C3 Ventures

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Updated: Jan 22, 2026 ·

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Jun 1, 2022	Onymos	$12.0M Series A	—	Engineering Capital, Future Planet Capital, Gradient Ventures, Industry Ventures, Jeff Richards, Pioneer Fund, Xfund, Patrick S. Chung
May 1, 2022	Belong	$50.0M Series C	—	Kevin Hartz, Andreessen Horowitz, Archetype, Battery Ventures, Dragonfly Capital Partners, Factor Capital, Fifth Wall, Future Planet Capital, Griffin Gaming Partners, Industry Ventures, Inventus Capital Partners, Matrix Partners India, Moving Capital, Jeff Richards, Notable Capital, Octopus Ventures, ParaFi Capital, Pioneer Fund, SoftBank Investment Advisers, WestCap, Xfund, Anna Yuan, Elliott Cohen, Eric Wu, Larry Summers, Mandeep Singh, Manish Chandra, Patrick S. Chung, Sam Corcos, Sarah Friar, TJ Parker
Jun 1, 2021	Guideline	$200.0M Series E	—	01 Advisors, 2048 Ventures, 8-Bit Capital, Kevin Hartz, Addition, Andreessen Horowitz, Arthur Ventures, Benchmark, Byld Ventures, Craft Ventures, DAG Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Founders Fund, Foundry Group, Future Planet Capital, General Atlantic, Industry Ventures, Kapor Capital, Khosla Ventures, Launchpad Capital, Lead Edge Capital, Tiffany Luck, Jeff Richards, Outliers Venture Capital, Pioneer Fund, Prefix Capital, Preston-Werner Ventures, Sequoia Capital, South Park Commons, SV Angel, TCV, Tenaya Capital, Trust Ventures, Uncork Capital, Vouch Insurance, Xfund, Y Combinator, Adam D'Angelo, David Jeske, Dharmesh Shah, Dustin Moskovitz, Eric Ries, Jawed Karim, Jed Stremel, Jeff Seibert, Joe Greenstein, John Ives, Johnny Boufarhat, Justin Rosenstein, Michael Birch, Nir Eyal, Patrick S. Chung, Roger McNamee, Sam Altman, Saran Chari, Wayne Chang
Mar 1, 2021	Belong	$40.0M Series B	—	Kevin Hartz, A* Capital (A Star Capital), AIIM Partners, Amplify.LA, Andreessen Horowitz, At One Ventures, AV8 Ventures, Ballistic Ventures, Bam Ventures, Battery Ventures, B Capital Group, Bonfire Ventures, Cowboy Ventures, Cyberstarts VC, Dragoneer Investment Group, Dream Machine, DST Global, ENIAC Ventures, Fifth Wall, Fika Ventures, Flexsteel Industries Inc., Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, FundersClub, Future Planet Capital, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Greycroft, Harrison Metal, Heretic Ventures, Index Ventures, Industry Ventures, iNovia Capital, Inventus Capital Partners, IVP, Kohala Ventures, KW Angel Fund, Matrix Partners India, Moving Capital, Aaron Jacobson, Scott Sandell, NextView Ventures, Jeff Richards, Notable Capital, Octopus Ventures, Peak State Ventures, Pioneer Fund, Pitbull Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Rackhouse Venture Capital, Rainfall Ventures, Rebel Fund, Ribbit Capital, S28 Capital, SciFi VC, Sequoia Capital, Social Capital, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Soma Capital, South Park Commons, TCV, Techstars, Tensility Venture Partners, Tiger Global Management, TPY Capital, Ulu Ventures, Upside Partnership, Vamos Ventures, Vouch Insurance, WestCap, Xfund, XYZ Venture Capital, Y Combinator, Zintinus, Adrian Aoun, Anthony Pompliano, Ashish Bhatia, Bo Peabody, Clark Landry, Curtis Chambers, Dan Wright, Elad Gil, Elliott Cohen, Erez Webman, Eric Wu, Gokul Rajaram, Jett McCandless, Jonathan Shipman, Jon Runyan, Julia Hartz, Justin Mateen, Kevin Lin, Larry Summers, Mandeep Singh, Manish Chandra, Mike Hennessey, Patrick S. Chung, Ryan Chan, Sam Corcos, Sarah Friar, Sunil Paul, TJ Parker, Tracy Sun, Trevor Wright
Jul 1, 2020	Guideline	$80.0M Series D	—	01 Advisors, 2048 Ventures, 8-Bit Capital, 8VC, 9Yards Capital, Kevin Hartz, Accenture, Addition, Alkeon Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Arthur Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Bam Ventures, Benchmark, BoxGroup, Byld Ventures, Company Capital, Contrary Capital, Craft Ventures, DAG Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Founders Fund, Foundry Group, Fung Capital, Future Planet Capital, General Catalyst, Giant Ventures, Goat Capital, Greylock, Imaginary Ventures, Index Ventures, Industry Ventures, Kapor Capital, Khosla Ventures, Launchpad Capital, Lead Edge Capital, Locus Ventures, Lux Capital, Liza Landsman, Tiffany Luck, Jeff Richards, Outliers