# Portage Venture Partners

> Portage Venture Partners is a VC fund in Northfield backing SaaS, Email and EdTech. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Northfield, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Feb 2008
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Portage Venture Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in seed and early stage companies. It primarily invests in information technology and life sciences businesses with a focus on Internet, telecommunications, business and IT services, software and hardware, nanotechnology, medical devices, biotechnology, and healthcareservices.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| Email | 1 | 33% |
| EdTech | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Wireless | 1 | 33% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |
| Series C | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ThinkVine | ThinkVine Corporation is a leading provider of advanced marketing optimization software and services. ThinkVine's technology platform and services lead the market in providing cross-channel marketing attribution and optimization to the world's largest consumer brands. By leveraging cutting edge, proprietary analytics and softwaretechnology, the ThinkVine platform increases marketing driven sales by an average of 28% without increasing spend. Some of the world's largest brands such as Disney, US Bank, HP and Urban Outfitters use ThinkVine's attribution, forecasting and seamless optimization capability to confidently make strategic and executional decisions to improve return on investment. More information is available at www.thinkvine.com. | $1M | Series A | Feb 11, 2008 |  |
| CenterPost Communications | CenterPost Communications is a leading provider of enterprise multi-channel solutions for automating communications between companies and their customers via voice, email, fax, wireless text and instant messaging. CenterPost's solutions are designed to help companies acquire, care for, grow and retain customers by enabling frequent andrelevant customer contact at a price-point that is far superior to traditional methods. | $12.5M | Series C | Sep 25, 2001 |  |
| Cognitive Concepts | Cognitive Concepts is a company providing educational services and products. | $5M | Series B | Dec 14, 2000 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [DFJ Portage Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dfj-portage-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Draper Triangle](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draper-triangle-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [KB Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kb-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Keystone Capital — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Motorola Solutions — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sterling Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sterling-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Portage Venture Partners invest in?

Portage Venture Partners invests primarily in SaaS, Email and EdTech startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Portage Venture Partners last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Portage Venture Partners closed in Feb 2008. Shizune tracks 3 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 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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