About Seven Hound Ventures
Seven Hound Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. It is primarily based out of Los Angeles, United States. As of Apr 2021, Seven Hound Ventures has invested in 43 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 High Tech and Consumer. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Evo Foods Overall, Seven Hound Ventures portfolio has seen 1 unicorn, 2 IPOs and 11 acquisitions including key companies like tZERO, Leafly and Orbillion Bio. A lot of funds co-invest with Seven Hound Ventures, with names like SFV sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Seven Hound Ventures has team of 1 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
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Seven Hound Ventures' List of Top Investments
Seven Hound Ventures has a portfolio of 43 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investments are in tZERO and The Block.Their portfolio spans across United States, India, Canada and 2 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Consumer and 15 other sectors, across stages such as Seed stage. Here is the list of top investments by Seven Hound Ventures:
1. tZERO
Online platform providing investment and trading solutions for private securities and digital securities. It provides capital-raising solutions, tokenization of assets, liquidity solutions, and more. It offers private market liquidity and secondary trading solutions through the tZERO ATS, customized trading modules, and tailored white-label solutions with a range of investment opportunities, including private securities, public securities, NFTs, and more.
Key facts about tZERO
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Salt Lake City (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $275M
- Employee Count: 62 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Seven Hound Ventures, Pelion Venture Partners and 19 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Aug 28, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Syndicate
Developer of web3 infrastructure for appchains, transaction management, and on-chain organizations. The company provides tools that let developers launch scalable, atomically composable appchains with control over network, sequencer, and economic design. Its Transaction Cloud, APIs, and modular smart contracts abstract blockchain complexity, handling transaction broadcasting, scheduling, and lifecycle management through simple REST interfaces. The platform originated with the Syndicate Protocol for web3 investment clubs, which enables groups to form on-chain investing organizations that pool capital, manage ownership, and automate payouts using DAO-style governance.
Key facts about Syndicate
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $28M
- Employee Count: 31 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Seven Hound Ventures, Electric Capital and 52 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Revinate
Cloud- based reputation management solutions for hotels. It offers guest communication solutions to help hotels to improve guest experiences. The platform ingests data from multiple sources, including property management systems, point of sale systems, loyalty platforms, central reservation systems, and more. It uses advanced machine learning technology to synthesize, merge, and clean the data into one secure, rich guest database.
Key facts about Revinate
- Founded Year: 2009
- Location: Palo Alto (United States)
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $51.5M
- Employee Count: 302 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Benchmark, Northgate Capital and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Jul 27, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Leafly
Online platform for cannabis strains, reviews, and ratings. The platform offers videos to learn how to use marijuana, how to grow weed, how to make pot edibles, and more. It also helps to locate a legal doctor, clinic, pot dispensary, retail cannabis store, and pickup and delivery services in the locality. The mobile application is available on both Android and iOS platforms.
Key facts about Leafly
- Founded Year: 2010
- Location: Seattle (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $10M - $50M as on Dec 31, 2024
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $40.7M
- Employee Count: 165 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Cavendish Privateers, Seven Hound Ventures and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jun 16, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
5. Magic
Provider of cloud-based solutions for passwordless authentication. It also provides cryptographic data encryption solutions for secure authentication. The features of the product include passwordless login, data breach prevention, secure e-mail delivery, and a delegated key management infrastructure.
Key facts about Magic
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $83M
- Employee Count: 227 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Northzone, Seven Hound Ventures and 36 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, May 31, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Seven Hound Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Seven Hound Ventures has invested in 43 companies over the last 12 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Evo Foods.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Seven Hound Ventures' Investments by Stage
Seven Hound Ventures has made 8 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.28M.Seven Hound Ventures' Investments by Sector
Seven Hound Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Blockchain - Industry Applications, Consumer, Food and Agriculture and HealthTech. Notably, it has invested in 36 Tech companies, 21 Consumer (B2C) companies, 21 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 12 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 3 |
Blockchain - Industry Applications | 2 |
Consumer | 2 |
Food and Agriculture | 2 |
HealthTech | 2 |
Others | 10 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Seven Hound Ventures' Investments by Geography
Seven Hound Ventures has made most investments in United States (6), followed by India where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 6 |
India | 1 |
Switzerland | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Seven Hound Ventures' recent investments
Seven Hound Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Seven Hound Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 19, 2021 | India | Seed | 4856 | [+6] | |
Apr 19, 2021 | United States | Seed | 5697 | [+6] | |
2018 | United States | Seed | 5515 | - | |
2018 | United States | Seed | 6937 | - | |
2018 | United States | Seed | 4755 | - |
Unicorns in Seven Hound Ventures' Portfolio
Seven Hound Ventures has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - tZERO. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is tZERO which became a unicorn in 2018.Here is a list of unicorns in Seven Hound Ventures' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
68 | Online platform providing investment and trading solutions for private securities and digital securities | 2014 | Salt Lake City | Series B | qibsgxa |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Seven Hound Ventures' Portfolio
2 of Seven Hound Ventures' portfolio companies have become public. MindMed got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), in Apr 2021 at marketcap of undefined and Field Trip Health and Wellness got listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE).Here are Seven Hound Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 27, 2021 | - | - | 3040 | |
Oct 06, 2020 | - | - | 2804 |
Acquired companies in Seven Hound Ventures' Portfolio
11 companies from Seven Hound Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Orbillion Bio in Oct 2025 by Fork & Good for $*****.Here are Seven Hound Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 30, 2025 | - | - | 8920 | |
Jul 10, 2024 | - | - | 5218 | |
Dec 12, 2023 | - | - | 1801 | |
Nov 13, 2023 | 2018 | Seed | 2811 | |
Oct 04, 2022 | 2017 | Seed | 3164 |
Team profile of Seven Hound Ventures
Seven Hound Ventures has a team of 1 member located in United States. Seven Hound Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Seven Hound Ventures
Over the past 12 years, 37 investors have co-invested in Seven Hound Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Seven Hound Ventures: Atlas Venture, Life Sciences Angel Network and 4 others have invested in rounds before Seven Hound Ventures. There is 1 company where Atlas Venture has invested before Seven Hound Ventures and 1 company where Life Sciences Angel Network has invested before Seven Hound Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Seven Hound Ventures: 15 investors entered a company along with Seven Hound Ventures. These include investors like SFV (2 companies).
- Invested after Seven Hound Ventures: A total of 16 investors have invested in Seven Hound Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include GSR Capital (1 company), Ovestock (1 company) and Intercontinental Exchange (1 company).
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