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General Information

Websitefloodgate.com
Employees
Founded3/10
DescriptionVenture Fund

Funds

Total$149M
Fund III, 8/10 $73.5M
Floodgate Fund IV, 7/12 $75M

Offices

Palo Alto, USA
820 Ramona St
Suite 200
Palo Alto, CA, 94301
USA

People

Managing Partner
Managing Partner
Chief Connector
Chief Hacker

Former People

Accounting Positions

Tags

FLOODGATE

FLOODGATE is a venture capital firm specializing in micro-cap investments in start-ups. The firm seeks to invest in technology related sectors. It typically invests between $150,000 and $1 million. The firm prefers to invest in companies located in either the San Francisco Bay Area or in Austin, Texas. It prefers to invest alongside other experienced private investors or top-tier venture firms. FLOODGATE is based in Palo Alto, California.

Recent Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
N3TWORK 6/13Series A$12M3
Compare Metrics 5/13Series A$4.2M10
Tango Card 4/13Series B$4.13M6
Handshakez 3/13Series A$3.6M5
Insurance Zebra 1/13Seed$1.5M4
Connected Data 1/13Series A$6M2
Lyft 1/13Series B$15M4
Ayasdi 1/13Series A$10M2
LiquidSpace 1/13Series B$6M3
Refinery29 1/13Series B$3.5M5
FitStar 12/12Venture Round$1M4
Blueseed 12/12Seed$300k6
OutboundEngine 11/12Series A$1.6M4
DoubleDutch 11/12Series B$4M3
Mango Health 11/12Seed$1.6M4
Clever 10/12Seed$3M13
Streak 10/12Venture Round$1.9M8
Sharethrough 10/12Series B$5M2
M.dot 9/12Seed$600k4
GENWI 9/12Venture Round$2M2
Ensighten 9/12Series A$15.5M3
Bigcommerce 9/12Series B$20M2
Plair 8/12Seed$2.1M2
One Jackson 8/12Seed$2M4
One Jackson Clothing 8/12Seed$2M5
Xamarin 7/12Series A$12M3
Rally.org 6/12Series A$7.9M21
Thanx 6/12Seed6
Wanelo 6/12Venture Round$3M8
Civitas Learning 5/12Venture Round$4.1M3
Mass Relevance 5/12Series A$3.3M5
Stipple 5/12Series A$5M2
Hitpost 4/12Seed$2M2
DoubleDutch 4/12Venture Round$2M2
Mango Health 2/12Seed$1.45M5
IFTTT 1/12Seed$1.5M14
Matchbox 12/11Venture Round$2.5M3
TaskRabbit 12/11Series B$17.8M8
ClearSlide 9/11Series A$11M3
Lyft 9/11Series A$6M3
Socialware 8/11Series C$7M5
Okta 8/11Series B$16.5M8
Complete Solar Solution 7/11Series A1
Reverb Technologies 7/11Series C$8M5
PixelFish 7/11Venture Round$4M6
Refinery29 7/11Series A3
Slice 5/11Series A$9.4M7
SBR Health 5/11Seed$1.67M1
BranchOut 5/11Series B$18M4
LiquidSpace 5/11Series A$3.6M2
TaskRabbit 5/11Series A$5M7
Rivet Games 4/11Series B4
Kno 4/11Series C$30M6
Milk 4/11Angel$1.5M26
SpareFoot 3/11Series B$3.5M4
Giftly 3/11Seed$2.8M6
Egnyte 3/11Series B$10M2
Pipewise 2/11Series A$3.5M5
1000memories 2/11Series A$2.52M8
Socialware 2/11Venture Round$3M3
ConnectAndSell 2/11Series C$7.5M1
Vook 1/11Series A$5.25M2
Chloe & Isabel 1/11Seed$3.25M9
PixelFish 12/10Series B$2.1M1
LiquidSpace 12/10Seed$1.3M2
Mass Relevance 12/10Series A$2.2M3
Rally.org 12/10Seed3
Monetate 12/10Series A$5.1M2
Stipple 11/10Seed$2M11
Sharethrough 10/10Series A$5M2
WellnessFX 10/10Series A$1.85M3
BranchOut 9/10Series A$6M16
NewsCred 9/10Seed$1M2
Pantheon 9/10Seed$1.3M7
Ayasdi 9/10Seed1
TaskRabbit 8/10Seed$850k3
Lyft 8/10Seed$1.2M3
ModCloth 6/10Series B$19.8M5
Metamarkets 6/10Seed$2.5M13
Formspring 3/10Series A$2.5M12
PayNearMe 3/10Series B$3.3M5
ngmoco 2/10Series C$24.2M4
Vook 2/10Seed$2.5M7
Okta 2/10Series A$10M7
Demandforce 1/10Venture Round3
RelTel 12/09Seed$1M6
Gowalla 12/09Series B$8.29M10
ReTel Technologies 12/09Seed$1M8
TaskRabbit 10/09Seed$1M3
SnapLogic 10/09Series A$2.3M4
MPOWER Mobile 10/09Venture Round$5M1
Egnyte 7/09Series A$6M2
CoTweet 7/09Series A$1.1M6
Kno 5/09Angel$1.85M2
PayNearMe 5/09Series A$3M5
ngmoco 3/09Series B$10M3
Hyper9 2/09Series B$8M4
Dasient 2/09Seed$2M3
Smule 2/09Series A$3.9M3
OneSpot 2/09Series A$4.2M3
National Payment Network 1/09Series B3
DotBlu 12/08Series A$2M2
B-Side Entertainment 11/08Series B$4.25M5
AdRoll 9/08Series A$4M9
Reputation.com 9/08Series A$3M3
Hyper9 8/08Series B1
RealTravel 8/08Series C$800k2
Sharethrough 8/08Seed$1M4
Pownce 1/08Angel2
Circle of Moms 1/08Seed3
Hooja 12/07Seed$1.25M4
Sendori 11/07Series A$800k3
Mesmo.tv 10/07Series A$900k6
Weebly 5/07Angel$650k5
Chegg 1/07Series A$2.2M2
Anchor Intelligence 1/07Series A$2M8
B-Side Entertainment 10/06Series A$3.1M4
Vizu Corporation 2/06Series A$1M6
Badongo.com 1/06Series A15
Digg 10/05Series A$2.8M8
Odeo 8/05Series A17

