DreamIt Ventures
DreamIt Ventures, founded in 2007, is a venture capital and seed accelerator firm focusing on Seed Venture, Early Stage Venture and Late Stage Venture Investing. Headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the venture capital firm operates four seed accelerators in the USA: Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore and Austin, as well as an international accelerator in Tel Aviv.
Via its accelerator programs, DreamIt Ventures has launched over 200 companies that have raised $275 million at combined valuations of more than $1 billion.[1] Notable investments include presentation software Slidebean,[2] SeatGeek,[3] social gaming company SCVNGR, MindSnacks,[4] ConveyIQ (formerly Take The Interview),[5] Houseparty (formerly Meerkat),[6] Notehall,[7] LearnBop[8] and Headout.[9] DreamIt Ventures worked with Comcast Ventures on seed projects for Kwelia, Reactor Inc. and Toppermost Corp.
DreamIt ventures[10] was listed on the Forbes Midas List of Top Startup Incubators and Accelerators.[11]
History
DreamIt Ventures was co-founded in 2007 by Steven Welch, Michael Levinson and David Bookspan. Steven Welch is Managing Partner of programs in the Austin and Philadelphia accelerators and is CEO of KinderTown, providing educational Apps for young children.
Michael Levinson is Founding Partner and CEO of SaaS productivity tool WizeHive. Currently, Levinson is an investor at Robin Hood Ventures.[12]
David Bookspan is a Founding Partner, CEO and Founder of Monetate Inc. All three founders are active ‘angel investors’ with a focus on pharmaceutical, medical devices and software/SaaS.
Avi Savar was named CEO in September 2015.[1]
Accelerator programs
DreamIt Ventures manages and operates various accelerator programs.[13][14] The Philadelphia programs operate from University City Science Center.[14] While these programs include all areas of industry, the company has some, like DreamIt Health, which target specific types of companies.[13] DreamIt Access programs focus on mentorship and funding to minority-owned startups.[13]
Portfolio of companies
DreamIt Ventures has to date invested in 168 startups and companies, including:
Company | Funding Rounds | Date |
---|---|---|
SCVNGR | Seed | June 1, 2008 |
Parsely | Seed | May, 2009 |
SeatGeek | Seed | May 22, 2009 |
Postling | Seed | August 1, 2009 |
Adaptly | Seed | August 11, 2010 |
MindSnacks | Seed | March 9, 2011 |
newquill, Inc. | Seed | August 10, 2011 |
Kwelia | Seed | September 8, 2011 |
SnipSnap | Angel | May 11, 2012 |
Brideside | Seed | December 5, 2012 |
YEVVO | Seed | April 1, 2013 |
Reactor Inc. | Seed | July, 2013 |
Notable exits
Company | Acquisition |
---|---|
AppArchitect | Acquisition December 8, 2014 |
Clothes Horse | Acquisition December 3, 2014 |
LearnBop | Acquisition July 1, 2014 |
Stylr | Acquisition June 16, 2014 |
Sqoot | Acquisition May, 2013 |
Postling | Acquisition November 2, 2012 |
UXFLIP | Acquisition April 24, 2012 |
Notehall | Acquisition June 23, 2011 |
References
- Konrad, Alex (September 21, 2015). "Dreamit, The Accelerator Behind Meerkat And SeatGeek, Takes A Bold No Equity Approach". Forbes. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
- Crook, Jordan (August 6, 2014). "Introducing The Startups From Accelerator DreamIt New York's Fourth Class". Techcrunch.
- "SeatGeek on CrunchBase".
- "Mindsnacks on CrunchBase".
- "Take The Interview on CrunchBase".
- "Meerkat on CrunchBase".
- "Notehall on CrunchBase".
- "LearnBop on CrunchBase".
- "Headout on CrunchBase".
- "DreamIt Ventures on CrunchBase".
- Mac, Ryan (April 30, 2012). "Top Startup Incubators And Accelerators: Y Combinator Tops With $7.8 Billion In Value". Forbes.
- "Michael Levinson on Bloomberg Businessweek".
- "Meet the incubator: DreamIt Ventures". October 1, 2014.
- "DreamIt Ventures Launches Accelerator Program in Philadelphia". September 8, 2011.
External links
- Official website
- "DreamIt Ventures". Angel.co. Retrieved September 21, 2015.