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General Information

Websitecowboy.vc
Twitter@aileenlee
Emailhello@cowboy.vc
Employees
Founded2012
DescriptionSeed stage venture

Funds

Cowboy Capital Fund I, 7/12 $40M

Offices

Palo Alto

People

Founder and Partner

Tags

Cowboy Ventures

Cowboy Ventures is a seed stage fund founded by Aileen Lee in 2012. We seek to back exceptional founders who are building products that “re-imagine” work and personal life in large and growing markets.

For more information, see www.cowboy.vc

Recent Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
Centzy 3/13Series A$1.6M4
Joyride App 3/13Seed$1M3
StyleSeat 2/13Seed$4M3
nWay 10/12Seed$4M4
NuORDER 10/12Series A$3.06M8
One Jackson Clothing 8/12Seed$2M5
True&Co 5/12Seed$2M5
Brit + Co. 4/12Seed$1.25M6
Dollar Shave Club 3/12Seed$1M6

Videos

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The Investor Perspective: Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), David Lee (SV Angel), Alfred Lin (Sequoia)

Added: 1/25/13

Sources

  1. Aileen Lee Almost Done Raising $40 Million For New Seed Called “Cowboy Ventures” (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  2. NuOrder Raises $3M From CAA, Rachel Zoe, GRP To Bring The Wholesale Fashion Business Online (techcrunch.com) [edit]
    Dollar Shave Club’s blades are “so f*cking great” they just raised a round for ‘em Read more at http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/06/dollar-shave-club/#rT7ydiVuJPtP7y8z.99 (venturebeat.com) [edit]
    Brit Morin Engages $1.25M From Marissa Mayer, Aileen Lee, Founders Fund And More To Launch Her First App, Weduary (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  3. Centzy Raises $1.6M Seed Round From Cowboy Ventures, Founder Collective, Lightbank & Others To Bring Offline Biz Data To Web & Mobile (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  4. Joyride Raised $1M in Seed Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  5. $4M Richer, StyleSeat Launches “To You,” Lets You Book Stylists To Your Home (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  6. http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2013/02/07/the-daily-startup-investors-back-nway-and-its-gaming-rockstars/ (blogs.wsj.com) [edit]
  7. NuOrder Raises $3M From CAA, Rachel Zoe, GRP To Bring The Wholesale Fashion Business Online (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  8. Citation Needed [add]
  9. True&Co Takes $2M Seed Funding From First Round, SoftTech, Others To Shake Up The Bra Industry (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  10. Brit Morin Engages $1.25M From Marissa Mayer, Aileen Lee, Founders Fund And More To Launch Her First App, Weduary (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  11. Dollar Shave Club Launches Razor Subscription Service, Raises $1M From Kleiner (And Others) (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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