Videos

Sources

  1. SEC (sec.gov) [edit]
  2. Floodgate Targets $75M for Fourth Fund (pevc.dowjones.com) [edit]
  3. Twilio For Education Data, Clever, Lands $3M From Kevin Rose, Mike Maples & Ashton Kutcher, Now In 2K Schools (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  4. The Team Behind Ngmoco Raises $12M For N3twork, A Re-Imagined Way Of Browsing Mobile Content (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  5. Compare Metrics Receives $4.2M in First Financing Round (finsmes.com) [edit]
  6. Tango Card Raises Another $4.1M As Gift Cards Get More Enterprising (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  7. Handshakez, Measuring Customer Engagement, Lands $3.6M Series A (allthingsd.com) [edit]
  8. Insurance Zebra Raises $1.5 Million From Mark Cuban, Floodgate, Silverton & Birchmere To Be The Kayak For Auto Insurance (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  9. After A Successful Kickstarter Campaign, Connected Data Raises $6M For Its Transporter Secure Cloud Storage Device (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  10. Ahead Of Expansion, Lyft Parent Zimride Closed $15M In New Funding From Founders Fund And Existing Investors (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  11. DARPA-Backed Ayasdi Launches With $10M From Khosla, Floodgate To Uncover The Hidden Value In Big Data (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  12. LiquidSpace Raises $6M in Series B Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  13. Refinery29 Raises $3.5 Million Through A Private Offering, According To SEC Filing (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  14. FitStar Raises $1M From Floodgate, Google Ventures To Revolutionize Home Fitness From The iPad (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  15. Mike Maples Gets On Board Blueseed’s Sea Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  16. OutboundEngine Launches, Secures $1.6 M in Series A Funding (marketwire.com) [edit]
  17. Mobile-First Enterprise Startup DoubleDutch Raises $4 Million Series B From Floodgate & Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  18. There’s An App For That: Mango Health Gives Rewards For Taking Your Vitamins, Medicine Every Day (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  19. Twilio For Education Data, Clever, Lands $3M From Kevin Rose, Mike Maples & Ashton Kutcher, Now In 2K Schools (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  20. Streak Raises $1.9 Million For Gmail-Based CRM App (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  21. Sharethrough Raises $5M For Its Native Video Ad Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  22. Backed By Floodgate, SV Angel & Others, M.dot Launches iOS App For Building Mobile Websites From Your iPhone (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  23. GENWI Raises $2M (finsmes.com) [edit]
  24. Ensighten Raises $15.5M Series A Round To Provide Enterprise Tag Management (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  25. Bigcommerce Raises $20M To Help SMBs Manage E-Commerce (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  26. PLAiR Raises $2.1M in Seed Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  27. One Jackson Seeded With $2M to Connect Parents with Indie Clothing Designers (pevc.dowjones.com) [edit]
  28. Citation Needed [add]
  29. Microsoft .NET for Mobile Company Xamarin Gets $12 Million In Series A Funding (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  30. Social Fundraising Platform, Rally.org, Raises $7.9 Million to Rally the World (finance.yahoo.com) [edit]
  31. angel.co [edit]
  32. Naval Ravikant joins board of Wanelo as the fast-growing social commerce site expands beyond its mall rat demographic (pandodaily.com) [edit]
