Thrive Capital

Investor - Venture Capital

Overview

Thrive Capital is a venture capital investment firm focused on early and late stage internet and software investments.

Country: United States

Founded: 2009

Headquarters: New York City, NY

Investment Strategy

Geography

  • North America
  • Latin America

Sector Focus

  • Marketplace Lending
  • Funding Platforms
  • Institutional Investments and Trading
  • WealthTech
  • Payments and Remittances
  • Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
  • Data and Analytics
  • Blockchain
  • Real Estate

Investment Stage

  • Seed
  • Early Stage Venture
  • Later Stage Venture
  • Series B
  • Series C
  • Series D

Summary

Thrive Capital is a venture capital investment firm focused on internet and software investments. Thrive holds stakes in many well known brands including Kickstarter and Spotify.  Based out of New York City, Thrive mainly invests in US companies. The firm famously earned a 200% return on its investment in Instagram within 72 hours.  They focus on early and late stage companies who excel in creation and destruction.

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Investments

Date

Name

Size

Round

Co-Investors

Sector

Country

May 2017

Morty

$3m

seed

  SV Angel

Marketplace Lending

United States

April 2017

Robinhood

$110m

Series C

  DST Global

WealthTech

United Kingdom

February 2017

Monzo

£19.5m

Series V

  Passion Capital

WealthTech

United Kingdom

January 2017

Raisin

€30m

Series C

  Ribbit Capital

WealthTech

Germany

December 2016

Lemonade

$34m

Series B

General Catalyst Partners, Aleph, GV, Sequoia Capital, Tusk Ventures, XL Innovate

InsureTech

United States

August 2016

Compass

$75m

Series D

Wellington Management, .406 Ventures, Founders Fund, IVP

Real Estate

United States

March 2016

AND CO

$2m

Seed

BoxGroup, Designer Fund, Red Swan Ventures

Infrastructure and Enterprise Software

United States

March 2016

Justworks

$33m

Series C

Redpoint, Bain Capital Ventures, Index Ventures, Will Gaybrick

Infrastructure and Enterprise Software

United States

February 2016

Oscar

$400m

Private Equity

Fidelity Investments, CapitalG, Founders Fund, General Catalyst Partners, Khosla Ventures, Lakestar, Ping An Ventures, Joshua Kushner

InsureTech

United States

October 2015

OpenGov

$25m

Series B

Andreessen Horowitz, Formation 8, Glynn Capital Management, Scott Cook, Sound Ventures, Sway Ventures

Data and Analytics

United States

September 2015

Compass

$60m

Series C

IVP, .406 Ventures, Advance Publications, Founders Fund, Kenneth Chenault, Marc Benioff, Prudence Holdings

Real Estate

United States

September 2015

Orchard Platform

$30m

Series B

Canaan Partners, Conversion Capital, John Mack, Jon Winkelried, QED Investors, Ron Suber, Spark Capital, Thomvest Ventures, Titan Partners, Tom Glocer, Victory Park Capital

Marketplace Lending

United States

August 2015

Greenhouse Software

$35m

Series C

Groupe Arnault, Lumia Capital, Social Capital

Infrastructure and Enterprise Software

United States

May 2015

Justworks

$13m

Series B

Bain Capital Ventures, Index Ventures, Will Gaybrick

Infrastructure and Enterprise Software

United States

March 2015

Cadre

$18.3m

Series A

Founders Fund, General Catalyst Partners, Kevin Colleran, Khosla Ventures, Lakestar, Sherpa Capital, Slow Ventures

Institutional Investments and Trading

United States

February 2015

Opendoor

$20m

Series B

GGV Capital, Caffeinated Capitsal, Khosla Ventures, Semil Shah, Sherpa Capital, Solon Mack Capital

Real Estate

United States

December 2014

Stripe

$70m

Series C

Designer Fund, Founders Fund, General Catalyst Partners, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital

Payments and Remittances

United States

October 2014

Justworks

$6m

Series A

Index Ventures, Will Gaybrick

Infrastructure and Enterprise Software

United States

August 2014

Chain

$9.5m

Series B

Khosla Ventures, 500 Startups, Blockchain Capital, Digital Currency Group, Homebrew, Kevin Ryan, Pantera Capital, RRE Ventures, Scott Banister, SV Angel

Blockchain

United States

July 2014

Compass

$40m

Series B

.406 Ventures, Advance Publications, Founders Fund, Kenneth Chenault, Marc Benioff, Three Tree Ventures

Real Estate

United States

May 2014

Jibe

$20m

Series C

Sapphire Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Gotham Ventures, Longworth Venture Partners, Polaris Partners

