IA Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage start-ups. It works with entities in the financial technology industry that utilize data for a competitive edge. The company states that it communicates a clear path with its start-up investments and invests in long-term relationships.
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The company initially started with investing in early-stage companies. As the company has grown, it now invests in both early-stage and later-stage start-ups, with the intention of taking companies through the growth stage. IA Ventures mode of investing consists of investing early and then moving in more money later. It seeks to invest in companies that generate contributory databases, core enabling data technologies, or technologies that utilize large data sets.
Companies that are in IA Venture's portfolio include Octane Lending, Gospel Technology, TellusLabs, PointOne Navigation, Quorum Control, InfoSum, Drift, Verge Genomics, Alluvium, Kepler Communication, Komodo Health, Direct Match, and more.
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Funded Companies
TransferWiseA company that offers money transfers services.
London
DatadogDatadog is a New York City-based enterprise software company offering monitory and analytics for developers, IT operation teams and business users.
New York City
DataRobotDataRobot sells a machine learning platform that helps users build and deploy accurate predictive models. The Boston-based company was founded in 2012 by Jeremy Achin.
Boston
LygosAn industrial biotech company developing a commercial bioprocess for manufacturing bio-based malonic acid.
San Francisco
Emeryville, California
DataSift
The Trade Desk
Twice (online retailer)Twice is a San Francisco-based company.
Flatiron HealthFlatiron Health is a New York City-based company founded by Nat Turner.
Lua
Next Big SoundNext Big Sound provides a dashboard, charts, and reports to monitor popularity, activity, and metrics for musicians, albums, authors and books across social media, sales and events.
New York
Chicago
Updater 
ThinkNearThinkNear is a Los Angeles-based company founded by Eli Portnoy.
Los Angeles
SimpleSimple is a Portland, Oregon-based company founded in 2009 by Joshua Reich, Shamir Karkal and Alex Payne.
Portland, Oregon
Recorded FutureInternet technology company based in somerville, ma, usa
Somerville, Massachusetts
DigitalOceanDigitalOcean is a company founded in 2011 by Alec Hartman, Moisey Uretsky, Mitch Wainer, Jeff Carr and Ben Uretsky.
Placeiq (company)Placeiq is a New York City-based company.
SavingStarSavingStar is a Waltham, Massachusetts-based advertising company.
Waltham, Massachusetts
Kohort
Fluidinfo
Visual RevenueVisual Revenue is a New York-based company founded by Dennis R. Mortensen.
SignifydSignifyd is a SaaS-based, enterprise-grade fraud technology solution for e-commerce stores.
San Jose, California
Lore (company)Lore is a New York City-based learning management system company.
Kepler CommunicationsKepler Communications is a company founded by Wen Cheng Chong, Mina Mitry and Jeffrey Osborne.
BlogTalkRadioA podcast platform that allows podcasters to livestream and interact with their listeners in real time.
NewsCredAssociated investment funds
People
Brad Gillespie
General Partner
Roger Ehrenberg
Managing Partner
Further reading
IA Ventures Doubles Down On Big Data With A New $105M Fund
Erick Schonfeld
Web
February 8, 2012
Company
Venture capital
Direct Match
