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    Steamboat Ventures

    Burbank, California, United StatesFounded 2000
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    Steamboat Ventures is the venture capital arm of The Walt Disney Company, founded in 2000 and based in Burbank, California. It invests in early- to mid-stage technology, media, and consumer technology companies of strategic importance to Disney.

    Average disclosed round size is $20.0M (across 32 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    26

    Fund Size

    $85M

    Top Stage

    Unknown

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    John Ball

    John Ball

    Founder & Managing Partner

    Perry Chui

    Perry Chui

    General Partner

    Liping Fan

    Liping Fan

    Administrative Partner and CFO

    Daisy Qiu

    Daisy Qiu

    Finance Director

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    36 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    UUrban HealthSeed$3.4MAug 2022
    Quibi logoQuibiGrowth—Jan 2020
    Kahoot! logoKahoot!Series C—Dec 2018
    Aaptiv logoAaptivSeries C$22MJun 2018
    Bokecc logoBokeccSeries C$31.4MJan 2017
    Sphero logoSpheroSeries B$45MJun 2015
    RazorGator logoRazorGatorUnknown$60MJan 2014
    CChukong TechnologiesSeries D$50MOct 2013
    EEdgeCastSeries C$54MJan 2013
    EElemental TechnologiesSeries C$13MMay 2012
    Funplus logoFunplusSeries A$13MJan 2012
    EElemental TechnologiesSeries C$13MJan 2012
    BBaynoteSeries C$13MJan 2011
    Bokecc logoBokeccSeries B$20MJan 2011
    Gopro logoGoproUnknown$35KJan 2010
    FFreewheelUnknown$16.8MJan 2010
    EEdgeCastSeries B$10MJan 2010
    PPlaydomUnknown$43MNov 2009
    SSometricsSeries B$4MOct 2009
    Fanzter logoFanzterUnknown$2MJan 2009
    GGreystripeSeries C$5.5MJan 2009
    SScrapblogUnknown$4MJan 2009
    SSometricsSeries B$4MJan 2009
    MMove NetworksUnknown$46MJan 2008
    GGreystripeSeries B$8.9MMay 2007
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    Top Co-Investors

    Norwest Venture Partners3 shared
    IDG Capital3 shared
    SoftBank Group Corp.2 shared
    Greycroft2 shared
    Inbox Capital2 shared
    Benchmark2 shared
    Cisco Investments2 shared
    GSR Ventures2 shared
    Northern Light Venture Capital2 shared
    Sequoia Capital2 shared
    Lightspeed Venture Partners2 shared
    Menlo Ventures2 shared
    Bonfire2 shared
    General Catalyst2 shared
    Voyager Ventures2 shared
    Techstars1 shared
    Mercato Partners1 shared
    Warner Music Group1 shared
    Millennium Technology Value Partners1 shared
    Amazon Alexa Fund1 shared

    Last updated: 20 October 2026