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West | SF + NY

21 employees

West is a venture studio that specializes in the end-to-end process of designing, building, and launching purpose-driven brands.

Investor insights

Sectors invested in

Software3
Health Care3
Enterprise Software2
Wellness2
Fitness2
SaaS2
E-Commerce2
Blockchain2
experiential tourism1
Product Design1
Developer Tools1
Collaboration1
Video Games1
Sports1
Neuroscience1
Data science1
Analytics1
eSports1
Science1
Research1

Funding rounds participated in

$10M sweet spot round size

Most of their 12 investments are in rounds between $3M and $17M

Investor type

Venture Capital

Basic info

Industry

advertising services

Sectors

​innovation
Recruiting
venture capital
venture studio
Email
Product Design
brand studio
brand activation
startups
brand strategy
early stage funding
Marketing
Brand Marketing
marketing
Web Design
recruitment
design
go-to-market strategy
brand identity & design
​market creation
brand
Venture Capital

Date founded

2011

Investments made

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Gym+Coffee raised $17M on July 21, 2022

Investors: West | SF + NY

S

Statespace raised $50M on September 15, 2021

Investors: The Riverside Company, Mirae Asset MAPS Global Investments Co., Ltd, Modern Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Lux Capital, Khosla Ventures, FirstMark Capital and West | SF + NY

P

Proxy raised $42M on March 16, 2020

Investors: Scale Venture Partners, Y Combinator, Kleiner Perkins and West | SF + NY

R

Remrise raised $8.2M on November 21, 2019

Investors: Founders Fund, AME Cloud Ventures, Maverick Capital, Signia Venture Partners, Felicis Ventures, Atomic Labs and West | SF + NY

C

Copia raised $1.5M on July 15, 2019

Investors: structure capital, For Good Ventures and West | SF + NY

K

Kopa raised undisclosed on May 9, 2019

Investors: FinSight Ventures and West | SF + NY

T

Torch raised $12M on April 3, 2019

Investors: Norwest Venture Partners, Pioneer Fund, Y Combinator, Initialized Capital and West | SF + NY

K

Katalyst Inc. raised undisclosed on March 4, 2019

Investors: FJ Labs and West | SF + NY

W

WOM Protocol raised undisclosed on December 7, 2018

Investors: West | SF + NY

H

Haiku™ raised $3M on April 18, 2018

Investors: Y Combinator, NewDo Venture, Mango Capital, Transmedia Capital and West | SF + NY

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