Stripes (growth equity firm)

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Stripes
Company type Privately held company
Industry
Founded2008
Founder Ken Fox
Headquarters40 10th Avenue, 5th Floor New York, New York, US
Products
Total assets US$7 billion
Website www.stripes.co

Stripes (Stripes, LLC) is a private equity and venture capital firm based in Manhattan, New York, founded in 2008. [1] [2] In 2024, Stripes has US$7 billion of assets under management and more than 80 investments. [3] Notable investments include On Running and Monday.com. [4]

Contents

History

Stripes was founded by Ken Fox in 2008. [5]

Investments

Selected Stripes investments include: [4]

Company
A24 [6]
Aviron [7]
Axonius [8]
BacklotCars (acquired by KAR Global) [9]
Balto [10]
BookMyShow [11]
Boulder Care [12]
BRUNT Workwear [13]
CarOnSale [14]
Califia Farms [15]
ChaosSearch [16]
Collectors Universe [ citation needed ]
Connecteam [17]
Cypress [18]
Dataiku [19]
Dr. Barbara Sturm
eMarketer (acquired by Axel Springer) [20]
Emotive [21]
Equip
Erewhon [22]
Fabric [23]
Fireblocks [24]
Flatiron Health (acquired by Roche) [25]
Flex [26]
Frontegg [27]
FullStory [28]
Gimlet Media (acquired by Spotify) [29]
GlobalWebIndex [30]
GoFundMe [31]
GrubHub (IPO, 2014, NYSE: GRUB)
Harvest Hosts [32]
Hello Heart [33]
Hunters [34]
HyperScience [35]
Island [36]
Just Salad
Katalyst [37]
KHAITE [38]
Kosas [39]
Legion [40]
Levain Bakery [41]
Lithic [42]
Memfault [43]
MìLà [44]
Monday.com (IPO, 2021, NASDAQ: MNDY) [45]
Nomad [46]
Novo [47]
On Running (IPO, 2021, NYSE: ONON) [48]
Orca Security [49]
Oyster [50]
Parade (acquired by Ariela & Associates) [51]
Paradox [52]
Pleo Technologies [53]
Pomelo Care [54]
PopUp Bagels [55]
RapidAPI [56]
Refinery29 (acquired by Vice Media) [57]
Reformation [58]
Remitly (IPO, 2021, NASDAQ: RELY) [59]
Replicant [60]
ScaleFactor [61]
Settle [62]
7th Street Burger
Siete (acquired by PepsiCo) [63]
Sift [64]
Shibumi Shade
Snooze [65]
Snyk [66]
Spectro Cloud [67]
SPINS[ citation needed ]
Stella & Chewy's[ citation needed ]
Talos [68]
THISBOWL/FISHBOWL
Udemy (IPO, 2021, NASDAQ: UDMY) [69]
Upwork (IPO, 2018, NASDAQ: UPWK)[ citation needed ]
Verbit [70]
Vuori [71]

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  6. ↑ Deadline: A24 Closes $225M Equity Investment to Fund Expansion as accessed on June 6, 2022.
  7. ↑ Venture Capital Journal: Fitness startup Aviron nabs $18.5m in Stripes-led Series A as accessed on June 6, 2022.
  8. ↑ TechCrunch: Axonius nabs $100m at a $1.2B valuation for its asset management cybersecurity platform as accessed on June 29, 2021.
  9. ↑ PR Newswire: BacklotCars raises $25 million to accelerate its rapid growth nationwide in disrupting the $100 billion auto wholesale market as accessed on June 29, 2021.
  10. ↑ BizJournals: St. Louis software startup Balto raises $37M to expand its tech for contact centers as accessed on December 17, 2021.
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  14. ↑ StartBase: Caronsale gets $60 million as accessed on December 17, 2021.
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  32. ↑ PR Newswire: Harvest Hosts Raises $37 Million to Expand Offering of Unique RV Camping Options as Road Travel Accelerates as accessed on June 6, 2022.
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  36. ↑ BusinessWire: Island Raises $115 Million in Series B Funding to Enable Massive Innovation on Enterprise Browser as accessed on June 6, 2022.
  37. ↑ PR Newswire: Katalyst, Fitness Pioneer Backed by Stripes and Cindy Crawford, Announces $26M Raise as accessed on December 8, 2022.
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  39. ↑ BeautyIndependent: Kosas On The Rise: The Clean Beauty Brand Secures Series B Funding as accessed on June 30, 2021.
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  41. ↑ Forbes: Hole-In-The-Wall Manhattan Bakery Planning A National Expansion as accessed on June 30, 2021.
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  44. ↑ PR Newswire: Xiao Chi Jie Rebrands as MìLà and Announces Simu Liu as Chief Content Officer as accessed on June 6, 2023.
  45. ↑ TechCrunch: Monday.com raises $50M at a $500M valuation led by Stripes for its workplace collaboration tools as accessed on June 30, 2021.
  46. ↑ Forbes: Brazilian Fintech Nomad Announces New Funding Round as accessed on June 6, 2022.
  47. ↑ TechCrunch: Novo, the SMB neobank, nabs $90M at a $700M valuation as accessed on June 6, 2022.
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  49. ↑ VentureBeat: Cloud security provider Orca Security nabs $550M as accessed on December 17, 2021.
  50. ↑ TechCrunch: Oyster, an HR platform for distributed workforces, snaps up $50M on a $475M valuation as accessed on June 30, 2021.
  51. ↑ Business of Fashion: Parade Raises $20 Million in New Round, Bringing Valuation to $140 Million as accessed on December 17, 2021.
  52. ↑ PR Newswire: On a Mission to Build the Next Generation of HR and Recruiting Software through Conversational AI, Paradox Raises $200M Series C as accessed on June 6, 2022.
  53. ↑ TechCrunch: Pleo, the multi-card business spending platform, closes $56M Series B as accessed on June 30, 2021.
  54. ↑ PR Newswire: Pomelo Care raises $46 million, covers over 3 million lives, and publishes data proving its virtual care model improves outcomes as accessed on December 3, 2024.
  55. ↑ GlobeNewswire: PopUp Bagels Closes $8M Series A Round as accessed on December 4, 2023.
  56. ↑ VentureBeat: RapidAPI capitalizes on booming API economy with $60M in funding as accessed on June 30, 2021.
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  66. ↑ PR Newswire: Snyk Closes $150M to Deliver Developer-first Security that Enables Secure Digital Transformation as accessed on June 30, 2021.
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  69. ↑ TechCrunch: Udemy Raises Another $65 Million To Help Anyone Learn Anything as accessed on June 30, 2021.
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