Zone Ventures
VC Fund
Menlo Park, United States
Zone Ventures is a partnership funded by institutional investors for the purpose of providing equity capital to young, high-growth companies, while achieving superior returns to its investors.Located in Los Angeles, Zone Ventures has been instrumental in building the Southern California Technology Community. They have built strong relationshipswith Universities, R&D labs, Entrepreneurs, and Financial Institutions to bridge the gap between the revolutionary technologies of tomorrow with the investment capital of today.While many of their investments are centralized in Southern California, their investments are not geographic specific, as they have and will continue to make investments outside of California.Their focus is on information technology businesses with enormous market potential, and pursues a people-focused approach to venture capital, funding entrepreneurs with the energy, vision, experience, and desire to build great companies.
- Total investments:
- 21
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 24%
- Fund size:
- $98M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Zone Ventures invests in
Stages Zone Ventures invests in
Countries Zone Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series A
- $1M–$6M
- Series B
- $2.5M–$15M
- Series C
- $7M–$45M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 5 (24%)
- Retail 2 (10%)
- Internet 2 (10%)
- Manufacturing 2 (10%)
- Information Technology 2 (10%)
Stage
- Series B 6 (29%)
- Series A 4 (19%)
- Series C 4 (19%)
- Series D 2 (10%)
- Seed 1 (5%)
Country
- United States 12 (57%)
- Vietnam 1 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank M. Creer
Co-Founder and Managing Director
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Co-Founder and Managing Director | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Darius Sankey
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 7 | Find email | |
Tim Draper
Co - Founder & MD
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Co - Founder & MD | Total investments: 333 | Find email | |
|
William Lewis
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| GoStream was founded with a mission to make a difference for your social media channels (Facebook fan page, Facebook group, Youtube channel, etc.) and your websites.Two of our impressive tools are known as GoStream and GoStudio. With them, producers can easily: convert and schedule any video URL to live streams, stream live video to any livestream service, live stream simultaneously on many platforms (Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, etc.), insert graphic effects into live streams, mix multiple camera sources into the live stream, organize interviews and talk shows on the live stream, create and play mini-games on live streams, and much more.No software installation is required to use GoStream.The outstanding growth rate is a testament to the capabilities of the GoStream team. We are constantly improving and developing every day. | $1M / Series A / Jan 15, 2021 | ||
| GoStream was founded with a mission to make a difference for your social media channels (Facebook fan page, Facebook group, Youtube channel, etc.) and your websites.Two of our impressive tools are known as GoStream and GoStudio. With them, producers can easily: convert and schedule any video URL to live streams, stream live video to any livestream service, live stream simultaneously on many platforms (Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, etc.), insert graphic effects into live streams, mix multiple camera sources into the live stream, organize interviews and talk shows on the live stream, create and play mini-games on live streams, and much more.No software installation is required to use GoStream.The outstanding growth rate is a testament to the capabilities of the GoStream team. We are constantly improving and developing every day. | $200K / Seed / Nov 29, 2020 | ||
| GoStream was founded with a mission to make a difference for your social media channels (Facebook fan page, Facebook group, Youtube channel, etc.) and your websites.Two of our impressive tools are known as GoStream and GoStudio. With them, producers can easily: convert and schedule any video URL to live streams, stream live video to any livestream service, live stream simultaneously on many platforms (Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, etc.), insert graphic effects into live streams, mix multiple camera sources into the live stream, organize interviews and talk shows on the live stream, create and play mini-games on live streams, and much more.No software installation is required to use GoStream.The outstanding growth rate is a testament to the capabilities of the GoStream team. We are constantly improving and developing every day. | Convertible Note / Sep 01, 2019 | ||
| NeuroVigil has three products developed to help pharmaceutical companies conduct outpatient clinical trials, ALS sufferers communicate and NASA trackastronauts on the International Space Station. The company is headquartered in La Jolla and has a satellite operation at NASA Ames Research Park in Silicon Valley. The company is headed by neurotechnology pioneer and entrepreneur, Dr. Philip Low, an MIT TR-35 recipient and Jacobs-Rady Pioneer for Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and backed by Elon Musk and Irwin Jacobs. The company's clients include Roche and Novartis as clients and its advisors include Stephen Hawking, Stephen Wolfram and Nobel laureates Roger Guillemin and Sydney Brenner. NeuroVigil won the DFJ and UCSD challenges and was singled out by Fast Company and The Washington Post as one of the Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Health Care. The Company's iBrain, the world's first mobile brain monitor, won the CONNECT Most Innovative New Product in Health Care and was identified by the New York Times, as one of the "Innovations That Will Change Your Tomorrow". On May 1st 2011, NeuroVigil closed the highest valuation first round investment of any startup in history, over twice Google's and Facebook's first round valuations combined.NeuroVigil's patented and proprietary technology provides for extremely rapid, automated, and accurate reading and interpretation of electroencephalogram data, which is a window to the functioning of the brain.The Company's technology not only automates current manual tasks, but also more than quintuples the amount of useful information obtained from current EEG data, which leads to biomarkers of drug responses, and correlates of important disease states. | Series B / May 01, 2015 | ||
