# Commonwealth Capital Ventures

> Commonwealth Capital Ventures is a VC fund backing Software. See 105 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 105
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 31%
- Last fund: Mar 2007
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/commonwealth-capital
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/commonwealthvc
- Website: http://www.commonwealthvc.com/

Commonwealth Capital Ventures is a leading venture capital firm focused on early and growth stage technology companies. Their experienced professionals empower management teams to build outstanding growth companies that deliver superior returns to investors. As true partners, they work beside their entrepreneurs with the patience needed tobuild successful businesses.With more than $580 million of committed capital under management, the firm’s partners have invested in roughly 140 high-growth companies, many of which are leaders in their respective industry categories. Their limited partners are highly sophisticated venture investors and include leading educational and financial institutions, pension funds, and family offices. They are aligned with their investors in providing patient capital with a view toward long-term success. Their current $250 million fund closed in early 2007 and is appropriately sized to focus on early stage opportunities and later stage venture growth enterprises.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $3.5M–$12M |
| Series B | $6M–$28M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 22 | 21% |
| Enterprise Software | 10 | 10% |
| Internet | 9 | 9% |
| Information Technology | 9 | 9% |
| Manufacturing | 8 | 8% |

120 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 24 | 23% |
| Series A | 18 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 17 | 16% |
| Series C | 14 | 13% |
| Series D | 8 | 8% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 55 | 52% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1% |
| Portugal | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cheryl A. Kerrigan | Assistant Treasurer and Business Office Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cheryl-a-kerrigan |
| Elliot Katzman | General Partner | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elliot-katzman |
| Jeff Hurst | Founder, General Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeff-hurst |
| Michael Fitzgerald | Founder, Managing General Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-fitzgerald-2 |
| Nate Loewentheil | Founder & Managing Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nate-loewentheil |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GAMES.GG | GAM3S.GG's objective is to bring the next 100 million gamers into web3 through game discovery, content, live streaming, community events, and much more! | $2M | Seed | Sep 06, 2023 |  |
| Crux | Crux is a fintech company. They provide a capital markets platform for developers, tax credit buyers, and financial institutions to transact and manage transferable tax credits, aiming to make sustainable finance more efficient and interconnected. They help developers and manufacturers raise capital at all stages of project development andoperation. | $4.3M | Seed | Jun 21, 2023 |  |
| Elixir | Elixir is a decentralized protocol that enables full composability for integrations by providing computationally secure, algorithmic market-making across CEXs and DEXs. | $2.1M | Seed | Jan 17, 2023 |  |
| Enertiv | Enertiv is a real estate technology company that transforms building data into asset value. Our platform streamlines building operations by digitizing the physical infrastructure of commercial real estate portfolios. We collect better data, faster and more affordably than anyone else, enabling owners and operators to eliminate waste within theirlargest and most controllable operating expenses.In addition to utilizing existing data sources, we deploy IoT devices to continuously track every critical piece of equipment, tenant space, and indoor environmental condition to enable operators to ensure peak performance of their assets around the clock. | $9M | Series A | May 19, 2022 |  |
| Engrain | Engrain is a real estate technology company known for touch screen kiosks, interactive mapping, and data visualization products.It aims to fundamentally transform the way people find, lease, and manage property. Clients use Engrain products to engage prospects and residents, analyze and improve operating performance, and increase NOI throughoperational efficiency. Engrain's product stack includes TouchTour, TouchTour iPad, SightMap, SightMap Asset Intelligence, Unit Map, Vertigo Maps.Founded in 2010, Engrain is headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado. | $1M | Seed | Jul 25, 2019 |  |
| Northeastern University | Northeastern University is an experiential and research university that offers a comprehensive range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through doctorate programs in nine colleges and schools, along with select advanced degrees at graduate campuses in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Seattle.Northeastern University wasestablished in 1898 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. | $14M | Grant | Apr 19, 2016 |  |
| Onshape | Onshape is a product development platform that unites CAD, data management, collaboration tools, and real-time analytics. Its modern CAD system eliminates design gridlock so professional engineers can do their best work. Onshape unites advanced modeling tools and design data management in a secure cloud workspace that is accessible on any deviceand never loses data. Professional engineers at thousands of companies rely on Onshape to modernize their design process. Onshape users have logged over 3 million hours modeling advanced robotics, biomedical devices, industrial machinery, and myriad other products.Founded in 2012 by the creators of SOLIDWORKS, Onshape has raised $169 million from Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, North Bridge, and other leading investors. | $105M | Series D | Apr 14, 2016 |  |
| Onshape | Onshape is a product development platform that unites CAD, data management, collaboration tools, and real-time analytics. Its modern CAD system eliminates design gridlock so professional engineers can do their best work. Onshape unites advanced modeling tools and design data management in a secure cloud workspace that is accessible on any deviceand never loses data. Professional engineers at thousands of companies rely on Onshape to modernize their design process. Onshape users have logged over 3 million hours modeling advanced robotics, biomedical devices, industrial machinery, and myriad other products.Founded in 2012 by the creators of SOLIDWORKS, Onshape has raised $169 million from Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, North Bridge, and other leading investors. | $80M |  | Sep 15, 2015 |  |
| BitSight | Founded in 2011, BitSight transforms how organizations manage information security risk. The BitSight Security Ratings Platform applies sophisticated algorithms, producing daily security ratings that range from 250 to 900, to help manage third party risk, underwrite cyber insurance policies, benchmark performance, conduct M&A due diligence andassess aggregate risk. Organizations worldwide, including seven of the top 10 cyber insurers, 20% of Fortune 500 companies, and 3 of the top 5 investment banks use BitSight’s proven Security Ratings technology on a daily basis to make integral risk and business decisions. With over 1,000 customers and the largest ecosystem of users and information, BitSight is the most widely used Security Ratings Service. For more information, please visit www.bitsighttech.com or follow @BitSight on Twitter. | $25.6M | Series B | Jun 25, 2015 |  |
| Invaluable | Invaluable is the world’s leading online marketplace for fine art, antiques and collectibles. Working with more than 4,000 of the world’s premier auction houses, dealers and galleries, Invaluable helps buyers from 200 countries connect with the things they love. With best-in-class online bidding technology, along with a fixed-price retail platform,Invaluable provides sellers with e-commerce and marketing solutions, as well as auction management software. Recently called “one of the fastest growing e-commerce sites in the art world” by Blouin ArtInfo, Invaluable has also been recognized by Deloitte’s 2015 Technology Fast 500™ and the 2015 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® program. Headquartered in Boston, Invaluable also has offices in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium and Australia. | $33.8M | Series D | Jun 03, 2014 |  |

10 of 105 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Commonwealth Capital Ventures invest in?

Commonwealth Capital Ventures invests primarily in Software, Enterprise Software and Internet startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 105 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Commonwealth Capital Ventures's check size?

Commonwealth Capital Ventures typically joins rounds of $3.5M–$12M at Series A and $6M–$28M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Commonwealth Capital Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Commonwealth Capital Ventures?

Public channels for Commonwealth Capital Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Commonwealth Capital Ventures?

The team at Commonwealth Capital Ventures includes Cheryl A. Kerrigan (Assistant Treasurer and Business Office Manager), Elliot Katzman (General Partner) and Jeff Hurst (Founder, General Partner), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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