37 investors have funded 8 AdTech companies head-officed in Boulder, across 61 rounds (Jan 2007 – Jul 2022). They are ranked by how many Boulder companies in this market they have actually backed.
"In Boulder" describes the companies, not the investor: most of the money in any city comes from somewhere else, and the Where the money comes from section below shows exactly where it came from here.
Ranked by companies backed in this market and city, then by round count. "Led" counts rounds recorded with this investor as lead.
| # | Investor | Based in | Stages here | Companies | Rounds | Led | Latest | Portfolio total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boomtown Accelerators | Boulder | Seed | 4 | 4 | 3 | Dec 2015 | 131 |
| 2 | Foundry | Boulder, United States | Series ASeries BSeries D | 2 | 6 | 5 | May 2019 | 203 |
| 3 | Right Side Capital Management | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 2 | 2 | 2 | Feb 2016 | 358 |
| 4 | EonCapital | Greenwood Village, United States | Seed | 2 | 2 | — | Apr 2016 | 14 |
| 5 | High Country Ventures | Boulder, United States | Series ASeries BSeries C | 1 | 4 | 2 | Jun 2010 | 19 |
| 6 | Boulder Ventures | Boulder, United States | Series BSeries CSeries D | 1 | 3 | 2 | Jun 2010 | 46 |
| 7 | Archer Venture Capital | Los Angeles, United States | Series E+Series D | 1 | 3 | 1 | Jul 2022 | 4 |
| 8 | Spark Capital | San Francisco, United States | Series BSeries C | 1 | 2 | 1 | Aug 2009 | 322 |
| 9 | Oak Investment Partners | Greenwich, United States | Series DSeries E+ | 1 | 2 | 1 | May 2019 | 179 |
| 10 | Access Venture Partners | Westminster, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | May 2021 | 50 |
| 11 | Commonwealth Capital Ventures | Woburn, United States | Series BSeries C | 1 | 2 | 1 | Aug 2009 | 45 |
| 12 | Costanoa Venture | Palo Alto, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | May 2013 | 39 |
| 13 | Appian Ventures | Littleton, United States | Series BSeries C | 1 | 2 | 1 | Aug 2009 | 14 |
| 14 | Batshit Crazy Ventures | Boulder, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Oct 2020 | 5 |
| 15 | Techstars | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2015 | 3,580 |
| 16 | FJ Labs | New York City, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2019 | 661 |
| 17 | Sutter Hill Ventures | Palo Alto, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2012 | 138 |
| 18 | Accomplice | Boston, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2019 | 153 |
| 19 | Entree Capital | London, United Kingdom | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2019 | 144 |
| 20 | Oregon Venture Fund | Portland, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2021 | 61 |
| 21 | Zelkova Ventures | Miami, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2015 | 57 |
| 22 | Active Capital | San Antonio, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2020 | 43 |
| 23 | Interplay | New York City, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2019 | 42 |
| 24 | Galvanize | Denver, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2016 | 34 |
| 25 | Progress Ventures | Boston, United States | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2022 | 19 |
| 26 | Mark IV Capital | Newport Beach, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2020 | 7 |
| 27 | Rockies Venture Fund | Denver, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2020 | 8 |
| 28 | Next Big Ventures | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2015 | 8 |
| 29 | Structural Capital | Menlo Park, United States | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2022 | 7 |
| 30 | Lexington Partners | New York City, United States | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2022 | 6 |
| 31 | Tempo Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2015 | 5 |
| 32 | Foundry | London, United Kingdom | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2022 | 5 |
| 33 | Boulder Heavy Industries | Boulder, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2020 | 2 |
| 34 | RSVP Capital | Bloomfield Hills, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2016 | 3 |
| 35 | Lagomaj | St. Louis, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2020 | 2 |
| 36 | Lexington Capital Group | Chicago, United States | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | — | May 2019 | 1 |
| 37 | IMM | Boulder, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2016 | 1 |
Head office of the investors on this page.
Rounds by stage — where in a company's life this money arrives.
Total disclosed size of each round, not one investor's share.
How active this market has been.
AdTech companies head-officed in Boulder that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sovrn sovrn.com |
10 | 21 | $391M | Series E+ Jul 2022 |
| AdHawk tryadhawk.com |
10 | 10 | $59M | Series B Jun 2019 |
| Brandzooka brandzooka.com |
10 | 11 | $35.5M | Series A Oct 2020 |
| Cloud Campaign cloudcampaign.com |
4 | 5 | $13M | Series A May 2021 |
| OneRiot oneriot.com |
3 | 6 | $66M | Series C Aug 2009 |
| LinkSmart linksmart.com |
3 | 5 | $24.1M | Series B May 2013 |
| FeedMob feedmob.com |
2 | 2 | $327.9K | Seed Feb 2016 |
| adJelly adjelly.com |
1 | 1 | $35K |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2022 | Lexington Partners | Sovrn | Series E+ | $36M |
| Jul 2022 | Progress Ventures | Sovrn | Series E+ | $36M |
| Jul 2022 | Archer Venture Capital | Sovrn | Series E+ | $36M |
| Jul 2022 | Structural Capital | Sovrn | Series E+ | $36M |
| Jul 2022 | Foundry | Sovrn | Series E+ | $36M |
| May 2021 | Access Venture PartnersLED | Cloud Campaign | Series A | $5M |
| May 2021 | Oregon Venture FundLED | Cloud Campaign | Series A | $5M |
| Oct 2020 | Rockies Venture FundLED | Brandzooka | Series A | $5.6M |
| Oct 2020 | LagomajLED | Brandzooka | Series A | $5.6M |
| Oct 2020 | Mark IV CapitalLED | Brandzooka | Series A | $5.6M |
| Oct 2020 | Batshit Crazy Ventures | Brandzooka | Series A | $5.6M |
| Oct 2020 | Boulder Heavy IndustriesLED | Brandzooka | Series A | $5.6M |
| Jan 2020 | Access Venture Partners | Cloud Campaign | Seed | $1.5M |
| Jan 2020 | Active CapitalLED | Cloud Campaign | Seed | $1.5M |
| Jun 2019 | Interplay | AdHawk | Series B | $13M |
| Jun 2019 | Entree CapitalLED | AdHawk | Series B | $13M |
| Jun 2019 | Accomplice | AdHawk | Series B | $13M |
| Jun 2019 | FJ Labs | AdHawk | Series B | $13M |
| May 2019 | Archer Venture Capital | Sovrn | Series E+ | $27.5M |
| May 2019 | Lexington Capital Group | Sovrn | Series E+ | $27.5M |
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