About Ventures
Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 1995. It is primarily based out of Waltham, United States. As of May 2013, Ventures has invested in 16 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 Retail and Real Estate and Construction Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of ScribeSense Overall, Ventures portfolio has seen 5 acquisitions including key companies like Corrigo, Advent Solar and Avamar. A lot of funds co-invest with Ventures, with names like Benchmark sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Ventures has team of 1 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series A, Seed & 2 more
Portfolio Acquisitions
Ventures' List of Top Investments
Ventures has a portfolio of 16 companies. Their most notable investments are in Mondera.com and Mondera.com.Their portfolio spans across and United States. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Retail, Real Estate and Construction Tech and 10 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed and 2 more. Here is the list of top investments by Ventures:
1. Corrigo
Provides mobile software as a service applications for field service in the United States. The company serves commercial property, multifamily property, homebuilding, corporate facility, and retail and food industries. It offers two products - Work Order Network for facility management with features for tracking work order, employees, facilities spend etc. and Worktrack for vendors and service professionals with facilities for scheduling, invoicing etc. Also offers deployment, integration, training, security, and support services. Corrigo, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Wilsonville, Oregon.
Key facts about Corrigo
- Founded Year: 1999
- Location: Allen (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $44.2M
- Employee Count: 72 as on Dec 31, 2022
- Investors: Four Rivers Group, TriplePoint Capital and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Jun 14, 2007, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
2. Propel
Retailer of renewable fuels including ethanol blends and diesel products. The business offers high performance renewable fuel options for vehicle engines. These fuel products are designed to replace petroleum based equivalents. Dispensing equipment is managed to supply fuel directly to consumer vehicles.
Key facts about Propel
- Founded Year: 2004
- Location: Sacramento (United States)
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $33.6M
- Employee Count: 20 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: California Energy Commission, Nth Power and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Dec 11, 2012, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Advent Solar
Advent Solar produces silicon photovoltaic cell-to-module technology. Based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A., the company focuses on delivering intellectual property (IP) for intelligent, high-energy silicon photovoltaic (PV) solutions. With patented, advanced technologies, Advent Solar enables higher value products that are Beautiful by Designâ„¢, changing the rules for smart grid economics. Advent Solar provides its industry-leading Venturaâ„¢ Technology through a licensing model. Ventura Solar Technology is a comprehensive cell-to-module architecture for high-performance solar modules that deliver the industry's best value for silicon PV modules. (The company website is not working as of Sept 2015)
Key facts about Advent Solar
- Founded Year: 2002
- Location: Albuquerque (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $108M
- Employee Count: 10 - 49 as on Mar 01, 2026
- Investors: Point Financial, Sun Mountain Capital and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Jun 19, 2007, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. Avamar
Avamar technologies is a provider of Data security and backup software. Axion, is a disk-based data protection solution, to both mid-tier and large enterprise customers. It provides data protection solution (backup and recovery) through scalable, high-availability server through all-disk storage. EMC has acquired AVMAR in a full cash transaction.
Key facts about Avamar
- Founded Year: 1999
- Location: Irvine (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $40.3M
- Investors: Western Technology Investment, Benchmark and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Sep 22, 2004, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Powerit solutions provides web interface platform to connect Utility, Distributions with customer for demand management. Their products include Spara DM ,that makes adjustment for demand reduction in connected loads, Spara Hub which send the data into cloud which can be accessed at remote location, Spara Demand Diagnostics, an analytical tool that allows its partners and customers to determine potential demand management savings.
Key facts about Powerit Solutions
- Founded Year: 2006
- Location: Seattle (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $26.2M
- Employee Count: 6 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: ArcelorMittal, Black Coral Capital and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, May 11, 2014, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Ventures' Investments by Stage
Ventures has made 6 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $10.2M, 3 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.01M, 3 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $30.7M and 2 investments in Series C stage with an average round size of $10.5M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 6 |
Seed | 3 |
Series B | 3 |
Series C | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Ventures' Investments by Sector
Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Retail, Energy and Energy Tech. Notably, it has invested in 10 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 10 Tech companies, 5 Saas companies and at least 5 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 6 |
Consumer | 3 |
Retail | 3 |
Energy | 2 |
Energy Tech | 2 |
Others | 14 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Ventures' Investments by Geography
Ventures has made most investments in United States (13).Ventures' recent investments
Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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May 03, 2013 | United States | Seed | 5519 | - | |
Jan 23, 2013 | United States | Seed | 4001 | - | |
May 05, 2009 | United States | Series B | 6112 | [+2] | |
Nov 16, 2007 | United States | Series A | 9375 | [+1] | |
Jun 19, 2007 | United States | Series D | 5103 | [+4] |
Acquired companies in Ventures' Portfolio
5 companies from Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Powerit Solutions in Jan 2016 by Customized Energy Solutions for $*****.Here are Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 21, 2016 | May 31, 2007 | Series A | 2226 | |
Dec 02, 2015 | May 23, 2000 | Series A | 3518 | |
Nov 05, 2009 | Dec 10, 2004 | Series B | 9924 | |
Nov 01, 2006 | Apr 10, 2003 | Series C | 7224 | |
Mar 07, 2001 | May 08, 2000 | Series B | 7965 |
Team profile of Ventures
Ventures has a team of 1 member located in United States. Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Ventures
Over the past 27 years, 55 investors have co-invested in Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Ventures: Angels with Attitude, DOE and 8 others have invested in rounds before Ventures. There is 1 company where Angels with Attitude has invested before Ventures and 1 company where DOE has invested before Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Ventures: 20 investors entered a company along with Ventures. These include investors like Benchmark (2 companies).
- Invested after Ventures: A total of 25 investors have invested in Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Morgan Stanley (2 companies), Sierra Ventures (1 company) and Rustic Canyon Partners (1 company).
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