Citizen VC
VC Fund
Palo Alto, United States
Citizen VC is a VC fund in Palo Alto focused on Internet and Software. Citizen.VC is a principal investor in seed and Series A venture investments focusing on FinTech, AI analytics and health tech.
- Total investments:
- 14
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 7%
Last updated:
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Industries Citizen VC invests in
InternetSoftwareAppsNewsMobile
Stages Citizen VC invests in
SeedSeries AVenture - Series UnknownSeries DSecondary Market
Countries Citizen VC invests in
United StatesThe Netherlands
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Investment Focus
Industry
- Internet 3 (21%)
- Software 3 (21%)
- Apps 2 (14%)
- News 2 (14%)
- Mobile 2 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 6 (43%)
- Series A 3 (21%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (14%)
- Series D 1 (7%)
- Secondary Market 1 (7%)
Country
- United States 12 (86%)
- The Netherlands 1 (7%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Emilio DiSanluciano
Co-founder and President
|
Co-founder and President | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Zain Khan
Co-Founder and CEO
|
Co-Founder and CEO | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| MoneyLion is empowering the American dream by providing everyone access to better products for borrowing, saving, and investing.MoneyLion uses superior analytics and machine learning-based technology to gain a 360-degree view of its users’ personal finances, enabling uniquely personalized advice and underwriting. With its built-in system ofrewards, points, and incentives, MoneyLion encourages good financial behavior and better financial outcomes.MoneyLion is headquartered in New York with offices in San Francisco and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. For more information, visit www.moneylion.com or download the app at https://bnc.lt/E1yh/DNjAQCAwrD. | $22.5M / Series A / Dec 05, 2016 | ||
| Orbital Insight is a geospatial analytics company, used by data-driven organizations that need to understand the changing physical world. Our SaaS technology unlocks global insights, anywhere and anytime, revealing hidden infrastructure, supply chain, socio-economic and geopolitical trends. That’s because our cloud solutions use AI, computer visionand data science to ingest, analyze and transform billions of geospatial data points (including satellite, cell phone “pings”, AIS, SAR, aerial, connected devices, etc) into actionable intelligence used to make superior business and policy decisions.Orbital Insight was established in 2013 and is based in Palo Alto, California. | $8.7M / Series A / Mar 16, 2015 | ||
| FanCompass offers a social CRM platform that enables athletic programs to engage fans for data collection and monetization. FanCompass's Social CRM Platform helps sports teams and collegiate athletic programs engage fans with interactive applications and funnels all of their relationships to a brand-cohesive platform for data collection andmonetization.Based in San Francisco, CA, FanCompass was formed when Patricia Roller, investor, and innovator of top worldwide products and brands, teamed up with Jamie Pardi, entrepreneur, and sports media expert, to form GAGA Sports & Entertainment. Together Patricia and Jamie sought out to bring web tools to the $100B+ sports and entertainment industry with attitude, monetization strategies, creativity, and a deep understanding of the market. | $510.2K / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 07, 2015 | ||
| Index Systems provides hospitality solutions including the restaurant Point-of-Sale and other critical components. They implement breed technology in every area of their restaurant operations while minimising the cost, time, and risk associated with technology implementation. | Series A / Jan 07, 2015 | ||
| Practice Fusion is a cloud-based electronic health records company in the U.S. for independent practices. Its mission is to connect doctors, patients, and data to drive better health and save lives. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $2.5M / Secondary Market / Oct 20, 2014 | ||
| At Seeloz, we harness Collaborative AI Automation (CAIA) to empower organizations across sectors with transformative, autonomous optimization solutions. Our platform integrates advanced Reinforcement Learning and Generative AI to address complex challenges, driving unprecedented value, efficiency, and sustainability in operational optimizationacross energy, manufacturing and beyond. Seeloz is dedicated to pioneering innovation and redefining what’s possible in intelligent decision-making for a new era of operational excellence. | $2.5M / Seed / Jul 31, 2014 | ||
| VentureBeat is an online technology news platform that is engaged in technology publication and events business. It delivers news, analysis, and events to provide context to help executives, entrepreneurs, and tech enthusiasts in making decisions while covering technology trends ranging from social to mobile, small business to enterprise, healthtech, cloud, games, and more. It is also known for providing news and perspective in various categories, including health, big data, lifestyle, business, marketing, cloud, media, deals, mobile, development, education, reviews, enterprises, science, entrepreneur, security, gadgets, small biz, green, and social fields. Launched in 2006, VentureBeat is led by founder and CEO | $3.3M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 14, 2014 | ||
| BootstrapLabs is a leading early-stage Venture Capital firm based in San Francisco focused on Applied AI - that was founded by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. The firm understands firsthand the needs and challenges of building a startup, and invests early in potentially disruptive Applied AI technology startups with global potential. And isuncovering the future by investing in Applied AI. Key sectors of interest include Transportation, Logistic, Energy, FinTech, Future of Work (FoW), Security, Internet of Things (IoT), HealthTech, and others. | Seed / Mar 11, 2014 | ||
| More and more people are relying on mobile as their primary source of news yet the content itself continues to be produced in a format that translates very poorly to mobile devices. Rather than trying to shoehorn existing content into a new environment, Circa is creating the first born-on-mobile news experience. It will deliver news in a uniqueformat – native to mobile devices with an experience intuitive to mobile users. Through comprehensive yet to-the-point news updates paired with an engrossing mobile experience, Circa redefines how news is produced, delivered and consumed. Circa is news reimagined.Circa was founded by | $1.2M / Seed / Mar 01, 2014 | ||
| More and more people are relying on mobile as their primary source of news yet the content itself continues to be produced in a format that translates very poorly to mobile devices. Rather than trying to shoehorn existing content into a new environment, Circa is creating the first born-on-mobile news experience. It will deliver news in a uniqueformat – native to mobile devices with an experience intuitive to mobile users. Through comprehensive yet to-the-point news updates paired with an engrossing mobile experience, Circa redefines how news is produced, delivered and consumed. Circa is news reimagined.Circa was founded by | $1.2M / Seed / Feb 01, 2014 | ||
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FAQ
What does Citizen VC invest in?
Citizen VC invests primarily in Internet, Software and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
How do I contact Citizen VC?
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Who are the partners at Citizen VC?
The team at Citizen VC includes Emilio DiSanluciano (Co-founder and President) and Zain Khan (Co-Founder and CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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