We Don’t Play Games With Our Investments — Our Investment in Gamer Sensei

Origin made a seed investment in Boston-based Gamer Sensei, an esports platform company, as part of a ~$4.1m oversubscribed round in the fall of 2017. Gamer Sensei’s flagship product pairs top esports…

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Jan 9, 2018

Why I Joined Origin Ventures: Prashant Shukla

“At the end of the day, it’s not about what you have or even what you’ve…

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Nov 28, 2017

The Video Advertising Journey — Our Investment in ViralGains

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Nov 3, 2017

Fighting the Internet’s Bad Guys: Why We Invested in AppDetex

In the 10 years since the first iPhone was released, the number of applications in the Apple mobile app store has swelled to over 2 million. There are another 2.2 million apps on the Google Play store. There have been 268…

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Aug 16, 2017

Apptentive’s Inaugural Customer Love Summit

Engaging with customers is fundamental for every company and their brands. Creating a positive and rewarding customer experience has been shown to increase both revenue and customer loyalty. So what are tangible ways companies can improve their customer…

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Jul 3, 2017

Our Policy on Sexual Harassment

Sexual harassment in the VC and tech startup ecosystem persists as a problem, and recent events at Uber and Binary Capital are regrettably only the latest high-profile examples.

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Jun 7, 2017

Blue Apron Food, for Thought

As investors across a variety of food service related companies (Tovala, Tock, and GrubHub), we at Origin Ventures are constantly looking to further our understanding of this trillion dollar segment of the US economy. We are also avid eaters ourselves, so whether it is fine…

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May 17, 2017

Why Origin Invested in Atavium

We are pleased to share that Origin has invested in Minneapolis-based data storage startup, Atavium, as a part of an oversubscribed $8.6M investment round.

IDC predicts the amount of data stored annually will increase 10x by 2025, and CIOs are…

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Apr 27, 2017

Reflection on our New Fund

Bruce, Steve, Brent, and I are excited to announce we have closed our fourth fund, exceeding our target with an $80M fund focused on series A investments in software, marketplaces and content startups.

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Apr 27, 2017

Origin Ventures Closes $80M Fourth Fund

Early-stage VC fund announces five investments; opens Salt Lake City office

Chicago, IL (April 27, 2017) — Origin Ventures is pleased to announce the final close of its fourth venture capital fund at $80M, bringing its total assets…