Infrastructure and Enterprise Software

United States

May 2014

OpenGov

$15m

Series B

Andreessen Horowitz, Formation 8, SGVC, Streamlined Ventures, Sway Ventures

Data and Analytics

United States

May 2014

Oscar

$80m

Series B

Formation 8, Breyer Capital, Founders Fund, General Catalyst Partners, Khosla Ventures, Stanley Drunkenmiller, Velos Partners, Joshua Kushner

InsureTech

United States

January 2014

Oscar

$30m

Series A

Founders Fund, General Catalyst Partners, Khosla Ventures, Lakestar, Joshua Kushner

InsureTech

United States

January 2014

Chain

$4.2m

Seed

Betaworks, RRE Ventures, Semil Shah, SV Angel

Blockchain

United States

October 2013

Pitzi

$2.71m

Series B

InsureTech

Brazil

September 2013

Compass

$25m

Series A

.406 Ventures, Corigin Ventures, Founders Fund, Goldman Sachs, Three Tree Ventures

Real Estate

United States

July 2013

Oscar

$40m

Series A

Joshua Kushner, BoxGroup, Founders Fund, General Catalyst Partners, Khosla Ventures, Red Swan Ventures

InsureTech

United States

July 2013

OpenGov

$4m

Venture

Formation 8, FF Angel LLC, Goldcrest Ventures, Signature Capital Securities, Signatures Capital, Valiant Capital Partners

Data and Analytics

United States

May 2013

Dwolla

$16.5m

Series C

Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures, Village Ventures

Payments and Remittances

United States

February 2013

Jibe

$10m

Series B

Longworth Venture Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Gotham Ventures, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Polaris Partners

Infrastructure and Enterprise Software

United States

January 2013

42Floors

$12m

Series B

New Enterprise Associates, Bessemer Venture Partners, Columbus Nova Technology Partners

Real Estate

United States

December 2012

Compass

$8m

Seed

.406 Ventures, Corigin Ventures, Cyrus Massoumi, Founders Fund, Goldman Sachs, Kenneth Chenault, Prudence Holdings

Real Estate

United States

November 2012

42Floors

$5m

Series A

Alexis Ohanian, Dave McClure, Alex Bresler, Bessemer Venture Partners, BoxGroup, Chris Dixon, Red Swan Ventures, Joshua Kushner

Real Estate

United States

July 2012

Bondsy

undisclosed

Seed

Betaworks, Chris Dixon, Jared Hecht, Patrick Keane, Steve Martocci

Payments and Remittances

United States

June 2012

Blend

undisclosed

Seed

Allen & Company, Andreessen Horowitz, Conversion Capital, Formation 8, Kris Duggan, Peter Theil, SV Angel

Infrastructure and Enterprise Software

United States

February 2012

Dwolla

$5m

Series B

Union Square Ventures, Paige Craig, SeventySix Capital, Village Ventures

Payments and Remittances

United States

November 2011

Dispatch

$965k

Seed

Bob Pasker, BoxGroup, Brainchild Holdings, David Tisch, Jared Hecht, Kal Vepuri, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Matt Turck, Steve Martocci, SV Angel, Techstars Ventures, Zelkova Ventures

Infrastructure and Enterprise Software

United States

June 2011

Addepar

$15.84m

Series B

Alex Bresler, American Pacific Ventures, Andy Rankin, ASBC LLC, Blumberg Capital, Burch Creative Capital, Felix Investments, ff Venture Capital, JCB Investments, Kishore Ganji, Neil Mehta, Pankaj Shah, Peter Thiel, Signatures Capital, Sway Ventures, White Sand Capital

WealthTech

United States

May 2011

Jibe

$6m

Series A

Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Gotham Ventures, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Polaris Partners, Zelkova Ventures

Infrastructure and Enterprise Software

United States

March 2011

Kickstarter

$10m

Venture

Abundance Partners, Betaworks, Caterina Fake, Chris Dixon, Chris Sacca, Christopher Kaskie, Craig Shapiro, Dan Rosensweig, Jack Dorsey, Jared Kushner, Joi Ito, Joshua Schachter, Joshua Stylman, Matt Haughey, Peter Hershberg, Scott Heiferman, Union Square Ventures, Zach Klein

Funding Platforms

United States

March 2011

Giftly

$2.8m

Seed

Baseline Ventures, Brainchild Holdings, FLOODGATE, Lightspeed Venture Partners, RPM Ventures, SoftTech VC

Payments and Remittances

United States

September 2010

Simple

$2.9m

Series A

First Round, IA Ventures, Village Ventures, 500 Startups, Anthemis Group, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Neu Venture Capital, SV Angel

WealthTech

United States

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Funds Raised

Vintage

Fund Name

Amount

2016

Fund V

$700m

2014

Fund IV

$400m

Fund III

$150m

2011

Fund II

$40m

Fund I

$10m

Key Employees

Joshua Kushner
Founder & Managing Partner