Origin Ventures

Investor - Venture Capital

Overview

Origin Ventures invests in early stage companies mainly in the E-Commerce, technology, and software sectors in the Unites States.

Country: United States

Founded: 1999

Headquarters: Chicago, IL

Investment Strategy

Geography

  • North America

Sector Focus

  • Marketplace Lending
  • RegTech
  • Payments and Remittances
  • Data and Analytics

Investment Stage

  • Seed
  • Early Stage Venture
  • Series A
  • Series B
  • Series C

Summary

Origin Ventures invests in early stage, technology-driven companies who they believe have a large potential to grow rapidly.  They act as co-founders rather than investors to get to know the businesses at a deeper level and help define their ownership structure, organizational design, governance of the company, and business model.  Along with their nationwide networks, Origin Ventures has significant operating experience within E-Commerce, technology, and software.

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Investments

Date

Name

Size

Round

Co-Investors

Sector

Country

September 2015

Avant

$325m

Series E

  General Atlantic

Marketplace Lending

United States

February 2015

Bottlenose

$13.5m

Series B

  KPMG

Data & Analytics

United States

January 2014

Bottlenose

$2m

Venture

  Fenox Venture Capital

Data & Analytics

United States

May 2013

Pangea Universal Holdings

$1m

Seed

  Chicago Ventures

Payments & Remittances

United States

August 2008

SailPoint Technologies

$6.5m

Series C

  Austin Ventures

RegTech

United States

January 2007

SailPoint Technologies

$10m

Series B

  Austin Ventures

RegTech

United States

January 2006

SailPoint Technologies

$4.5m

Series A

  Austin Ventures

RegTech

United States

Funds Raised

Vintage

Fund Name

Amount

2016

Origin Ventures IV

Origin Ventures III LP

$47m

Key Employees

Steven N. Miller
Partner & Co-Founder

Bruce N. Barron
Partner & Co-Founder

Brent Hill
Partner

Jason Heltzer
Partner

Lindsay Saewitz
General Manager