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Arete Corporation

Founders Robert W. Shaw Jr

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Total investments 5
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$9M
Portfolio companies 4
Rounds per year 0.13
Lead investments 1
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.20
Exits 3
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Renewable Energy
  • Hardware
  • Energy Storage
  • Water Purification
Summary

The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4 partakers. Despite the Arete Corporation, startups are often financed by Enron North America. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Enron North America, Wexford Capital, Perseus. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Wexford Capital, Perseus, PacifiCorp.

The high activity for fund was in 2001. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually.

Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Encorp. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Water Purification, Oil and Gas.

The current fund was established by Robert W. Shaw, Jr.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Nanotechnology
17 Dec 2007 Woburn, Massachusetts, United States

H2Gen Innovations

Manufacturing
Oil and Gas
Water Purification
$4M09 Oct 2001 Alexandria, Virginia, United States

Energy Storage
Hardware
Renewable Energy
Software
$3M16 Mar 2000 Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

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Total investments 5
Average round size 9M
Rounds per year 0.13
Peak activity year 2001
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.20
Exits 3
Group Appearance index 1.00

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Nanotechnology
17 Dec 2007 Woburn, Massachusetts, United States

H2Gen Innovations

Manufacturing
Oil and Gas
Water Purification
$4M09 Oct 2001 Alexandria, Virginia, United States

Energy Storage
Hardware
Renewable Energy
Software
$3M16 Mar 2000 Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
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