# Elephant

> Elephant is a VC fund in Boston backing Software and E-Commerce. See 64 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 64
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 66%
- Last fund: Aug 2023
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/elephant-partners/
- Website: http://elephantvc.com/

Elephant is a VC fund in Boston focused on Software and E-Commerce. Elephant provides venture capital investment and strategic advisory services to support startups and growth-stage companies. The firm partners with technology-driven enterprises, offering capital and guidance to help scale their operations and navigate market challenges. It emphasizes building long-term relationships with portfolio companies bydelivering tailored support in areas such as business development, fundraising, and operational strategy. The company engages actively with entrepreneurs to identify growth opportunities and optimize their market positioning. It operates with a focus on technology sectors, including software, digital media, and consumer internet services.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $7.5M–$50M |
| Series B | $20M–$78M |
| Series C | $42M–$300M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 15 | 23% |
| E-Commerce | 8 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 7 | 11% |
| SaaS | 6 | 9% |
| Internet | 4 | 6% |

88 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 20 | 31% |
| Series B | 16 | 25% |
| Series C | 6 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 8% |
| Series D | 1 | 2% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 24 | 38% |
| Canada | 3 | 5% |
| France | 2 | 3% |
| Israel | 2 | 3% |
| Sweden | 1 | 2% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Julie Effron | General Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julie-effron-2 |
| Andrew Hunt | Founder and General Partner | 13 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-hunt |
| Chialin Yu | Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chialin-yu |
| Christopher De Souza | Partner | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-de-souza |
| Dara Li | Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dara-li-b82b |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ThreatLocker | ThreatLocker is a cybersecurity company that specializes in endpoint security and application whitelisting solutions. ThreatLocker is designed so that everyone from businesses to government agencies to academic institutions can directly control exactly what runs on their networks. Based at our Orlando, Florida, USA headquarters and servingcustomers around the globe, the team at ThreatLocker® envisions a future in which all organizations can chart their own course free from the influence of cyber criminals and the damage their incursions cause. | $190M | Series F | Jul 29, 2026 |  |
| TJM Labs | TJM Labs is an AI and tech innovation studio building data-driven enterprise software solutions. | $75M | Series B | Jul 02, 2026 |  |
| Tekst | Tekst is a company that analyzes and automates every internal and external business-to-business communication. | $13.5M | Series A | May 07, 2026 |  |
| EVERTRUST | EVERTRUST helps organizations with software programs, cloud, IT infrastructure, certificate automation, and consulting services. | $11.6M | Series A | Dec 09, 2025 |  |
| Park Loyalty Inc. | Park Loyalty’s comprehensive parking violation management software platform streamlines enforcement, ticketing/citation processing, and permit management for municipalities, universities, and private operators. Built for seamless integration, our enforcement solutions leverage advanced LPR, real-time data analytics, and automated workflows tooptimize compliance, enhance efficiency, and support the entire parking ecosystem. | $4M | Series A | Nov 12, 2025 |  |
| Ultralytics | Ultralytics is the creator of YOLO, the world’s leading open-source real-time vision AI. Trusted by millions of developers, researchers, and enterprises globally, Ultralytics delivers state-of-the-art object detection, segmentation, and tracking models that are lighter, faster, and more accurate.Our mission is to democratize access to advancedAI, offering open-source tools alongside enterprise solutions tailored for industries such as healthcare, security, manufacturing, and autonomous systems.Backed by a global community, Ultralytics combines cutting-edge research with practical deployment to make AI accessible, scalable, and impactful. | $30M | Series A | Sep 17, 2025 |  |
| Stavtar Solutions | Stavtar Solutions is a supplier of CTO functions, cloud-hosted mobile and web applications for small and mid-cap companies. | $55M | Series A | Aug 06, 2025 |  |
| Sipay | Sipay is a next-generation financial technology company offering a comprehensive all-in-one financial services platform. It enables B2B, B2C, and Sipay as a Service (Embedded Finance) customers to address all their banking and financial needs without requiring any other partners. | $78M | Series B | Apr 08, 2025 |  |
| Velixo | As a self-service Excel add-in, Velixo offers users a seamless, real-time reporting and planning experience within the Excel they love, while offering full governance, desktop, or online pixel-perfect deliveries. Built specifically for ERPs and supported for Acumatica, Sage Intacct, Cegid, MYOB Advanced, the Velixo integration boasts easy-to-useand highly flexible Accelerator functions, real-time reporting, live exploration and writeback of Journals, Budgets, and other data such as Project forecasts directly into your ERP. A multi-award winner, Velixo is loved by users who give it a perfect 5 Star score on G2 Crowd and on the Acumatica Marketplace.For more information and to contact us, visit www.velixo.com |  | Series A | Apr 02, 2025 |  |
| Fleetio | Fleetio is a web-based fleet management system that helps businesses get more from their moving assets. Users can log maintenance & service history online, measure fuel economy and schedule automatic reminders for their vehicles - all in one place, from anywhere. | $450M | Series D | Mar 25, 2025 |  |

10 of 64 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Arthur Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arthur-ventures-llc) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Greycroft](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greycroft) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Greylock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greylock) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [InfraVia Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/infravia-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Isai](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/isai) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Avenir](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avenir-growth-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Elephant invest in?

Elephant invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 64 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 Elephant's check size?

Elephant typically joins rounds of $7.5M–$50M at Series A, $20M–$78M at Series B and $42M–$300M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Elephant participates in.

### How do I contact Elephant?

Public channels for Elephant include LinkedIn 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 Elephant?

The team at Elephant includes Julie Effron (General Partner), Andrew Hunt (Founder and General Partner) and Chialin Yu (Investor), among 12 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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