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Correlation Ventures

Investor type

VC

Founded

2006

AUM

$500 M

Location

San Diego, California, United States

Investment Ticket

$0-1 m

Investment Stage

Seed

Region of investment

North America
Investor profile last updated: 07 April, 2025

Profile

Correlation Ventures is a new breed of venture capital firm, leveraging world-class analytics to offer entrepreneurs and other venture capitalists a dramatically better option when they are seeking additional capital to complete a financing round. Backed by leading institutional investors, Correlation has more than $450+ million under management.

Simpler.
As experienced venture capital investors and former entrepreneurs, we founded Correlation Ventures to be the ideal co-investor. To that end, we keep it incredibly simple. We make investment decisions in two weeks or less. We don’t take board seats, and we’re flexible on investment size.

Bottom line: We provide fast and reliable access to venture capital so teams can spend less time fundraising and more time building their businesses.

Join one of our companies: jobs.correlationvc.com

Industry

Aerospace Biotechnology Business Services (B2B) Consumer Products Consumer Services (B2C) Digital Electronics Financial Services Fintech Hardware Healthcare Services Industrial Medical Devices Oil and Gas Pharmaceuticals Software Cannabis MedTech Energy PropTech / ConTech HealthTech Life Sciences Infrastructure Technology CleanTech

Correlation Ventures Funds

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Region
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Correlation Ventures I​
Venture Capital (VC)
Technology
Life Sciences
CleanTech
Seed
Series A
Series B
North America
$5-10 m
$165 M
January 2012
Correlation Ventures II
Venture Capital (VC)
Technology
Life Sciences
CleanTech
Seed
North America
$5-10 m
$200 M
January 2017

Contacts

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David Coats Managing Director & Co-Founder
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Trevor Kienzle Managing Director & Co-Founder
Managing Director & Co-Founder
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FAQs about Correlation Ventures

Correlation Ventures is a venture capital firm. It backs companies at Seed, writing tickets of $0-1 m.
Correlation Ventures is located in San Diego, California, United States.
Correlation Ventures was founded in 2006.
Correlation Ventures invests in companies and startups in Aerospace, Biotechnology, Business Services (B2B), Consumer Products, Consumer Services (B2C), Digital, Electronics, Financial Services, Fintech, Hardware, Healthcare Services, Industrial, Medical Devices, Oil and Gas, Pharmaceuticals, Software, Cannabis, MedTech, Energy, PropTech / ConTech, HealthTech, Life Sciences, Infrastructure, Technology, CleanTech.
Correlation Ventures invests in companies and startups in North America.
Correlation Ventures invests in companies and startups at Seed.
Correlation Ventures usually invests $0-1 m on average.
Correlation Ventures has around $500m assets under management.
Correlation Ventures last fund was created/launched in 2017-01-11
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