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Firms / 1st Course Capital Management, LLC
1st Course Capital Management, LLC
1CC is an early stage Venture Capital firm focused on innovations that improve the food system. We seek extraordinary entrepreneurs in food and agriculture that will change how we grow, distribute, and eat food.
venture manager, reported GAV $6.1M across 1 vehicles
Importance
13
low
Active deployment
30
moderate
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
69
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
10
low
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- Redwood City, CAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 541 JEFFERSON AVE., SUITE 100, Redwood City, CA, 94063adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 650-332-8634adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- https://www.1cc.vc/
- SEC adviser type
- exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- venture capital fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.govItem 2.B(1): advises solely venture capital funds
- Latest Form ADV
- Mar 23, 2024
- Private funds reported
- 1 (1 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $6.1Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- business phone
- 650-332-8634adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
21 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- not stated or not yet read
- Stages
- early
- Geography
- not stated
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
- Self-described
- venture capital
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation: no observed deals yet
Stage at first entry: no observed deals yet
Sectors
unknown 95%Other Technology 5%
lead rate n/afollow-on rate n/anew logos, 12 months 21
Funds and vehicles
1 reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Course Capital Fund 1, LP | Fund | 2019 form d first sale | Mature | $6.1M Mar 23, 2024 | 19 | $3.6M of $35.0M | Nov 4, 2020 |
GAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.
Investment team
6 current, 1 departed
Doug Koob
Board or advisoryAdvisor
Michiel Bakker
Board or advisoryADVISOR
Peter Herz
General partnerGENERAL Partner
Renske Lynde
General partnerGENERAL PARTNER
John Peter Herz
Managing partnerManaging Member · since Apr 1, 2019
Renske Staveren
Managing partnerManaging Member · since Apr 1, 2019
1 departed (kept with end dates)
- Paul a Matteucci · Managing Member · Apr 1, 2019 to Dec 12, 2019 Inference
Investments on record
21 edges, 21 companies, 0 partner-attributed
“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.
Co-investors
23 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
Task Force X Capital Management, LLC 2 shared · recurringRethink Capital Partners, LLC 1 shared · one timeArborview Capital 1 shared · one timeTOP Tier Capital Partners, LLC 1 shared · one timeJuvo Ventures, LLC 1 shared · one timeBluestein Ventures Management LLC 1 shared · one timeBaukunst Management Company, LLC 1 shared · one timeBoston Millennia Partners 1 shared · one timeGroundforce Capital Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeEudemian Ventures, LLC 1 shared · one timeAlumni Ventures 1 shared · one timePappas Ventures 1 shared · one timeFundersclub Inc. 1 shared · one timeBoulder Food Group, LLC 1 shared · one timeFGC Management Co., LLC 1 shared · one timePWV Capital Management LLC 1 shared · one timeSpeedup 1 shared · one timeDorm Room Fund 1 shared · one timeLakehouse Ventures, LLC 1 shared · one timeFlare Capital Management Company, LLC 1 shared · one timeDeciens Capital 1 shared · one timeGranite Growth Health Partners 1 shared · one timePulse Investment Partners LLC 1 shared · one time
Limited partners
0 disclosed
No LP commitment on record. An LP edge needs a public disclosure with a quote: a pension report (see Limited partners for the plans read), a fund announcement naming the LP, or a Form ADV owner. The fund page carries the LP’s reported performance.
Timeline
18 dated events
- Sep 16, 2026Intentional Endowments Network no longer listed on 1st Course Capital Management, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceIntentional Endowments NetworkVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026IMPACT CAPITAL MANAGERS no longer listed on 1st Course Capital Management, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceIMPACT CAPITAL MANAGERSVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026GlacierGrid no longer listed on 1st Course Capital Management, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceGlacierGridVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Plantprovisions no longer listed on 1st Course Capital Management, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferencePlantprovisionsVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026PATH Water no longer listed on 1st Course Capital Management, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferencePATH WaterVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026hellotori.ai no longer listed on 1st Course Capital Management, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferencehellotori.aiVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Maev no longer listed on 1st Course Capital Management, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceMaevVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Lumen no longer listed on 1st Course Capital Management, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceLumenVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Kosterina no longer listed on 1st Course Capital Management, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceKosterinaVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Attane Health no longer listed on 1st Course Capital Management, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceAttane HealthVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Farmshelf Corp no longer listed on 1st Course Capital Management, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceFarmshelf CorpVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Chiyo no longer listed on 1st Course Capital Management, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceChiyoVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Bluecart no longer listed on 1st Course Capital Management, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceBluecartVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Dec 12, 2019Paul a Matteucci (Managing Member) no longer on Schedule A of 1st Course Capital Management, LLC
- Sep 26, 2019Renske Staveren (Managing Member) no longer on Schedule A of 1st Course Capital Management, LLC
- Jun 12, 20191st Course Capital Fund 1, LP first reported on Form ADV by 1st Course Capital Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $4,686,869Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFact1st Course Capital Fund 1, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Jun 12, 20191st Course Capital Management, LLC first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Apr 1, 2019Renske Staveren joined Schedule A of 1st Course Capital Management, LLC as Managing Member
Classification history
- Sep 12, 2026Micro VC (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $6.1M across 1 vehicles
Evidence
37 observations from 2 sources