KEYWORDS FOR FUND REPORT: Bregal Sagemount, RTP Global, Anthemis, BV Investment Partners, Innovestor, Fith Wall, Mainsail Partners, Speedinvest, M33 Growth
Vertica Capital Partners, a NYC-based private equity firm, closed its $205m maiden fund
Bregal Sagemount, a NYC-based growth-focused private equity firm, closed its Bregal Sagemount Fund III, at $1.5 billion
RTP Global, a global venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology investments, is launching a $650M fund to back tech startups
Anthemis, a London, UK and NYC-based venture platform dedicated to investing in the change in financial services, held the first close of its $90m latest discretionary fund
BV Investment Partners, a Boston, MA-based middle-market private equity firm, closed BV Investment Partners Fund X, at $1.1 billion
Innovestor, a Helsinki, Finland-based venture capital firm, held the first close of its new B2B Industrial Technology Fund, at €30M
Fifth Wall, a Los Angeles, CA-based venture capital firm focused on innovation for the global real estate industry, closed its $100m Retail Fund
Mainsail Partners, a San Francisco, CA-based growth equity firm that invests exclusively in bootstrapped software companies, closed $531 million for its fifth fund
Speedinvest, a pan-European early-stage venture capital firm, closed its third institutional fund, at €190m
M33 Growth, a Boston, MA-based venture and growth stage investment firm, closed its second fund, at $260m
Kong Capital, an Austin, TX-based real estate private equity firm, raised $4m
This Beta of “The Capitalization Report” was sponsored by “Investor Network by JD”
Speechmatics, a London-based speech recognition technology engine, raised 6.35 million pounds ($8.25 million) in Series A funding. AlbionVC led the round, and was joined by investors including IQ Capital.
Acronis, a Singapore and Schaffhausen, Switzerland-based provider of cyber protection solutions, raised $147m in funding
Arceo.ai, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an end-to-end cyber risk analytics and insurance platform, secured $37m in funding
CyberFortress, a San Antonio-based insurtech startup focused on protecting e-commerce companies from cyber threats, closed a $3m seed funding
Cowbell Cyber, a Pleasanton, Calif.-based startup focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered cyber insurance for small to mid-sized enterprises, secured $3.3M in seed funding
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“How to Lie with Statistics that #9,863 in ALL Books on Amazon is a must and funny read! I am sure they have been number one in their category than any of the books I had at number one (for 30 – 180 minutes),” say JD Morris.
Sadly I am not David Morin at #31 with 57 investments, but for the month of April David Morris (aka JD) invested with friends and family in several deals in April (TBA). Our friends and family have $5 million plus of dry powder for funds to early-stage deals. Between 2 pm and 5 pm April 1, 2019, we most likely did the most investing in 2019 = we can create our own list with Crunchbase’s help!
QUOTES
“Know when to spin, know when to pivot, and know when to fold!” – JD Morris
We all know that venture capital can be a tricky beast. Best exits and timelines are not always concrete when funding happens. Some of the biggest startups with multi-billion dollar valuations have kept raising money in new rounds, without selling or going public. Those may prove to be some of the best investments in the long term. Yet, it is important for entrepreneurs to know which potential partners have had real success in exits.
Here are the five angel investors, in order of the number of exits:
Fabrice Grinda (48 exits)
Ron Conway (48 exits)
Naval Ravikant (38 exits)
Paul Buchheit (37 exits)
David Tisch (35 exits)
Ron Conway and Reid Hoffman also have an over 50% exit rate versus the number of investments they’ve made.
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Coupa Software (NASDAQ: COUP), a San Mateo, CA-based business spend management (BSM) company, is to acquire Exari, a provider of contract lifecycle management
Apollo Global Management will acquire Smart & Final Stores Inc (NYSE:SFS) for approximately $1.1 billion, including debt.
Gen.G, a Playa Vista, Calif.-based esports organization, raised $46 million in funding. Investors include Will Smith, Los Angeles Clippers minority owner Dennis Wong, New Enterprise Associates, Conductive Ventures, Battery Ventures, Canaan Partners, SVB Capital, and Stanford University.
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Wiliot, an Israel-based maker of semiconductors that harness ambient nanowatts of electromagnetic energy from cellular, WiFi and Bluetooth networks, raised $30 million in funding. Investors include Amazon, Avery Dennison, Samsung, Norwest Venture Partners, 83North Venture Capital, Grove Venture Partners, Qualcomm Ventures, and M Ventures.
OTHER DEALS OF INTEREST
Opsview, a Woburn, Massachusetts- and Reading, and London, UK-based company that unifies cloud and infrastructure monitoring, secured funding from SaaS Capital
Syncurity, a Bethesda, Md.-based security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR) platform provider, held the second and final close of its $2m seed funding
Reggora, a Boston, MA-based appraisal platform serving both appraisers and mortgage lenders, secured $3m in seed funding
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Here a few deals that closed in December and we look forward to our launch on January 7th, 2019!
DEALS OF INTEREST
Bounce, a San Francisco, CA-based mobile platform for booking daily storage, raised $1.2m in funding
Qwick, a Phoenix, AZ-based on-demand staffing company that connects service industry professionals with hospitality shifts in real-time, raised $1.3M in funding
BrainCheck, a Houston, Texas-based digital neurocognitive testing platform, raised $1.5m in funding
Evensi, a San Francisco, CA-based platform for people to find events wherever they are, raised $2.5m in pre IPO funding
REPOST from Investor Network Destinations >> IND Pipeline 20181211
#indpick Plaid, a San Francisco-based fintech company, raised $250 million in Series C funding. Mary Meeker led the round (from Kleiner Perkins’ growth fund), and was joined by investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, Goldman Sachs, NEA, and Spark Capital.
OTHER DEALS OF INTEREST
Tomahawk Robotics, a Melbourne, FL-based startup bringing advanced robotic control systems to enterprise markets, raised $2.4m in seed funding
GenEdit, Inc., a Berkeley, CA-based developer of novel polymer nanoparticle technology platform for non-viral-based delivery of gene therapeutics, completed an $8.5m seed financing
WhyHotel, a Washington, D.C.-based alternative lodging service that operates pop-up hotels in newly built, luxury apartment buildings, secured $10M in Series A funding
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