Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham Ventures
Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, start-up, and early stage investments. The firm invests in technology companies with a focus on digital media, e-commerce, financial technology, software, communications, wireless, nanotechnology, clean energy, and homeland security. It typically invest in companies headquartered in East Coast of the United States including Greater New York Region, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Eastern Pennsylvania, and the surrounding regions. The firm also invests in companies founded in Israel, particularly when they are moving some or all their operations to the United States. It prefers to be the first institutional investor in a company, making its first investment in the seed or Series A round. Within seed stage, it typically invests between $100,000 to $500,000 in companies that have yet to complete the development of their products or are otherwise a bit early for a Series A round. These companies are usually pre-revenue, but have a visible path to generating revenue. Within Series A investments, the firm typically invests between $1 million to $3 million of the Series A round, in companies that have a demonstrable product. These companies are often pre-revenue but have a plan to generate revenue. The firm usually invests up to $6 million to $8 million over the lifetime of companies that receive a Series A investment. It also invests in category leaders, companies that are positioned to both become large with at least $100 million in revenue. It typically leads its investments, and usually co-invests with other venture capital firms. It prefers to take a board seat in its portfolio companies. Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham Ventures was founded in 1999 and is based in New York, New York.
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Investments
| Company |
Date |
Round |
Size |
Participants |
| Vivotech | 9/05 | Series B | $18.3M | 4 |
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