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Websitecrunchfund.com
Twitter@CrunchFund
Emailcrunchfund@gmail.com
Employees4
Founded9/11

Funds

CrunchFund I, 9/11 $20M

Offices

San Francisco, USA

People

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CrunchFund

CrunchFund is an early stage venture capital firm founded by Michael Arrington, Patrick Gallagher, and MG Siegler. The fund invests in and works with information technology companies at any stage but is primarily focused on seed and early stage investments.

The firm raised its inaugural $20 million fund in September of 2011. Investors in CrunchFund include AOL, Accel Partners, Austin Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Greylock Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, the founding partners of Andreessen Horowitz, each of the general partners of Benchmark Capital, Ron Conway, Yuri Milner, Brad Garlinghouse & Kevin Rose.

Recent Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
EasyPost 6/13Seed$850k11
PandoDaily 5/13Seed$3M18
Nitrous.IO 4/13Seed$1M8
Plain Vanilla 4/13Series A$2.4M6
Retrace 4/13Seed$1M3
CumuLogic 3/13Seed2
Crowdtilt 3/13Series A$12M8
CreativeLIVE 3/13Series A$500k3
Handshakez 3/13Series A$3.6M5
Rabbit 2/13Seed$3.3M3
GameAnalytics 2/13Seed$2.5M5
Vurb 2/13Seed$1.5M13
about.me 2/13Venture Round$5.68M4
NewHive 1/13Seed11
Svbtle 1/13Seed5
SmartThings 12/12Seed$3M22
Romotive 10/12Series A$5M4
Streak 10/12Venture Round$1.9M8
Silvercar 10/12Venture Round$11.5M5
Branding Brand 10/12Series A$7.5M2
Zumper 9/12Seed$1M8
Square 9/12Series D$200M4
YourMechanic 9/12Seed$1.8M10
Twice 8/12Venture Round$4M12
OrderAhead 8/12Seed$2.5M8
ParStream 8/12Series A$5.6M5
Glider 8/12Seed$1M4
Upstart 8/12Seed$1.75M6
Artillery 8/12Venture Round$2.5M10
Stamped 7/12Seed$1.5M10
Openbucks 7/12Series A$4.8M13
uBeam 7/12Seed$750k9
Betable 7/12Seed10
Plain Vanilla 7/12Seed$1M12
Chill 6/12Series A$8M4
Bitcasa 6/12Series A$7M6
Snapguide 6/12Series A$5M3
Yext 6/12Series E$27M5
Creative Market 6/12Venture Round$1.3M5
Shoes of Prey 6/12Series A$3M6
Exec 5/12Seed$3.3M12
Crowdtilt 5/12Seed$2.1M14
Gumroad 5/12Series A$7M3
Priceonomics 5/12Seed$1.5M29
Couple 5/12Seed$4.2M12
Socialcam 4/12Angel36
Neighborland 4/12Seed6
Skybox Imaging 4/12Series C$70M6
Voxer LLC 4/12Venture Round$30M7
Rover.com 4/12Series A$3.4M2
Kidaptive 4/12Seed10
LikeIt.com 4/12Seed$1.22M3
Yammer 2/12Series E$85M12
Highlight 2/12Seed4
955 Dreams 1/12Seed$3.25M6
IFTTT 1/12Seed$1.5M14
Klout 1/12Series C$30M12
Churchkey Can Co 1/12Angel2
HaulerDeals 1/12Seed$1.25M4
Uber 12/11Series B$37M6
PunchTab 11/11Series A$4.4M4
Mailbox 11/11Series A$5M5
YouMail 11/11Venture Round$355k2
Clipboard 11/11Seed14
Gogobot 11/11Series B$15M3
Codecademy 10/11Venture Round$2.5M6
Redfin 10/11Series E$14.8M6
Zaarly 10/11Series A$14.2M6
Inspirato 10/11Venture Round$17.5M4
Airtime 10/11Series A$8.3M16
NSFW Corporation 10/11Seed2
Flowdock 10/11Seed$650k5
Shaker 10/11Series A$15M5
Origami Labs 10/11Seed$1.5M10
Tumblr 9/11Venture Round$85M8
Getaround 9/11Seed$3.4M8
Namesake 9/11Angel$1.5M5
Prism Skylabs 9/11Seed$1.5M8
famo.us 9/11Seed$1.1M11
Socialware 8/11Series C$7M5
GoPollGo 7/11Seed$425k2
Airbnb 7/11Series B$112M6
Lascaux Co. 7/11Seed$600k4
foursquare 6/11Series C$50M5
Soluto 6/11Series B$10.2M5
Milk 4/11Angel$1.5M26
Path 2/11Series A$8.65M5
Bitcasa 1/11Seed$1.5M4
Karma 1/11Venture Round5
Wavii 7/10Seed$2M7

