Switch Ventures is a venture capital firm in California that focuses on investing in seed-stage tech and tech-enabled companies. Founded 2014 in San Francisco, California, United States by Paul Arnold, it invests in seed rounds, series D, series A, pre-seed rounds and series C rounds. Its portfolio companies include Gridwise, The Athletic, Luxury Presence, Tundra, NewtonX, Talar, Mode Analytics, Luxury Presence, Perfect Price, and Tolemi. As of April 2020, Switch Ventures has made 37 investments. Their most recent investment was on February 28, 2020, when Gridwise raised $3.3M. Switch Ventures has had eight exits, the most notable of which include Willing, Allay, and Mattermark. The company has raised two funds, their latest being Switch Ventures II. This fund was announced on June 27, 2018 and raised a total of $25M.
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Funded Companies
Mattermark is a San Francisco-based company founded by Kevin Morrill, Danielle Morrill and Andy Sparks.
GoldenKey is a company founded in 2014 by Tommy Sowers.
Associated investment funds
People
Paul Arnold
Founder and Partner
Further reading
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Companies
Gridwise
Luxury Presence
NewtonX
The Athletic
Tundra