VC firms
Progress Ventures is an early-stage investment fund focused exclusively on the burgeoning markets in media and marketing technology. We partner with experienced entrepreneurs and commit capital to promising B2B-focused start-ups seeking to become active and integral pieces of the marketing and content ecosystem.
Overview
Location
United States, Massachusetts, Boston
Employees
1-10
Founded date
2008
Investment Type
Venture Capital
Investment Stage
Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
Portfolio 24
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| Sign up to see | Sign up to see | Sign up to see | Sign up to see | Sign up to see |
| Jul 26, 2022 | Sovrn | sovrn.com | $54M | United States, Colorado, Boulder |
| Sep 7, 2021 | Outside | outsideinc.com | United States | |
| Jul 1, 2021 | Tenovos | tenovos.com | $12M | United States, New York |
| Jun 24, 2021 | Narrative I/O | narrative.io | $11.5M | United States, New York |
| Instreamatic | instreamatic.com | United States, Florida, Boca Raton | ||
| ID5 | id5.io | $26M | ||
| Pixability | pixability.com | $27.1M | United States, Massachusetts, Boston | |
| Dstillery | dstillery.com | $29.9M | United States, New York | |
| CraveLabs | cravelabs.com |
Show more
Mentions in press and media 11
| Date | Title | Description |
| Sign up to see | Sign up to see | Sign up to see |
| Dec 15, 2025 | TalkShopLive Appoints Sandie Hawkins as CEO Amid Strategic Expansion | TalkShopLive®, the livestream commerce and shoppable video platform used by major retailers, publishers, and talent, today named Sandie Hawkins as Chief Executive Officer. The appointment underscores the company’s push to scale its technolo... |
| Feb 20, 2025 | tvScientific's Bold Leap: $25.5 Million to Transform CTV Advertising | In the ever-evolving landscape of advertising, tvScientific is making waves. The company recently secured $25.5 million in Series B funding, a significant boost aimed at revolutionizing the connected TV (CTV) advertising market. This fundin... |
| Feb 19, 2025 | tvScientific: $25.5 Million (Series B) Raised For Connected TV Ad Performance Platform | tvScientific, a leading performance advertising platform for connected TV (CTV), announced it has raised $25.5 million in Series B funding to 10 times the CTV ad market. NewRoad Capital Partners led the round, including Roku, a first-time i... |
| Apr 11, 2024 | ID5 Secures $20 Million in Series B Funding | ID5, a leading identity provider for digital advertising, has successfully raised $20 million in its Series B funding round. This significant investment, the largest in the identity space to date, underscores ID5's pivotal role in driving t... |
| Apr 10, 2024 | ID5 announces $20 Million in Series B Funding | ID5, the market-leading identity provider for digital advertising, announced a Series B funding round of $20 million. This investment, the largest to date in the identity space, validates ID5’s key role in steering the industry forward duri... |
| Apr 27, 2021 | Instreamatic, which inserts interactive voice ads into audio streams, raises $6.1M Series A round | Interactive voice advertising startup Instreamatic, which can insert interactive voice ads into an audio stream, has raised $6.1 million in a Series A funding led by Progress Ventures, joined by Accomplice and Google Assistant Investments. ... |
| Mar 13, 2021 | American startup Disruptel raises US $ 1.1 Million in its seed funding round | Disruptel, a St. Louis based AI startup, announced in the second week of March 2021 that it has raised US $ 1.1 million in its seed funding round. The round was led by PJC and Progress Ventures along with participation from angel investors ... |
| Apr 1, 2020 | VC funding update: 60 startups raised over $1.5B in March | Boston startups ended the first quarter of 2020 with a bang. The disruption caused by COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, notwithstanding, 60 Beantown startups raised over $1.5 billion. Chief among those were ... |
| Oct 20, 2015 | Progress Ventures Launches Third Venture Capital Fund | Progress Ventures, a Cambridge, MA-based early stage venture capital firm born out of investment bank Progress Partners, formed its third venture fund. Progress Ventures Fund 3 will total $20m and make series-A investments in business-to-bu... |
Show more
Reviews 0
FAQ about Progress Ventures
When was Progress Ventures founded?
Progress Ventures was founded in 2008.
How many startups has Progress Ventures invested in?
Progress Ventures has 24 portfolio companies on Parsers VC, among them Sovrn, Outside and Tenovos.
What has the press written about Progress Ventures?
Parsers VC has collected 11 articles mentioning Progress Ventures, among them “TalkShopLive Appoints Sandie Hawkins as CEO Amid Strategic Expansion” (Dec 15, 2025) and “tvScientific's Bold Leap: $25.5 Million to Transform CTV Advertising” (Feb 20, 2025).
Is Progress Ventures still active?
Yes, Progress Ventures is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jun 23, 2026.