Miramar Ventures

What Miramar Ventures does

Miramar Ventures (legally Miramar Digital Ventures) is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm headquartered in Corona del Mar, California. Founded in 2014 as the successor to Miramar Venture Partners — one of Southern California's longest-standing VC firms — it invests in technology founders building businesses around smart connected sensors, big data, and advanced intelligent machines. The firm is led by a four-person investment team (Sherman Atkinson, Bruce Hallett, Bob Holmen, and Stuart McClure), each with decades of experience as founders, operators, or early-stage investors.

The firm's core activity is deploying seed and early-stage capital into 21 current portfolio companies spanning interactive entertainment (Scopely), AI and semiconductors (Veritone, Syntiant, FAMA, Globus AI, Breinify), cybersecurity (NetRise), healthcare (Welltok, Thankful.ai, Parsyl), smart infrastructure (Rachio), and digital marketing (Social Native). Deal flow is sourced almost exclusively through warm introductions from existing or previous portfolio CEOs, E.I.R.s, and Fund Advisors. The firm concentrates more than 75% of investments in Southern California, with the balance in Austin, Denver, Northern California, and — more recently — the Intermountain West and Southwest regions.

Miramar generates returns through conventional venture capital economics: management fees on committed capital and carried interest from exits. Realized exits include the $4.9 billion sale of Scopely to Savvy Games Group, the NASDAQ IPO of Veritone, and acquisitions of NetRise (Accenture), Welltok (Virgin Pulse), Thankful.ai (Gladly), Rachio (Rain Bird), and Factual (Foursquare). The firm is privately held with no disclosed fund size, AUM, or limited partner base.

Name

Miramar Ventures

Legal name

Miramar Digital Ventures

Website

https://miramarvp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Miramar Ventures (Miramar Digital Ventures) is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm based in Corona del Mar, California, investing in technology founders building businesses around smart connected sensors, big data, and advanced intelligent machines, primarily across Southern California.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Micro-VC & Angel Funds (FSANAAAI)

Keywords

• Seed venture capital
• Early-stage investing
• Smart sensors investing
• Big data startups
• Intelligent machines venture

Headquarters

HQ city

Corona Del Mar

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Venture Capital Returns: Seed and early-stage venture firm generating returns through equity investments in portfolio companies. Invests in founders building large, valuable businesses in the smart connected sensors, big data and intelligent machines space.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Miramar Digital Ventures is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm that invests in founders building large, valuable businesses around smart connected sensors, big data, and advanced intelligent machines. The firm provides capital, operational support, and creative deal structuring, and connects with founders primarily through warm introductions from its network of CEOs, E.I.R.s, and fund advisors. Its current portfolio includes 21 companies, and it has produced multiple exits, including the $4.9B acquisition of Scopely by Savvy Games Group and the IPO of Veritone (NASDAQ: VERI).

Product overview

Miramar Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups. The firm does not offer its own product or service offerings; it operates as an investment firm with no technology products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Seed and Early-Stage Venture Capital Investing Equity capital investments in seed and early-stage technology founders building in smart connected sensors, big data, and advanced intelligent machines, with collaborative support, creative deal structuring, and long-term value creation guidance toward successful exits.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Crosscut Ventures: Los Angeles-based seed and early-stage VC firm investing across consumer, enterprise, and frontier tech. Comparable to Miramar due to similar SoCal geographic focus, seed-stage check sizes, and operator-led thesis investing.
• Bonfire Ventures: Southern California seed-stage VC firm backing B2B software founders. Directly comparable to Miramar given overlapping SoCal geography, similar stage focus, and participation in rounds together (e.g., Thankful's Series A).
• Alpha Edison: Los Angeles-based early-stage VC firm. Co-invested with Miramar in Thankful's $12M Series A as lead investor, evidencing direct overlap in deal sourcing, geography, and stage focus.
• Greycroft: Early-stage VC with offices in LA and New York. Co-invested with Miramar in Thankful's Series A. Comparable as a more established seed/Series A peer operating in Miramar's geography and stage.
• Mucker Capital: Los Angeles-based seed and early-stage VC focused on software and internet companies. Comparable to Miramar in stage, geography, and operator-led investing approach.
• Act One Ventures: LA-based seed-stage fund investing in B2B software. Comparable to Miramar given regional overlap, similar check sizes, and early-stage enterprise software focus.
• Wavemaker Partners: LA-based early-stage VC firm. Comparable to Miramar due to overlapping SoCal ecosystem presence, seed-stage focus, and thematic alignment with enterprise and deep-tech investing.
• Ten-One-Ten Ventures: LA-based seed investor. Co-invested with Miramar in Thankful's Series A, demonstrating directly overlapping deal participation, geography, and stage focus.
• Lerer Hippeau: Early-stage VC firm operating a seed-focused platform with operator involvement. Comparable to Miramar in stage, founder support model, and emphasis on founder-operator collaboration.

Broad incumbents

• Techstars: Global accelerator and early-stage investor operating at much larger scale. Comparable as a seed-stage capital provider and ecosystem player, though broader geographically and less specialized than Miramar's thematic approach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/miramar-venture-partners

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments72 records

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