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Why We Invested in Knowify After Passing on Their Seed Round

Tom Lazay

Nov 23, 2021
5 min

Why We Invested in Knowify After Passing on Their Seed Round

How Knowify's low-impact playbook for nurturing VC relationships for a post-seed or Series A round landed us a lead Series A investor.

Firas Raouf

Oct 12, 2021
5 min

Why We Invested In Bento

Dental insurance might be a lot cheaper than health insurance and give people a lot less grief, but underneath the surface is an...

Firas Raouf

Dec 7, 2020
4 min

Why We Invested in Apty

The companies we invest in are typically “boring” B2B software companies that fly under the radar during their early-stage startup...

Firas Raouf

Jul 29, 2020
6 min

Why We Invested In Ziflow

It is not often enough that an investment decision can be classified in the “no-brainer” bucket. For Companyon Ventures...

A Look Into Seed-Stage Venture Sidecar SPVs

Tom Lazay

May 6, 2020
9 min

A Look Into Seed-Stage Venture Sidecar SPVs

VCs often create sidecar SPVs for their follow-on investments, but at Companyon Ventures, we create SPVs alongside our initial investments..

Firas Raouf

Apr 28, 2020
4 min

Lessons Learned From the ‘08 Downturn

At one point during the worst days of COVID-19, I couldn’t help but think to myself “here we go again!” From an economic standpoint that is

Firas Raouf

Apr 3, 2020
3 min

Why Companyon Invested in RoadSync

Companyon Ventures is excited about the recent investment in RoadSync’s $5.7M Series A expansion round announced on April 1st, 2020.

Startup Investing Mistakes That Could Kill Your Section 1202 Tax-Free Gains

Tom Lazay

Nov 6, 2019
6 min

Startup Investing Mistakes That Could Kill Your Section 1202 Tax-Free Gains

We clear up confusion around Section 1202 tax-free startup investing, especially around investing in VC funds, convertible notes, and SAFEs.