| Lumexis Corporation engages in developing, manufacturing, and marketing fiber-to-the-screen (FTTS) in-flight entertainment (IFE) and communication systems. The company also provides customer support, training, and software services. Lumexis Corporation was founded in 2003 and is based in Costa Mesa, California. | $15M / Nov 30, 2009 | ||
| Siimpel Corporation has been in the business of innovation since its original founding in 2000 as SiWave. With a heritage from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a background in high-precision navigation grade MEMS sensors, the company has maintained a leadership in technology. In its short history, Siimpel Corporation created the smallesthigh port count optical switches in the world, packaged MEMS components for NASA's Mars rovers, developed the world's first MEMS horizon sensor, developed the highest precision laser ranging system, and created the world's smallest stages using MEMS technology. A recipient of the ATP (advanced technology program) award from NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology), Siimpel is proud of its history of ground breaking innovation. Since 2004, Siimpel has been applying the high precision MEMS platform technology to enable the drastic reduction in size of high performance digital cameras. Siimpel's innovative products set new standards for the size and performance of digital cameras in mobile platforms. | $8.7M / Series D / Nov 26, 2008 | ||
| Akimbo is a white label video solution. It includes an advertising system and "supports multiple business models including ad-supported, transactional, subscription, download-to-own, download-to-burn, pay-per-minute, gift cards and account credits." | $8M / Series D / Feb 29, 2008 | ||
| Siimpel Corporation has been in the business of innovation since its original founding in 2000 as SiWave. With a heritage from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a background in high-precision navigation grade MEMS sensors, the company has maintained a leadership in technology. In its short history, Siimpel Corporation created the smallesthigh port count optical switches in the world, packaged MEMS components for NASA's Mars rovers, developed the world's first MEMS horizon sensor, developed the highest precision laser ranging system, and created the world's smallest stages using MEMS technology. A recipient of the ATP (advanced technology program) award from NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology), Siimpel is proud of its history of ground breaking innovation. Since 2004, Siimpel has been applying the high precision MEMS platform technology to enable the drastic reduction in size of high performance digital cameras. Siimpel's innovative products set new standards for the size and performance of digital cameras in mobile platforms. | $21.5M / Series D / Oct 23, 2007 | ||
| Siimpel Corporation has been in the business of innovation since its original founding in 2000 as SiWave. With a heritage from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a background in high-precision navigation grade MEMS sensors, the company has maintained a leadership in technology. In its short history, Siimpel Corporation created the smallesthigh port count optical switches in the world, packaged MEMS components for NASA's Mars rovers, developed the world's first MEMS horizon sensor, developed the highest precision laser ranging system, and created the world's smallest stages using MEMS technology. A recipient of the ATP (advanced technology program) award from NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology), Siimpel is proud of its history of ground breaking innovation. Since 2004, Siimpel has been applying the high precision MEMS platform technology to enable the drastic reduction in size of high performance digital cameras. Siimpel's innovative products set new standards for the size and performance of digital cameras in mobile platforms. | $20.1M / Series C / Nov 11, 2005 | ||
| Neven Vision is a developer of mobile recognition engines for mobile phone and consumer electronics industries, and the government and private security sectors.Its solutions include i-Scout Visual Mobile Search, an object recognition platform that enables camera phones to recognize objects and provide relevant content to the user; MobileIdentifier platform, which employs biometric technology, including face recognition, fingerprint matching, and skin analysis to recognize and compare tattoos or license plates identifiers; and Mobile-i Facial Feature Tracking software that allows users to perform real-time or offline tracking of facial features on a live or recorded video stream.Neven Vision’s solutions are used for identity verification and video surveillance, mobile marketing campaigns, gaming and enhanced communication applications, and image-based mobile search platforms.Neven Vision was founded in 2003 by | $2.5M / Series B / May 17, 2005 | ||
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FAQ
What does Zone Ventures invest in?
Zone Ventures invests primarily in Software, Retail and Internet startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 21 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Zone Ventures invest in?
Zone Ventures typically joins rounds of $1M–$6M at Series A, $2.5M–$15M at Series B and $7M–$45M at Series C. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Zone Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Zone Ventures took part in.
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Who are the partners at Zone Ventures?
The team at Zone Ventures includes Frank M. Creer (Co-Founder and Managing Director), Darius Sankey (Partner) and Tim Draper (Co - Founder & MD). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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