About MooDoos
MooDoos is a venture capital firm founded in 1990. It is primarily based out of San Diego, United States. As of Aug 2021, MooDoos has invested in 29 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 $***** Seed round of pumpspotting Overall, MooDoos portfolio has seen 1 unicorn and 6 acquisitions including key companies like 3Play Media, VideoAmp and Novinium. A lot of funds co-invest with MooDoos, with names like Mesa Verde Venture Partners sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. MooDoos has team of 3 people including 3 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed & Series A
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Unicorns
MooDoos' List of Top Investments
MooDoos has a portfolio of 29 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investments are in APPCityLife and pumpspotting.Their portfolio spans across United States and Canada. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Retail and 19 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by MooDoos:1. Punchbowl
Provider of digital invitation and greeting card creation software tools. This platform enables users to design, customize, and distribute electronic invitations and greeting cards via email or text message. The service includes features for tracking guest responses, managing event details, and coordinating potluck contributions. Users can select from various templates categorized by occasion, including birthdays, weddings, graduations, and seasonal events. The software allows for the integration of character themes and provides tools for managing guest lists and event communication.
Key facts about Punchbowl
- Founded Year: 2006
- Location: Framingham (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $12.7M
- Employee Count: 83 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Intel, Contour Venture Partners and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jun 10, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Encycle
Provider of wireless energy management solutions. It offers enviro grid swarm logic controllers that are attached to electrical loads like air conditioning, heaters, compressors, pumps, humidifiers, dehumidifiers, to communicate and coordinate with each other and to reduce electrical demand for commercial, industrial, institutional, and multi-unit residential facilities.
Key facts about Encycle
- Founded Year: 2005
- Location: Toronto (Canada)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $46.2M
- Employee Count: 26 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Takeda Ventures, Export Development Canada and 13 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, May 12, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. 3Play Media
3Play Media is a provider of captioning, transcription, and translation solutions to enterprises. The company simplifies the process of video translations by providing an account system, flexible APIs, and integration with a multitude of video players, platforms, and lecture capture systems. It provides translation services by first producing a draft via automatic speech recognition and editing by professional transcriptionists via their software and then QA processing. Clientele includes IRS, P&G, Yale University, Penn State University, Autodesk, MIT, Colorado State University, The Economist etc.
Key facts about 3Play Media
- Founded Year: 2008
- Location: United States
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $962K
- Employee Count: 597 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: XLIX Ventures, MooDoos and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jun 20, 2011, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. VideoAmp
Data driven advertising media measurement and optimization tools. The platform offers a TV suite and ad campaign management tools that help advertisers in gaining customer journey insights and optimize channels into data driven advertisements related to TV and digital campaigns. It also integrates with linear TV, OTT, and digital data.
Key facts about VideoAmp
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Los Angeles (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series G
- Total Funding till date: $534M
- Employee Count: 706 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Anthem Venture Partners, Hercules Capital and 21 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series G, Sep 13, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. CourseKey
School management solutions provider. It offers various solutions such as time and attendance automation, digital assessments & evaluations, online learning communities, and ebook resources among others. Features include real-time insights on data, student analysis, and integration of LMS with the system.
Key facts about CourseKey
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: San Diego (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $20M
- Employee Count: 34 as on Dec 31, 2022
- Investors: Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, SignalFire and 14 Others
- Latest Funding Round: PE, Jan 07, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
MooDoos' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
MooDoos has invested in 29 companies over the last 14 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in pumpspotting.MooDoos' Investments by Stage
MooDoos has made 3 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.06M and 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $410K.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 3 |
Series A | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
MooDoos' Investments by Sector
MooDoos has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Life Sciences, Enterprise Infrastructure and HealthTech. Notably, it has invested in 23 Tech companies, 16 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 13 Software companies and at least 11 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 2 |
High Tech | 2 |
Life Sciences | 2 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 1 |
HealthTech | 1 |
Others | 3 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
MooDoos' Investments by Geography
MooDoos has made most investments in United States (4).MooDoos' recent investments
MooDoos has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by MooDoos:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 12, 2021 | United States | Seed | 9350 | [+6] | |
Jun 19, 2019 | United States | Seed | 9055 | ||
Aug 18, 2015 | United States | Seed | 1929 | - | |
Jul 09, 2012 | United States | Series A | 3934 | [+7] |
Unicorns in MooDoos' Portfolio
MooDoos has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - VideoAmp. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is VideoAmp which became a unicorn in 2021, 4 years before MooDoos first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in MooDoos' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
61 | Data driven advertising media measurement and optimization tools | 2014 | Los Angeles | Series G | myonzcf |
Acquired companies in MooDoos' Portfolio
6 companies from MooDoos' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Contract Pharmaceuticals in Jun 2024 by Aterian Partners for $*****.Here are MooDoos' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 06, 2024 | - | - | 7964 | |
Mar 28, 2022 | - | - | 4900 | |
May 14, 2019 | - | - | 5366 | |
Feb 09, 2017 | - | - | 3704 | |
Oct 22, 2013 | Jul 09, 2012 | Series A | 3000 |
Team profile of MooDoos
MooDoos has a team of 3 members including 3 Partners located in United States. MooDoos' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in MooDoos:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | San Diego | - | ||
Partner | Phoenix | - | ||
Partner | Sedona | - |
Co-investors of MooDoos
Over the past 14 years, 25 investors have co-invested in MooDoos's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before MooDoos: FusionX Ventures, Mooring Ventures and 3 others have invested in rounds before MooDoos. There is 1 company where FusionX Ventures has invested before MooDoos and 1 company where Mooring Ventures has invested before MooDoos.
- Top Co-investors of MooDoos: 17 investors entered a company along with MooDoos. These include investors like Mesa Verde Venture Partners (1 company).
- Invested after MooDoos: A total of 3 investors have invested in MooDoos's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Maine Technology Institute (1 company), Ad Astra Ventures (1 company) and Unum Business Ventures (1 company).
Recent News related to MooDoos
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pumpspotting: Raises $1.15M in FundingFintechinshorts•Aug 13, 2021•pumpspotting, MooDoos, Maine Venture Fund, Maine Angels and 3 others