Venture Capital, Pareto Holdings, Pioneer Fund, Prefix Capital, Preston-Werner Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Sequoia Capital, Sherpalo Ventures, South Park Commons, Susquehanna Capital, SV Angel, TCV, Tenaya Capital, Thrive Capital, Triatomic Capital, Trust Ventures, Uncork Capital, Vouch Insurance, Xfund, Y Combinator, Adam D'Angelo, Amit Gupta, Anshu Sharma, Bradley Horowitz, Chafic Kazoun, David Jeske, Dharmesh Shah, Dustin Moskovitz, Eric Ries, Jawed Karim, Jed Stremel, Jeff Seibert, Joe Greenstein, John Ives, Johnny Boufarhat, Justin Rosenstein, Kunal Shah, Michael Birch, Nir Eyal, Patrick S. Chung, Roger McNamee, Sam Altman, Saran Chari, Scott Belsky, Teddy Citrin, Tikhon Bernstam, Wayne Chang
Apr 1, 2020	Nelumbo	$14.0M Series A	—	305 Ventures, Harmonix Fund, Prime Movers Lab, SQN Venture Partners, Ben Davenport
Jan 1, 2020	Onymos	$2.0M Seed	—	Engineering Capital, Future Planet Capital, Gradient Ventures, Industry Ventures, Jeff Richards, Pioneer Fund, Xfund, Patrick S. Chung
Aug 1, 2019	LineLeap	$2.0M Seed	—	Altair Capital Management, UpHonest Capital, WestRiver Group, Giovanni Gardelli, Justin Mateen
Aug 1, 2019	Mighty Buildings	$26.0M Series A	—	305 Ventures, Kevin Hartz, Album VC, Altair Capital Management, Angel investor, AngelList, Anti fund, Bain Capital Ventures, Rexhep Dollaku, BootstrapLabs, Brainchild, Core Innnovation Capital, Craft Ventures, CRV, Data Tech Fund, Foundamental, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Giant Ventures, Glade Brook Capital Partners, Harmonix Fund, Heavybit, Index Ventures, Infinite Niches, KAAN Ventures, Khosla Ventures, LAUNCH, Morpheus Ventures, Rick Yang, Oyster Ventures, Paradigm, Pareto Holdings, Positive Sum VC, Prime Movers Lab, Proton Enterprises, Renegade Partners, Sand Hill Angels, Shrug Capital, Signal Peak Ventures, Soma Capital, SQN Venture Partners, Team Ignite Ventures, The Hit Forge, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Trust Fund, Valar Ventures, Venture Highway, Vibe Capital, Alex Rodriguez, Work-Bench, XFactor Ventures, Y Combinator, Anthony Pompliano, Babak Nivi, Ben Davenport, Daniel Burka, Immad Akhund, Karim Atiyeh, Kevin Hart, Kevin Lin, Kyle Vogt, Marcy Simon, Mark Pincus, Matthew Dellavedova, Moshe Lifschitz, Pieter Schoen, Ray Cheng, Sahil Lavingia, Sahin Boydas, Scott Belsky, Zachary Sims
Aug 1, 2019	RD Station	$50.0M Series D	—	Astella, DGF Investimentos, Romero Rodrigues, Khosla Ventures, Redpoint eventures, Upload Ventures, Y Combinator, Louis Beryl, Marcelo Sampaio
Jun 1, 2019	Belong	$10.0M Series A	—	A* Capital (A Star Capital), Amplify.LA, Andreessen Horowitz, AV8 Ventures, Bam Ventures, B Capital Group, Bonfire Ventures, Cowboy Ventures, Dream Machine, ENIAC Ventures, Fika Ventures, Flexsteel Industries Inc., FundersClub, Future Planet Capital, Greycroft, Heretic Ventures, Index Ventures, Industry Ventures, iNovia Capital, Kohala Ventures, KW Angel Fund, Aaron Jacobson, Notable Capital, Pioneer Fund, Pitbull Ventures, Rebel Fund, S28 Capital, Sequoia Capital, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Soma Capital, Techstars, Ulu Ventures, Upside Partnership, Xfund, Y Combinator, Zintinus, Ashish Bhatia, Clark Landry, Dan Wright, Gokul Rajaram, Jonathan Shipman, Jon Runyan, Julia Hartz, Kevin Lin, Patrick S. Chung, Ryan Chan, Tracy Sun, Trevor Wright
Jun 1, 2019	Anyplace	$3.0M Seed	—	Accel, Advancit Capital, Altair Capital Management, Bora&Sons, Cantos Ventures, Dreamers VC, For Good Ventures, FreeSky Capital, Greycroft, Pioneer Fund, Streamlined Ventures, UpHonest Capital, Casey Neistat, Giovanni Gardelli, Justin Mateen, Nina Faulhaber, Scott Belsky, Sean Bill, Stuart Goldfarb (Melo7 Tech Partners)
Apr 1, 2019	Yocabè	$680K Seed	—	Altair Capital Management, UpHonest Capital, Justin Mateen
Dec 1, 2018	Nomics	$3.0M Series A	—	305 Ventures, Arthur Ventures, Harmonix Fund, Prime Movers Lab, SQN Venture Partners
Nov 1, 2018	Securitize	$13.0M Series A	—	305 Ventures, Blockchain Capital, Future Perfect Ventures, Harmonix Fund, Oak HC/FT, Prime Movers Lab, SQN Venture Partners, StillMark, Two Sigma Ventures, Ben Davenport, Brock Pierce, Grasshopper Capital, Pantera Capital
