About SymphonyAlpha Ventures
SymphonyAlpha Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2014. It is primarily based out of Madison, United States. As of Sep 2016, SymphonyAlpha Ventures has invested in 19 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 HealthTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of ExplORer Surgical Overall, SymphonyAlpha Ventures portfolio has seen 10 acquisitions including key companies like GrocerKey, ReviewTrackers and ExplORer Surgical. A lot of funds co-invest with SymphonyAlpha Ventures, with names like Woodman sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. SymphonyAlpha Ventures has team of 2 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
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SymphonyAlpha Ventures' List of Top Investments
SymphonyAlpha Ventures has a portfolio of 19 companies. Their most notable investmentis in ExplORer SurgicalTheir portfolio spans across United States and Canada. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, HealthTech and 8 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by SymphonyAlpha Ventures:1. Point Pickup
Provider of a delivery platform enabling retailers to offer same-day fulfillment and delivery services. It is a technology-enabled platform company that offers a single platform for both middle-mile and same-day, last-mile delivery solutions for various industries, including retail, food, and grocery. The company's platform enables enterprise clients to control their customers' experience from purchase to doorstep through same-day fulfillment and delivery.
Key facts about Point Pickup
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Stamford (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $31.5M
- Employee Count: 289 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: SymphonyAlpha Ventures, Hampstead Park Capital Management and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Oct 08, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. GrocerKey
GrocerKey is a provider of eCommerce grocery solutions for businesses. The platform helps to create an online store for grocery businesses. Its features include an online ordering solution, digital merchandising, marketing, analytics tools, and more. Its eCommerce grocery technology solution enables click &
collect, home delivery, plan & shop activities, and mobile self-checkout.
Key facts about GrocerKey
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Minneapolis (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $6.44M
- Employee Count: 15 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: dunnhumby Ventures, SymphonyAlpha Ventures and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Dec 08, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Reputation management software to improve online presence and customer experience. It is a SaaS platform designed to help businesses monitor, manage, and improve their online reputation. The software offers features such as review monitoring, local SEO, customer experience analytics, competitor analysis, social media monitoring, and local listing management. It aims to empower businesses to build a strong online presence, improve customer retention, and drive brand growth. The platform provides tools for managing employee feedback, software brand monitoring, and app store monitoring. It offers integrations with leading technologies and resources such as success stories, guides, reports, and webinars to support businesses in their reputation management efforts. The goal is to help businesses understand their customers better, build more trust, and gain insights to move their business forward.
Key facts about ReviewTrackers
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Chicago (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $19M
- Employee Count: 27 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Square 1 Bank, PeakSpan Capital and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jun 25, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. Alan
Platform providing conversational AI solutions. It provides a voice AI platform for brands and organizations to add an intelligent natural voice interface to their mobile or web app. Its features include multi-turn dialog, dialog context, and visual context tools and solutions. It provides spoken language understanding solutions which help users to understand user intent. The platform allows applications to learn and improve voice experiences using anonymized data.
Key facts about Alan
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Sunnyvale (United States)
- Stage: Funding Raised
- Employee Count: 27 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Inspovation Ventures, SymphonyAlpha Ventures and 2 Others
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
ExplORer is an interactive surgical playbook that promotes optimal teamwork in the operating room. Best practices are built into a surgeon-customized workflow for each case. It allows instruments and supplies to be there when needed. It provides step-by-step instructions and diagrams which help team members follow along with the case and prepare for what's coming next. It allows OR managers to track granular case progression in real-time and forecast room utilization, staffing, equipment use, and postoperative admissions. It provides standardized surgical workflow with the ability to customize based on patient factors, surgeon preferences, and changing operative conditions.
Key facts about ExplORer Surgical
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Ashburn (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $12.8M
- Employee Count: 3 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Elliott Management, Sofia Fund and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Apr 09, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
SymphonyAlpha Ventures' Investments by Stage
SymphonyAlpha Ventures has made 2 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $845K and 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $2M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 2 |
Series A | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
SymphonyAlpha Ventures' Investments by Sector
SymphonyAlpha Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Food and Agriculture Tech, HealthTech and Retail. Notably, it has invested in 15 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 15 Tech companies, 12 Software companies and at least 3 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 3 |
Food and Agriculture Tech | 1 |
HealthTech | 1 |
Retail | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
SymphonyAlpha Ventures' Investments by Geography
SymphonyAlpha Ventures has made most investments in United States (3).SymphonyAlpha Ventures' recent investments
SymphonyAlpha Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by SymphonyAlpha Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Sep 13, 2016 | United States | Seed | 8330 | ||
May 2015 | United States | Seed | 3548 | [+3] | |
Aug 29, 2014 | United States | Series A | 5639 |
Acquired companies in SymphonyAlpha Ventures' Portfolio
10 companies from SymphonyAlpha Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Starchup in Sep 2022 by Cents for $*****.Here are SymphonyAlpha Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
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Sep 05, 2022 | - | - | 2028 | |
Jun 16, 2022 | Aug 29, 2014 | Series A | 1389 | |
Jun 03, 2022 | - | - | 6671 | |
Oct 13, 2021 | Sep 13, 2016 | Seed | 8668 | |
Aug 26, 2021 | May 2015 | Seed | 1182 |
Team profile of SymphonyAlpha Ventures
SymphonyAlpha Ventures has a team of 2 members including 2 Partners located in United States. SymphonyAlpha Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of SymphonyAlpha Ventures
Over the past 12 years, 21 investors have co-invested in SymphonyAlpha Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before SymphonyAlpha Ventures: Gener8tor, Start-Up Chile and 1 other have invested in rounds before SymphonyAlpha Ventures. There is 1 company where Gener8tor has invested before SymphonyAlpha Ventures and 1 company where Start-Up Chile has invested before SymphonyAlpha Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of SymphonyAlpha Ventures: 10 investors entered a company along with SymphonyAlpha Ventures. These include investors like Woodman (1 company).
- Invested after SymphonyAlpha Ventures: A total of 8 investors have invested in SymphonyAlpha Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include dunnhumby Ventures (1 company), PeakSpan Capital (1 company) and Square 1 Bank (1 company).
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