About Correlation Ventures
Correlation Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2006. It is primarily based out of San Francisco, United States. As of May 2025, Correlation Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 330 companies, with 11 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series A round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Consumer. Most recently it led the $4.5M Seed round of Raspberry AI along with Khosla Ventures. This round also saw participation from Greycroft and other investors.
Overall, Correlation Ventures portfolio has seen 10 IPOs and 79 acquisitions including key companies like Getaround, Upstart and IonQ. A lot of funds co-invest with Correlation Ventures, with names like New Enterprise Associates sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Correlation Ventures has team of 24 people including 9 partners.
Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 5 more
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Acquisitions
Deals in last 12 months
Correlation Ventures' List of Top Investments
Correlation Ventures has a portfolio of 330 companies. Their most notable investments are in Raspberry AI and Knock.Their portfolio spans across United States, Canada, United Kingdom and 6 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Consumer and 33 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 5 more. Here is the list of top investments by Correlation Ventures:1. BlueVine
Digital bank for businesses. Its services include checking accounts, NFC-enabled prepaid cards for online/offline purchases, bill payments, money transfers, and more. It features business credit lines, management tools, and more.
Key facts about BlueVine
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Redwood City (United States)
- Stage: Series F
- Total Funding till date: $288M
- Employee Count: 334 as on Dec 31, 2022
- Investors: Credit Suisse, Kreos Capital and 28 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Sep 09, 2020, $75M
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Getaround
App-based peer-to-peer carsharing platform. The platform enables car owners to rent their cars to a community of drivers using their smartphones. Drivers can find the car using an app and reserve it through the app for using the car. Their app is available for iOS and Android devices.
Key facts about Getaround
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $1.7B as on Sep 06, 2019
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $736M
- Employee Count: 128 as on Dec 31, 2022
- Investors: Triangle Peak Partners, K2 Global and 71 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Jan 24, 2024
- Highlight: Acquired
3. Upstart
AI-enabled online marketplace offering diversified loans to consumers and businesses. It offers loans such as personal loans, credit card loans, car loans, debt consolidation loans, wedding loans, medical loans, small business loans, and more. It provides personalized loan rates based on personal credit assessments.
Key facts about Upstart
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Palo Alto (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $842M as on Dec 31, 2022
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $129M
- Employee Count: 1,497 as on Dec 31, 2021
- Investors: Sunrise Ventures, HTIF and 28 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Apr 08, 2019, $50M
- Highlight: Public
4. Astra
Provider of space-based solutions for mission launch services. It provides users with a company that offers standard satellite delivery solutions that fit into a 1U or 3U deployer into low-Earth orbit and direct online reservations for orbital deliveries. It also produces rockets that are designed for facilitating daily spaceflights.
Key facts about Astra
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Alameda (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $136M
- Employee Count: 317 as on Dec 31, 2022
- Investors: Advance, B. Riley Financial and 13 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, May 20, 2024, $5.27M
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Ollie
Ollie is a brand of customized food items for dogs. It offers dog's meal plan based on their age, breed, activity level, allergies, and ideal weight. The offering of the company includes beef, chicken, lamb, and turkey. The company claims to use all the nutrition ingredients in the food meals.
Key facts about Ollie
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $67.7M
- Investors: Canaan, Lerer Hippeau and 15 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Mar 26, 2024, $21.3M
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Correlation Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Correlation Ventures has invested in 330 companies over the last 15 years, with an average of 16 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2024, it made 14 investments, while as of May 2025, it has made 6 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Trek Health and most recent follow-on round was in Raspberry AI.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 5 | 1 | 6 |
2024 | 12 | 2 | 14 |
2023 | 17 | 3 | 20 |
2022 | 23 | 6 | 29 |
2021 | 18 | 7 | 25 |
2020 | 16 | 6 | 22 |
2019 | 16 | 7 | 23 |
2018 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
2017 | 19 | 3 | 22 |
2016 | 16 | 8 | 24 |
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Correlation Ventures' Investments by Stage
Correlation Ventures has made 95 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $3.87M, 89 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $10.2M and 19 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $18.7M.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
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Seed | 95 |
Series A | 89 |
Series B | 19 |
Series C | 7 |
Series D | 4 |
Others | 2 |
Correlation Ventures' Investments by Sector
Correlation Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, High Tech, FinTech and Retail. Notably, it has invested in 300 Tech companies, 214 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 148 Software companies and at least 116 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
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Enterprise Applications | 101 |
Consumer | 60 |
High Tech | 35 |
FinTech | 31 |
Retail | 24 |
Others | 219 |
Correlation Ventures' Investments by Geography
Correlation Ventures has made most investments in United States (207), followed by Canada where it has made 2 investments.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
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United States | 207 |
Canada | 2 |
United Kingdom | 2 |
Australia | 1 |
Austria | 1 |
Others | 4 |
Correlation Ventures' recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Correlation Ventures:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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May 02, 2025 | United States | Series A | $11M | ||
May 01, 2025 | United States | Series A | $30M | Notable Capital [+5] | |
Mar 04, 2025 | Canada | Series A | $13M | USVP [+1] | |
Feb 13, 2025 | United States | Series A | $12M | SignalFire [+9] | |
Jan 29, 2025 | United States | Seed | $5M | Autotech Ventures [+2] |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Correlation Ventures' Portfolio
Here are Correlation Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
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Jun 11, 2021 | Mar 03, 2021 | Series A | $56M | |
Jan 08, 2021 | Oct 22, 2019 | Series B | $55M | |
Dec 16, 2020 | - | - | - | |
Oct 26, 2020 | Oct 26, 2015 | Series A | $10M | |
Jul 24, 2020 | Jun 23, 2016 | Series B | $44M |
Acquired companies in Correlation Ventures' Portfolio
Here are Correlation Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
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May 05, 2025 | - | - | - | |
Mar 27, 2025 | Jul 22, 2020 | Series A | $12M | |
Mar 03, 2025 | Dec 30, 2020 | Series A | $13.2M | |
Jan 16, 2025 | - | - | - | |
Jan 15, 2025 | - | - | - |
Team profile of Correlation Ventures
Correlation Ventures has a team of 24 members including 9 Partners, 2 Venture Partners and 3 Principals located in United States and India. Correlation Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Correlation Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
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Partner | San Diego | - | ||
Partner | Delhi | - | ||
Partner | Sarasota | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | San Diego | - | ||
Partner | New York City | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | - | |
Partner | San Diego | - | - | |
Partner | United States | - | - | |
Venture Partner | San Francisco | - | - | |
Venture Partner | Boston | - |
Co-investors of Correlation Ventures
Over the past 15 years, 1445 investors have co-invested in Correlation Ventures's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Correlation Ventures: Y Combinator, 500 Global and 316 others have invested in rounds before Correlation Ventures. There are 10 companies where Y Combinator has invested before Correlation Ventures and 6 companies where 500 Global has invested before Correlation Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Correlation Ventures: 616 investors entered a company along with Correlation Ventures. These include investors like New Enterprise Associates (12 companies).
- Invested after Correlation Ventures: A total of 511 investors have invested in Correlation Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Gaingels (5 companies), Sapphire Ventures (3 companies) and Rock Springs Capital (3 companies).
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