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Atlas Venture is a venture capital firm founded in 1980. It is primarily based out of Cambridge, United States. As of Jan 2025, Atlas Venture is an active investor, having invested in 325 companies, with 3 new investments 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 Life Sciences to Enterprise Applications and High Tech. Most recently it led the $100M Series A round of Judo Bio along with TCG. This round also saw participation from Alexandria and other investors.
Overall, Atlas Venture portfolio has seen 5 unicorns, 34 IPOs and 152 acquisitions including key companies like DraftKings, Patreon and Drizly. A lot of funds co-invest with Atlas Venture, with names like Polaris Partners sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Atlas Venture has team of 94 people including 12 partners.
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Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series A, Seed & 7 more
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Unicorns
Portfolio Soonicorns
Atlas Venture's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Atlas Venture has invested in 325 companies over the last 27 years, with an average of 6 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2024, it made 13 investments, while as of Jan 2025, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Judo Bio and most recent follow-on round was in Be Bio.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2024 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
2023 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
2022 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
2021 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
2020 | 12 | 7 | 19 |
2019 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
2018 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
2017 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
2016 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
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Atlas Venture's Investments by Stage
Atlas Venture has made 140 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $27.8M, 81 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.25M and 47 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $26.4M.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 140 |
Seed | 81 |
Series B | 47 |
Series C | 16 |
Post IPO | 4 |
Others | 6 |
Atlas Venture's Investments by Sector
Atlas Venture has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Life Sciences, Enterprise Applications, Consumer, High Tech and Enterprise Infrastructure. Notably, it has invested in 268 Tech companies, 199 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 69 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 60 companies focusing on Software.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Life Sciences | 103 |
Enterprise Applications | 69 |
Consumer | 60 |
High Tech | 53 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 31 |
Others | 214 |
Atlas Venture's Investments by Geography
Atlas Venture has made most investments in United States (223), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 24 investments.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 223 |
United Kingdom | 24 |
Canada | 7 |
Germany | 7 |
France | 6 |
Others | 27 |
Atlas Venture's recent investments
Filter this listHere are the most recent investments by Atlas Venture:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 15, 2025 | United States | Series C | $92M | Nextech Invest [+6] | |
Oct 22, 2024 | United States | Series B | $82M | ||
Oct 07, 2024 | United States | Series A | $100M | TCG [+5] | |
Oct 07, 2024 | United States | Seed | Undisclosed | ||
Oct 02, 2024 | United States | Series B | $115M | Fidelity Investments [+6] |
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Filter this listHere is a list of unicorns in Atlas Venture's portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
73 | Cloud-based invoicing and accounting software | 2003 | Toronto | Series E | wsnvsti | ||
64 | Provider of an AI and cloud based data science platform | 2012 | Boston | Series G | xbrp{ey | ||
73 | AI-powered price prediction platform for booking multiple categories of travel services | 2007 | Montreal | Series G | ozvnxrm | ||
68 | Provider of a smart wearable device for physical activities monitoring | 2012 | Boston | Series F | omqqaxk | ||
82 | Reward-based crowdfunding platform for musicians and content creators | 2013 | San Francisco | Series F | qeaneqr |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Atlas Venture's Portfolio
Filter this listHere are Atlas Venture's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 07, 2025 | Apr 19, 2022 | Series B | $111M | |
Dec 29, 2022 | 2017 | Seed | Undisclosed | |
Sep 15, 2022 | Jan 2019 | Seed | Undisclosed | |
Dec 09, 2021 | May 27, 2020 | Series A | $46M | |
Oct 22, 2021 | Sep 27, 2018 | Series A | $30M |
Acquired companies in Atlas Venture's Portfolio
Filter this listHere are Atlas Venture's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May 21, 2025 | Dec 08, 2020 | Series A | $50M | |
Sep 12, 2024 | May 24, 2012 | Series C | $12M | |
Jul 25, 2024 | Sep 21, 2007 | Series A | $14M | |
May 02, 2024 | Dec 01, 2021 | Series A | $75M | |
Feb 06, 2024 | - | - | - |
Team profile of Atlas Venture
Atlas Venture has a team of 94 members including 12 Partners, 28 Venture Partners and 11 Principals located in United States, United Kingdom and 2 more locations. Atlas Venture's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Atlas Venture:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Boston | - | ||
Partner | Brookline | - | - | |
Partner | Cambridge | - | ||
Partner | South Brunswick Township | - | ||
Partner | Boston | - | ||
Partner | Cambridge | - | ||
Partner | Cambridge | - | ||
Partner | Toronto | - | ||
Partner | Wellesley | - | - | |
Partner | New York City | - | - | |
Partner | Boston | - | - |
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Over the past 27 years, 1314 investors have co-invested in Atlas Venture's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Atlas Venture: Techstars, HHS and 126 others have invested in rounds before Atlas Venture. There are 10 companies where Techstars has invested before Atlas Venture and 3 companies where HHS has invested before Atlas Venture.
- Top Co-investors of Atlas Venture: 497 investors entered a company along with Atlas Venture. These include investors like Polaris Partners (9 companies).
- Invested after Atlas Venture: A total of 689 investors have invested in Atlas Venture's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Accomplice (22 companies), Wellington (12 companies) and RA Capital Management (11 companies).
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