• 2006

Company Description

True Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups.

Founded in 2005, True Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups. With capital under management in excess of $1.4 billion, True provides seed and Series A funding to the most talented entrepreneurs in today’s fastest growing markets. The firm maintains a strong founder community and offers innovative educational opportunities to its portfolio, helping entrepreneurs achieve higher levels of success and impact. With more than 200 companies funded and multiple companies acquired, the current True portfolio has helped create over 8,500 jobs. True is led by Partners Jon Callaghan, Phil Black, Puneet Agarwal, Adam D'Augelli, Toni Schneider (ex-CEO of Automattic), Tony Conrad (Founder of about.me and Sphere), and Om Malik (Founder of Giga Omni Media), Venture Partners Rohit Sharma, Ann Crady Weiss, and Kevin Rose, and Design Partner Jeff Veen. True investments have included about.me (acquired by AOL), Assistly (acquired by Salesforce), Automattic (creators of WordPress), BrightRoll (acquired by Yahoo), Caspida (acquired by Splunk), Cetas (acquired by VMware), Connectifier (acquired by LinkedIn/Microsoft), Duo, Fitbit (NYSE:FIT), Milo (acquired by eBay), Namely, Peloton, Ring, Socialcast (acquired by VMware), Syncplicity (acquired by EMC) and Typekit (acquired by Adobe).