Method Capital
VC Fund
Chicago, United States
Method Capital is a Chicago-based venture capital firm specializing in growth stage investments in B2B technology companies. We look to invest in companies that have completed initial software development, recurring revenue and scalable business models. Method Capital is primarily focused on working with firms based in the Midwest, although we willinvest anywhere. We are seeking to fund initial investments ranging from $1million to $10 million, although exceptions will occur. Ideal initial investment size is $5 million.
- Total investments:
- 18
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 39%
- Fund size:
- $125M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Method Capital invests in
Stages Method Capital invests in
Countries Method Capital invests in
Contacts
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Justin Smollar
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Wayne Byrne
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Chris Capps
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1 more contact available
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 4 (22%)
- Enterprise Software 4 (22%)
- SaaS 3 (17%)
- Big Data 3 (17%)
- Internet 3 (17%)
Stage
- Series A 7 (39%)
- Series B 4 (22%)
- Funding Round 3 (17%)
- Series C 2 (11%)
- Seed 1 (6%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Justin Smollar
Chief Financial Officer and Principal
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Chief Financial Officer and Principal | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Wayne Byrne
Director
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Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Chris Capps
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Lon Chow
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 23 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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SpiderOak
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SpiderOak develops a technology that eliminates entire categories of cyberattacks. It addresses the compliance, security, and usability needs of today’s environments to enable teams to complete their mission without having to make compromises. The company's products leverage a unique combination of Zero-Trust encryption and private Blockchain,delivering solutions with a level of confidentiality, integrity, and availability unavailable until today. | $16.4M / Series C / Jan 12, 2023 | |
Music Audience Exchange
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Music Audience Exchange develops a platform that facilitates music partnerships and provides marketing services. It is powered by an insights engine that matches brands to artists and a proprietary marketing automation system for generating and distributing brand-new music content to targeted audiences across audio, video, social, and live. Thecompany was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Frisco, Texas. | $4.1M / Series B / Oct 20, 2022 | |
Purchasing Platform
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Purchasing Platform is an online marketplace dedicated to the real estate industry. By centralizing procurement through their B2B marketplace, they help companies drive compliance, transparency, and increased productivity by simplifying the purchasing process. Their customizable eMarketplace offers industry-specific vendors and volume-based pricingfor growing businesses. The end result is significant savings, utilizing pre-negotiated pricing from 50+ leading vendors. There are no set-up fees or long-term contracts. Learn more at www.purchasingplatform.com | $3.5M / Series A / Oct 17, 2019 | |
Pangea Money Transfer
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Pangea Money Transfer is an award-winning mobile-centric money transfer platform that allows on-the-go users to send money from the U.S. to 15 countries across Latin America and Asia in less than 30 seconds -- all for a low flat fee. Receivers can collect the cash at thousands of retail locations or have it directly deposited into any bank accountor onto a debit card.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | $750K / Jul 01, 2019 | |
Singular
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Singular is a marketing intelligence platform that unifies marketing analytics, giving marketers actionable insights from previously siloed data. By connecting upper funnel marketing data with lower-funnel attribution data, marketers can measure ROI from every touchpoint across multiple channels and optimize spend down to the most granular levels.Singular currently tracks over $10 billion in digital marketing spend to revenue and lifetime value across industries including commerce, travel, gaming, entertainment, media, and on-demand services. Singular customers include companies like Lyft, Yelp, Airbnb, LinkedIn, Symantec, Zynga, Match, and Twitter. Singular is backed by Norwest Venture Partners, General Catalyst, Thomvest Ventures, Method Capital, Translink Capital, DCM and Telstra Ventures. Visit www.singular.net to learn more. | $30M / Series B / Sep 18, 2018 | |
NexLP
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NexLP, LLC provides a predictive intelligence software solution that turns electronic data into patterns and stories. The company offers NexLP Story Engine, an application that transforms data into profiles about the people, places, and events. It also provides predictive coding/computer assisted review of audit and attestation report, andproject management; search strategy consultation; and Relativity consultation and customization services. The company is based in Chicago, Illinois. | $3M / Series A / Oct 23, 2017 | |
ForeverCar
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ForeverCar is a platform that provides solutions for consumers to manage their car repair experience. From vehicle service plans to a full concierge treatment of the customer journey, ForeverCar removes the hassle of getting your car repaired.Our distribution is directly to consumers through www.forevercar.com. We also have a B2B2C strategythrough partners like Liberty Mutual and CUNA Mutual Group.We are a vertically integrated solution, managing all facets of customer shopping, buying, paying and utilization (submitting and tracking claims) of a vehicle service plan.We have received an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau, boast over 600 4 and 5-star reviews and received the 2016 Chicago Innovation Award. | $12M / Debt Financing / Sep 05, 2017 | |
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Music Audience Exchange
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Music Audience Exchange develops a platform that facilitates music partnerships and provides marketing services. It is powered by an insights engine that matches brands to artists and a proprietary marketing automation system for generating and distributing brand-new music content to targeted audiences across audio, video, social, and live. Thecompany was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Frisco, Texas. | $6M / Series A / Mar 02, 2017 | |
Rippleshot
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Rippleshot reduces over 25% of fraud losses for banks and merchants by uncovering merchant data breaches and stopping card fraud sooner.Rippleshot’s technology monitors tens of millions of merchants to pinpoint when and where a data breached occurred. Rippleshot stops losses, protects brand reputation, and safeguards the consumer paymentexperience.Get immediate results visualized through our cloud-based big data analytics platform. | $2.6M / Feb 08, 2017 | |
Shiftgig
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Shiftgig is a technology company that helps staffing agencies transform the way people work.Our flagship digital staffing software, Deploy, helps staffing firms empower their workforce to browse and claim work that fit their skills and schedules. We also give agencies deep insights into their clients and workers, allowing you to focus onstrategic growth and coaching by eliminating repetitive tasks of running day-to-day operations. To learn more, visit shiftgig.com. | $20M / Series C / Jan 17, 2017 | |
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FAQ
What does Method Capital invest in?
Method Capital invests primarily in Software, Enterprise Software and SaaS startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Method Capital?
The team at Method Capital includes Justin Smollar (Chief Financial Officer and Principal), Wayne Byrne (Director) and Chris Capps (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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