Blossom Street Ventures

What Blossom Street Ventures does

Blossom Street Ventures is a Dallas-based venture capital firm founded in 2014 (with predecessor activity from 2013 under the DAN Fund branding) that invests in early-stage SaaS companies with $2mm to $30mm in ARR. The firm deploys checks of $1mm to $4mm across Series A through E — leading rounds, following, and executing "special situations" such as small rounds, fast rounds, and last rounds — with commitments delivered in 3-5 weeks and no warm-introduction requirement. Capital is deployed through multiple successor fund vehicles (DAN Fund I-III, BSV Fund IV-XII), with total AUM of approximately $79.9M.

The firm differentiates through proprietary data and transparency. It tracks every US publicly traded SaaS company and maintains a dataset covering 75+ SaaS IPOs since October 2017 (MongoDB), including 57 still trading, with metrics on revenue multiples, R&D and S&M spend, NDR, and payback periods. This dataset underpins a public-facing research blog (Fresh Insights by Sammy Abdullah) and several free founder tools: SoftwareMultiples.com for live revenue multiples, SoftwareMRRcalculator.com, FounderInvited.com (investor matchmaking), and TwoFoundersTalk.com (podcast). The investment process emphasizes data-first evaluation and direct partner involvement from first call through funding.

Blossom Street Ventures reports 11 full exits, a 2.0x cash-on-cash return and 28.7% IRR across 19 realizations, and 1.97x projected net TVPI since inception. The portfolio spans roughly 30+ SaaS companies across the US, Canada, UK, and selectively continental Europe (Amsterdam-based Dashmote, January 2025), with repeat exposure across multiple funds in names including SOCi, Celigo, Cordial, and RapidMiner. Revenue is generated through traditional VC fund management fees and carried interest; revenue and ownership details are not publicly disclosed.

Name

Blossom Street Ventures

Legal name

Blossom Street Ventures

Website

https://blossomstreetventures.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Blossom Street Ventures is a Dallas-based venture capital firm (founded 2014) that invests $1M-$4M checks in early-stage SaaS companies with $2M-$30M ARR across Series A-E, operating 12 fund vintages and managing ~$79.9M AUM.

Ownership category

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Product category

Venture Capital

NAICS

Other Investment Pools and Funds (5259)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Early-Stage Venture Capital (Series A/B) (FSANAAAB)

Keywords

• Venture capital services
• SaaS growth capital
• Early-stage investments
• Growth equity funding
• Founder matchmaking tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Dallas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Fund Management: Blossom Street Ventures operates as a venture capital fund management firm. They manage multiple funds (Fund I through Fund XII) investing in SaaS companies. Revenue is generated through management fees and carried interest (profit share) from successful exits. Total funds managed amount to approximately $79.9 million.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Blossom Street Ventures is a venture capital fund that invests in early-stage SaaS companies with $2mm to $30mm in ARR, providing $1mm to $4mm checks with full commitments delivered in 3 to 5 weeks. The firm complements its investment activities with free analytical tools for SaaS founders, including SoftwareMultiples.com for revenue multiples benchmarking, softwareMRRcalculator.com for MRR calculations, FounderInvited.com for investor matchmaking, and TwoFoundersTalk.com for founder content.

Product overview

Blossom Street Ventures is a venture capital fund offering early-stage growth capital investment in SaaS companies, not a product/technology company. Their investment services include providing $1mm to $4mm checks for SaaS companies with $2mm to $30mm ARR, with 3-5 week funding commitments. They complement their investment activities with free analytical tools for founders including SoftwareMultiples.com for live SaaS revenue multiples, softwareMRRcalculator.com for metric calculations, FounderInvited.com for investor matchmaking, and TwoFoundersTalk.com podcast. They also publish extensive SaaS industry research through their blog, tracking 75+ publicly traded SaaS companies and their financial metrics since October 2017.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DAN Fund: Early fund vehicle series (DAN Fund I, II, III) used for investments from 2013-2017 before transitioning to BSV Fund branding.

Products and services

• Venture Capital Investment Services
• SoftwareMultiples.com
• softwareMRRcalculator.com
• FounderInvited.com
• TwoFoundersTalk.com

Quantifiable outcome

• 2.00x cash-on-cash return on 19 realizations
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Insight Venture Partners: Growth-stage software and SaaS investor. Direct peer — co-invested with Blossom Street in SpotHero's Series A and operates in the same SaaS investment universe, though at much larger fund and check sizes.
• Battery Ventures: Early- to growth-stage SaaS specialist. Direct peer — co-invested alongside Blossom Street in SpotHero and competes for the same Series A/B SaaS deal flow with a similar thesis around data-driven evaluation.
• Runa Capital: Early-stage software investor with global footprint. Direct peer — co-invested with Blossom Street in Rollbar, Chattermill, and Revegy, and competes for the same $2mm–$30mm ARR SaaS rounds.
• NewSpring Capital: Growth equity firm with active SaaS practice. Direct peer — co-invested with Blossom Street in Celigo and Cordial, sharing comparable deal sizes and stage focus in B2B SaaS.
• Sound Ventures: Early-stage SaaS investor backed by Ashton Kutcher. Direct peer — co-invested with Blossom Street in Apptopia's Series A and pursues a similar founder-friendly, software-focused thesis.
• Origin Ventures: Early-stage SaaS and consumer tech investor. Direct peer — co-invested with Blossom Street in Apptentive and competes in the same Series A SaaS segment in the Midwest and beyond.
• Bullpen Capital: Post-seed venture firm focused on SaaS and consumer. Direct peer — co-invested with Blossom Street in SpotHero and competes for the same $2mm–$30mm ARR SaaS opportunities.
• Highland Capital Partners: Early-stage venture firm with software focus. Direct peer — co-invested with Blossom Street in Lovepop and competes in the same SaaS Series A/B market.

Broad incumbents

• General Catalyst: Large multi-stage venture firm with significant SaaS exposure. Broad incumbent — co-invested with Blossom Street in Teamworks and competes in the SaaS Series A/B market, though at materially larger check sizes and broader sector scope.
• OMERS Ventures: Pension-backed multi-stage investor. Broad incumbent — co-invested with Blossom Street in Celigo and participates in SaaS rounds, though with larger average checks and broader sector mandate.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments42 records

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