VC  Anorak Ventures

https://www.anorak.vc/





     Office Locations:

1770 Pine Street #506
San Francisco, CA 94109
Phone: 347-839-1977

 

Stages:

  • Early
  • Growth


 

Industries:

  • Electronics & Advanced Materials
  • Information Technology
  • Life Sciences & Healthcare
  • Software & Internet

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    Description:

    Anorak Ventures is a boutique venture capital firm that invests in companies within niche sectors pertaining to their fund. Areas of focus include virtual reality, augmented reality, computer vision, robotics, artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, IoT, satellite technology, video streaming, and health & wellness. The firm is led by Greg Castle, an Entrepreneur and corporate marketer turned angel investor with a focus on early-stage, disruptive technology. Greg has made thirty-five investments over a 3 year period counting two exits including the $2B acquisition of Oculus by Facebook. Anorak Ventures has raised $13 million for its debut fund. 60 investments have been made with $2.2B raised in follow on funding resulting in an aggregate portfolio market capitalization of $13.8B.


     

    Funds:


      Fund Name


      Amount


      Date

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    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)
    $2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)
    $7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     

    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
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    Gregory Castle Managing Partner

     

    Recent Funding Events (trailing 12 months):


      Date


      Name


      State


      Amount


      Stage


      12/12/2023


      Magma


      TX


      $5,000,000


      Seed


      08/08/2023


      Birdstop


      CA


      $2,300,000


      Seed


      05/24/2023


      TRL11


      CA


      $3,000,000


      Pre-Seed


     

    Portfolio companies include:


      Birdstop
        web link


      Edify Labs
        web link


      Irrigreen
        web link


      Lightform
        web link


      Magma
        web link


      Osso VR
        web link


      Pack
        web link


      Phiar


      Scenario
        web link


      Torch Logistics
        web link


      TripleBlind
        web link


      TRL11
        web link


      Vivid Vision
        web link


     

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