XG Ventures
VC Fund
Menlo Park, United States
XG Ventures is a VC fund in Menlo Park focused on Software and Apps. XG Ventures was founded by ex-Googlers, who were early hires in strategic roles at Google. This group is now dedicated to advising and investing in supremely talented early stage teams. One of XG's strengths is sharing their early experiences at Google, including how its unique culture shaped a dynamic and fun enterprise. The primary goalis to use their complementary expertise to help successfully guide the start-up teams to the next stage. XG's core assets include operational and strategic expertise, mentorship, global networking contacts, and access to seed capital and beyond.XG Ventures is focused primarily on the consumer internet, including the mobile, video, gaming, social media, and online media sectors.
- Total investments:
- 61
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries XG Ventures invests in
Stages XG Ventures invests in
Countries XG Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $750k–$3.5M
- Series A
- $2M–$12M
- Series B
- $7.5M–$29M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 18 (30%)
- Apps 8 (13%)
- Mobile 8 (13%)
- Big Data 6 (10%)
- SaaS 5 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 36 (59%)
- Series A 9 (15%)
- Series B 3 (5%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (5%)
- Angel 2 (3%)
Country
- United States 47 (77%)
- Taiwan 1 (2%)
- Denmark 1 (2%)
- Colombia 1 (2%)
- United Kingdom 1 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Andrea Zurek
Founding Partner
|
Founding Partner | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
Pietro Dova
Founding Partner
|
Founding Partner | Total investments: 5 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metoro is an AI-powered site reliability engineer. Engineers can ask Metoro questions like “Why is my web app down”, Metoro will investigate and return a custom debugging dashboard with the root cause and potential fixes. | $1.2M / Pre-Seed / Sep 06, 2023 | ||
| Thin file U.S. residents suffer from an uncertain, fragmented, and inefficient path to quality credit and banking options Sable provides -Access to credit building cards, a no fee bank account, and debit card within 5 minutes with no credit history, SSN, or U.S address required -Premium card and brand -Quickest way to build credit with enhancedmulti-point reporting on more data points than any other card -Faster path to unsecured credit by addressing the full path end to end, with gamified graduation to our own Sable unsecured credit credit card -Transparent formula via tangible Sable milestones, guiding our customers along a path to credit building and graduation to unsecured credit | $5.6M / Seed / Feb 25, 2021 | ||
| Thin file U.S. residents suffer from an uncertain, fragmented, and inefficient path to quality credit and banking options Sable provides -Access to credit building cards, a no fee bank account, and debit card within 5 minutes with no credit history, SSN, or U.S address required -Premium card and brand -Quickest way to build credit with enhancedmulti-point reporting on more data points than any other card -Faster path to unsecured credit by addressing the full path end to end, with gamified graduation to our own Sable unsecured credit credit card -Transparent formula via tangible Sable milestones, guiding our customers along a path to credit building and graduation to unsecured credit | $2.7M / Seed / Feb 27, 2020 | ||
| Booksy is the largest and fastest growing booking platform that connects beauty, wellness and health professionals with local customers, powering hundreds of millions of appointments each year.Booksy Biz, designed specifically for small business owners, is Boosky’s mobile-first SaaS platform that combines all the tools providers need to attractnew customers, take appointments, manage staff and payments, and build a loyal client base. The Booksy Marketplace is where millions of consumers around the world find, schedule and manage appointments with stylists, barbers, braiders, nail artists, estheticians, massage therapists, salons, and spas in their communities. Customers can browse business profiles, reviews, services, pricing, availability and instantly book appointments with the click of a button. Founded in Poland in 2014, Booksy has operations in Poland, United States, United Kingdom, Spain and France. The company has raised more than $100M in Series C funding and is backed by investors including Inovia, Kaya, and Verdane. Learn more at booksy.com. | $28.5M / Series B / Sep 26, 2019 | ||
| Qwick is the professional platform at the heart of the hospitality industry that matches experienced food and beverage freelancers with shifts in real time. Dedicated to serving those who serve us, Qwick empowers businesses to fill shifts and staff flexibly, while freelancers enjoy the freedom to make their own schedules and get paid the same day.As a growth-stage tech company, Qwick is rapidly expanding across the country and serves as a hospitality industry through-line. Qwick has earned multiple national recognitions, including “Great Place to Work” certification for two consecutive years, and is the 32nd fastest-growing company in the U.S. on the 2022 Inc. 5000 list. Learn more at qwick.com. | $3.5M / Seed / Mar 20, 2019 | ||
| Candex collaboration apps manage payments between companies and their vendors. Blockchain technology benefits are realized with phenomenal ease of use, speed and security. Their solution is trusted by Fortune 500 leaders like BP, First Data and Pfizer. They fulfill all of their control and reporting requirements, while users are able to executetransactions in a chat interface. Candex is growing rapidly by modernizing how organizations pay. They cut out red tape, boost employee management capabilities, and enhance spend visibility for better decision making. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 01, 2019 | ||
| Preteckt provides PaaS to connected and autonomous vehicles and fleets by peering through vehicle data and leveraging proprietary AI, deep learning, and machine learning algorithms. Preteckt’s architecture has been designed specifically to handle automotive data and provides a 100x speed advantage over typical Big Data solutions allowing forreal-time zero false-positives. The architecture and machine learning algorithms allow for immediate scaling of the SaaS solution to work with existing connected vehicles and fleetsPreteckt provides machine learning solution for automotive prognostics. | $2.7M / Seed / Dec 19, 2018 | ||
| Qwick is the professional platform at the heart of the hospitality industry that matches experienced food and beverage freelancers with shifts in real time. Dedicated to serving those who serve us, Qwick empowers businesses to fill shifts and staff flexibly, while freelancers enjoy the freedom to make their own schedules and get paid the same day.As a growth-stage tech company, Qwick is rapidly expanding across the country and serves as a hospitality industry through-line. Qwick has earned multiple national recognitions, including “Great Place to Work” certification for two consecutive years, and is the 32nd fastest-growing company in the U.S. on the 2022 Inc. 5000 list. Learn more at qwick.com. | $1.3M / Pre-Seed / Nov 18, 2018 | ||
| Glide is a transaction management solution designed to enhance client service at every step of the home sale journey. Glide's mission is to make real estate transactions faster, simpler, and safer for real estate professionals and their clients. It was founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $2.6M / Seed / May 14, 2018 | ||
| Convoz is an app for creating public collaborative conversation through video. It is a video-centric platform which aims to be “the place where you go to talk to people.” The developer wants it to be an app where people converse face-to-face with stars like Shaq or find new friends with common interests.Convoz allows people to upload 15-secondclips, often addressed to particular celebrities. They can then watch and choose which ones they want to respond to, sometimes broadcasting a message for all to see. | Seed / Jan 01, 2018 | ||
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FAQ
What does XG Ventures invest in?
XG Ventures invests primarily in Software, Apps and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 61 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 XG Ventures's check size?
XG Ventures typically joins rounds of $750k–$3.5M at Seed, $2M–$12M at Series A and $7.5M–$29M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds XG Ventures participates in.
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Who are the partners at XG Ventures?
The team at XG Ventures includes Andrea Zurek (Founding Partner) and Pietro Dova (Founding Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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