New World Ventures: Funding, Team & Investors

New World Ventures operates as a venture capital firm, investing in and mentoring technology and consumer startups. The firm prioritizes fostering innovation and guiding portfolio companies toward scalability. Its investment scope covers diverse sectors, including biotechnology, IT services, and software, supporting businesses from seed funding to later rounds.

Founded in 1996 by J.B. Pritzker, the firm emerged from recognizing a critical need for strategic capital and operational support for nascent technology ventures. This insight propelled New World Ventures' growth, leading to its integration within The Pritzker Group's investment activities, leveraging Pritzker's entrepreneurial and financial expertise.

Entrepreneurs and early-stage companies are the primary clients, seeking active partnership in their growth. The firm’s vision centers on collaborating with founders, empowering them to build impactful, market-leading businesses. It remains committed to nurturing innovative enterprises poised to reshape their industries.

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Oct 1, 2013	Dollar Shave Club	$12.0M Series B	—	10100, Accelerator Ventures, ACME Capital, Base10 Partners, Battery Ventures, CoinFund, Comal Ventures, Ensemble VC, Felicis Ventures, Fifth Wall, Forerunner Ventures, Frontier Ventures, G20 Ventures, Greylock, High Alpha, IDG Ventures, Kickstart Fund, Offline Ventures, Pelion Venture Partners, Peterson Ventures, Pro Founders Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Alexander Rosen, Science, Tenaya Capital, True Ventures, Uncork Capital, Steve Krausz, BEN Davenport, Bobby Goodlatte, Carlos Domingo, Charles Petruccelli, Ellie Wheeler, Erik Moore, Louis Beryl, Mike Hennessey, Oskar Hartmann, Ryan Spoon, Shervin Pishevar, Comcast Ventures, Venrock
Jul 1, 2013	LiveMinutes	$1.0M Seed	Great Oaks Venture Capital	Comal Ventures, DST Global, FPV Fund, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Leadout Capital, Locus Ventures, Jonathan Golden, UP.Partners, Bobby Goodlatte, Kenny VAN Zant, Tikhon Bernstam, Yishan Wong, Alison Rosenthal, SAM Yagan
Apr 3, 2013	Really Simple Software	$5.0M Series A	NEW World Ventures	—
Mar 1, 2013	Graphiq	$11.0M Series B	NEW World Ventures	Canaan Partners, Merian Ventures, Pritzker Group, Kevin O'connor, Kleiner Perkins, Montgomery & CO.
Dec 13, 2012	SpotHero	$2.5M Other Equity	Battery Ventures	500 Startups, David Cohen, Cisco Investments, Draper Associates, Lightbank, OCA Ventures
Nov 1, 2012	Retrofit	$8.0M Series A	Draper Fisher Jurvetson	Chicago Ventures, ANN Winblad, Zetta Venture Partners, William Watkins, Correlation Ventures, Hyde Park Angels, I2A Fund
Oct 1, 2012	Perfect Audience	$1.0M Seed	—	Chicago Ventures, Andrew Razeghi, Brian Hand, Kevin Willer, LON Chow, Paul Buchheit, Stuart Larkins, Knight Foundation, Start Fund, SV Angel, WGI Group, Y Combinator
Aug 1, 2012	AwesomenessTV	$4.0M Series A	Mark Terbeek	Bonfire Ventures, Greycroft, NextView Ventures, Allen Debevoise, Dean Gilbert, Jeremy Zimmer, Matt Coffin, Michael Kassan
Jun 1, 2012	Rewind Me	$800K Seed	First Round Capital	Almaz Capital, BoxGroup, Digital Currency Group, Early Light Ventures, ED Zimmerman, Esther Dyson, Barry Silbert, Edward Zimmerman, Erik Jansen, Greg Cangialosi, Gregory R. Raifman, Jonathan Peachey, Josh Guttman, Kbs+p Ventures, Silicon Alley Venture Partners, Techstars
Jun 1, 2012	Big Frame	$3.0M Seed	—	Ankona Capital, Calibrate Ventures, FabFitFun, Frontier Ventures, Lightbank, DON Hutchison, Adam Lilling, Clark Landry, DAN Murray, Dave Goldberg, Diego Berdakin, Peter Gotcher, Anthem Venture Partners, Daher Capital, DFJ Frontier, Launchpad LA, Social Starts, The Media Farm
Jun 1, 2012	EVENTup	$2.0M Seed	Lightbank	Ayana Capital LLC, Energy Capital Ventures, Tola Capital, Crosscut Ventures, NEA, Science
Mar 15, 2012	Retrofit	$2.0M Other Equity	Firestarter Fund, Stuart Larkins, NEW World Ventures	BOB Brinker, Brian Jacobs, Brian Spaly, DAN Clifford, Daniel Malven, David Rosenblatt, Howard Lindzon, JAI Shekhawat, James Roberts, Jeff Hughes, Jerry Acuff, Larry Levy, LON Chow, Matt Dickinson, Matt Gray, Matthew Ocko, Renee Labran, Shaun Abrahamson, Sridhar Murthy, TOM Peterson
Mar 1, 2012	Kollective Technology	$5.1M Series C	—	Todd Johnson, Cross Creek Advisors, Hatteras Funds, MK Capital
Jun 1, 2011	Alliance Health Networks	$11.0M Other Equity	NEW World Ventures	Epic Ventures, Highway 12 Ventures, Physic Ventures
Mar 8, 2011	Alltuition	$1.0M Seed	—	SAM Yagan, Excelerate Health Ventures, Hyde Park Angels, Kapor Capital, Sandbox Ventures
Feb 14, 2011	GiveForward	$500K Other Equity	—	David Cohen, ED Chandler, TIM Krauskopf, Excelerate Labs, Social Leverage
Oct 20, 2010	Kollective Technology	$10.7M Series B	MK Capital	Cross Creek Advisors
Jun 3, 2010	Firm58	$7.0M Series C	NEW World Ventures, North Bridge	—
Jun 1, 2010	Playdom	$33.0M Series A	—	Bessemer Venture Partners, Costanoa Ventures, ForgePoint Capital, Foundry Group, Pritzker Group, Social Capital, Steamboat Ventures

