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    Touchdown Ventures

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesFounded 2014
    www.touchdownvc.comLinkedIn
    Enterprise SoftwareHealthcareFood & AgricultureClimate & EnergyMedia & EntertainmentManufacturingRobotics & Automation

    Touchdown Ventures is a venture capital firm and registered investment adviser that works with leading corporations to establish and manage their corporate venture capital programs. Founded in 2014, it pioneered the Venture Capital as a Service (VCaaS) model, managing over 25 corporate venture programs across multiple industries.

    Average disclosed round size is $16.6M (across 16 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    16

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    KT

    Kindra Tatarsky

    Managing Director

    MD

    Mike Devlin

    Managing Director

    MG

    Mel Gaceta

    Venture Partner

    RD

    Rahul Daryanani

    Senior Principal

    WG

    Will Geiger

    Principal

    JZ

    John Zimmerman

    Senior Associate

    IA

    Imane Ait Mbiriq

    Analyst

    CT

    Christina Tsai

    MBA Intern

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    18 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Valid8 logoValid8Series A$8.5MJan 2024
    Valid8 Financial logoValid8 FinancialSeries A$8.5MNov 2023
    Detrapel logoDetrapelSeries A$7.6MSep 2023
    Mend logoMendSeries A$15MJun 2023
    Valid8 logoValid8Series A$8.5MJan 2023
    SSyntis BioSeed$15.5MJan 2023
    Mint House logoMint HouseSeries B$35MMay 2022
    Athennian logoAthennianSeries B$33MMar 2022
    Grata logoGrataSeries A$25MFeb 2022
    Paladin Cloud logoPaladin CloudSeed$3.3MJan 2022
    Novome Biotechnologies logoNovome BiotechnologiesSeries B—Jan 2022
    4CRisk logo4CRiskSeries A$8MJan 2022
    Grata logoGrataSeed$9.5MApr 2021
    CClovisSeed$3.5MJan 2020
    Oath Pizza logoOath PizzaGrowth$16MSep 2016
    Casetext logoCasetextSeries C$25M—
    NNovomeSeries B$43.5M—
    PPaper Interactive, Inc.Series B——

    Top Co-Investors

    Alumni Ventures3 shared
    Capital Midwest Fund3 shared
    First Trust Capital Partners3 shared
    Silverton Partners3 shared
    Accomplice2 shared
    Bling Capital2 shared
    Arthur Ventures2 shared
    Centana Growth Partners2 shared
    University of Minnesota2 shared
    Alexandria Venture Investments2 shared
    Alta Partners2 shared
    Aflac Ventures1 shared
    Teamworthy Ventures1 shared
    Craft Ventures1 shared
    ReGen Ventures1 shared
    S2G Ventures1 shared
    Gefen Capital1 shared
    iSelect Fund1 shared
    Keen Venture Partners1 shared
    Material Impact1 shared

    Last updated: 20 October 2026