About Manifest
Manifest is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. It is primarily based out of Tiburon, United States. As of Nov 2023, Manifest has invested in 12 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 Consumer. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of Picklebet Overall, Manifest portfolio has seen 5 acquisitions including key companies like Jebbit, Vungle and Alphonso. A lot of funds co-invest with Manifest, with names like Jackson Square Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Manifest has team of 4 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series A & Seed
Portfolio Soonicorns
Manifest's List of Top Investments
Manifest has a portfolio of 12 companies. Their most notable investments are in Vidmob and Vidmob.Their portfolio spans across United States and Australia. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Consumer and 7 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed stages. Here is the list of top investments by Manifest:1. CREXI
CREXI offers an online listing platform for buyers, brokers and owners to list and search for commercial properties in the United States. Besides listing and searching for properties, CREXi also allows users to view due diligence documents, schedule in-person tours, see analytic around their listings and make offers. Crexi also provides listing management tools to owners and brokers where the users can communicate with the clients using the platform, generate reports, provides data and sales analytic tools, dashboard to track deal progress, collect LOI online, hold auction to get the best offer, & even provides a secure data vault to collect underwriting and due diligence reports.
Key facts about CREXI
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Los Angeles (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $45.3M
- Employee Count: 425 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Karlin, Industry Ventures and 26 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jan 25, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Vidmob
Cloud based creative marketing and advertising platform. It enables users to compare ads, provides mobile fitness scores, creative fatigue trackers, dashboards, reports, and more. It also provides tools for analyzing campaigns. It allows users to carry out creative production by matchmaking, collaboration tool, manage multiple accounts, and more.
Key facts about Vidmob
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $210M
- Employee Count: 120 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Foundation Capital, Shamrock Capital Advisors and 27 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Apr 24, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Jebbit
Cloud-based customer insight solutions for businesses. The platform helps in capturing data from multiple channels that help businesses distribute content or personalize the content based on behavioral analysis. It also helps with lead generation, running omnichannel marketing, segmenting customers, sending emails, and more.
Key facts about Jebbit
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Boston (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $92.6M
- Employee Count: 34 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Vista Equity Partners, Seven Hound Ventures and 23 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jan 25, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Developer of airspace security and defense solutions for drone threats. The company provides systems that combine sensors, command-and-control software, and autonomous interceptors. These systems defend military, government, and commercial operations from unauthorized drones. The company’s technology has been validated in operational deployments.
Key facts about Fortem Technologies
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Provo (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $94.1M
- Employee Count: 129 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Mubadala, Signia Venture Partners and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Apr 22, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Vungle
Online ad network platform. It helps mobile application developers promote and monetize the apps through in-app video trailers. The platform enables advertisers, publishers, game developers, and DSPs to monetize the mobile apps. It enables advertisers to reach and retain the target audience in real time.
Key facts about Vungle
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $25.6M
- Employee Count: 61 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Sierra Ventures, Webb Investment Network and 23 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Feb 10, 2014, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Manifest's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Manifest has invested in 12 companies over the last 9 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Picklebet and most recent follow-on round was in Jebbit.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2017 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Manifest's Investments by Stage
Manifest has made 7 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $8.96M and 1 investment in Seed stage with an average round size of $3M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 7 |
Seed | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Manifest's Investments by Sector
Manifest has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Retail, Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech and Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications. Notably, it has invested in 12 Tech companies, 9 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 9 Software companies and at least 4 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 6 |
Consumer | 3 |
Retail | 2 |
Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech | 1 |
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications | 1 |
Others | 5 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Manifest's Investments by Geography
Manifest has made most investments in United States (7), followed by Australia where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 7 |
Australia | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Manifest's recent investments
Manifest has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Manifest:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Nov 30, 2023 | Australia | Series A | 2556 | [+2] | |
Jan 25, 2022 | United States | Series C | 6446 | ||
Apr 08, 2021 | United States | Series B | 4328 | [+4] | |
Jun 18, 2019 | United States | Series A | 9542 | [+5] | |
Apr 08, 2019 | United States | Series B | 9819 | [+4] |
Acquired companies in Manifest's Portfolio
5 companies from Manifest's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Jebbit in Jul 2024 by BlueConic for $*****.Here are Manifest's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jul 10, 2024 | Aug 09, 2017 | Series A | 5728 | |
Feb 01, 2024 | Oct 24, 2017 | Series A | 8638 | |
Jan 06, 2021 | Apr 27, 2017 | Series A | 7231 | |
Oct 13, 2020 | - | - | 3971 | |
Jul 15, 2019 | - | - | 3957 |
Team profile of Manifest
Manifest has a team of 4 members including 2 Partners, 1 Venture Partner and 1 Principal located in United States. Manifest's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Manifest:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Los Angeles | - | ||
Partner | Newark | - | - | |
Venture Partner | Menlo Park | - | - | |
Principal | Tacoma | - | - |
Co-investors of Manifest
Over the past 9 years, 72 investors have co-invested in Manifest's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Manifest: Lerer Hippeau, Freestyle and 13 others have invested in rounds before Manifest. There is 1 company where Lerer Hippeau has invested before Manifest and 1 company where Freestyle has invested before Manifest.
- Top Co-investors of Manifest: 24 investors entered a company along with Manifest. These include investors like Jackson Square Ventures (1 company).
- Invested after Manifest: A total of 33 investors have invested in Manifest's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Industry Ventures (1 company), Mitsubishi Estate (1 company) and Prudence (1 company).
Recent News related to Manifest
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Picklebet Secures AUD 15M in Series A FundingGambling News•Nov 30, 2023•Discerning Capital, Picklebet, Drive by DraftKings, Manifest and 3 others
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AI-Powered Event Platform Vendelux Raises $14M In Series A FundingDemand Gen Report•Nov 28, 2023•Vendelux, FirstMark, Cervin, Shoptalk and 4 others
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Alyce, an AI-based personalised corporate gifting startup, raises $30MTechCrunch+•Apr 08, 2021•Alyce, General Catalyst, Boston Seed Capital, Golden Ventures and 4 others
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LG Acquires Controlling Stake in TV Data and Measurement Firm AlphonsoMarTech Series•Jan 09, 2021•Alphonso, LG, Manifest, Zenith Electronics
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Alyce picks up $11.5 million Series A to help companies give better corporate giftsTechCrunch+•Jun 11, 2019•Alyce, General Catalyst, Boston Seed Capital, Golden Ventures and 3 others
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Jebbit Raises $12 Million in Series B Financing to Increase Data Performance and Transparency in the MarketplaceGlobeNewswire•Apr 08, 2019•Jebbit, Yard Ventures, Manifest, K1 Investment Management and 3 others
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VidMob raises $6.4 mln extensionPE Hub•May 11, 2018•Vidmob, You & Mr Jones, Manifest, Interlock Partners and 2 others
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Fortem Technologies Raises $15M Series A To Advance Airspace Safety And SecurityPR Newswire•Mar 15, 2018•Fortem Technologies, DCVC, Boeing, Mubadala and 5 others
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Boeing HorizonX invests in Fortem Technologies to develop advanced radar systems for future unmanned aircraftAirtrafficmanagement•Jan 19, 2018•Boeing, Fortem Technologies, DCVC, Mubadala and 3 others
