Company Overview
Bullpen Capital is an early-stage venture fund being formed to make follow-on investments in Internet technology companies that have been initially funded by super-angel capital efficient funds. Bullpen Capital is a super angel follow-on fund. Its team includes Paul Martino, Duncan Davidson, and Richard Melmon.
History
Bullpen Capital was founded in 2010 by Paul Martino and Duncan M. Davidson and is based in San Francisco, California.
The rise of the super-angels is a capital market response to a new technology trend: the rise of the lean venture, typically an Internet service deploying fast-to-market technology which enables rapid market validation before large capital requirements. The super-angels are emerging as a natural response to a decades-long over-sizing of venture firms, built more to fund the semiconductor factories of the past than Internet firms of today.
Investments
Bullpen Capital has made 87 investments. One of their investments was on Feb 14, 2019, when they invested $6M in Tank Utility. Bullpen Capital has raised a total of $253.6M across 3 funds, one of them being Bullpen Capital IV. This fund was announced on Jun 28, 2018, and raised a total of $140M.
Bullpen Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in post-seed round funding, startups, early stage, and small B round investments. It seeks to invest in internet technology companies focusing on e-commerce, mobile, and consumer internet. The firm focuses on leading second round investments and seeks to make all its seed rounds syndicated. It makes investments in companies seeded by super angels and institutional seed funds. The firm invests in seed money before the companies can pursue their big A round. It invests in firms that are early-product market fit, seed syndicate intended to invest super pro-rata and management confident of hitting a major valuation stone in 9-12 months.
Timeline
Tank Utility
$6M .
TBullpen Capital IV
$140M.
Funded Companies
Grove Collaborative is an online, subscription-based retailer selling natural home and health products.
Starcity is an American company that builds co-housing microapartments in which tenants pay for a private room with shared kitchens, bathrooms and other shared spaces.
A mobile fitness app with interactive training programs world's best personal trainers at your fingertips - anytime, anywhere.
Jackpocket is an a mobile application that allows users to play state lottery games on their phone.
Filament(IoT) is an internet of things company founded by Allison Clift-Jennings.
An online checkout for car dealerships. (Previously known as Drive Motors)
RippleMatch is a New York-based company founded by Eric Ho.
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Ocrolus is a New York City-based company founded by Sam Bobley.
Associated investment funds
People
Dave Knox
Advisor
Dave Strigler
Investor
Duncan Davidson
Employee
Elliot Loh
Advisor
Frank Willemsen
Investor
James Conlon
Employee
Matt Ocko
Investor
Paul Martino
Employee
Paul Tyma
Advisor
Richard Melmon
Founder
Samir Kaji
Investor
Sand Hill Angels
Investor
Sandeep Sardana
Investor
Tak Miyata
Investor
Tanveer Ali
Investor
Ullas Naik
Investor
Wenz Xing
Employee
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