Venture Capital Investors

Haystack Fund

VC investing group Haystack Fund provides capital to promising technology companies.

Venture Investor Overview

Venture Investor
Haystack Fund
Status
Active
Investor Type
Venture Capital
Activity Level
77 transactions
Funds Raised
At least $73 million
Industry Focus
ECommerce
Enterprise IT
Infrastructure
Life Sciences
Real Estate
Security
Software

Contact Information

Contact
Semil Shah
Title
Managing Partner
Mailing Address
Undisclosed
Palo Alto, CA 94301
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Website
blog.semilshah.com/haystack/
Email Address
Not Recorded

Background Information

Overview
Haystacks is the Lonely planet for families app. The proposition for families is simple and powerful. Find & book events 2. Plan a day out and invite friends 3. See what your friends are up to We are currently in London only. There are ten people working on Haystacks.
Profile
Haystack Fund LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Haystack Fund Company Twitter Account
Company News
Haystack Fund News
Facebook
Haystack Fund on Facebook
YouTube
Haystack Fund on YouTube
Last Transaction
3/18/2024

Transaction History

Our records indicate that Haystack Fund invested in the VC transactions listed below. Dollar amounts are for the entire raise, which may include other investors.

Company
Date
Amount
Synch
3/18/2024
$3,000,000
Trebellar
7/12/2023
$3,500,000
Common Fate
12/13/2022
$3,100,000
Scoop
11/17/2022
$8,000,000
Impart Security
7/27/2022
$6,000,000
CloudQuery
6/22/2022
$15,000,000
LatchBio
6/2/2022
$28,000,000
Womp
4/27/2022
$4,700,000
Rutter
3/15/2022
$27,000,000
Redpanda Data
3/12/2022
$50,000,000
MyPlace
3/3/2022
$5,800,000
Databook
2/27/2022
$50,000,000
Okteto
2/24/2022
$15,000,000
Ironclad
1/27/2022
$150,000,000
Envoy
1/12/2022
$111,000,000
Resolve
12/10/2021
$25,000,000
nTopology
11/22/2021
$65,000,000
CloudQuery
11/15/2021
$3,500,000
Daily
11/12/2021
$40,000,000
Scribe
10/19/2021
$22,000,000
Scribe
10/19/2021
$8,000,000
BrightHire
10/8/2021
$20,500,000
Headout
9/10/2021
$12,000,000
Rutter
8/20/2021
$1,500,000
Fiddler AI
6/18/2021
$32,000,000
Finley
6/15/2021
$3,000,000
Resolve
5/26/2021
$60,000,000
Esper
5/21/2021
$30,000,000
CognitOps
5/12/2021
$11,000,000
Databook
4/28/2021
$16,000,000
Cape Privacy
4/21/2021
$20,000,000
Daily
3/10/2021
$15,000,000
Parabol
3/3/2021
$8,000,000
Candu
12/11/2020
$5,000,000
Silo
9/25/2020
$9,000,000
BrightHire
9/16/2020
$3,000,000
nTopology
9/16/2020
$40,000,000
Cape Privacy
6/25/2020
$5,000,000
Daily.co
5/11/2020
$4,600,000
Esper
2/17/2020
$7,600,000
Haus Spirits
1/31/2020
$4,500,000
Parabol
11/12/2019
$4,000,000
BentoBox
4/11/2019
$16,400,000
Scope AR
3/22/2019
$9,700,000
Determined AI
3/14/2019
$11,000,000
Polis
2/28/2019
$2,500,000
Fiddler AI
1/28/2019
$3,000,000
Paladin Cyber
10/10/2018
$3,600,000
Downstream
8/8/2018
$1,925,000
Set Protocol
3/28/2018
Unknown
SEEVA
2/15/2018
$2,000,000
New Knowledge
1/30/2018
$1,900,000
Perlara
11/2/2017
$7,400,000
SidelineSwap
10/12/2017
$2,000,000
Lively
9/27/2017
$4,200,000
MealPal
9/20/2017
$20,000,000
Vemo Education
9/12/2017
$7,400,000
BetterView
9/7/2017
$2,000,000
AdQuick
7/17/2017
$1,100,000
SeatGeek
4/19/2017
$57,000,000
MealPal
2/16/2017
$15,000,000
Staffjoy
1/12/2017
$1,200,000
WorkRamp
12/2/2016
$1,800,000
Hangar
10/21/2016
$6,500,000
Optimus Ride
10/13/2016
$5,250,000
Virtru
8/24/2016
$29,000,000
Galvanize
8/16/2016
$45,000,000
Pluot
8/4/2016
$2,500,000
PreNav
6/23/2016
$6,508,236
BentoBox
5/23/2016
$1,240,000
Wrapify
2/2/2016
$1,500,000
Factual
12/11/2015
$35,000,000
Payable
8/7/2015
$2,100,000
Homer Logistics
7/22/2015
Unknown
Chariot
4/27/2015
$3,000,000
Filament
4/23/2015
$5,000,000
Weaved
10/31/2014
$2,300,000

 

Investor Contacts

Title
Name
Email & Social
Managing Partner
Semil Shah
  Semil Shah LinkedIn Profile  Semil Shah Twitter Account  Semil Shah News  Semil Shah on Facebook

 

Funds

Our database includes the following fund closing(s) for Haystack Fund. If we are missing funds, please contact us.

Fund Description
Vintage Date
Fund Amount
Haystack Ventures Fund V
7/7/2019
$50,000,000
Haystack Ventures IV
1/31/2018
$23,000,000

 

Portfolio Companies

Haystack Fund has invested in the companies below, according to our database records. If we are missing a portfolio company, please let us know.

Tech Company
AdQuick
BentoBox
BetterView
BrightHire
Candu
Cape Privacy
Chariot
CloudQuery
CognitOps
Common Fate
Daily
Daily.co
Databook
Determined AI
Downstream
Envoy
Esper
Factual
Fiddler AI
Filament
Finley
Galvanize
Hangar
Haus Spirits
Headout
Homer Logistics
Impart Security
Ironclad
LatchBio
Lively
MealPal
MyPlace
New Knowledge
nTopology
Okteto
Optimus Ride
Paladin Cyber
Parabol
Payable
Perlara
Pluot
Polis
PreNav
Redpanda Data
Resolve
Rutter
Scoop
Scope AR
Scribe
SeatGeek
SEEVA
Set Protocol
SidelineSwap
Silo
Staffjoy
Synch
Trebellar
Vemo Education
Virtru
Weaved
Womp
WorkRamp
Wrapify

 

 

 

 

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