  33. Big Data For Higher Ed: With $4.1M From First Round, Floodgate, Former Kaplan Exec Launches Civitas Learning (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  34. Social Syndication Startup Mass Relevance Raises $3.3M (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  35. Image Monetization Startup Stipple Raises $5M Led By Floodgate And Relevance (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  36. OnSports Raises $2M Led By Floodgate To Be The Mobile Watercooler For Sports Fanatics (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  37. DoubleDutch Secures $2M To Sell Geolocation To Businesses (pevc.dowjones.com) [edit]
  38. Mango Health: A Mobile App For Rewarding People Who Stay On Track With Prescription Drugs (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  39. IFTTT, A Glue Gun For Sticking The Web Together, Raises $1.5M Seed Round From Top Investors (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  40. Matchbox gets $2.5M for iPad college admissions app (masshightech.com) [edit]
  41. TaskRabbit Gets $17.8M For “Aggressive” Expansion, Wants To Grow Internationally And Beyond (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  42. ClearSlide Secures $11 Million from Greylock and Felicis to Expand Sales Communications Platform (finance.yahoo.com) [edit]
  43. Ride-Sharing Platform Zimride Raises $6 Million Series A (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  44. Morgan Stanley Leads $7M Round In Social Media Compliance Startup Socialware (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  45. Khosla, Greylock, Andreessen Horowitz Put $16.5M In Enterprise Cloud App Management Startup Okta (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  46. Complete Solar Solution, Inc. Announces Series A Investment from FLOODGATE (finance.yahoo.com) [edit]
  47. Google+’s Horowitz Talks About Joining Board of Wordnik, As Online Dictionary Site Garners $8M More in Funding (Video) (allthingsd.com) [edit]
  48. PixelFish Raises $4 Million To Help Small Businesses Tap Into Web Video (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  49. Refinery29 Adds Shopping After Drawing an Audience in With Content (allthingsd.com) [edit]
  50. Online Shopping Startup ProjectSlice Raises $9.4 Million From Eric Schmidt, Michael Birch And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  51. Health-care video company SBR attracts $1.67M funding (masshightech.com) [edit]
  52. Exclusive: BranchOut Raises $18M For Facebook-Focused Professional Network (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  53. Cubicle Rental Startup LiquidSpace Closes $3.6 Million Series A Round (businessinsider.com) [edit]
  54. TaskRabbit Gets $5M From Shasta Ventures, First Round And Others To Help People Get Stuff Done (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  55. Rivet Games Raises Series B Financing for Next Gen Web, Social and Mobile Games (prweb.com) [edit]
  56. SEC Form D (edgar.sec.gov) [edit]
  57. Milk Completes $1.5 Million Angel Round, Packed with Valley Names (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  58. SpareFoot Lands $1.5 Million For Online Marketplace For Self-Storage Companies (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  59. Giftly Now Lets You Give The Gift Of Discovery (And Some Money, Too) (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  60. Kleiner leads $10M Egnyte funding (bizjournals.com) [edit]
  61. ccLoop Announces Series A Funding (ccloop.com) [edit]
  62. Greylock Invests $2.5 Million in 1000Memories (TCTV) (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  63. Socialware Lands $3 Million To “Put Social Networks To Work” (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  64. ivp.com [edit]
  65. Vook Raises $5.25 Million, Builds Media That’s Fit For Tablets And Smartphones (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  66. New York Startups Shapeways, Chloe + Isabel, and HowAboutWe.com Rake in Cash (xconomy.com) [edit]
  67. Video Marketing Platform PixelFish Raises $2.1 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  68. techcrunch.com [edit]
  69. Mass Relevance Raises $1.7 Million For Brand-Focused Social Syndication Service (texastechpulse.com) [edit]
