Haystack Ventures
Haystack Ventures last closed a fund in May 2025 — 18 months ago. By its own rhythm, that is inside the window where it usually raises again.
Haystack Ventures has raised 4 times about every 25 months. The last was Haystack Ventures VIII, L.P. That points to Jun 2027 — it is inside its window now.
Historically about 1 in 4 firms in this position filed within a year. The month is approximate — how often this is right.
This firm closed a fund in the last 18 months, so it has money to put to work now.
- Funds on file
- 5
- Capital raised
- $269M
- Latest close
- May 2025
- Based in
- CA
Vehicles on file
| Vehicle | First close | Amount | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haystack Ventures VIII, L.P. | May 2025 | $79M | 0002071278 ↗ |
| Haystack Ventures VII, L.P. | May 2023 | $75M | 0001977264 ↗ |
| Haystack Ventures VI, L.P. | April 2021 | $50M | 0001855992 ↗ |
| Haystack Ventures V, L.P. | October 2018 | $40M | 0001754548 ↗ |
| Haystack Ventures IV, L.P. | — | $25M | 0001701533 ↗ |
Each row links to that vehicle’s Form D filings on EDGAR — the name, date and amount above should match what is filed there.
Named on filings
Semil Shah
What Haystack Ventures invests in
- Typical fund
- $50M median, seed to early stage
- Website
- haystack.vc
Service providers
- Fund administrator
- Aduro (5 funds)
- Auditor
- Frank Rimerman (5 funds)
From Form ADV filed by HAYSTACK MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC CRD 292586 ↗, latest filing March 2026, covering 5 funds linked to this firm by Form D file number. Form ADV is filed once a year, so a provider may have changed since. How this is matched.
What this is. Every figure on this page comes from Form D filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission — public records, reproduced here as filed. Service providers, where shown, come from the adviser’s Form ADV and are dated.
What it is not. Single-deal SPVs, feeder vehicles and GP or employee commitment funds are listed but excluded from fund counts and capital totals: an SPV is one investment, a feeder holds the same capital as its master, and a “Principals” or “Entrepreneurs” fund closes alongside a main fund rather than being raised in its own right. Capital deployed from a family office, a corporate balance sheet or an evergreen structure never arrives as a fund close, so a firm doing that looks quiet here. Amounts are as of the last amendment and go stale. Dates are the date of first sale — a fund's first close, not its final one. Funds filed as “Indefinite” are excluded from totals rather than counted as zero, so a total is a floor.
“No recent fund” is a statement about filings. It is not a statement about whether a firm is solvent, investing, or still in business.