Aol Ventures
VC Fund
New York, United States
Aol Ventures is a VC fund in New York focused on Advertising and Mobile. Aol Ventures was a New York-based early-stage venture capital firm focused on investments in technology-centric software companies. The firm started in 2010 after the spin-off of Aol from Time Warner and as part of a broader R&D effort within Aol. The firm concluded initial investment activities in May 2013 with the exit of both founding team members.
- Total investments:
- 38
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 8%
- Fund size:
- $15M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Aol Ventures invests in
Stages Aol Ventures invests in
Countries Aol Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $1M–$2.5M
- Series A
- $2.2M–$8M
- Series B
- $1.3M–$20M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Advertising 9 (24%)
- Mobile 7 (18%)
- Software 5 (13%)
- Analytics 5 (13%)
- E-Commerce 4 (11%)
Stage
- Series A 13 (34%)
- Seed 10 (26%)
- Series B 9 (24%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (8%)
- Series C 1 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellabeat, top5 Y-COMBINATOR company in the W14 class, creates beautiful, innovative products that help women easily track their overall health and wellness, and get connected to their body and mind throughout different stages in life. Bellabeat helps create a better, healthier lifestyle by bringing intuitive wellness tools to women,encouraging them to take care of their health and to be informed. Bellabeat has always been inspired by the beauty and power of nature, which is incorporated into all of their products. | $14.2M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 08, 2018 | ||
| Circulate helps publishers (Web and App), networks and SDK providers maximize their first-party data monetization strategies with one simple integration, on a privacy friendly basis. Circulate advances the science of targeting and media attribution by enabling industry partners to utilize match Data as a Service. Marketers and their agencies areempowered to provide a unified consumer experience, attribute success, prioritize marketing investments, extend their reach and personalize their content. | $1.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 01, 2015 | ||
| Hi Welcome to Tripli.Imagine you are traveling to a new city and you want to do something off the beaten path, something local, something unique and something authentic based on your true passions. The Internet is polluted with cookie cutter experiences and tour websites but you know it’s not for you. The tour companies are expensive and theydeliver the same tours to hundreds of people a day. You are different and you want an experience with substance, something local and authentic, something tailored just for you by someone you are comfortable with and maybe at half the cost. You are concerned about quality of these experiences, security and safety issues, payment issues - maybe you are worried about the language barrier, or cultural issues --- and for all the right reasons.Tripli solves all of these issues. Tripli is a social marketplace platform that empowers people by enabling them to buy or sell amazing, unique and authentic local experiences to anyone around the world. | $600K / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 19, 2015 | ||
| MoviePass is a subscription service that allows customers the freedom to see movies in theaters at a fixed monthly price. With the use of location-based mobile technologies the user will have the ability to check into their movie theater of choice and share their movie-going experiences with their peers through their favorite social networks. Theuser will also have the ability to rate each movie and theater experience after the film. It was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in New York. | $2.2M / Series A / Sep 26, 2014 | ||
| Scoutmob is an Atlanta-based curated ecommerce site of more than 1,000 independent US makers and their 10,000+ products. Our primary channels of business are our own site, our wholesale program, and our retail partnerships, which include Target, Amazon, and URBN. Over the last four years, we’ve developed a proprietary marketing and distributionplatform which allows us to promote our products across a wide array of partners, capitalizing on the ever-increasing appetite for authentic, distinctive, handcrafted goods that purveys the current retail landscape. In the process, we’ve refined the noise and clutter of large open marketplaces (e.g., Etsy) by creating a lifestyle-branded retail concept (think West Elm, Anthropologie) that’s composed entirely of goods produced by America’s independent makers. Our most popular categories include home décor, small-batch edibles, art, apparel, jewelry, and accessories. | $3M / Series B / Apr 10, 2014 | ||
| At Spree Commerce, our mission is to empower the world’s sellers. Spree Commerce began as an open source e-commerce platform in 2008. The modular platform allows for easy customizations and upgrades so developers and store owners can configure Spree for their specific needs. Spree’s vibrant, international community has been an important factor inthe company’s success. Almost 500 developers have contributed to the Spree platform, and it is now one of the top open source projects in the world. In 2013, the company launched the Spree Commerce hub. The hub automates backend operations for storefronts using any platform, not just Spree, including stores operated by some of the world’s largest e-commerce retailers. | $5M / Series A / Feb 25, 2014 | ||
| Vungle is the leading in-app video platform for performance marketers. Its mission is to deliver the highest value users through engaging video ads. Advertisers depend on Vungle's LTV and creative optimization technologies, targeting, and HD video ad delivery to reach and acquire high-value users worldwide. Vungle was incubated at** | $17M / Series B / Feb 06, 2014 | ||
| Sailthru helps modern marketers acquire, grow, and retain customers. With over 1.6Bn global consumer profiles under management, Sailthru's powerful suite of connected capabilities – including high-performance email, onsite personalization, mobile marketing automation, and unique integrations powering new customer acquisition – drives higherrevenue, improves customer lifetime value, and reduces churn. The world's most innovative publishers, including Business Insider, Refinery29 and Mashable, and the world's fastest-growing e-commerce companies, including Rent The Runway, JustFab, and Alex and Ani, trust Sailthru to help them succeed. Founded in 2008, Sailthru's exceptional group of investors include Benchmark, RRE Ventures, DFJ Gotham, Scale Venture Partners, and AOL Ventures. | $20M / Series C / Dec 17, 2013 | ||
| The ActionX platform connects the dots between mobile customer acquisition and mobile retargeting to drive transactions and maximize customer lifetime value. | $3M / Series A / Sep 16, 2013 | ||
| Vungle is the leading in-app video platform for performance marketers. Its mission is to deliver the highest value users through engaging video ads. Advertisers depend on Vungle's LTV and creative optimization technologies, targeting, and HD video ad delivery to reach and acquire high-value users worldwide. Vungle was incubated at** | $6.5M / Series A / Aug 01, 2013 | ||
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FAQ
What does Aol Ventures invest in?
Aol Ventures invests primarily in Advertising, Mobile and Software startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 38 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Aol Ventures invest in?
Aol Ventures typically joins rounds of $1M–$2.5M at Seed, $2.2M–$8M at Series A and $1.3M–$20M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Aol Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Aol Ventures took part in.
When did Aol Ventures last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Aol Ventures closed in Jun 2018. Shizune tracks 38 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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