Primera Capital
VC Fund
Oakland, United States
Primera Capital is a VC fund in Oakland focused on Internet and SaaS. Primera Capital has funded some of the world’s most transformative technology companies over the past two decades. We invest in extraordinary products, opportune markets, and daring entrepreneurs with unwavering visions. Past investments include VMWare (acquired by EMC), Chegg (CHGG), and Fandango (acquired by Comcast).Our creed is todifferentiate between hype and authentic value, diagnose underlying trends, and cultivate rich networks so that we can deploy our experience and resources to help entrepreneurs realize their dreams.
- Total investments:
- 31
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 19%
Last updated:
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Industries Primera Capital invests in
Stages Primera Capital invests in
Countries Primera Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
3 more contacts available
Round size
- Seed
- $1.5M–$12M
- Series A
- $1.5M–$26M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Internet 5 (16%)
- SaaS 4 (13%)
- Software 4 (13%)
- Health Care 4 (13%)
- Education 3 (10%)
Stage
- Series A 9 (29%)
- Funding Round 6 (19%)
- Seed 4 (13%)
- Series B 4 (13%)
- Series C 4 (13%)
Country
- United States 18 (58%)
- Canada 2 (6%)
- Israel 2 (6%)
- United Kingdom 1 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ori Sasson
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 11 | Find email | |
Aaron Sasson
General Partner
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General Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Caramel
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Caramel is a car checkout platform that makes private party and independent dealer sales simple and safe. | $21.4M / Series A / Jul 26, 2024 | |
Air Protein
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Air Protein is a startup that aims to develop sustainable protein made from thin air. Using a proprietary probiotic process, Air Protein develops protein-enriched food made from CO2. This revolutionary new protein source can be used to make meat-free burgers, protein-enriched pasta, cereals, beverages, and more.Air Protein has been developed byKiverdi, a California-based biotechnology company. | $75M / May 18, 2023 | |
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Caramel
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Caramel is a car checkout platform that makes private party and independent dealer sales simple and safe. | $12M / Seed / Mar 22, 2023 | |
GLIDER.ai
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Glider AI Talent Quality Platform, 2021 SIA winner for most innovative HR technology, provides hiring solutions including virtual assessments, coding/video interviews, screen bots and more to scale hiring quality talent for the Enterprise, Staffing Firms, and MSPs. Global brands like Intuit, PwC, Capital One, and FINRA trust Glider to validatecandidate quality and fit across any role in any industry. On average, customers see a 3x placement rate, a 50% reduction in time-to-fill, and a 98% improvement in candidate satisfaction. For more information, visit Glider AI.Using artificial intelligence, GLIDER automates personalized candidate outreach, stack ranks top talent, and turbocharges your interviews. Quickly determine whether a candidate can do the job with video interviews, auto-scored coding tasks, and real-world simulations for every role. | $10M / Series A / Mar 07, 2023 | |
Airlinq
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Airlinq powers the next generation enterprise-grade cloud and edge platform to handle complex AI and IoT use cases around smart mobility and ecosystem monetization for automakers, mobile network operators, and consumers around the world. This highly scalable, globally available platform is ready to support millions of connected assets and vehicleswith mission-critical latency, security, and reliability. | $10.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 09, 2023 | |
Mimik
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mimik provides a hybrid edge cloud computing application development platform and business enablers for digital transformation. Developers and enterprises can achieve their business objectives without compromising time to market, cost, scalability, interoperability, data privacy and security, and being locked in proprietary technology stacks.mimik enables hybrid edge native application development that works across ecosystems of devices (iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, Linux, QNX, Raspbian, OpenWRT and smart IoT freeRTOS sensors), networks, and any private and/or public cloud. The mimik platform is the fastest and most direct way of connecting siloed and fragmented applications from the edge with minimal reliance on middlemen. We can help enterprises save millions of dollars in legacy backend integration while reducing their ongoing operational costs through an edge-in approach. mimik enables systematic digital transformation for a sustainable digital economy to help enterprises secure business leadership in the hyper-connected world. | $14.3M / Series A / Nov 03, 2021 | |
vFunction
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VFunction develops an innovative product for businesses to modernize applications and accelerate transformation of existing Java applications to cloud-native architecture. The product enables companies to easily and effectively stay ahead of the curve.The company's team brings unique expertise to change clients’ ability to modernize corebusiness applications. | $26M / Series A / Oct 19, 2021 | |
sona
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sona is a digital therapeutics company, using science-backed music to improve mental health. sona produces and distributes original music made in collaboration with grammy-winning producers and neuroscientists at uc berkeley. the music is designed to increase alpha & theta brain waves to help you relax in minutes. sona personalizes yourplaylist based on symptoms, listening habits and the time of day. our mission is to help people experience the medicinal benefits of restorative music and make mental healthcare more natural, efficient, and affordable. the app is available for download on ios and android devices. | $1M / Pre-Seed / Jul 01, 2021 | |
Phluence
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LifeLink is the conversational engagement platform for healthcare. We work with some of the largest healthcare systems and pharma companies in the country to reach their patients on mobile and messaging, with personalized, natural, and contextual conversations. LifeLink chatbots automate thousands of high-value patient touchpoints before, during,and after healthcare visits, resulting in improved operational efficiency, increased customer satisfaction, and superior brand loyalty. | $9.8M / Series A / Mar 30, 2021 | |
BioSight
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BioSight is a biopharmaceutical private company founded in 2000 and re launched in mid 2009, revolutionizing the research and development of innovative cancer targeted pro-drugs. BioSight has developed technology S2DOT TM and a pipeline of targeted pro-drugs, that can target and release chemotherapy drugs inside cancer cells, while significantlyminimizing the systemic toxicity associated with conventional chemotherapy treatments. | $27M / Series C / Dec 02, 2020 | |
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FAQ
What does Primera Capital invest in?
Primera Capital invests primarily in Internet, SaaS and Software startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 31 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 Primera Capital's check size?
Primera Capital typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$12M at Seed and $1.5M–$26M 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 Primera Capital participates in.
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Who are the partners at Primera Capital?
The team at Primera Capital includes Ori Sasson (Partner) and Aaron Sasson (General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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