Oct 1, 2018	Rocket Money	$5.0M Series A	—	AngelList Syndicator, BEENEXT, Calm/Storm Ventures, Craft Ventures, Factorial, Fathom Capital, Hack VC, Kleiner Perkins, Mango Capital, Social Capital, Speedinvest, Tribe Capital, Y Combinator, Adam Wiggins, Augusto Marietti, Christian Bach, Erik Bovee, Evan Moore, Immad Akhund, Laurenz Simbruner, Matt Mazzeo, Oleg Rogynskyy, Peter Kazanjy, Rene Reinsberg, Robert Wuttke, Spencer Kimball
Oct 1, 2018	Curebase	$3.0M Seed	—	ClimacticVC, Future Planet Capital, Industry Ventures, Jeff Richards, Pareto Holdings, Pioneer Fund, Streamlined Ventures, Xfund, Patrick S. Chung
Sep 1, 2018	FREY	$2.0M Seed	—	305 Ventures, Altair Capital Management, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Chaac Ventures, Ali Tamaseb, Earthshot Ventures, Friále, Guerrilla Capital, Harmonix Fund, Pioneer Fund, Prime Movers Lab, Reach Capital, SQN Venture Partners, UpHonest Capital, Ben Davenport, Charles Huang, 'Franco Gianera', Helen Liang, Jaan Tallinn
Sep 1, 2018	Mutiny	$3.0M Seed	—	Accel, Accenture, Accomplice VC, Acrew Capital, Afore Capital, AgFunder, AME Cloud Ventures, Amino Capital, Ascension Ventures, B Capital Group, Boldstart Ventures, Cathay Innovation, Chemistry VC, Clocktower Technology Ventures, Coalition Operators, Coatue, Cowboy Ventures, DST Global, Dunce Capital, First Round Capital, Forerunner Ventures, Founders Fund, FPV Fund, Hack VC, Hardware Club, Homebrew, Inspired Capital, LAUNCH, LightShed Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Motivate Ventures, NextGen Venture Partners, Nexus Venture Partners, Outcast Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Pioneer Fund, PivotNorth Capital, Primetime Partners, Rethink Education, Sapphire Ventures, Schematic Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Seven Seven Six, South Park Commons, Susa Ventures, SYN Ventures, Uncork Capital, Vitalize Venture Group, WestWave Capital, Y Combinator, Bradley Horowitz, Daniel Rosensweig, David Ko, David Marcus, Gokul Rajaram, Kevin Colas, Kevin Lin, Mark Pincus, Nkechi Iregbulem, Rob May, Rudra Peram, Sue Xu, Tikhon Bernstam, Vibhu Mittal, Zander Lurie
Aug 1, 2018	Momentus	$8.0M Seed	—	305 Ventures, Blockchain Capital, Cota Capital, Fifth Wall, Hack VC, Novel TMT, Prime Movers Lab, Sparrows, Streamlined Ventures, Tusk Venture Partners, Valhalla Capital, David Marcus
Jun 1, 2018	Universe	$4.0M Series A	—	10100, Accel, Altair Capital Management, Astella, BoxGroup, CP Ventures, Curated, Energy Impact Partners, ENIAC Ventures, Founder Collective, G2VP, Intuit Ventures, Javelin Venture Partners, Kindred Ventures, KRM Interests LLC, Lightspeed Venture Partners, One Way Ventures, Sarona Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Social Starts, Tiger Global Management, Trinity Ventures, Venture Highway, Webb Investment Network, Western Technology Investment, Y Combinator, Aaron Harris, Baris Gultekin, Claire Hughes Johnson, Gokul Rajaram, Immad Akhund, Rob May, Ryan Shea, Tom McInerney
Jun 1, 2018	Shone	$4.0M Seed	—	500 Global, Chloe Sladden, Astella, CP Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Hack VC, Moxxie Ventures, Red Sea Ventures, Red Swan Ventures, Ribbit Capital, RRE Ventures, Scribble Ventures, Slow Ventures, Y Combinator, Adam D'Angelo, Greg Brockman, Javier Olivan, Jeff Arnold, Louis Beryl, Mike Krieger
Mar 1, 2018	Qulture.Rocks	$120K Seed	—	Astella, Bessemer Venture Partners, BoxGroup, Romero Rodrigues
Jul 1, 2016	Guideline	$7.0M Series A	—	8VC, 9Yards Capital, Kevin Hartz, Addition, BoxGroup, Contrary Capital, Craft Ventures, DAG Ventures, Founders Fund, Future Planet Capital, General Catalyst, Giant Ventures, Greylock, Imaginary Ventures, Index Ventures, Industry Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Launchpad Capital, Lux Capital, Jeff Richards, Pareto Holdings, Pioneer Fund, Sequoia Capital, Susquehanna Capital, SV Angel, Tenaya Capital, Thrive Capital, Uncork Capital, Xfund, Bradley Horowitz, Chafic Kazoun, Jawed Karim, Joe Greenstein, Michael Birch, Nir Eyal, Patrick S. Chung, Saran Chari, Scott Belsky, Teddy Citrin
Mar 1, 2016	Rocket Money	$350K Seed	—	Acequia Capital, Bling Capital, Cota Capital, Craft Ventures, Global Innovation Fund, Hack VC, Hoxton Ventures, M34 Capital, Maveron, Rivet Ventures, Social Capital, Streamlined Ventures, Tribe Capital, Emil Lee, Erik Moore, Evan Moore, Hadi Partovi, Immad Akhund, Jawed Karim, Jeremy Stoppelman, Louis Beryl, Peter Kazanjy

