About Syncom Venture Partners
Syncom Venture Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 1977. It is primarily based out of Bethesda, United States. As of Jul 2015, Syncom Venture Partners has invested in 18 companies. It primarily invests in Series A round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Consumer and Gaming. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of CircleBack Overall, Syncom Venture Partners portfolio has seen 6 acquisitions including key companies like AppTap, MediaPlatform and V-me TV. A lot of funds co-invest with Syncom Venture Partners, with names like TDF Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Syncom Venture Partners has team of 3 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
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Series A, Series B & 2 more
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Syncom Venture Partners' List of Top Investments
Syncom Venture Partners has a portfolio of 18 companies. Their most notable investments are in AppTap and indoorDIRECT.Their portfolio spans across and United States. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Gaming and 7 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Series B and 2 more. Here is the list of top investments by Syncom Venture Partners:
1. AppTap
Platform offering mobile ad network solution. It is an app discovery and advertising network, combining contextual and behavioral targeting to deliver the right app to the consumer. App developers partner with AppTap to distribute their apps to their target audience. Mobile publishers and carriers use AppTap to monetize their inventory and engage their users.
Key facts about AppTap
- Founded Year: 2005
- Location: Reston (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $12.7M
- Employee Count: 6 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: NAV.VC, Syncom Venture Partners and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Aug 25, 2014, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Provider of weather forecasting support systems. Its product offerings include skywise weather data repository for app developers,weather radio and apps for mobile and support system.
Key facts about Weather Decision Technologies
- Founded Year: 2000
- Location: Norman (United States)
- Stage: Early Stage
- Total Funding till date: $7.9M
- Employee Count: 51 - 200 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Syncom Venture Partners, Medallion Capital and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Unattributed, Jan 05, 2016, $*****
3. CircleBack
Its product Scanbiz Cards is a contact management app for enterprises. It allows sales reps to scan business cards and assign them to a particular account in the CRM. Other features include lead assignment, deduplication, export feature and customizable fields (once the card is scanned). It provides iOS and Android-based software applications.
Key facts about CircleBack
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Mclean (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $12M
- Employee Count: 16 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Square 1 Bank, TDF Ventures and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jul 15, 2015, $*****
MediaPlatform is an enterprise video platform and webcasting solution provider for global enterprises and digital media producers. The product includes on-demand streaming and rich media webcasting software, which offers various solutions such as live webcasting, video management, video delivery, and video analytics.
Key facts about MediaPlatform
- Founded Year: 2005
- Location: Beverly Hills (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $20.5M
- Employee Count: 16 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Western Technology Investment, Tudor and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Aug 05, 2015, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
5. Outspark
Outspark is a video game publisher focusing on freemium MMORPGs. Has published multiple MMORPG games including "Fiesta Online" and "Secret of the Solstice" for PC devices. It offers its published games to the gamers through the freemium model.
Key facts about Outspark
- Founded Year: 2007
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Acqui-Hired
- Total Funding till date: $23.3M
- Employee Count: 8 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: SBI Investment, Altos Ventures Management and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jul 14, 2009, $*****
Syncom Venture Partners' Investments by Stage
Syncom Venture Partners has made 7 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $7.14M, 3 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $14M, 2 investments in Series C stage with an average round size of $26.4M and 1 investment in Seed stage with an average round size of $900K.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 7 |
Series B | 3 |
Series C | 2 |
Seed | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Syncom Venture Partners' Investments by Sector
Syncom Venture Partners has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Mobile, Gaming and Media & Entertainment. Notably, it has invested in 12 Tech companies, 10 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 9 Software companies and at least 7 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 5 |
Consumer | 3 |
Mobile | 3 |
Gaming | 2 |
Media & Entertainment | 2 |
Others | 5 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Syncom Venture Partners' Investments by Geography
Syncom Venture Partners has made most investments in United States (13).Syncom Venture Partners' recent investments
Syncom Venture Partners has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Syncom Venture Partners:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jul 15, 2015 | United States | Series A | 9325 | [+2] | |
Jul 03, 2013 | United States | Seed | 4749 | - | |
Jul 12, 2012 | United States | Seed | 7484 | - | |
Jan 12, 2012 | United States | Series A | 8317 | ||
Aug 30, 2010 | United States | Series A | 5402 | - |
Acquired companies in Syncom Venture Partners' Portfolio
6 companies from Syncom Venture Partners' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was MediaPlatform in May 2025 by Brandlive for $*****.Here are Syncom Venture Partners' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May 13, 2025 | Oct 30, 2009 | Series B | 4062 | |
Jul 01, 2015 | Jan 12, 2012 | Series A | 6453 | |
Apr 19, 2013 | - | - | 8210 | |
Feb 07, 2013 | Aug 30, 2010 | Series A | 3223 | |
Feb 07, 2013 | Jul 14, 2009 | Series C | 9405 |
Team profile of Syncom Venture Partners
Syncom Venture Partners has a team of 3 members including 1 Partner and 1 Principal located in United States. Syncom Venture Partners' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Syncom Venture Partners
Over the past 26 years, 23 investors have co-invested in Syncom Venture Partners's portfolio companies. This includes only funds.
- Invested before Syncom Venture Partners: NAV.VC, Success-is-in-reach.com and 5 others have invested in rounds before Syncom Venture Partners. There is 1 company where NAV.VC has invested before Syncom Venture Partners and 1 company where Success-is-in-reach.com has invested before Syncom Venture Partners.
- Top Co-investors of Syncom Venture Partners: 14 investors entered a company along with Syncom Venture Partners. These include investors like TDF Ventures (1 company).
- Invested after Syncom Venture Partners: TVC Capital (1 company) and Accenture (1 company) are the investors which have invested in Syncom Venture Partners's portfolio after their investments.
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Wananchi sells business services unit to private equity fund SynComTeleGeography•May 18, 2017•iSAT Africa, Syncom Venture Partners
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CircleBack Closes $12M Funding Round |FinSMEsFinSMEs•Jul 15, 2015•CircleBack, TDF Ventures, Grotech Ventures, Syncom Venture Partners and 1 other
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ShowUhow raises $3M in series A funding | VatorNewsVator•Aug 30, 2010•ShowUhow, Syncom Venture Partners
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