Flatiron Partners

company

About

Flatiron Partners is a venture capital firm that operates in New York, United States.

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Highlights

Details

Industries
Finance,Financial Services,Venture Capital
Founded date
Jan 1, 1996
Number Of Employee
1 - 10
Operating Status
Active
Investor Type
MVC

In 1996, Fred Wilson co-founded Flatiron Partners with his partner Jerry Colonna. Flatiron, named after the Flatiron District, became a successful, primarily follow-on investment fund in the New York City area, with investments in notable Dot-com bubble successes and failures including Alacra, comScore Networks, Yoyodyne, Geocities, Kozmo.com, New York Times Digital, PlanetOut, Return Path, Scout electromedia, Standard Media International, Starmedia, and VitaminShoppe.com. The firm's 1996 fund capitalized at $150 million with two investors: SOFTBANK Technology Ventures and Chase Capital Partners, the private-equity arm of Chase Manhattan Corp. The firm later raised another fund capitalized at $500 million with Chase Capital Partners as the sole active LP. In 2001, Wilson and Colonna essentially shut down Flatiron (although they still manage what remains of its portfolio). Wilson offered a blunt assessment in July 2005 in Business 2.0, "Yeah, boy, we really screwed up a bunch of things."

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
5
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Flatiron Partners has made 5 investments. Their most recent investment was on Aug 5, 2003, when comScore raised $12M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Aug 5, 2003 comScore
Series E $12M Advertising
Jun 6, 2002 comScore
Series D $20M Advertising
Aug 13, 2001 comScore
Series C $15M Advertising
Sep 18, 2000 comScore
Series Unknown $40M Advertising
May 11, 2000 MercadoLibre
Series B $46.50M E-Commerce