About Monitor Ventures
Monitor Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2003. It is primarily based out of Los Altos, United States. As of Jun 2015, Monitor Ventures has invested in 18 companies. It primarily invests in Series B 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 G round of Adaptive Planning Overall, Monitor Ventures portfolio has seen 10 acquisitions including key companies like LeapFrog, Martha Stewart and AllBusiness.com. A lot of funds co-invest with Monitor Ventures, with names like Firelake Capital sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Monitor Ventures has team of 3 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series B, Series A & 2 more
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Soonicorns
Monitor Ventures' List of Top Investments
Monitor Ventures has a portfolio of 18 companies. Their most notable investments are in Meru Networks and LimeLight by Alcone.Their portfolio spans across United States and United Kingdom. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Consumer and 15 other sectors, across stages such as Series B, Series A and 2 more. Here is the list of top investments by Monitor Ventures:1. LeapFrog
Online retailer of educational toys, learning games, tablets, and monitors. It provides products for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, pre-kindergarteners, kindergarteners, and older children. Offerings include learning systems, a book library, and an app center with various applications. The company also provides baby care products, such as smart baby monitors and video baby monitors.
Key facts about LeapFrog
- Founded Year: 1995
- Location: Emeryville (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $100M - $500M as on Mar 31, 2015
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Employee Count: 485 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Monitor Ventures
- Highlight: Acquired
Provider of lifestyle content and curated products. It offers recipes, DIY projects, gardening advice, home décor ideas, and wedding planning resources. The company also features beauty and wellness tips, and pet care information. Content is created by a team of editors and experts across various lifestyle verticals. Additionally, it offers a selection of merchandise and products related to the lifestyle content.
Key facts about Martha Stewart
- Founded Year: 1997
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $100M - $500M as on Dec 31, 2014
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $45M
- Employee Count: 236 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: ValueAct Capital, Monitor Ventures and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: PE, Jan 08, 2002, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
AllBusiness is an online resource for business news. Provides practical information and services for business professionals and growing businesses. The site includes how-to articles and videos, business forms, contracts and agreements, expert advice, blogs, business news, directory listings, business guides and more. It monetizes through display advertisements.
Key facts about AllBusiness.com
- Founded Year: 1999
- Location: San Bruno (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $37.4M
- Employee Count: 75 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Intel, TCV and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, 2005, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. HydroPoint
Provider of smart water management solutions. The company offers solutions that combine controllers and other hardware with cloud-based applications and services to automate irrigation schedules based on landscape-specific parameters. The company also offers real-time leak and flow monitoring solutions for residential and commercial applications. In addition, it provides site-specific weather data to agencies and corporations; and hydro analytics services.
Key facts about HydroPoint
- Founded Year: 2002
- Location: Petaluma (United States)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $75.9M
- Employee Count: 150 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Greenhouse Capital Partners, Structural Capital and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Nov 17, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Cloud-based enterprise financial planning & budgeting software for businesses. It features a solution for financial planning & analysis, budgeting & forecasting, balance sheet & cash flow optimisation, revenue management, expense management, workforce modelling, capital management, variance analysis, and more. It serves multiple industry verticals including manufacturing, retail, healthcare, hospitality, energy & utilities, public sectors, and others.
Key facts about Adaptive Planning
- Founded Year: 2003
- Location: Pleasanton (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $229M
- Employee Count: 416 as on Dec 31, 2022
- Investors: Western Technology Investment, HighGear Ventures and 14 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series G, Jun 30, 2015, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Monitor Ventures' Investments by Stage
Monitor Ventures has made 4 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $7.62M, 3 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $6.38M, 3 investments in Series C stage with an average round size of $20.2M and 2 investments in Seed stage.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series B | 4 |
Series A | 3 |
Series C | 3 |
Seed | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Monitor Ventures' Investments by Sector
Monitor Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Media & Entertainment, Consumer and Enterprise Infrastructure. Notably, it has invested in 14 Tech companies, 12 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 10 Software companies and at least 5 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 7 |
High Tech | 3 |
Media & Entertainment | 3 |
Consumer | 2 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 2 |
Others | 14 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Monitor Ventures' Investments by Geography
Monitor Ventures has made most investments in United States (12).Monitor Ventures' recent investments
Monitor Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Monitor Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jun 30, 2015 | United States | Series G | 4013 | ||
Nov 26, 2013 | United States | Series C | 4025 | [+3] | |
Aug 22, 2013 | United States | Series F | 3261 | [+5] | |
May 21, 2013 | United States | Series D | 4296 | ||
Mar 14, 2012 | United States | Series D | 5844 |
Acquired companies in Monitor Ventures' Portfolio
10 companies from Monitor Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was MediaPlatform in May 2025 by Brandlive for $*****.Here are Monitor Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May 13, 2025 | Oct 30, 2009 | Series B | 9355 | |
Apr 17, 2019 | - | - | 4918 | |
Nov 27, 2018 | - | - | 8289 | |
Jun 11, 2018 | Mar 01, 2007 | Series C | 2464 | |
Feb 07, 2016 | - | - | 6331 |
Team profile of Monitor Ventures
Monitor Ventures has a team of 3 members including 2 Partners located in United States. Monitor Ventures' team sits on the board of 1 company.Co-investors of Monitor Ventures
Over the past 22 years, 57 investors have co-invested in Monitor Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes only funds.
- Invested before Monitor Ventures: USVP, Rustic Canyon Partners and 8 others have invested in rounds before Monitor Ventures. There is 1 company where USVP has invested before Monitor Ventures and 1 company where Rustic Canyon Partners has invested before Monitor Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Monitor Ventures: 21 investors entered a company along with Monitor Ventures. These include investors like Firelake Capital (1 company).
- Invested after Monitor Ventures: A total of 26 investors have invested in Monitor Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include RockPort Capital (1 company), Chrysalix Venture Capital (1 company) and Royal Bank of Canada (1 company).
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