About Stage One Capital
Stage One Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2009. It is primarily based out of Austin, United States. As of 2015, Stage One Capital has invested in 24 companies. It primarily invests in Angel round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Retail and Consumer. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Veritonic Overall, Stage One Capital portfolio has seen 1 unicorn, 1 IPO and 9 acquisitions including key companies like Salesforce, SeatGeek and Bonobos. A lot of funds co-invest with Stage One Capital, with names like Upstage Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.Key Metrics
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Series A, Angel & 1 more
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Stage One Capital's List of Top Investments
Stage One Capital has a portfolio of 24 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investmentis in AdaptlyTheir portfolio spans across and United States. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Retail, Consumer and 10 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Angel and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Stage One Capital:1. Salesforce
Provider of a platform delivering customer relationship management and cloud solutions. The platform offers applications and tools for sales, service, marketing, commerce, and information technology. It enables businesses to automate tasks, analyze data, and personalize customer interactions. The platform’s features include artificial intelligence, data integration, and application development capabilities.
Key facts about Salesforce
- Founded Year: 1999
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $1B+ as on Jan 31, 2026
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $52M
- Employee Count: 76,453 as on Jan 31, 2025
- Investors: Meritech, Glynn Capital and 37 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, May 23, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Public
2. SeatGeek
Company providing a digital platform that enables users to search and book events. It is an event booking platform offering users a search engine to compare and book tickets across various events. The platform provides features like fare comparison, flexible date search, and real-time price alerts to facilitate efficient travel planning.
Key facts about SeatGeek
- Founded Year: 2009
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $398M
- Employee Count: 841 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Glynn Capital, eversourcecap.com and 45 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Aug 31, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Bonobos
Bonobos is an internet first brand offering fashion apparel for men. The product catalog includes pants, shirts, t-shirts, clothing, shorts, suits, blazers, and other accessories.
Key facts about Bonobos
- Founded Year: 2007
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $128M
- Employee Count: 506 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Western Technology Investment, Glynn Capital and 25 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series F, May 05, 2014, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. Breezy
Provider of an AI workspace for real estate agents and brokerages. The platform offers tools for handling property comparisons and identifying building potential. It also provides features for pipeline management and client note-taking. The platform aims to streamline workflows for real estate professionals.
Key facts about Breezy
- Founded Year: 2010
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $14.2M
- Employee Count: 19 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Felicis Ventures, Fifth Wall and 23 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Feb 02, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. OrderGroove
OrderGroove provides a SaaS-based platform to clients for driving subscription commerce. Initially, when a client is on-boarded the company performs a best practice analysis for the custom brand. Then the software is implemented by the internal technical team. Once the product is ready it is launched and the marketing team devises methods for gaining subscriptions and lifetime users. Provides an end to end subscription commerce platform. Clients include Walmart, CVS and others.
Key facts about OrderGroove
- Founded Year: 2010
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $132M
- Employee Count: 119 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Western Technology Investment, SWaN & Legend Venture Partners and 17 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Nov 10, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Stage One Capital's Investments by Stage
Stage One Capital has made 3 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $2.49M, 2 investments in Angel stage with an average round size of $800K and 2 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $350K.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 3 |
Angel | 2 |
Seed | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage One Capital's Investments by Sector
Stage One Capital has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Enterprise Infrastructure and Media & Entertainment. Notably, it has invested in 19 Tech companies, 16 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 14 Software companies and at least 10 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 5 |
Consumer | 1 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 1 |
Media & Entertainment | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage One Capital's Investments by Geography
Stage One Capital has made most investments in United States (7).Stage One Capital's recent investments
Stage One Capital has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Stage One Capital:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | United States | Seed | 1237 | [+1] | |
Aug 06, 2013 | United States | Series A | 1565 | [+4] | |
Apr 18, 2011 | United States | Series A | 8267 | [+4] | |
Jan 01, 2011 | United States | Angel | 4152 | [+1] | |
Nov 29, 2010 | United States | Series A | 3933 | [+9] |
Unicorns in Stage One Capital's Portfolio
Stage One Capital has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - SeatGeek. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is SeatGeek which became a unicorn in 2022, 11 years after Stage One Capital first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Stage One Capital's portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
74 | Company providing a digital platform that enables users to search and book events | 2009 | New York City | Series E | rfsibne |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Stage One Capital's Portfolio
1 of Stage One Capital's portfolio company became public - Salesforce. It got listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), in Jun 2004 at marketcap of $1.11BHere are Stage One Capital's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 23, 2004 | - | - | 3038 |
Acquired companies in Stage One Capital's Portfolio
9 companies from Stage One Capital's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Bonobos in Apr 2023 by WHP Global for $*****.Here are Stage One Capital's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 13, 2023 | - | - | 8145 | |
Mar 03, 2023 | - | - | 1467 | |
Dec 12, 2018 | Apr 18, 2011 | Series A | 1596 | |
Dec 01, 2014 | - | - | 9985 | |
Jul 11, 2014 | - | - | 3608 |
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Co-investors of Stage One Capital
Over the past 17 years, 58 investors have co-invested in Stage One Capital's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Stage One Capital: Dreamit, ff Venture Capital and 1 other have invested in rounds before Stage One Capital. There are 2 companies where Dreamit has invested before Stage One Capital and 1 company where ff Venture Capital has invested before Stage One Capital.
- Top Co-investors of Stage One Capital: 21 investors entered a company along with Stage One Capital. These include investors like Upstage Ventures (2 companies).
- Invested after Stage One Capital: A total of 34 investors have invested in Stage One Capital's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Glynn Capital (1 company), Accel (1 company) and Haystack Partners (1 company).
Recent News related to Stage One Capital
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SeatGeek raises $550,000 and secures WSJ deal | VatorNewsVator•Oct 15, 2010•SeatGeek, Founder Collective, NYC Seed, Stage One Capital and 2 others
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SeatGeek Secures A Deal With The Wall Street Journal And $550k In Funding – TechCrunchTechCrunch+•Oct 13, 2010•SeatGeek, Founder Collective, NYC Seed, Stage One Capital and 2 others
