Mosley Ventures

What Mosley Ventures does

Mosley Ventures is an Atlanta-based venture capital fund that deploys seed and early-stage capital into technology startups across the Southeastern United States. Founded in 2012 by Managing Partner Sig Mosley after his retirement from Imlay Investments, the firm concentrates its investment thesis in four verticals: security software, mobility and wireless, big data, and healthcare IT. The fund sources deals through deep Atlanta ecosystem ties, including an advisory role at Georgia Tech's ATDC incubator, and supports founders through a "high-touch" operating model in which value creation begins prior to capital deployment.

The firm's business model is a conventional closed-end venture fund. Fund I was raised to a target of nearly $30 million, with approximately $26 million closed within 18 months of launch and a $2 million strategic LP commitment from MailChimp. Mosley Ventures generates revenue through a combination of management fees on committed capital and carried interest on realized liquidity events, and co-invests alongside leading US venture funds (Kleiner Perkins, Google Ventures) and corporate strategics (UPS) to enable follow-on commitments beyond seed and Series A rounds. The core team consists of four members — Sig Mosley (Managing Partner), Wei-Chun Tai (Partner), John Vecchio (Partner), and Scott Hrastar (Entrepreneur in Residence) — supplemented by syndicate partners.

Portfolio activity is anchored by Sig Mosley's multi-decade track record of 120-122 startups backed and 82-83 liquidity events since 1990, including the record $5.7 billion Tradex/Ariba acquisition. Notable portfolio companies include Ionic Security (raised more than $78 million in crypto-at-scale data protection), Clearleap (multiscreen video, awarded an Engineering Emmy), eCommHub (e-commerce drop-shipping), NexDefense (critical infrastructure cybersecurity, commercializing Idaho National Laboratory technology), ZVerse (3D content creation partnered with 3D Systems), and StrataCloud (IT infrastructure management). In December 2022 the firm publicly disclosed that Fund I is fully deployed and that no successor fund will be raised, transitioning the firm into portfolio support-only operations.

Name

Mosley Ventures

Legal name

Mosley Ventures

Website

http://mosleyventures.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Mosley Ventures is an Atlanta-based venture capital fund that invests seed and early-stage capital in Southeast US technology startups, with sector focus on security software, mobility, big data, and healthcare IT. Founded in 2012 by Sig Mosley.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394), All Other Financial Investment Activities (52399)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Sector-Focused Venture Capital (Vertical Specialists) (FSANAAAD)

Keywords

• Venture capital investing
• Early-stage technology funding
• Seed and series A investments
• Startup capital funding
• Technology venture funding

Headquarters

HQ city

Atlanta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Venture Capital Fund Management: Mosley Ventures operates as a venture capital fund that generates returns through equity investments in early-stage technology startups. The fund invests in people and enables founders to build successful companies, with exits achieved through liquidity events such as acquisitions and IPOs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Mosley Ventures is a venture capital fund that deploys capital and operates as a hands-on investor in early-stage technology startups based in Atlanta and the broader Southeastern United States. The fund concentrates on four core sectors — security software, mobility and wireless, big data, and healthcare IT — and collaborates with national syndicate partners to support portfolio companies from seed and Series A through follow-on rounds.

Product overview

Mosley Ventures is a venture capital fund, not a product company. It does not offer products or services in the traditional sense. The firm invests in early-stage technology startups in Atlanta and the Southeast, focusing on security software, mobility and wireless, big data, and healthcare IT sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers18 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• 3D SystemsflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerZVerse (Mosley Ventures portfolio company) entered a strategic partnership and commercial agreement with 3D Systems to co-develop ZVerse's patent pending post processing technology for producing high gloss and moisture resistant full color 3D printed products. Companies also collaborate on development and marketing of 3D Systems' Photobooth technology using ZVerse's licensed content and distribution channels.
• ATDC (Advanced Technology Development Center)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMosley Ventures works closely with ATDC, Georgia Tech's technology startup incubator. Sig Mosley serves on the advisory board of ATDC. The fund sources deals and supports portfolio companies through this ecosystem partnership.
• Idaho National LaboratoryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNexDefense acquired exclusive rights in 2013 to commercialize Sophia technology developed at Idaho National Laboratory, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy under Battelle Energy Alliance management.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Atlanta Technology Angels (ATA): Atlanta-based angel investor network operating in the same Southeast early-stage technology ecosystem. Comparable as a regional seed-stage capital provider with overlapping portfolio focus.
• Engage Ventures: Atlanta-based venture fund and corporate LP platform investing in early-stage enterprise technology. Direct peer as a Southeast-focused fund operating alongside Mosley Ventures in the Atlanta startup ecosystem.
• Techstars Atlanta: Atlanta-based accelerator affiliated with the ATDC ecosystem where Mosley Ventures sources deals. Comparable as a Southeast seed-stage technology investor sharing deal flow and portfolio support infrastructure.
• BIP Capital: Atlanta-based venture capital firm co-investing with Mosley Ventures in portfolio companies like NexDefense. Operates in the same Southeast US early-stage technology investing space with similar sector focus and check sizes.
• Buckhead Investment Partners: Atlanta-based early-stage investor that co-invested with Mosley Ventures in StrataCloud's $2.6M round. Operates in the same regional seed/early-stage Southeast technology ecosystem with overlapping portfolio focus.
• Capital A Partners: Charleston, SC-based early-stage investor co-investing alongside Mosley Ventures in ZVerse's $3.5M Series A. Direct peer as a regional Southeast US venture fund targeting similar stage and sectors.
• Imlay Investments: Sig Mosley's previous firm, which backed 130+ technology companies since 1990 before stopping new deals in 2010. Effectively Mosley Ventures' direct predecessor and the most analogous historical comp for the firm's investment approach and regional focus.

Broad incumbents

• Kleiner Perkins: Leading national venture firm that has co-invested with Mosley Ventures in portfolio companies. A broader incumbent with much larger fund size and broader sector coverage, but the syndicate relationship makes it a comparable for understanding valuation benchmarks and co-investor dynamics.
• Google Ventures (GV): National venture firm co-investing with Mosley Ventures per portfolio records. Comparable as a co-investor/referral peer given the strategic partnership, though operates at much larger fund size and broader sector scope.

Regional players

• Sigma Prime Ventures: Boston-based early-stage venture firm that co-invested with Mosley Ventures in eCommHub's $2.6M Series A. Comparable as an early-stage tech investor with similar check sizes, though focused on the Northeast rather than the Southeast.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments21 records

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