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WebsiteLudlowVentures.com
Blogludlowventures.co...
Twitter@jtriest
Emailjt@ludlowventures...
Employees
Founded2010
DescriptionFunding awesome entrepreneurs.

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HQ
1555 Broadway
3rd Floor
Detroit, MI, 48226
USA

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Ludlow Ventures

We believe in VC without ego.

We prefer to talk straight and get the job done, ignoring the puffery and posturing often found in traditional VC firms. We invest in hard-working people from across the globe who get results and create value with what they do and the things they make. We fund the dreams of serial entrepreneurs and startups, turning ideas into companies and established ventures into industry leaders.

Recent Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
Chalkfly 3/13Series A$750k5
UpTo 2/13Seed$1.5M2
LaunchKey 12/12Seed$750k4
Ubooly 9/12Seed$2.5M10
Republic Project 9/12Seed$1M5
Videolicious 7/12Seed$1.4M7
Creative Market 6/12Venture Round$1.3M5
Circa 4/12Seed$900k20
Scan 2/12Seed$1.7M12
Ordr.in 10/11Seed$750k4
Hipster 5/11Seed$1M13
Graphicly 1/11Series A$3.8M5
Ambassador 2011Seed4

Videos

Sources

    2011 Portfolio (ludlowventures.com) [edit]
    Ludlow funds FUNDLY.COM (ludlowventures.com) [edit]
    Ludlow Ventures negotiates with zferral.com (ludlowventures.com) [edit]
    Ludlow Ventures invests in Hipster (ludlowventures.com) [edit]
    Local Q&A Site Hipster Raises $1M From Google Ventures, Lightbank, 500 Startups And More (techcrunch.com) [edit]
    News Reader FLUD Raises $1 Million From Cavs Owner, Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
    UpTo Lands Seed Funding To Go “Beyond Status Updates And Check-ins” (techcrunch.com) [edit]
    Videolicious Relaunches Its App For Mobile Video Editing, Raises $1.4 Million From Amazon And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
    Ludlow Ventures loves and invests in Ubooly (ludlowventures.com) [edit]
  1. Chalkfly scores $750K Series A round, set to double staff (modeldmedia.com) [edit]
  2. UpTo Raises $1.5M in Second Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  3. LaunchKey Raises $750,000 to Abolish Passwords (tech.co) [edit]
  4. Ubooly, The Plush Toy With An iPhone Brain, Grabs $1.5M In Seed Funding (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  5. Republic Project Lands $1M From Google Ventures For Full Service Ad Campaign Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  6. Videolicious Relaunches Its App For Mobile Video Editing, Raises $1.4 Million From Amazon And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  7. Creative Market Nabs $1.3M From SV Angel, CrunchFund To Become An Etsy For Digital Design (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  8. All-Star Cast Invests 750K In Ben Huh And Matt Galligan’s Mobile News Startup Circa (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  9. Scan Gets $1.7M From Google Ventures And Shervin Pishevar To Make QR Codes Actually Useful (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  10. Ordr.in Raises Seed Funding From Google Ventures For Its Food API (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  11. Local Q&A Site Hipster Raises $1M From Google Ventures, Lightbank, 500 Startups And More (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  12. Graphicly Raises $3M in Series A Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
  13. Ambassador Is A Michigan-Based Startup That Helps Companies Manage Referrals (forbes.com) [edit]
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