Thrive Capital
Investor - Venture Capital
Overview
Thrive Capital is a venture capital investment firm focused on early and late stage internet and software investments.
Country: United States
Founded: 2009
Headquarters: New York City, NY
Investment Strategy
Geography
- North America
- Latin America
Sector Focus
- Marketplace Lending
- Funding Platforms
- Institutional Investments and Trading
- WealthTech
- Payments and Remittances
- Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
- Data and Analytics
- Blockchain
- Real Estate
Investment Stage
- Seed
- Early Stage Venture
- Later Stage Venture
- Series B
- Series C
- Series D
Summary
Thrive Capital is a venture capital investment firm focused on internet and software investments. Thrive holds stakes in many well known brands including Kickstarter and Spotify. Based out of New York City, Thrive mainly invests in US companies. The firm famously earned a 200% return on its investment in Instagram within 72 hours. They focus on early and late stage companies who excel in creation and destruction.
Investments
Date
Name
Size
Round
Co-Investors
Sector
Country
Lemonade
Series B
General Catalyst Partners, Aleph, GV, Sequoia Capital, Tusk Ventures, XL Innovate
InsureTech
United States
Compass
Series D
Wellington Management, .406 Ventures, Founders Fund, IVP
Real Estate
United States
AND CO
Seed
BoxGroup, Designer Fund, Red Swan Ventures
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
Justworks
Series C
Redpoint, Bain Capital Ventures, Index Ventures, Will Gaybrick
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
Oscar
Private Equity
Fidelity Investments, CapitalG, Founders Fund, General Catalyst Partners, Khosla Ventures, Lakestar, Ping An Ventures, Joshua Kushner
InsureTech
United States
OpenGov
Series B
Andreessen Horowitz, Formation 8, Glynn Capital Management, Scott Cook, Sound Ventures, Sway Ventures
Data and Analytics
United States
Compass
Series C
IVP, .406 Ventures, Advance Publications, Founders Fund, Kenneth Chenault, Marc Benioff, Prudence Holdings
Real Estate
United States
Orchard Platform
Series B
Canaan Partners, Conversion Capital, John Mack, Jon Winkelried, QED Investors, Ron Suber, Spark Capital, Thomvest Ventures, Titan Partners, Tom Glocer, Victory Park Capital
Marketplace Lending
United States
Greenhouse Software
Series C
Groupe Arnault, Lumia Capital, Social Capital
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
Justworks
Series B
Bain Capital Ventures, Index Ventures, Will Gaybrick
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
Cadre
Series A
Founders Fund, General Catalyst Partners, Kevin Colleran, Khosla Ventures, Lakestar, Sherpa Capital, Slow Ventures
Institutional Investments and Trading
United States
Opendoor
Series B
GGV Capital, Caffeinated Capitsal, Khosla Ventures, Semil Shah, Sherpa Capital, Solon Mack Capital
Real Estate
United States
Stripe
Series C
Designer Fund, Founders Fund, General Catalyst Partners, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital
Payments and Remittances
United States
Justworks
Series A
Index Ventures, Will Gaybrick
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
Chain
Series B
Khosla Ventures, 500 Startups, Blockchain Capital, Digital Currency Group, Homebrew, Kevin Ryan, Pantera Capital, RRE Ventures, Scott Banister, SV Angel
Blockchain
United States
Compass
Series B
.406 Ventures, Advance Publications, Founders Fund, Kenneth Chenault, Marc Benioff, Three Tree Ventures
Real Estate
United States
Jibe
Series C
Sapphire Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Gotham Ventures, Longworth Venture Partners, Polaris Partners
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
OpenGov
Series B
Andreessen Horowitz, Formation 8, SGVC, Streamlined Ventures, Sway Ventures
