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A few days ago, 附近上门 News聽took a look at two regulatory filings for Boston-area VC firms that raised their largest funds to date. This afternoon brings a third fund into this week’s mix of Boston-related news.

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A posted this afternoon shows that Boston-based has raised $116.9 million for its second fund, appropriately called “Underscore.VC Fund II, L.P.” According to 附近上门 data for the fund, include the , , and , a near 50-year veteran venture investor from .

And just like the funds closed by OpenView and CRV reported on earlier in the week, Underscore VC’s second fund is its largest closed to date. Its , announced in October 2016, was $85 million.

In announcing the new fund, the firm acknowledges a broad-based strategy to its investments, having invested “across domains including Open Source, AR/VR, AI/ML, eCommerce, MarTech, Cloud Infrastructure, Blockchain and IoT.”

According to 附近上门 data, the fund has , and the firm said in its announcement that it has over twenty companies in its portfolio. Some investment highlights include:

• 尝别补诲颈苍驳听. Underscore VC partner that the firm created a special purpose vehicle to keep investing in Salsify to maintain its pro rata share of the product experience management platform company.
• Leading the and rounds of .聽In their announcement, the firm said, “We love partnering with these founders from the earliest days. […]聽When we were introduced to [the founder, ,] and we wrote our first check, he had merely a vision for what is now CloudZero.”
• Underscore VC participated in 聽(ICO) for 聽The crypto startup raised $133 million for a stable-priced cryptocurrency (a so-called “stablecoin”) which聽附近上门 News has covered in the past. Skok that although Underscore VC hasn’t had an exit in its portfolio yet, it has generated a financial return from its investment in an ICO; however, he declined to mention聽which coin offering. Underscore VC hasn’t invested in any other ICOs besides the one from Basis, at least according to 附近上门 data.

The goal of this fund is to be able to build a bridge from seed-stage to early-stage funding for its portfolio companies, which is part of the reason the firm raised more money for this fund. Skok 迟辞濒诲听Xconomy that “most of these funds can鈥檛 write the Series A check. Our model does allow us to write that check.”

With a focus on nurturing companies from seedlings into stronger early-stage businesses with firmer footing, a structured approach to community-building, and a loyalty to the Boston metro area (where a plurality of its portfolio companies are based), Underscore VC may not be the biggest or richest firm on the block, but it may be able to punch above its weight.

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