Videos

Sources

  1. Arrington, AOL Launch $20M CrunchFund to Fund Firms TechCrunch Covers (pcmag.com) [edit]
  2. Stop Forgetting The Important Stuff From Your Meetings, Thanks To Retrace (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  3. techcrunch.com [edit]
  4. PandoDaily Adds Redpoint, Brings Funding to $3M (pevc.dowjones.com) [edit]
  5. Action.IO Becomes Nitrous.IO, Raises $1M For Its Development Tools (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  6. Plain Vanilla Scores $2.4M Series A To Turn Its Multiplayer Quiz Games Into Something More (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  7. Stop Forgertting The Important Stuff From Your Meetings, Thanks To Retrace (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  8. Cumulogic Raises Seed Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  9. Crowdfunding Platform Crowdtilt Lands $12M From Sean Parker, Andreessen & More; Now Acquiring To Expand Into Mobile (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  10. Star-Studded Leaders In Entertainment and Tech Join Greylock To Complete $8 Million In Funding For creativeLIVE (creativelive.com) [edit]
  11. Handshakez, Measuring Customer Engagement, Lands $3.6M Series A (allthingsd.com) [edit]
  12. Video Chat Startup Rabbit Raises $3.3 Million From Google Ventures, CrunchFund, And Bebo Founder Michael Birch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  13. Game Analytics Opens To The Game Developing Masses, Raises $2.5M From Sunstone Capital, CrunchFund, And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  14. Contextual Content Engine Vurb Raises More Than $1.5M From Max Levchin And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  15. About.me Spins Back Out of AOL, Raises $5.7M (pevc.dowjones.com) [edit]
  16. Citation Needed [add]
  17. Svbtle funding (blog.svbtle.com) [edit]
  18. SmartThings Closes $3M Seed Round, Led By First Round Capital, Launches Competition To Grow Community Of Smart Object Developers (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  19. WSJ (blogs.wsj.com) [edit]
  20. Streak Raises $1.9 Million For Gmail-Based CRM App (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  21. Silvercar snags $11.5M to disrupt airport car rentals (pandodaily.com) [edit]
  22. Branding Brand Raises $7.5 Million Series A Led by Insight Venture Partners (prnewswire.com) [edit]
  23. Disrupt Battlefield Finalist Zumper Reveals It Raised $1M Seed Round From Greylock, Kleiner Perkins, Andreessen Horowitz, Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  24. Mobile Payment Juggernaut Square Closes $200M Series D From Starbucks, Citi, Rizvi Traverse At $3.25B Valuation (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  25. YourMechanic Raises $1.8M in Seed Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  26. Disrupt San Francisco Early Bird Special news Comment 0 inShare14 Twice Raises $4M From IA, SV Angel And CrunchFund For Its Concierge-Style Secondhand Clothing Marketplace (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  27. OrderAhead Nabs $2.3M From Adam D’Angelo, Matrix, Eric Schmidt For Ordering On The Go (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  28. ParStream Raises $5.6 Million For Big Data Analysis (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  29. Glider Launches At Disrupt NY With SaaS That Automates Approving And Signing Contracts, Adds Intelligence To Deal Flow (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  30. Former Google Executive Dave Girouard Launches Crowdfunding Service Upstart, Raises $1.75M (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  31. HTML5-Centric Artillery Raises $2.5M To Make the Browser The Console (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  32. Ellen! Bieber! Seacrest! Stamped Revamps, Raises New Round From Celebs, Brian Lee, Tom Conrad, Eric Schmidt & Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  33. Gift Card Payment Network Openbucks Raises $4.8 Million Series A, Led By Yahoo Co-Founder Jerry Yang (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  34. uBeam Raises 750k from FF Angel, Andreessen Horowitz, CrunchFund and Angels (pandodaily.com) [edit]
  35. Betable Brings Legal Gambling Mechanics To Social Game Developers (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  36. Citation Needed [add]
  37. Chill Raises $8M in Series A Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  38. Bitcasa’s ‘infinite’ cloud storage wins $7M from Pelion, Horizons, others (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  39. Snapguide Raises $5M From CrunchFund, Atlas And Index To Reinvent ‘How To’ Guides (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  40. Yext Raises $27M More At a $270M Valuation (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  41. Creative Market Nabs $1.3M From SV Angel, CrunchFund To Become An Etsy For Digital Design (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  42. Shoes Of Prey Lands $3 Million Funding For Custom Footwear Design Site (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  43. Exec, The Mobile App For Errands, Adds Messaging (Oh, And Sam Altman Led Their Round) (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  44. Group-Funding Service Crowdtilt Collects $2.1M In New Financing (pevc.dowjones.com) [edit]
