DAG Ventures

DAG Ventures is a venture capital partnership that puts money into mid-stage and growth rounds. It focuses on portfolio companies of chosen early-stage venture firms, and it describes service to its investors, portfolio companies and partner firms as its main point of difference.

What DAG Ventures does

• Mid-stage and growth financing: heading rounds in companies already backed by early-stage funds.
• Partnership with early-stage funds: a model built around working with a select group of venture partnerships.
• Service-led approach: a team organised for speed, consistency and simplicity.

Customers and markets

Selected early-stage venture firms and their better-developed portfolio companies across a wide range of technology sectors. Past investments listed on its site include a cloud-managed networking company later acquired by Cisco, plus companies in shared office space, freelance technology hiring, food ordering and Hadoop-based software.

Key facts

• Founded: 2004, as a spin-off from Duff Ackerman & Goodrich
• Parent background: a private equity firm focused on communications and media
• Investors: a global group of limited partners
• Portfolio: more than 160 companies