Baseline Ventures is a venture capital investment firm that focuses on seed and growth-stage investments in technology companies.[1] The company was the first seed investor in Instagram,[2][3][4] an early investor of Twitter[5] and has been called "one of Silicon Valley's most successful — and smallest — investment firms" by Forbes.[6] It is headquartered in Jackson, Wyoming.[7][8] They also do commercial representation of some athletes.[9][10][11]
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Private equity |
Founded | 2006 |
Founder | Steve Anderson |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Products | Venture capital |
Website | baselinev |
The company's founder and Managing Partner, Steve Anderson, was recognized on Fortune's 2012 list of "50 Businesspeople of the Year"[12] and included on the Forbes Midas List from 2012 to 2020.[13][14][15]
Anderson founded Baseline in 2006.[12][16] He previously worked for Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Microsoft, eBay and Starbucks.[16][17] Anderson has a Master of Business Administration from Stanford University and has invested in companies founded by Stanford alumni including Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger of Instagram; Katrina Lake of Stitch Fix; and Jeff Seibert of Crashlytics.[18][19][20][21]
Baseline Ventures has invested in software and web companies that include Instagram, Weebly, OMGPop, ExactTarget and Heroku.[22][23] Instagram was acquired by Facebook for $1 billion in 2012.[24] Later that year, Baseline-backed OMGPop was acquired by Zynga for approximately $200 million.[12] Salesforce.com acquired Heroku for $212 million in 2010.[25]
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