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Vast Ventures

Venture Capital · Founded 2003 · New York City, United States

Early-stage venture fund that finances digital media and marketing sectors

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59 portfolio companies Venture Capital · $923M invested · 75 investments · Investor rank #3,167 · Last investment 4/2025
Portfolio companies 59 ↑ 57% 5y
Decacorns 1
Thoroughbreds 6
Power Law #323Investor Ranking · Global · 2026 · Top 2%
01 · Biggest holdings

Vast Ventures’ biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies Vast Ventures still holds — unicorns and thoroughbreds it has backed, ordered by Dealroom’s latest valuation. Companies that have been acquired or gone public are in Exits instead.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 RippleDecacorn · Fintech · USA — $40.0B —
  2. 2 Diamond FoundryUnicorn · Fashion · USA — $1.8B —
  3. 3 ZocDocUnicorn · Health · USA — $1.8B —
  4. 4 ASAPPUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA — $1.6B —
  5. 5 Eight SleepUnicorn · Health · USA — $1.5B —

Estimated value = Vast Ventures’ disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →

02 · Exits

Vast Ventures’ biggest exits.

Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from Vast Ventures’ transaction record.

Ginkgo Bioworks
$18B IPO · 2021
Entered Series ANow $623MHealth
Sweetgreen
$3.4B IPO · 2021
Entered SeedNow $854MFood
Barkbox
$1.6B IPO · 2020
Entered Series B+Now $122MFood
03 · Portfolio analysis

Where Vast Ventures’ portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 59 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA52
  2. Canada3
  3. Argentina1
  4. Brazil1
  5. Chile1
  6. Israel1
  7. Mexico1
  8. UK1
By sectorCount
  1. Health15
  2. Enterprise Software9
  3. Fintech7
  4. Marketing7
  5. Food6
  6. Energy4
  7. Home Living4
  8. Media3
  9. Real Estate3
  10. Transportation3
  11. Event Tech2
  12. Fashion2
By stage enteredCount
  1. Seed30
  2. Series A21
  3. Series B+7
By growth stageCount
  1. Breakout Stage26
  2. Early Growth22
  3. Late Growth13
04 · Portfolio market map

Inside Vast Ventures’ portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 59 tracked.

Ginkgo Bioworks
Health
$623M
Diamond Foundry
Fashion · Unicorn
$1.8B
Ripple
Fintech · Decacorn
$40B
ZocDoc
Health · Unicorn
$1.8B
Sweetgreen
Food
$854M
ASAPP
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.6B
Eight Sleep
Health · Unicorn
$1.5B
Juicero
Food
$112M
Ritual
Food
$350M
Barkbox
Food
$122M
Nomad
Fintech
$319M
ConcertoCare
Health
$420M
Fabric Health
Health
$240M
Moat
Marketing
$850M
FirstFuel Software
Real Estate
$92M
Black Crow AI
Marketing
$100M
SafeGraph
Enterprise Software
$180M
Reserve
Food
$20M
Commons Clinic
Health
$104M
Planetary Resources
Energy
$84M
Houm
Real Estate
$140M
Quigo
Marketing
$340M
Lygos
Health
$52M
Little Otter
Health
$110M
Clicoh
Transportation
$100M
Gobble
Food
$60M
Simply Measured
Telecom
$80M
Chromatic
USA
Mighty
Legal
$36M
Meetup
Event Tech
$30M
Marble
Enterprise Software
BoostCTR
Marketing
$76M
Juno Medical
Health
$48M
Verb Energy
Wellness Beauty
MedChart
Health
$68M
Astro Digital
Space
$67M
Daylife
Enterprise Software
$16M
Kindara
Health
Modria
Education
$23M
Recombine
Health
$34M
Shujinko
Security
$30M
PatchRx
Health
$32M
Ophelos
Fintech
$26M
Boostable
Marketing
$20M
Soma
Energy
$4.8M
UpCompany
Fintech
$23M
Keychain Logistics
Transportation
$10M
Leo
USA
Candor Health
Health
Castor
Fintech
$3.6M
Source Health
Enterprise Software
Transcend
USA
Pear (formerly Apparel Media Group)
Fashion
$4.8M
Elite Daily
Media
i4drive
Security
$6.0M
Badge
Real Estate
$4.4M
Triage
Enterprise Software
$4.0M
Warrant
Fintech
$2.9M
Base
Media
$2.0M
SiteRx
Health
05 · Portfolio founders

Where Vast Ventures’ portfolio founders come from.

96 founders across the 61 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. United States67
  2. Argentina4
  3. Canada3
  4. Mexico3
  5. Chile2
  6. Colombia2
  7. Israel2
  8. United Kingdom2
  9. Australia1
  10. Brazil1
UniversityCount
  1. Cornell University5
  2. Stanford University5
  3. Columbia Business School4
  4. Georgetown University4
  5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology4
  6. Yale University4
  7. Princeton University3
  8. UC Berkeley, Haas Business School3
  9. Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania3
  10. American University2
Previous companyCount
  1. Moat4
  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology3
  3. Microsoft3
  4. MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab3
  5. BBVA Chile2
  6. Bridgewater Associates2
  7. Credit Suisse2
  8. McKinsey & Company2
  9. Ora Oncology2
  10. Schüco2
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Gaingels
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Sequoia
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