  70. Social Fundraising Platform Piryx Is Reborn As Rally.org With Top Investors In Tow (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  71. Monetate Secures $5.1 Million Financing to Support Continued Growth (prweb.com) [edit]
  72. Stipple Raises $2M From Kleiner Perkins, Mike Maples … And Justin Timberlake (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  73. Sharethrough raises $5M to turn video ads into viral hits (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  74. With Funding From Floodgate And More, WellnessFX Launches A Next-Gen WebMD (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  75. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  76. Reinventing News Syndication (blog.newscred.com) [edit]
  77. Backed With $1.3 Million, Pantheon Launches Drupal-Based Web Development Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  78. Citation Needed [add]
  79. TaskRabbit gets $850K to cross errands off your to-do list (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  80. techcrunch.com [edit]
  81. ModCloth Raises $19.8 Million Series B For Indie Fashion (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  82. TechCrunch: Metamarkets Funding (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  83. NY Times (bits.blogs.nytimes.com) [edit]
  84. Virtual Goods' Payment Firm Kwedit Raises $3.3M (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
  85. TechCrunch, SEC (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  86. Vook Announces $2.5 Million in Seed Financing (marketwire.com) [edit]
  87. Powder in the keg (blog.okta.com) [edit]
  88. crunchbase.com [edit]
  89. RelTel captures $1M to analyze surveillance video (green.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  90. TechCrunch, SEC (crunchbase.com) [edit]
  91. SEC (sec.gov) [edit]
  92. Xconomy (xconomy.com) [edit]
  93. Data integration company SnapLogic raises another $2.3M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  94. DigitalMedia Wire (dmwmedia.com) [edit]
  95. EGNYTE ANNOUNCES $6M SERIES A FUNDING (freshnews.com) [edit]
  96. View my * My Posts * Facebook * Twitter * Friendfeed * LinkedIn * Digg * CoTweet Now in Public Beta; Get the Same Twitter CRM Tools as Big Brands (mashable.com) [edit]
  97. Citation Needed [add]
  98. EDGAR [edit]
  99. iPhone Game Publisher Raises $10 Million (pehub.com) [edit]
  100. Venrock Leads Investment Round in Hyper9, Mike Maples Sr. Joins Its Board of Directors (austin.dbusinessnews.com) [edit]
  101. VentureBeat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  102. iPhone Developer Smule Raises $3.9 Million First Round (washingtonpost.com) [edit]
  103. Seeding Austin Startups: OneSpot And 7 Billion People Raise Series A Funding (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  104. nationalpayment.net [edit]
  105. Online Social Gaming's DotBlu Raises $2M 1st Round (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
  106. B-Side to enter feature distribution (variety.com) [edit]
  107. paidcontent (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  108. TechCrunch [edit]
  109. MAPLES INVESTMENTS BACKS HYPER9 (hyper9.com) [edit]
  110. Real Travel Raises Series C (equityhelpdesk.com) [edit]
  111. The Viral Video Guy Gets $1 Million In Funding (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  112. Pownce Raises Angel Funding (blog.wired.com) [edit]
  113. Circle of Moms gets circle of traffic (digital.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  114. venturebeat.com [edit]
  115. thealarmclock.com [edit]
  116. techcrunch.com [edit]
  117. techcrunch.com [edit]
  118. venturebeat.com [edit]
  119. Citation Needed [add]
  120. VC Deals (hosting.mansellgroup.net) [edit]
  121. answers.vizu.com [edit]
  122. Citation Needed [add]
  123. goliath.ecnext.com []
  124. Odeo receives funding from Charles River (plus: Kapor, Kraus, O'Reilly, Kopelman, Conway...) (odeo.com) [edit]
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