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Jackson Square Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2011. It is primarily based out of San Francisco, United States. As of May 2025, Jackson Square Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 58 companies, with 1 new investment 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 Consumer and Enterprise Infrastructure. Most recently it led the $2.8M Seed round of Cloverleaf along with Techstars. This round also saw participation from FirstMile Ventures and other investors.
Overall, Jackson Square Ventures portfolio has seen 4 unicorns, 2 IPOs and 26 acquisitions including key companies like Alto, Strava and DocuSign. A lot of funds co-invest with Jackson Square Ventures, with names like Lightspeed Venture Partners sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Jackson Square Ventures has team of 13 people including 8 partners.
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Series A, Seed & 5 more
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Deals in last 12 months
Jackson Square Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Jackson Square Ventures has invested in 58 companies over the last 14 years, with an average of 3 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2024, it made 4 investments, while as of May 2025, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Cloverleaf and most recent follow-on round was in Strava.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2024 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2023 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
2022 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
2021 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
2020 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2018 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
2017 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
2016 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
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Jackson Square Ventures' Investments by Stage
Jackson Square Ventures is primarily an Early Stage Investor investor majorly investing in Series A (25) rounds where average round size is $178M, Seed (5) rounds where average round size is $12.5M and Series B (4) rounds where average round size is $57.2M.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 25 |
Seed | 5 |
Series B | 4 |
Series C | 1 |
Series D | 1 |
Others | 2 |
Jackson Square Ventures' Investments by Sector
Jackson Square Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, HealthTech, FinTech and High Tech. Notably, it has invested in 48 Tech companies, 37 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 28 Software companies and at least 20 companies focusing on Saas.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 23 |
Consumer | 11 |
HealthTech | 5 |
FinTech | 4 |
High Tech | 4 |
Others | 28 |
Jackson Square Ventures' Investments by Geography
Jackson Square Ventures has made most investments in United States (36), followed by Canada where it has made 1 investment.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 36 |
Canada | 1 |
Mexico | 1 |
Ukraine | 1 |
Jackson Square Ventures' recent investments
Filter this listHere are the most recent investments by Jackson Square Ventures:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 26, 2025 | United States | Series G | Undisclosed | Sequoia Capital [+2] | |
Nov 07, 2024 | United States | Seed | $2.8M | FirstMile Ventures [+2] | |
Jun 27, 2024 | United States | Series B | $16M | Prudence [+4] | |
Mar 26, 2024 | United States | Series A | $5M | GoodPaper Ventures [+4] | |
Feb 21, 2024 | United States | Series A | $6.4M |
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Filter this listHere is a list of unicorns in Jackson Square Ventures' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
66 | Self-optimizing adaptive Wi-Fi system provider | 2015 | Palo Alto | Series F | ptwijms | ||
79 | Subscription-based social networking platform for runners and cyclists | 2009 | San Francisco | Series G | lrrjkju | ||
76 | Cloud and AI based sales enablement platforms for sales teams | 2010 | San Diego | Series G | wokadzu | ||
69 | P2P mobile listing platform for household goods | 2011 | Bellevue | Series D | wpwvyoj |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Jackson Square Ventures' Portfolio
Filter this listHere are Jackson Square Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 03, 2018 | - | - | - | |
Apr 27, 2018 | Mar 03, 2014 | Series E | $115M |
Acquired companies in Jackson Square Ventures' Portfolio
Filter this listHere are Jackson Square Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 27, 2025 | Jun 12, 2017 | Series B | $23M | |
Feb 07, 2024 | Jan 09, 2020 | Series A | $11.7M | |
Nov 16, 2022 | - | - | - | |
Jul 01, 2022 | - | - | - | |
Jun 23, 2022 | 2016 | Series A | Undisclosed |
Team profile of Jackson Square Ventures
Jackson Square Ventures has a team of 13 members including 8 Partners, 1 Venture Partner and 1 Principal located in United States. Jackson Square Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Jackson Square Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | - | |
Partner | San Francisco | - | - | |
Partner | Los Angeles | - | - | |
Venture Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Principal | San Francisco | - | ||
Advisor | Austin | - | - |
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Over the past 14 years, 272 investors have co-invested in Jackson Square Ventures's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Jackson Square Ventures: Sigma Partners, Founder Collective and 71 others have invested in rounds before Jackson Square Ventures. There are 4 companies where Sigma Partners has invested before Jackson Square Ventures and 3 companies where Founder Collective has invested before Jackson Square Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Jackson Square Ventures: 80 investors entered a company along with Jackson Square Ventures. These include investors like Lightspeed Venture Partners (2 companies).
- Invested after Jackson Square Ventures: A total of 119 investors have invested in Jackson Square Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include SoftBank Vision Fund (2 companies), Unusual Ventures (2 companies) and Gaingels (2 companies).
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