Data and Analytics
United States
Oscar
Series B
Formation 8, Breyer Capital, Founders Fund, General Catalyst Partners, Khosla Ventures, Stanley Drunkenmiller, Velos Partners, Joshua Kushner
InsureTech
United States
Oscar
Series A
Founders Fund, General Catalyst Partners, Khosla Ventures, Lakestar, Joshua Kushner
InsureTech
United States
Chain
Seed
Betaworks, RRE Ventures, Semil Shah, SV Angel
Blockchain
United States
Pitzi
Series B
InsureTech
Brazil
Compass
Series A
.406 Ventures, Corigin Ventures, Founders Fund, Goldman Sachs, Three Tree Ventures
Real Estate
United States
Oscar
Series A
Joshua Kushner, BoxGroup, Founders Fund, General Catalyst Partners, Khosla Ventures, Red Swan Ventures
InsureTech
United States
OpenGov
Venture
Formation 8, FF Angel LLC, Goldcrest Ventures, Signature Capital Securities, Signatures Capital, Valiant Capital Partners
Data and Analytics
United States
Dwolla
Series C
Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures, Village Ventures
Payments and Remittances
United States
Jibe
Series B
Longworth Venture Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Gotham Ventures, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Polaris Partners
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
42Floors
Series B
New Enterprise Associates, Bessemer Venture Partners, Columbus Nova Technology Partners
Real Estate
United States
Compass
Seed
.406 Ventures, Corigin Ventures, Cyrus Massoumi, Founders Fund, Goldman Sachs, Kenneth Chenault, Prudence Holdings
Real Estate
United States
42Floors
Series A
Alexis Ohanian, Dave McClure, Alex Bresler, Bessemer Venture Partners, BoxGroup, Chris Dixon, Red Swan Ventures, Joshua Kushner
Real Estate
United States
Bondsy
Seed
Betaworks, Chris Dixon, Jared Hecht, Patrick Keane, Steve Martocci
Payments and Remittances
United States
Blend
Seed
Allen & Company, Andreessen Horowitz, Conversion Capital, Formation 8, Kris Duggan, Peter Theil, SV Angel
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
Dwolla
Series B
Union Square Ventures, Paige Craig, SeventySix Capital, Village Ventures
Payments and Remittances
United States
Dispatch
Seed
Bob Pasker, BoxGroup, Brainchild Holdings, David Tisch, Jared Hecht, Kal Vepuri, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Matt Turck, Steve Martocci, SV Angel, Techstars Ventures, Zelkova Ventures
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
Addepar
Series B
Alex Bresler, American Pacific Ventures, Andy Rankin, ASBC LLC, Blumberg Capital, Burch Creative Capital, Felix Investments, ff Venture Capital, JCB Investments, Kishore Ganji, Neil Mehta, Pankaj Shah, Peter Thiel, Signatures Capital, Sway Ventures, White Sand Capital
WealthTech
United States
Jibe
Series A
Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Gotham Ventures, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Polaris Partners, Zelkova Ventures
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
Kickstarter
Venture
Abundance Partners, Betaworks, Caterina Fake, Chris Dixon, Chris Sacca, Christopher Kaskie, Craig Shapiro, Dan Rosensweig, Jack Dorsey, Jared Kushner, Joi Ito, Joshua Schachter, Joshua Stylman, Matt Haughey, Peter Hershberg, Scott Heiferman, Union Square Ventures, Zach Klein
Funding Platforms
United States
Giftly
Seed
Baseline Ventures, Brainchild Holdings, FLOODGATE, Lightspeed Venture Partners, RPM Ventures, SoftTech VC
Payments and Remittances
United States
Simple
Series A
First Round, IA Ventures, Village Ventures, 500 Startups, Anthemis Group, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Neu Venture Capital, SV Angel
WealthTech
United States
Funds Raised
Vintage
Fund Name
Amount
Fund V
$700m
Fund IV
$400m
Fund III
$150m
Fund II
$40m
Fund I
$10m
Key Employees
Joshua Kushner
Founder & Managing Partner
