Tusk Ventures

Investor - Venture Capital

Overview

Tusk Ventures invests in seed, early, and late stage startups focused on technology, operations, government, media, and marketing in the United States.

Country: United States

Founded: 2015

Headquarters: New York, NY

Investment Strategy

Geography

  • North America

Sector Focus

  • Institutional Investments and Trading
  • Payments and Remittances
  • Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
  • Data and Analytics

Investment Stage

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

Summary

Tusk Ventures invests in seed, early, and late stage startups focused on technology, operations, government, media, and marketing in the United States.  They strive to help the next generation of great startups navigate the political, regulatory and media hurdles that come with challenging an entrenched industry. Their experienced team is prepared to work with their portfolio companies to accomplish their goals through direct advocacy, campaign management, narrative development, and strategic execution. Tusk Ventures is disciplined, focused, and effective.

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Investments

Date

Name

Size

Round

Co-Investors

Sector

Country

December 2016

Lemonade

$34m

Series B

  General Catalyst Partners

InsureTech

United States

April 2016

Nobile Markets

undisclosed

Series A

Institutional Investments and Trading

United States

April 2016

Lemonade

$13m

Seed

  Aleph

InsureTech

United States

May 2015

Ripple

$28m

Series A

  IDG Capital Partners

Payments and Remittances

United States

November 2014

Zendrive

$5m

undisclosed

  BMW i Ventures

Data and Analytics

United States

Key Employees

Bradley Tusk
Founder & CEO

Jordan Nof
Head of Investments

Justin Smith
Vice President of Investments

Matthew Yale
Head of Regulatory Affairs