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    4490 Ventures

    Madison, Wisconsin, United StatesFounded 2014

    4490 Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Madison, Wisconsin, investing in 'connected software'—B2B enterprise applications integrating proprietary data, analytics, or hardware assets—primarily in the American Midwest.

    Their most common stage is series-a (50% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $9.9M (across 15 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    12

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    GR

    Greg Robinson

    Managing Director

    MT

    Malcolm Thorne

    Managing Director

    GF

    Gian Fulgoni

    Venture Partner

    DM

    Dan Malven

    Investor

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    18 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Understory logoUnderstorySeries A—Sep 2025
    QQualSightsSeries A—Nov 2022
    Georama, Inc. logoGeorama, Inc.Series A$7.7MJan 2022
    QQualSightsSeries A$7.7MJan 2022
    Rentable logoRentableSeries B$22.5MJan 2021
    Trainual logoTrainualSeries B$27MJan 2021
    Upshow logoUpshowUnknown$14MSep 2020
    UUPshowUnknown$14MJan 2020
    Upshow logoUpshowSeries A$6MMar 2019
    Level Ex logoLevel ExSeries A$11MJan 2019
    Fluree logoFlureeSeed$6.5MJan 2019
    Trainual logoTrainualSeries A$6.8MJan 2019
    Understory logoUnderstoryGrowth—Jan 2018
    PhysIQ logoPhysIQSeries B$8MJul 2017
    Eatstreet logoEatstreetSeries C$6MJan 2014
    Eatstreet logoEatstreetSeries A$2MFeb 2013
    AAbodoSeries A$4.8M—
    Understory logoUnderstorySeries B$5.3M—

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    Last updated: 20 October 2026