4 companies focusing on Saas.Liquid Capital Group's Investments by Geography
Liquid Capital Group has made most investments in United States (2).Liquid Capital Group's recent investments
Liquid Capital Group has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Liquid Capital Group:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 18, 2008 | United States | Series C | 2781 | ||
May 31, 2003 | United States | Series A | 8507 | - |
Acquired companies in Liquid Capital Group's Portfolio
8 companies from Liquid Capital Group's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was edo Interactive in Jan 2017 by Augeo for $*****.Here are Liquid Capital Group's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 18, 2017 | - | - | 7553 | |
Nov 07, 2016 | - | - | 9436 | |
Jan 06, 2014 | - | - | 9791 | |
Jan 03, 2007 | - | - | 2060 | |
Sep 12, 2006 | - | - | 8318 |
Co-investors of Liquid Capital Group
Over the past 23 years, 7 investors have co-invested in Liquid Capital Group's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Top Co-investors of Liquid Capital Group: 3 investors entered a company along with Liquid Capital Group. These include investors like Capital Trust Ventures (1 company).
- Invested after Liquid Capital Group: A total of 4 investors have invested in Liquid Capital Group's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Intersouth Partners (1 company), New Vantage Group (1 company) and Anthem Capital Management (1 company).
