correlationvc.com · San Francisco, with offices in San Diego and New York City (Brooklyn) · founded 2006 · team 6 core investment team (2 Co-Founders + 2 Partners + 1 Analytics Partner + 1 Finance Partner), 39 total employees · Pre-seed to Series A, checks from $100,000 to $4 million · trust 0/4
So [Company] Can [Benefit] - data-driven, AI-powered early-stage investing with flexible checks from $100K to $4M, decisions in days not months
| Firm name | Correlation Ventures
source: https://correlationvc.com (home page footer: "©Correlation Ventures 2026") |
| Investment thesis in one line | So [Company] Can [Benefit] - data-driven, AI-powered early-stage investing with flexible checks from $100K to $4M, decisions in days not months
source: https://correlationvc.com/approach/ (Investment Thesis section) |
| Headquarters city | San Francisco, with offices in San Diego and New York City (Brooklyn)
source: https://correlationvc.com/contact/ (San Francisco HQ: 650 California Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94108) |
| Year founded | 2006
source: HBS Harvard Business School article, April 2018: "Founded in 2006, Correlation didn't make a single investment for 4 years" |
| Number of partners/investors | 6 core investment team (2 Co-Founders + 2 Partners + 1 Analytics Partner + 1 Finance Partner), 39 total employees
source: https://correlationvc.com/our-team/ and https://www.linkedin.com/company/correlation-ventures/ ("View all 39 employees") |
| Investment stages and check sizes | Pre-seed to Series A, checks from $100,000 to $4 million
source: https://correlationvc.com/approach/ ("Flexible check size from $100,000 to $4 million") |
| Founding/managing partners | David Coats and Trevor Kienzle (HBS alumni, Managing Directors & Co-Founders)
source: https://correlationvc.com/our-team/ and HBS article (April 2018) |
| Legal entity / entity structure | Venture capital firm; Fund I ($165M, 2012), Fund II ($305M), Fund III ($130M, June 2023) with ~$500M AUM
source: HBS article (April 2018, mentions $350AUM at that time), PR Newswire (June 2023: "close of its third fund and additions to partnership") |
| Best public email on firm domain | david@correlationvc.com
source: https://correlationvc.com/contact/ (David Coats, Managing Director & Co-Founder) |