ICG Ventures
VC Fund
La Vergne, United States
ICG Ventures is an Ingram Content Group company. Ingram Content Group Inc. is a subsidiary of Nashville-based Ingram Industries Inc. The company provides books, music and media content to over 39,000 retailers, libraries, schools and distribution partners in 195 countries. More than 26,000 publishers use Ingram’s fully integrated physical anddigital distribution, logistics, and manufacturing solutions to access global consumer demand, and realize the full business potential of book content. Ingram’s operating units are Ingram Book Company, Lightning Source Inc., Vital Source Technologies, Inc., Ingram Periodicals Inc., Ingram International Inc., Ingram Library Services Inc., Spring Arbor Distributors Inc., Ingram Publisher Services Inc., Tennessee Book Company LLC, Coutts Information Services, and ICG Ventures Inc. For more information, visit www.ingramcontent.com.
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 8%
Last updated:
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Industries ICG Ventures invests in
Stages ICG Ventures invests in
Countries ICG Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $30k–$1.5M
- Series A
- $800k–$5.6M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Education 4 (33%)
- Publishing 3 (25%)
- Content 2 (17%)
- Big Data 2 (17%)
- Software 2 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (33%)
- Series A 4 (33%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (17%)
- Private Equity 1 (8%)
Country
- United States 7 (58%)
- India 1 (8%)
- Spain 1 (8%)
- Germany 1 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| PlastFormance team is engaging in intensive research work to develop new chemical procedures for improvement of high-performance compounds. In 2014 we were able to produce injection moldable thermoplastics with significantly higher degree of fill-rate (e.g. highly thermal conductive compounds) for the first time. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 11, 2023 | ||
| CourseKey is a SaaS platform for vocational education providers that boosts revenue by improving student retention and graduation rates, helps maintain regulatory compliance, and streamlines processes. | $5.6M / Series A / Jun 01, 2019 | ||
| Packback is a social learning platform powered by a proprietary A.I. that college professors use to help their students fall in love with the subject matter, drive personalized learning, and most importantly, quantify and improve critical thinking skills. | $1.5M / Seed / Sep 19, 2017 | ||
| Woodpie is an online platform that provides its users with book reviews.Woodpie enables its users to view and post recommendations of the books of their choice. They are also capable of viewing what other users are reading. Furthermore, users are capable of exchanging and discussing about books with others.Woodpie was launched in 2016 byAnuradha Bajpai and is based in California. | $150K / Seed / Sep 01, 2016 | ||
| Woodpie is an online platform that provides its users with book reviews.Woodpie enables its users to view and post recommendations of the books of their choice. They are also capable of viewing what other users are reading. Furthermore, users are capable of exchanging and discussing about books with others.Woodpie was launched in 2016 byAnuradha Bajpai and is based in California. | $30K / Seed / Jan 14, 2016 | ||
| Campus Quad is a mobile community start-up powered by student expression of campus life experiences. Replacing the old-style campus bulletin board with geo, green, real-time, mobile app, it mak it simple to share photos, create events, discover deals, and find campus-based classifieds. | $5M / Series A / Feb 02, 2015 | ||
| Querium Corporation is building a smart, scalable, online assessment platform for Math, Science, and Engineering. It features a patent-pending expert system, advanced simulation technology, and an easy-to-use interface. The company helps students master critical STEM skills, preparing them for college and beyond. Their platform deliverspersonalized, bite-sized lessons with an expert system, step-by-step tutoring assistance that motivates students to succeed. The StepWise Virtual Tutor uses A.I. technology that mimics a master teacher or master tutor and is available 24/7.Querium was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas, USA. | $800K / Series A / Jan 28, 2015 | ||
| Synapsify is the developer of CORE, a content analytical tool powered by machine intelligence and natural language processing, that helps marketers, researchers and insight professionals get to the heart of their customers' stories faster and more accurately by identifying and recommending the content that matters. Named by Forbes as one ofthe Top 10 Data Startups to Watch and awarded the GigaOm Structure Readers Choice Award for Text Analytics. | $850K / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 23, 2014 | ||
| Slicebooks (slicebooks.com) is a publishing platform that helps publishers repurpose content and build Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) sales channels. Slicebooks includes a patent-pending content management system, an iTunes style white label retail platform and mobile web apps. | Seed / Jul 31, 2013 | ||
| Synapsify is the developer of CORE, a content analytical tool powered by machine intelligence and natural language processing, that helps marketers, researchers and insight professionals get to the heart of their customers' stories faster and more accurately by identifying and recommending the content that matters. Named by Forbes as one ofthe Top 10 Data Startups to Watch and awarded the GigaOm Structure Readers Choice Award for Text Analytics. | $600K / Seed / Feb 26, 2013 | ||
| See all 12 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does ICG Ventures invest in?
ICG Ventures invests primarily in Education, Publishing and Content startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 12 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 ICG Ventures's check size?
ICG Ventures typically joins rounds of $30k–$1.5M at Seed and $800k–$5.6M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds ICG Ventures participates in.
When did ICG Ventures last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for ICG Ventures closed in Jul 2023. Shizune tracks 12 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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