About Seven Seas Partners
Seven Seas Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2014. It is primarily based out of Menlo Park, United States. As of Sep 2023, Seven Seas Partners has invested in 28 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to Enterprise Applications and Consumer. Most recently it participated in the $***** Angel round of Beijing CyberLink Technology Co Overall, Seven Seas Partners portfolio has seen 3 unicorns and 4 acquisitions including key companies like Blockstream, Ironclad and WM Motor. A lot of funds co-invest with Seven Seas Partners, with names like Horizons Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Seven Seas Partners has team of 3 people including 3 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 2 more
Portfolio Unicorns
Portfolio Soonicorns
Seven Seas Partners' List of Top Investments
Seven Seas Partners has a portfolio of 28 companies, including 3 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in HelloTalk and IDaddy.Their portfolio spans across United States, China, Canada and 1 more locations. They have invested in High Tech, Enterprise Applications, Consumer and 20 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 2 more. Here is the list of top investments by Seven Seas Partners:1. Blockstream
Developer of cryptocurrency infrastructure software and open source hardware wallets. Systems built for the bitcoin network include non custodial applications, security technology, and decentralized financial tools. These products facilitate peer to peer transactions and address scaling requirements through satellite transmissions and sidechain implementations. Hardware security devices assist individuals with self custody management. The architecture aims to reduce reliance on third party financial institutions by utilizing cryptographic proof and distributed systems protocols.
Key facts about Blockstream
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Montreal (Canada)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $651M
- Employee Count: 100 as on Mar 31, 2025
- Investors: Baillie Gifford, AME Cloud Ventures and 46 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Oct 15, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Ironclad
Platform offering contract lifecycle management software. It offers a self serve platform that enables businesses to launch contracts on their own. It offers built in features that include redlining, editing, audit logging, etc. It provides a repository to store all the contract records in real time with an advanced and modern search and reporting feature.
Key facts about Ironclad
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $333M
- Employee Count: 870 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Emergence Capital, Sarissa Capital and 31 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Jan 18, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Lark Health
AI-powered platform offering various fitness and wellness services. The platform offers personalized diet plans based on health assessments and can track weight readings, daily activity levels, sleep, mindfulness check-ins, meals, and more. Also, offers programs for diabetes, prediabetes, hypertension, and prevention.
Key facts about Lark Health
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Mountain View (United States)
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $162M
- Employee Count: 125 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Trinity Capital, Pegasus Tech Ventures and 30 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Sep 07, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. WM Motor
Manufacturer of electric vehicles, including SUVs and sedans. The company focuses on designing, developing, manufacturing, and selling electric vehicles. It provides options for test drives, online consultations, and after-sales services. The company also engages in battery recycling.
Key facts about WM Motor
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Shanghai (China)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $4.62B
- Employee Count: 497 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Rotating Boulder Fund, Bank of China and 32 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Dec 01, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Alluxio
Alluxio provides cloud data orchestration for analytics and machine learning. It provides an open source data orchestration layer that brings data close to compute for big data and AI and ML workloads in the cloud. It has use cases in cloud analytics caching, hybrid cloud analytics, and analytics framework workloads for object stores. Its components are Alluxio Master, Alluxio Worker, and Alluxio Client to allow analytics and AI and ML applications to interface with Alluxio. The clients include SAMSUNG, Myntra, Lenovo, BARCLAYS, etc.
Key facts about Alluxio
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: San Mateo (United States)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $89M
- Employee Count: 90 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Volcanics Venture, Andreessen Horowitz and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Nov 16, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Seven Seas Partners' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Seven Seas Partners has invested in 28 companies over the last 11 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Beijing CyberLink Technology Co and most recent follow-on round was in Alluxio.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 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Seven Seas Partners' Investments by Stage
Seven Seas Partners has made 4 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.44M, 4 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $21.7M, 4 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $20.7M and 1 investment in Angel stage.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 4 |
Series A | 4 |
Series B | 4 |
Angel | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Seven Seas Partners' Investments by Sector
Seven Seas Partners has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Consumer, High Tech, Enterprise Applications, EdTech and Industrial Goods and Manufacturing. Notably, it has invested in 27 Tech companies, 18 Consumer (B2C) companies, 13 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 11 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Consumer | 7 |
High Tech | 6 |
Enterprise Applications | 4 |
EdTech | 2 |
Industrial Goods and Manufacturing | 2 |
Others | 14 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Seven Seas Partners' Investments by Geography
Seven Seas Partners has made most investments in United States (7), followed by China where it has made 5 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 7 |
China | 5 |
Canada | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Seven Seas Partners' recent investments
Seven Seas Partners has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Seven Seas Partners:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Sep 04, 2023 | China | Angel | 2301 | - | |
Apr 16, 2020 | United States | Series B | 3531 | [+3] | |
Mar 2019 | China | Series B | 3941 | ||
Jan 17, 2019 | United States | Series B | 4757 | ||
May 30, 2018 | China | Seed | 6682 | - |
Unicorns in Seven Seas Partners' Portfolio
Seven Seas Partners has 3 unicorns in its portfolio - Ironclad, Blockstream and WM Motor. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Ironclad. It became a unicorn in 2022, 4 years before Seven Seas Partners first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Seven Seas Partners' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
70 | Platform offering contract lifecycle management software | 2014 | San Francisco | Series E | gnqesme | ||
76 | Developer of cryptocurrency infrastructure software and open source hardware wallets | 2014 | Montreal | Series C | epjjbs{ | ||
54 | Manufacturer of electric vehicles, including SUVs and sedans. | 2015 | Shanghai | Series D | hdyybxj |
Acquired companies in Seven Seas Partners' Portfolio
4 companies from Seven Seas Partners' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was NestReady in Aug 2021 by Homebot for $*****.Here are Seven Seas Partners' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 17, 2021 | - | - | 4501 | |
Dec 05, 2018 | Jul 28, 2015 | Series B | 2694 | |
Jan 30, 2017 | - | - | 4634 | |
Oct 13, 2016 | Feb 03, 2016 | Seed | 4873 |
Team profile of Seven Seas Partners
Seven Seas Partners has a team of 3 members including 3 Partners located in China, Australia and 1 more location. Seven Seas Partners' team sits on the board of 1 company.Here is a list of all team members in Seven Seas Partners:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | China | |||
Partner | New York City | - | ||
Partner | Australia | - |
Co-investors of Seven Seas Partners
Over the past 11 years, 85 investors have co-invested in Seven Seas Partners's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Seven Seas Partners: America’s Seed Fund, National Science Foundation and 27 others have invested in rounds before Seven Seas Partners. There are 2 companies where America’s Seed Fund has invested before Seven Seas Partners and 2 companies where National Science Foundation has invested before Seven Seas Partners.
- Top Co-investors of Seven Seas Partners: 17 investors entered a company along with Seven Seas Partners. These include investors like Horizons Ventures (1 company).
- Invested after Seven Seas Partners: A total of 39 investors have invested in Seven Seas Partners's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include SoftBank Vision Fund (2 companies), Kingsway Capital (1 company) and Fulgur Ventures (1 company).
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