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Oct 1, 2013	Dollar Shave Club	$12.0M Series B	—	10100, Accelerator Ventures, ACME Capital, Base10 Partners, Battery Ventures, CoinFund, Comal Ventures, Ensemble VC, Felicis Ventures, Fifth Wall, Forerunner Ventures, Frontier Ventures, G20 Ventures, Greylock, High Alpha, IDG Ventures, Kickstart Fund, Offline Ventures, Pelion Venture Partners, Peterson Ventures, Pro Founders Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Alexander Rosen, Science, Tenaya Capital, True Ventures, Uncork Capital, Steve Krausz, BEN Davenport, Bobby Goodlatte, Carlos Domingo, Charles Petruccelli, Ellie Wheeler, Erik Moore, Louis Beryl, Mike Hennessey, Oskar Hartmann, Ryan Spoon, Shervin Pishevar, Comcast Ventures, Venrock
Jul 1, 2013	LiveMinutes	$1.0M Seed	Great Oaks Venture Capital	Comal Ventures, DST Global, FPV Fund, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Leadout Capital, Locus Ventures, Jonathan Golden, UP.Partners, Bobby Goodlatte, Kenny VAN Zant, Tikhon Bernstam, Yishan Wong, Alison Rosenthal, SAM Yagan
Apr 3, 2013	Really Simple Software	$5.0M Series A	NEW World Ventures	—
Mar 1, 2013	Graphiq	$11.0M Series B	NEW World Ventures	Canaan Partners, Merian Ventures, Pritzker Group, Kevin O'connor, Kleiner Perkins, Montgomery & CO.
Dec 13, 2012	SpotHero	$2.5M Other Equity	Battery Ventures	500 Startups, David Cohen, Cisco Investments, Draper Associates, Lightbank, OCA Ventures
Nov 1, 2012	Retrofit	$8.0M Series A	Draper Fisher Jurvetson	Chicago Ventures, ANN Winblad, Zetta Venture Partners, William Watkins, Correlation Ventures, Hyde Park Angels, I2A Fund
Oct 1, 2012	Perfect Audience	$1.0M Seed	—	Chicago Ventures, Andrew Razeghi, Brian Hand, Kevin Willer, LON Chow, Paul Buchheit, Stuart Larkins, Knight Foundation, Start Fund, SV Angel, WGI Group, Y Combinator
Aug 1, 2012	AwesomenessTV	$4.0M Series A	Mark Terbeek	Bonfire Ventures, Greycroft, NextView Ventures, Allen Debevoise, Dean Gilbert, Jeremy Zimmer, Matt Coffin, Michael Kassan
Jun 1, 2012	Rewind Me	$800K Seed	First Round Capital	Almaz Capital, BoxGroup, Digital Currency Group, Early Light Ventures, ED Zimmerman, Esther Dyson, Barry Silbert, Edward Zimmerman, Erik Jansen, Greg Cangialosi, Gregory R. Raifman, Jonathan Peachey, Josh Guttman, Kbs+p Ventures, Silicon Alley Venture Partners, Techstars
Jun 1, 2012	Big Frame	$3.0M Seed	—	Ankona Capital, Calibrate Ventures, FabFitFun, Frontier Ventures, Lightbank, DON Hutchison, Adam Lilling, Clark Landry, DAN Murray, Dave Goldberg, Diego Berdakin, Peter Gotcher, Anthem Venture Partners, Daher Capital, DFJ Frontier, Launchpad LA, Social Starts, The Media Farm
Jun 1, 2012	EVENTup	$2.0M Seed	Lightbank	Ayana Capital LLC, Energy Capital Ventures, Tola Capital, Crosscut Ventures, NEA, Science
Mar 15, 2012	Retrofit	$2.0M Other Equity	Firestarter Fund, Stuart Larkins, NEW World Ventures	BOB Brinker, Brian Jacobs, Brian Spaly, DAN Clifford, Daniel Malven, David Rosenblatt, Howard Lindzon, JAI Shekhawat, James Roberts, Jeff Hughes, Jerry Acuff, Larry Levy, LON Chow, Matt Dickinson, Matt Gray, Matthew Ocko, Renee Labran, Shaun Abrahamson, Sridhar Murthy, TOM Peterson
Mar 1, 2012	Kollective Technology	$5.1M Series C	—	Todd Johnson, Cross Creek Advisors, Hatteras Funds, MK Capital
Jun 1, 2011	Alliance Health Networks	$11.0M Other Equity	NEW World Ventures	Epic Ventures, Highway 12 Ventures, Physic Ventures
Mar 8, 2011	Alltuition	$1.0M Seed	—	SAM Yagan, Excelerate Health Ventures, Hyde Park Angels, Kapor Capital, Sandbox Ventures
Feb 14, 2011	GiveForward	$500K Other Equity	—	David Cohen, ED Chandler, TIM Krauskopf, Excelerate Labs, Social Leverage
Oct 20, 2010	Kollective Technology	$10.7M Series B	MK Capital	Cross Creek Advisors
Jun 3, 2010	Firm58	$7.0M Series C	NEW World Ventures, North Bridge	—
Jun 1, 2010	Playdom	$33.0M Series A	—	Bessemer Venture Partners, Costanoa Ventures, ForgePoint Capital, Foundry Group, Pritzker Group, Social Capital, Steamboat Ventures

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