Bullpen Capital

Venture Capital
93investments
14exits
$74.1Mraised by its portfolio in 12 months
616open roles in its portfolio

Overview

Bullpen Capital is a venture capital firm that specializes in post-seed investing in early-stage technology companies. It fills the gap between seed rounds and a traditional Series A, backing startups that have found initial traction but need more capital and time to reach scale. The firm was founded in 2010 by Duncan Davidson, Richard Melmon and Paul Martino and is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Investor profile

Venture capital
Investments
93
44 of them startups
Hiring now
27
616 open roles
Rounds in 12 months
5
$74.1M raised
Exits
14
1 closed
Focusshare of its companies
Artificial Intelligence 17%Software 14%Commerce 12%Sports 10%Events & Ticketing 7%Consumer Goods 7%Real Estate 7%Financial Services 7%
Where its companies are
United States 48%Canada 3%Mexico 2%United Kingdom 2%Pakistan 1%
Stage of its companies
Series A 48%Pre-seed & seed 34%Series B 12%Series C and later 6%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 93 investments
GoFundMeVenture round $40k · 1 mo ago · 20 roles Grove CollaborativeVenture round $19.5M · 4 mo ago · 6 roles EDGE MarketsSeries A $29.2M · 4 mo ago Flip CXVenture round $20M · 9 mo ago Switch YardsVenture round $12.5M · 13 mo ago OnsiteIQVenture round $5.2M · 17 mo ago AvantStayVenture round $50.9M · 17 mo ago · 47 roles JollySeries A $16.5M · 19 mo ago BrazeVenture round $139.2M · 19 mo ago · 302 roles DAASHSeed $5.5M · 21 mo ago EQL GamesVenture round $1.1M · 2 yr ago ALL3DVenture round $8.8M · 2 yr ago
616 open roles at 27 of its companies
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
Braze110 new roles in 30 days FanDuel34 new roles in 30 days AvantStay22 new roles in 30 days CAMP12 new roles in 30 days Improvado12 new roles in 30 days PackageX6 new roles in 30 days
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
Y Combinator 9 shared 500 Global 7 shared Interplay 5 shared Plug and Play 5 shared FundersClub 3 shared Crosslink Capital 3 shared GV 3 shared Blumberg Capital 3 shared Omega Venture Partners 3 shared Battery Ventures 3 shared
Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
Techstars Pardon Great Oaks Venture Capital Y Combinator 500 Global Elevate Ventures First Round Capital Initialized Capital
Sources: its portfolio page, read Nov 3; 3 rounds in the press that name it

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
San Francisco United States
HQ