Fluke Venture Partners

investment firm

About

Fluke Venture Partners has a long tradition of assisting Pacific Northwest entrepreneurs in building successful and enduring companies.

Details

Founded date
Jan 1, 1982
Operating Status
Active
Investor Type
MVC

Fluke Venture Partners has a long tradition of assisting Pacific Northwest entrepreneurs in building successful and enduring companies. Over more than two and a half decades and through up and down cycles they've viewed their relationship with each management team that funded as a long-term partnership that extends from a venture's early stages all the way to industry leadership and beyond.

Their mission is to fund a deliberately diverse portfolio of the most promising high-growth technology, healthcare and consumer-oriented opportunities in the Pacific Northwest. Team has been integrally involved in early-stage financings for such successes as Aldus, Coinstar, Eagle Hardware & Garden, Innova, Starbucks and Tegic Communications.

As a firm, their guiding principles are integrity, discipline and teamwork. They strive for excellence value, trust and confidence placed in them by their partners and colleagues. Main aim is to continue to earn both in all they do.

Funds Raised

Announced Date Fund Name Money Raised
May 23, 2004 Fluke Venture Partners II LP $57M

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
23
6
Fluke Venture Partners has made 23 investments. Their most recent investment was on Feb 6, 2012, when Concordia Coffee Systems raised $6.50M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Series A $6.50M Coffee
Jul 5, 2011 PayScale
Series Unknown $7M Big Data
Jun 1, 2008 Vantos
Series B $10.60M Enterprise Software Yes
Feb 14, 2008 Carena
Series B $5M Health Care
Jan 9, 2008 Confirma
Series C $17.50M Analytics

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
2
Fluke Venture Partners has 2 current employee profiles, including Executive Kevin Gabelein
Executive
Employee

Exits

Fluke Venture Partners has had 10 exits. Fluke Venture Partners most notable exits include NetMotion Software ,   PacStar Communications

Date Company Name Exit Type Industry
May 12, 2021 NetMotion Software M&A Mobile Detail
Sep 24, 2020 PacStar Communications M&A Communications Infrastructure Detail
Apr 25, 2019 PayScale M&A Big Data Detail
Oct 10, 2017 Carena M&A Health Care Detail
Jul 17, 2015 Vantos M&A Enterprise Software Detail