About Tappan Hill Ventures
Tappan Hill Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2014. It is primarily based out of Ann Arbor, United States. As of Jul 2022, Tappan Hill Ventures has invested in 25 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 EdTech and Enterprise Infrastructure. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Verified Overall, Tappan Hill Ventures portfolio has seen 6 acquisitions including key companies like Prevalent, Stabilitas and Groundspeed. A lot of funds co-invest with Tappan Hill Ventures, with names like Michigan Angel Fund sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Tappan Hill Ventures has team of 5 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 1 more
Portfolio Acquisitions
Tappan Hill Ventures' List of Top Investments
Tappan Hill Ventures has a portfolio of 25 companies. Their most notable investments are in Buildpulse and Casted.Their portfolio spans across and United States. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, EdTech, Enterprise Infrastructure and 12 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Tappan Hill Ventures:
1. ParentSquare
Provider of app-based parent-teacher communication solutions. The platform engages every parent with automated email, text & app alerts, and language translation. School administrators take well-informed steps in consent with parents to improve child growth. Its app is available for Android and iOS devices.
Key facts about ParentSquare
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Santa Barbara (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $12M
- Employee Count: 400 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: LH Ventures, Jenkins Fund and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Sep 07, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Prevalent
Vendor risk management solution provider. It provides vendor risk management and cyber threat intelligence analytics for the enterprise. Its products include Prevalent Vendor Risk Monitor helps companies assess and manage risks posed by third party vendors. The platform also monitors key threat events by aggregating threat information from multiple external sources. Its sources include IP Reputation, Credit, Malware, Financial, Stock Market, Government Watch, Data Disclosures and Web Discovery.
Key facts about Prevalent
- Founded Year: 2004
- Location: Warren (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $98.2M
- Employee Count: 110 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Spring Mountain Capital, Tappan Hill Ventures and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jul 31, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
3. AdAdapted
Mobile advertising platform connecting CPG brands with shoppers before they buy. It specializes in digital advertising solutions for Consumer Packaged Goods, connecting brands with high-intent shoppers through pre-shop planning apps and retail media integrations. The platform offers a suite of shoppable ad formats designed to drive awareness and sales, leveraging patented technology to place products into digital carts and lists. It provides solutions for brands, agencies, and retailers, focusing on increasing awareness, influencing purchase intent, and driving sales. The company's technology powers offsite retail media digital advertising with high cart conversion rates. It offers add-to-list and add-to-cart functionality, shoppable video ads, and targeting capabilities to reach shoppers online and in-store. The platform provides data and insights into shopper behavior, including basket analysis and custom data sets. It supports third-party tracking tags and works with various CPG categories. The company offers a managed service, handling ad creation, campaign management, and reporting.
Key facts about AdAdapted
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Ann Arbor (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $5.1M
- Employee Count: 99 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Tappan Hill Ventures, ID Ventures and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, May 14, 2020, $*****
4. Nectir
Provider of online community-based learning solutions for students. The platform allows students to create group chats, seeks help from other students, and more. Additionally, it allows instructors to send announcements, host office hours, and more.
Key facts about Nectir
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Santa Barbara (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $18.8M
- Employee Count: 29 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Entrada Ventures, Rethink Impact and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Mar 10, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Stabilitas
Stabilitas provides cyber and physical security and risk intelligence solutions for organizations. Products include travel risk management, security intelligence, crisis communications. Focused on the business enterprise, government, NGO, and universities. The platform is a cloud based platform that combines crowd sourced and vetted expert knowledge with its proprietary machine learning technology to derive intelligence. Features include a geo targeted alert, analysis of over 18k vetted sources of risk information, instant alerting, and customizable alerting. Clientele includes McDonald, The Home Depot, Touchstone, AXA, Merck, and Harvard University.
Key facts about Stabilitas
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Seattle (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $5.17M
- Investors: Crowdsmart, Techstars and Dcode42 Partner and 14 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Angel, Oct 19, 2018, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Tappan Hill Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Tappan Hill Ventures has invested in 25 companies over the last 10 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Livegistics and most recent follow-on round was in Verified.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Tappan Hill Ventures' Investments by Stage
Tappan Hill Ventures has made 4 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $3.04M, 3 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $3.75M and 1 investment in Series C stage with an average round size of $15M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 4 |
Series A | 3 |
Series C | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Tappan Hill Ventures' Investments by Sector
Tappan Hill Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Vertical SaaS, Enterprise Infrastructure, High Tech and Real Estate and Construction Tech. Notably, it has invested in 24 Tech companies, 22 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 18 Software companies and at least 14 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 7 |
Vertical SaaS | 3 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 2 |
High Tech | 2 |
Real Estate and Construction Tech | 2 |
Others | 9 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Tappan Hill Ventures' Investments by Geography
Tappan Hill Ventures has made most investments in United States (8).Tappan Hill Ventures' recent investments
Tappan Hill Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Tappan Hill Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jul 18, 2022 | United States | Seed | 9794 | [+2] | |
Apr 07, 2022 | United States | Seed | 3328 | [+3] | |
Apr 06, 2021 | United States | Series A | 2300 | [+2] | |
Jun 17, 2020 | United States | Seed | 4174 | [+2] | |
Jan 09, 2020 | United States | Seed | 1980 | [+1] |
Acquired companies in Tappan Hill Ventures' Portfolio
6 companies from Tappan Hill Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Groundspeed in Jun 2023 by Insurance Quantified for $*****.Here are Tappan Hill Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 22, 2023 | Apr 04, 2017 | Series A | 2786 | |
Aug 11, 2020 | - | - | 8911 | |
Jul 08, 2019 | - | - | 9455 | |
Nov 06, 2018 | Nov 22, 2016 | Seed | 8951 | |
Jun 13, 2017 | - | - | 8593 |
Team profile of Tappan Hill Ventures
Tappan Hill Ventures has a team of 5 members including 2 Partners and 1 Principal located in United States. Tappan Hill Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Tappan Hill Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Grand Rapids | - | ||
Partner | Austin | - | - | |
Principal | Ann Arbor | - | - |
Co-investors of Tappan Hill Ventures
Over the past 10 years, 48 investors have co-invested in Tappan Hill Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Tappan Hill Ventures: Resonant Venture Partners, Digital Currency Group and 12 others have invested in rounds before Tappan Hill Ventures. There is 1 company where Resonant Venture Partners has invested before Tappan Hill Ventures and 1 company where Digital Currency Group has invested before Tappan Hill Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Tappan Hill Ventures: 26 investors entered a company along with Tappan Hill Ventures. These include investors like Michigan Angel Fund (2 companies).
- Invested after Tappan Hill Ventures: A total of 8 investors have invested in Tappan Hill Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Haystack (1 company), Insight Partners (1 company) and Oak HC/FT (1 company).
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