  45. Gumroad Gets $7 Million Series A From Kleiner Perkins For Indie E-Payment Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  46. YC Price Guide Startup Priceonomics Raises $1.5M Seed From Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  47. Yuri Milner, Dave Morin, SV Angel, CrunchFund And More Hook Up Pair With $4.2M (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  48. Socialcam Nabs Angel Funding From The A-List: Yuri Milner, Tim Draper, Laurene Powell Jobs, And More (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  49. New Orleans’ Neighborland Raises Seed Round (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
  50. Skybox Imaging Raises $70M To Launch Two High-Res Imaging Microsatellites (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  51. Walkie Talkie App Voxer Goes Big, IVP And Intel Lead $30 Million Round (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  52. The ‘Dogbnb’ Wars Escalate: Rover Raises $3.4M in Round Led By Madrona (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  53. Kidaptive Raises Large Seed Round From Menlo, CrunchFund & Others To Bring Children’s Educational Apps To iPad (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  54. techcrunch.com [edit]
  55. Enterprise Social Networking Platform Yammer Raises $85M From DFJ Growth, Khosla, And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  56. Hot Background Location App Highlight Gets Funding As It Plans SXSW Update (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  57. http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/26/955-dreams-raises-3-25-million-seed-round-launches-band-of-the-day-on-ipad/ (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  58. IFTTT, A Glue Gun For Sticking The Web Together, Raises $1.5M Seed Round From Top Investors (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  59. Kleiner Leads Klout’s Latest “$30 Million” Funding Round (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  60. Citation Needed [add]
  61. “Stealth Mode” with a Billion YouTube Views: HaulerDeals Raises Secret $1 Million from Intelligent Beauty (pandodaily.com) [edit]
  62. Travis Kalanick: Uber Raised $37M In Its Latest Round, Not $32M (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  63. Social Loyalty Platform PunchTab Raises $4.4 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  64. Chatty To-Do List App Orchestra Banks $5M From SV Angel And CRV For "Texting With A Purpose" (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  65. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  66. ‘Web Clipping 2.0′ Startup Clipboard Backed By Andreessen Horowitz, Index, CrunchFund, Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  67. With Growth Surging, Gogobot Raises $15 Million For Social Travel (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  68. Codecademy Raises $2.5 Million To Teach You How To Code (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  69. Redfin Raises Another $14.8 Million To Reinvent The Real Estate Market (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  70. Local Marketplace And Minion-Finder Zaarly Raises $14.1 Million (businessinsider.com) [edit]
  71. Inspirato Raises $17.5M in Equity Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  72. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  73. Paul Carr’s ‘The New Gambit’ Wants To Be ‘The Economist,’ But Funny (And Tablet-Only!) (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  74. TechCrunch: CrunchFund, Angels Back Flowdock, A Group Chat Application For Teams (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  75. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  76. techcrunch.com [edit]
  77. Tumblr Raises $85M in Funding (finsmes.com) []
  78. Car Rental Marketplace Getaround Gets Around $3.4 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  79. Chill Raises $1.5M From Kleiner Perkins And Others To Make Online Video Social (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  80. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  81. Famo.us Is A Gaming Engine For 3D Interfaces (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  82. Morgan Stanley Leads $7M Round In Social Media Compliance Startup Socialware (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  83. GoPollGo Raises Seed Funding from Idealab (finsmes.com) [edit]
  84. Airbnb Bags $112 Million In Series B From Andreessen, DST And General Catalyst (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  85. Citation Needed [add]
  86. Foursquare Closes $50M at a $600M Valuation (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  87. TechCrunch Disrupt Winner Soluto Raises $10.2 Million In B Round (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  88. Milk Completes $1.5 Million Angel Round, Packed with Valley Names (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  89. Citation Needed [add]
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  91. Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, And Obvious Put $4.5M In Sleek Social, Mobile Gifting Platform Karma (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  92. Techcrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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