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Blackstone Group

Founders Peter G. Peterson Stephen Schwarzman

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Total investments 207
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$202M
Portfolio companies 169
Rounds per year 5.31
Lead investments 67
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.18
Exits 55
Key employees 57
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Private Equity
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Financial Services
  • Information Technology
  • Cyber Security
  • Security
Summary

In 1985 was created Blackstone Group, which is appeared as VC. The venture was found in North America in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the New York.

Comparing to the other companies, this Blackstone Group performs on 3 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. The typical startup value when the investment from Blackstone Group is more than 1 billion dollars. The important activity for fund was in 2019. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2018. The real fund results show that this VC is 25 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The common things for fund are deals in the range of more than 100 millions dollars.

This organization was formed by Peter G. Peterson, Stephen Schwarzman. Besides them, we counted 52 critical employees of this fund in our database.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Blackstone Group, startups are often financed by Advanced Technology Ventures, Khosla Ventures, CRV. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Khosla Ventures, ClearSky, TenEleven Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Khosla Ventures, TenEleven Ventures, Kleiner Perkins.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Ascenty, Cylance, Superbet. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 11-15 years to receive the investment from the fund. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Finance, Software.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Vega

Financial Services
$9M26 Sep 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Mitiga

Cloud Security
Cyber Security
Network Security
$13M14 Mar 2023 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel

Dealpath

Commercial Real Estate
Internet
Real Estate
Real Estate Investment
SaaS
Software
$43M08 Sep 2022 San Francisco, California, United States

Dragon Gate Club Standard Chartered Dim Sum

Food and Beverage
Food Processing
Restaurants
$773K05 Sep 2022 Chengdu, Sichuan, China

PayCargo

Electronics
Logistics
Payments
Shipping
Software
$130M15 Jun 2022 Florida, United States

Cove

Communities
Hospitality
Location Based Services
$10M01 Jun 2022 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Groups360

Event Management
Events
Service Industry
31 Mar 2022 Tennessee, United States

LemonEdge

Accounting
Asset Management
Developer Platform
Financial Services
Software
$4M21 Jan 2022 London, England, United Kingdom

Pentera

Compliance
Cyber Security
Network Security
Security
$150M11 Jan 2022 Israel, North District, Israel
News
Bilt Rewards banks $60M growth on a $350M valuation to advance credit card benefits for renters

– Bilt Rewards, a loyalty program for property renters to earn points on rent with no fees and build a path toward homeownership, announced a round of $60 million in growth funding that values the company at $350 million.
– The investment comes from Wells Fargo and Mastercard and a group of the nation’s largest real estate owners, including Blackstone Group, AvalonBay Communities, Douglas Elliman, Equity Residential, GID-Windsor Communities, LENx, The Moinian Group, Morgan Properties, Starwood Capital Group and Related.

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Total investments 207
Average round size 202M
Rounds per year 5.31
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 67
Follow on index 0.18
Exits 55
Group Appearance index 0.59

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Vega

Financial Services
$9M26 Sep 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Mitiga

Cloud Security
Cyber Security
Network Security
$13M14 Mar 2023 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel

Dealpath

Commercial Real Estate
Internet
Real Estate
Real Estate Investment
SaaS
Software
$43M08 Sep 2022 San Francisco, California, United States

Dragon Gate Club Standard Chartered Dim Sum

Food and Beverage
Food Processing
Restaurants
$773K05 Sep 2022 Chengdu, Sichuan, China

PayCargo

Electronics
Logistics
Payments
Shipping
Software
$130M15 Jun 2022 Florida, United States

Cove

Communities
Hospitality
Location Based Services
$10M01 Jun 2022 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Groups360

Event Management
Events
Service Industry
31 Mar 2022 Tennessee, United States

LemonEdge

Accounting
Asset Management
Developer Platform
Financial Services
Software
$4M21 Jan 2022 London, England, United Kingdom

Pentera

Compliance
Cyber Security
Network Security
Security
$150M11 Jan 2022 Israel, North District, Israel
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