Morningstar

Morningstar

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Investment Firm

Overview

Morningstar provides independent investment research to investors worldwide.

It offers internet, software, and print-based products for individuals, financial advisors, and institutions. It also supplies asset-management services to advisors, institutions, and retirement-plan participants.

Morningstar was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Highlights

Founded

1984

Industry

Enterprise Software

Employees

10001+

Investment

30

Lead Investment

10

Exits

8

Stages

Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed

Investor Type

Private Equity Firm

Location

United States, North America

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

Morningstar, established in 1984 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed investments across Venture Capital, Finance, Analytics, Software, SaaS, Mobile Apps, Consulting, Social Media, Financial Services, FinTech. The organization boasts a portfolio of 30 investments, with an average round size of $17.3M and 8 successful exits. Their recent investments include PitchBook, Gomez, Dolphin Equity Partners, YCharts, I2A Fund. The highest investment round they participated in was $56.0B. Among their most notable exits are PitchBook and Gomez. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Joseph Mansueto

Joseph Mansueto

Founder & Executive Chairman

imagePlace Bevin Desmond

Bevin Desmond

Global Head of Talent & Culture, Quality and Transformation

imagePlace Thomas Idzorek

Thomas Idzorek

Chief Investment Officer - Retirement

imagePlace Kunal Kapoor

Kunal Kapoor

Chief Executive Officer

imagePlace Haywood Kelly

Haywood Kelly

Head of Global Research

imagePlace James Tanner

James Tanner

Head of Global Business Development and Sales

Investment portfolio

Morningstar has made 30 investments. Their most recent investment was on Feb 23, 2023, when Optix raised $1.8M.

Morningstar has made 7 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Apr 06, 2022, when Ellevest raised $53.0M.

investments

30

Diversity investments

7

Lead investments

10

Number of exits

8

Investments

30

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Apr 06, 2022
Ellevest Ellevest
Financial Services53.0M
May 03, 2022--30.0M
May 12, 2022
TIFIN TIFIN
Financial Services109.0M
Feb 23, 2023
Optix Optix
Trading Platform1.8M

Exits

8

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

30

Investors

1

Funds

0

Funding Rounds

30

Morningstar has raised 30 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Feb 23, 2023 from a Venture Round - Optix round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Apr 06, 2022
Series B - Ellevest Series B - Ellevest
-53.0M-
May 03, 2022
Series D - SMArtX Advisory Solutions Series D - SMArtX Advisory Solutions
-30.0M-
May 12, 2022
Series D - TIFIN Series D - TIFIN
-109.0M-
Feb 23, 2023
Venture Round - Optix Venture Round - Optix
-1.8M-

Investors

1

Investor NameLead InvestorFunding RoundMoney Raised
-No
Private Equity Round - Morningstar
91.0M

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M
May 11, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M

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