Felicis Ventures

2460 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025

Firm Size

• Assets Under Management (AUM):$4.8 Billion
• Number of Funds:18
• Employees:
• Firm Type:Venture Capital
• Focus Areas: Software & Technology
  Healthcare
  Consumer
  

Description

Felicia Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. Founded in 2006, the firm primarily focuses on providing early-stage funding to innovative technology companies. Felicis Ventures has a diverse portfolio, investing in sectors such as consumer technology, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and healthcare. The firm is known for its strategic investments in emerging companies that have the potential to disrupt conventional industries. With a mission to support entrepreneurs who are creating impactful solutions, Felicis Ventures actively engages with its portfolio companies and provides guidance, mentorship, and strategic advice. Felicis Ventures has backed numerous successful startups, including Fitbit, Ring, Shopify, Credit Karma, and Plaid. The firm has a reputation for investing in companies that have gone on to achieve significant growth and achieve successful exits through public offerings or acquisitions. As an early-stage investor, Felicis Ventures places emphasis on identifying companies with strong potential, often investing in their early rounds before they gain significant traction. The firm takes a collaborative approach, working closely with founders to help them navigate through various stages of growth and connect them with its vast network of industry experts and strategic partners. In addition to its investment activities, Felicis Ventures also runs a program called "Felicis Fellowship", which aims to mentor and support aspiring entrepreneurs at the university level. This program helps students develop their entrepreneurial skills and provides them with valuable resources and connections. Overall, Felicis Ventures is a prominent venture capital firm that plays a crucial role in the early-stage funding ecosystem of Menlo Park, California. With a focus on groundbreaking technologies and a track record of successful investments, the firm continues to contribute to the growth and innovation of the technology startup ecosystem.

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May 15, 2024: Snowflake Ventures invests in Metaplane to ensure trust in data across the Data Cloud
Metaplane, the leading data observability platform, today announced an investment from Snowflake Ventures , on the heels of a sharp increase in joint customers with Snowflake, strategic product development, and Metaplane's Series A fundraising announcement just a few months ago led by Felicis Ventures. This brings Metaplane's total investment to just over $23M raised within the past 2 years, with additional investor participation from Khosla Ventures, Flybridge, Y Combinator, Stage 2 Capital, B37, and SNR.

Oct 04, 2023: Opsera Announces Series A Plus Round to Power New Generative AI Initiatives
 Opsera, the Unified DevOps platform used by top Fortune 500 companies, announced a Series A Plus round of $12 million in funding.

Jul 17, 2023: Torch Dental is digitizing the $20B+ dental supply chain with a new approach to B2B marketplaces
  Torch Dental , the digital all-in-one dental supply partner for dental practices, announced its latest funding round of $28M which brings total funding since inception to approximately $40M . The Series B investment was led by Health Velocity Capital with participation from existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, which led previous financing rounds, FJ Labs, Felicis Ventures, Tectonic Ventures, Raga Partners, Town Hall Ventures among other investors.

Jun 15, 2023: Octave Raises $52M in Series C Funding to Expand In-Network Mental Health
Octave , an innovator in outcomes-focused behavioral health care, today announced that it has secured $52 million in Series C funding to drive national expansion of evidence-based, in-network therapy services. The round was led by Cigna Ventures, Novo Holdings, and Avidity Partners, and joined by all existing institutional investors, Health Velocity Capital, Greycroft Partners, Felicis Ventures, Company Ventures, and Obvious Ventures.

Apr 18, 2023: Semgrep Announces $53M in Series C Funding to Profoundly Improve Software Security and Reliability
  Semgrep , a code security solution designed for engineering-centric security programs, today announced $53M in Series C funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners . With added participation from previous investors Felicis Ventures , Redpoint Ventures , and Sequoia Capital, this round brings the company's total funding to $93M to date. Semgrep is designed for engineers - software and security alike - who need to maintain a fast cadence of software development and solve the root causes of security issues. Semgrep uniquely enables developers at all levels and security teams to customize their code scanning (no PhD required), which results in ROI significantly beyond that of traditional code scanning tools.