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Bluevine Seed

Bluevine, which works in business banking solutions in Jersey City, raised $1.5M in a Seed round announced on 13 Aug 2014. It is Bluevine's first venture round on record.

Bluevine Banks & ATMs

$1.5M

Amount raised

Not disclosed

Post-money valuation

Valuation

What this round says about the price

Bluevine did not disclose a valuation in this round. It is Bluevine's first venture round on record, 1 year after it was founded in 2013. It is under 1% of the $284M Bluevine has raised in the venture rounds on record. Bluevine raised again 3 months later: a Series B round of $19M in Nov 2014.

Bluevine's funding rounds

Bluevine has 6 venture rounds on record and 3 other deals. This one is highlighted.

  1. Seed this round 13 Aug 2014 $1.5M
  2. Series B 18 Nov 2014, led by 83North and Lightspeed Venture Partners $19M
  3. Series C 20 Jan 2016, led by Menlo Ventures $40M
  4. Series D 14 Dec 2016, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners $49M
  5. Debt not a venture round 28 Feb 2017 $75M
  6. Debt not a venture round 17 Oct 2017 $130M
  7. Debt not a venture round 30 Apr 2018 $200M
  8. Series E 31 Jul 2018 $72M
  9. Series F 19 Nov 2019, led by ION Asset Management $103M

Use of proceeds

What the money is for

According to the announcement, the money goes to scaling operations and working capital.

  • Scaling operations
  • Working capital

Comparable rounds

How it compares

The closest in time, other companies' Seed rounds in Banks & ATMs:

Comparable rounds
CompanyAnnouncedAmountPost-moneyLed by
N26 Banks & ATMs1 Jun 2014$2.0Mnot disclosedEarlybird
Revolut Banks & ATMs1 Jan 2015$2.3M$12MBalderton Capital
Banks & ATMs1 Jan 2015$1.0Mnot disclosedBrooklyn Bridge Ventures

Sources

Where this comes from

Reported by 1 source.

Questions

Frequently asked

How much did Bluevine raise in its Seed round?

Bluevine raised $1.5M in its Seed round, announced in Aug 2014.

What was Bluevine's valuation at the Seed round?

It was not disclosed.

Did Bluevine raise again after this round?

Yes: a Series B round in Nov 2014 of $19M.