Commerce Ventures is a venture capital firm in San Francisco, CA. It invests at seed to growth, it backs companies in Consumer and it joins rounds others lead.
Backs seed and Series A retail, payments, insurance and banking infrastructure founders, typically following rather than leading the round.Source
At a glance
Stage
Seed to Growth
Industry
Consumer
Lead
Follows
How to pitch
By email
What they look for
Invests early, from seed through Series A and beyond, in companies building the infrastructure for retail, payments, banking and insurance. Typically does not lead rounds but invests with conviction, drawing on a network of retail and financial services executives to help portfolio companies find customers and partners.
Portfolio highlights
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Latest fund
Fund size
$27M
Their largest fund closed in the last two years, per SEC filings. This is the fund's size, not a check size.
From SEC filings
Board seats3
Daily Grabs Inc.
Toronto, A6
$10M
company round · Q1 2025
Ezra Climate Inc.
Covina, CA
$8M
company round · Q2 2025
Algenesis Corp
San Diego, CA · Technology
$3M
company round · Q4 2024
Companies where one of their partners holds a board or officer seat. Typical round: $5M to $20M. Amounts are the company's whole round, not this investor's check.
Named on filings3
DR
Daniel Rosen
Executive Officer
Last filed 18 September 2025
MN
Matt Nichols
Executive Officer
Last filed 18 September 2025
YM
Ysbrant Marcelis
Executive Officer
Last filed 9 October 2024
Funds
CV II Waterfront E, LLC
$3M closed from their investors
Q3 2025
CV FP, LLC
$2M closed of a $2M target
Q3 2025
CV Opportunities II, L.P.
$27M closed from their investors
Q4 2024
CV Opportunities II, L.P.
$18M closed of a $20M target
Q3 2024
38 venture funds in total. Shown here are the ones that filed in the last two years.