StartOut

StartOut

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Investment Firm

Overview

StartOut is a non-profit organization that promotes LGBTQ equality and combats discrimination in America’s LGBTQ entrepreneurial community. It offers more than 70 events to a nationwide network of approximately 15,000 members with various programs, including networking, education, research, and access to capital.

StartOut permits a new community of professionals with economic resources and personal support to help the entire LGBTQ community as well as local groups. Headquartered in New York, N.Y., the organization was established in 2009 by Lorenzo Thione, Darren Spedale, and Joe DiPasquale.

Highlights

Founded

2009

Industry

Non Profit

Employees

11-50

Investment

20

Lead Investment

19

Exits

1

Stages

N/A

Investor Type

Accelerator

Location

New York, New York, United States, North America

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

StartOut, established in 2009 and headquartered in New York, New York, United States, North America., specializes in investments across E-Commerce, Mobile, Marketplace, Sports, Sporting Goods, Education, E-Learning, Communities, Media and Entertainment, Online Auctions. The organization boasts a portfolio of 20 investments, with an average round size of $5.0K and 1 successful exits. Their recent investments include reQwip, Studious, Rare Candy, PopViewers, Modica. The highest investment round they participated in was $100.0K. Among their most notable exits are reQwip and Studious. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Chris Sinton

Chris Sinton

Member of the Board of Directors

imagePlace Sandra Sick

Sandra Sick

StartOut Inclusion Impact Indexes Project Expert

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Angelic Williams

Senior Program Manager

Investment portfolio

StartOut has made 8 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Oct 12, 2012, when reQwip raised $5.0K.

investments

20

Diversity investments

8

Lead investments

19

Number of exits

1

Investments

20

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Mar 04, 2024
Modica Modica
Food and Beveragenull
Mar 04, 2024
PopViewers PopViewers
Video Streamingnull
Mar 04, 2024
Rare Candy Rare Candy
Communitiesnull
Mar 04, 2024
Studious Studious
Educationnull

Exits

1

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

20

Investors

0

Funds

0

Funding Rounds

20

StartOut has raised 20 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Mar 04, 2024 from a Non Equity Assistance - Studious round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Mar 04, 2024
Non Equity Assistance - Modica Non Equity Assistance - Modica
-0-
Mar 04, 2024
Non Equity Assistance - PopViewers Non Equity Assistance - PopViewers
-0-
Mar 04, 2024
Non Equity Assistance - Rare Candy Non Equity Assistance - Rare Candy
-0-
Mar 04, 2024
Non Equity Assistance - Studious Non Equity Assistance - Studious
-0-

Investors

0

There is no funding round available on this profile

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
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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Recent Activity

News

Apr 18, 2024

Crunchbase News - From Battlefields To Boardrooms: The Rise Of Military Veterans Turned Venture Capitalists

News

Mar 25, 2024

Business Wire - StartOut and J.P. Morgan Announce Startups Selected to Join Growth Lab Accelerator

News

Mar 04, 2024

Business Wire - StartOut and J.P. Morgan Announce Startups Selected to Join Growth Lab Accelerator

Funding Round

Mar 04, 2024

Studious raised an undisclosed amount on 2024-03-04 in Non Equity Assistance

Funding Round

Mar 04, 2024

Rare Candy raised an undisclosed amount on 2024-03-04 in Non Equity Assistance

Funding Round

Mar 04, 2024

PopViewers raised an undisclosed amount on 2024-03-04 in Non Equity Assistance