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Leadership Team

Key people at C3 Ventures.

Leadership Team

Key people at C3 Ventures.

Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

C3 Ventures is an angel investing firm specializing in early-stage funding and advisory support for startups that aim to define new categories across various industries such as fintech, AI, health tech, and IoT. Led by experienced industry experts, it focuses on backing innovative ventures with scalable solutions, providing both capital and strategic guidance to accelerate growth and market impact. Their portfolio includes companies like VenoStent, Trestle Biotherapeutics, and Carbon Chain, highlighting a track record of supporting category-defining startups primarily in North America and select international markets including India, Mexico, and Canada[1][2][4].

Origin Story

Founded by a team including Ben McCann, John Jersin, and Erik Buchanan—who bring deep technical and leadership experience from companies like Connectifier and LinkedIn—C3 Ventures emerged to fill the gap in early-stage funding with hands-on operational support. The founders’ backgrounds in technology and product leadership shaped the firm’s operator-first investment approach. While the exact founding year is not explicitly stated, the firm’s leadership and portfolio growth indicate a recent but rapidly evolving presence in the venture ecosystem[2][4].

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Focus on early-stage, category-defining startups with a data-driven and operator-first approach.
Network Strength: Founders and partners with strong tech backgrounds and connections in Silicon Valley and beyond.
Track Record: Successful investments in innovative companies with notable exits and market impact.
Operating Support: Hands-on advisory from founders with CTO and product leadership experience, enhancing startup growth beyond capital infusion[1][2][4].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

C3 Ventures rides the wave of innovation in emerging technology sectors such as AI, fintech, and health tech, where early-stage startups are poised to disrupt traditional industries. The timing aligns with increasing demand for seed capital and strategic mentorship to navigate complex markets. By focusing on category-defining ventures, C3 Ventures influences the startup ecosystem by enabling breakthrough innovations that can scale globally, contributing to the dynamism and competitiveness of the tech landscape[2].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, C3 Ventures is positioned to deepen its impact by expanding its portfolio in high-growth sectors and leveraging its founders’ operational expertise to foster long-term partnerships. Trends such as AI adoption, digital health transformation, and fintech innovation will likely shape their investment focus. As the firm matures, its influence may grow beyond funding to becoming a pivotal ecosystem player that helps shape the trajectory of early-stage technology startups worldwide[2][4]. This evolution ties back to their mission of backing startups that define new categories and create significant market impact.

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High-Level Overview

Origin Story

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Focus on early-stage, category-defining startups with a data-driven and operator-first approach.
Network Strength: Founders and partners with strong tech backgrounds and connections in Silicon Valley and beyond.
Track Record: Successful investments in innovative companies with notable exits and market impact.
Operating Support: Hands-on advisory from founders with CTO and product leadership experience, enhancing startup growth beyond capital infusion[1][2][4].