About Slow Ventures
Slow Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2009. It is primarily based out of San Francisco, United States. As of Jun 2025, Slow Ventures has invested in 78 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 High Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series B round of Deep Sentinel Overall, Slow Ventures portfolio has seen 2 unicorns, 2 IPOs and 27 acquisitions including key companies like Opendoor, Radius and Shippo. A lot of funds co-invest with Slow Ventures, with names like SV Angel sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Slow Ventures 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 Soonicorns
Slow Ventures' List of Top Investments
Slow Ventures has a portfolio of 78 companies, including 2 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in Silversheet and Freebird.Their portfolio spans across United States, Germany, Haiti and 2 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, High Tech and 24 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 2 more. Here is the list of top investments by Slow Ventures:
1. Opendoor
Provider of digital platforms for buying and selling residential property. The business facilitates real estate transactions by enabling owners to list properties for sale and providing buyers with direct purchase options. It manages the underlying processes for home exchanges and coordinates with homebuilders to offer inventory to prospective buyers.
Key facts about Opendoor
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Tempe (United States)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $1.35B
- Employee Count: 1,446 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Access Industries, Vibhu Venture Partners and 74 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Aug 18, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Public
Provider of DNA test kits for dogs that enable dog owners to provide better pet care. The test tracks more than 200,000 genetic markers. The test analyzes the dog's ancestry and provides an overview of both genetic disease risk and heritable traits so the owners can understand their dog’s health plans for the future. It also provides an app for dog owners to book an appointment and invite the Embark team to their homes to learn more about the test kit.
Key facts about Embark Veterinary
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Austin (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $94.3M
- Employee Count: 71 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: SoftBank Vision Fund, F-Prime Capital and 19 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jul 26, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Radius
Radius is a predictive marketing and sales platform. Its smart prospecting list application takes the most comprehensive data set on each small and medium-sized business in America and turns it into actionable insights for anyone whose target market is small business. Radius provides prospect data like contact info and business information in addition to social media activity from Facebook, Twitter, Google, Foursquare and more. Radius can sync prospect data to Salesforce or append current leads with better data. Radius is available on the Salesforce App Exchange.
Key facts about Radius
- Founded Year: 1990
- Location: Crewe (United Kingdom)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $333M
- Employee Count: 51 - 200 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Western Technology Investment, Glynn Capital and 18 Others
- Latest Funding Round: PE, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. Shippo
Shippo is a provider of web-based shipping solutions for e-commerce businesses. It comes with an API that connects shipping labels with e-commerce portals. Its portal allows merchants to print shipping labels, get shipping rates in real-time, track packages, print customs forms, submit refunds, return management, and optimize package allocation across all available shipping providers. Direct shipping integration for shopping cart platforms like Bigcommerce, Shopify, Magento, and Etsy and carriers like DHL, FedEx, UPS, etc. The company offers solutions on the subscription-based policy.
Key facts about Shippo
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $154M
- Employee Count: 301 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: equitywestsecurities.com, MENA Venture Investments and 26 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Jun 27, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Thimble
Thimble provides online liability insurance for small businesses. It offers coverage for contractors, freelancers, cleaners, photographers, beauty professionals, personal trainers, janitors, and more. It features on-demand policies based on hours, days, and months.
Key facts about Thimble
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $29M
- Employee Count: 59 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Graph Ventures, Frontline Ventures and 13 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Oct 15, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Slow Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Slow Ventures has invested in 78 companies over the last 14 years, with an average of 2 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 1 investment. Its most recent first time investment was in Farmblox and most recent follow-on round was in Deep Sentinel.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
Slow Ventures' Investments by Stage
Slow Ventures has made 53 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.59M, 17 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $8.13M, 5 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $21.6M and 1 investment in Series C stage with an average round size of $54.7M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 53 |
Series A | 17 |
Series B | 5 |
Series C | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Slow Ventures' Investments by Sector
Slow Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Consumer, Enterprise Applications, Retail, High Tech and Media & Entertainment. Notably, it has invested in 71 Tech companies, 50 Consumer (B2C) companies, 38 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 38 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Consumer | 36 |
Enterprise Applications | 23 |
Retail | 16 |
High Tech | 12 |
Media & Entertainment | 8 |
Others | 79 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Slow Ventures' Investments by Geography
Slow Ventures has made most investments in United States (72), followed by Germany where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 72 |
Germany | 1 |
Haiti | 1 |
Israel | 1 |
United Kingdom | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Slow Ventures' recent investments
Slow Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Slow Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jun 03, 2025 | United States | Series B | 2158 | ||
Jul 23, 2024 | United States | Seed | 1307 | [+2] | |
Sep 05, 2023 | United States | Seed | 1441 | - | |
May 31, 2023 | United States | Series B | 8422 | [+3] | |
Jan 14, 2023 | United States | Seed | 3719 | [+4] |
Unicorns in Slow Ventures' Portfolio
Slow Ventures has 2 unicorns in its portfolio - Helium and Shippo. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Helium. It became a unicorn in 2022, 7 years after Slow Ventures first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Slow Ventures' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
66 | Hardware mining solutions for cryptocurrency | 2006 | San Francisco | Series D | zlroopq | ||
72 | Provider of web-based shipping solution for e-commerce businesses | 2013 | San Francisco | Series E | rtku{bg |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Slow Ventures' Portfolio
2 of Slow Ventures' portfolio companies have become public. Wag! got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), in Nov 2021 and Opendoor got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ).Here are Slow Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 04, 2021 | May 07, 2015 | Seed | 1766 | |
Dec 21, 2020 | Jul 2014 | Seed | 6439 |
Acquired companies in Slow Ventures' Portfolio
27 companies from Slow Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Tachyus in Jun 2026 by SLB for $*****.Here are Slow Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 01, 2026 | - | - | 9558 | |
Jan 14, 2026 | Oct 05, 2015 | Seed | 8432 | |
Jul 28, 2025 | Jun 05, 2013 | Series A | 6646 | |
Apr 10, 2023 | Aug 08, 2016 | Seed | 4294 | |
Oct 25, 2022 | May 13, 2015 | Seed | 7464 |
Team profile of Slow Ventures
Slow Ventures has a team of 3 members including 3 Partners located in United States. Slow Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Slow Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | Boston | - | - | |
Partner | San Francisco | - | - |
Co-investors of Slow Ventures
Over the past 14 years, 511 investors have co-invested in Slow Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Slow Ventures: Y Combinator, 500 Global and 95 others have invested in rounds before Slow Ventures. There are 8 companies where Y Combinator has invested before Slow Ventures and 3 companies where 500 Global has invested before Slow Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Slow Ventures: 220 investors entered a company along with Slow Ventures. These include investors like SV Angel (9 companies).
- Invested after Slow Ventures: A total of 194 investors have invested in Slow Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include SoftBank Vision Fund (4 companies), Slow Ventures (4 companies) and Norwest (3 companies).
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