Caramel, Inc.
What matters now
- Acquiredobserved
Acquired by eBay (seen on or before Sep 16, 2026).
seen on or before Sep 16, 2026 · A later owner ends or changes the venture chapter: new decision makers, new lenders, returns for the investors on record.
Factpress and portfolio pagesFor Investors, acquirers, lenders, service providersOwnership and outcomes → - 1 investornamed
1 investor on record.
The investors already on the cap table shape who leads the next round.
- 2 directorsboard
2 directors on record from Form D filings and board-seat attributions.
The board is who decides on the next round and on a sale.
Facts
Financing history
- Jul 8, 2024Form D equity offering · $21.4M (form d sold) · 20 investorsFirstmark Capital, LLC via Adam NelsonFact Form D · “Caramel, Inc. filed Form D: $21,374,973 sold of $32,374,963, Other”
Who would invest
How comparable investors are foundComparable investors backed two or more of the companies this company’s own investors also back. Broader fit co-invested two or more times with them and dated a new company in the last 12 months. Each reason is a fact on record: a shared company, a co-investment count, a dated deal, a stage or round size it has joined. A shared sector alone never puts a firm here. Nothing is a prediction that a firm will invest.Already invested
1 investor on record- Firstmark Capital, LLC portfolio listingAcquired Fact firstmark.com
- Firstmark Capital, LLC form d related, Adam Nelson (strongly supported) Inference sec.gov
Strong comparable investors
20 firmsFirms that backed two or more of the companies this company's own investors also back.
- Sequoia Capital
- Backed 5 companies this company's investors also back
- Co-invested 4 times with 1 of this company's investors
- Has joined rounds of $15M to $50M (2 on record)
- 13 new companies dated in the last 12 months, latest Sep 11, 2026
- Led 25% of 12 rounds whose lead is known
- Institutional Venture
- Backed 4 companies this company's investors also back
- Co-invested 4 times with 1 of this company's investors
- Has joined rounds of $15M to $50M (1 on record)
- 1 new company dated in the last 12 months, latest Jul 29, 2026
- 6 funds raising or deploying (newest vintage 2024)
- Menlo Ventures
- Backed 3 companies this company's investors also back
- Co-invested 4 times with 1 of this company's investors
- Has joined rounds of $15M to $50M (18 on record)
- 14 new companies dated in the last 12 months, latest Sep 17, 2026
- Led 53% of 19 rounds whose lead is known
+17 more comparable investors
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Broader fit
0 firmsFirms that co-invest repeatedly with this company's investors and dated a new company in the last 12 months.
No other firm co-invests repeatedly with this company's investors on record.
Ownership and outcomes
How these are wordedA company a buyout or growth firm lists on its own site is “listed in the portfolio of”, never “acquired by”. A date prints only when a deal record gives one; otherwise the row says when DFX first saw it.Acquired by eBay, as 1 of 1 firm portfolio page states it.
Date basis: the firm’s page was read Sep 16, 2026; DFX first saw this outcome Sep 16, 2026. This is when the page said it, not when the deal happened.
Evidence: 1 listingeach firm's own card, as read
- Acquired by eBay on Firstmark Capital, LLC · the firm's card says acquired · read Sep 16, 2026 firstmark.com“Caramel --> Acquired by eBay”
- Acquired by eBay · already an investor on record“Caramel, Inc.: acquired by eBay on or before 2026-09-16 (no date published), per Firstmark Capital, LLC's portfolio page”
Credit relationships
How a loan is matchedA BDC reports its loans by borrower name. A position shows here only when the match passed a precision gate (a hand-labelled sample was 29 of 30 correct); the tier and confidence are printed on each row. Amounts are the lender’s reported position, never a round.People
- Craig Nehamen Executive Officer/Director sec.gov
- Edward Brojerdi Executive Officer/Director sec.gov
- ORI Sasson Director Fact
- Adam Nelson Director Fact
Timeline
- seen on or beforeSep 16, 2026Caramel, Inc.: acquired by eBay on or before 2026-09-16 (no date published), per Firstmark Capital, LLC's portfolio pageAcquired Fact Firm website
- Jul 22, 2024Caramel, Inc. filed Form D: $21,374,973 sold of $32,374,963, OtherForm D filed Fact Form D
Evidence
Every observation on this company
- Entity type: Corporation Jul 22, 2024 Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Other Jul 22, 2024 Fact Form D
- Amendment: false Jul 22, 2024 Fact Form D
- Revenue range (Form D): Decline to Disclose Jul 22, 2024 Fact Form D
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Jul 22, 2024 Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: Delaware Jul 22, 2024 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $21.4M Jul 22, 2024 Fact Form D
- Offering amount (Form D): $32.4M Jul 22, 2024 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06b Jul 22, 2024 Fact Form D
- First sale: 2024-07-08 Jul 22, 2024 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 20 Jul 22, 2024 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 Jul 22, 2024 Fact Form D
- Securities offered: equity Jul 22, 2024 Fact Form D
- Office address: Jul 22, 2024 Fact Form D
- Listed on portfolio page: Sep 16, 2026 Fact
- Listed on portfolio page: Sep 12, 2026 Fact
- Year of incorporation: 2021 Jul 22, 2024 Fact Form D
Record history
- Merged in2026-10-01
- Event retracted2026-09-30
- Event retracted2026-09-30
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