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Continental Investors

Founders Philip Purcell

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Total investments 9
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$6M
Portfolio companies 8
Rounds per year 0.56
Lead investments 2
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.11
Exits 1
Key employees 1
Stages of investment
Seed

Areas of investment

  • FinTech
  • Financial Services
  • E-Commerce
  • Banking
  • Payments
Summary

In 2006 was created Continental Investors, which is appeared as VC. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Chicago. The company was established in North America in United States.

The current fund was established by Philip Purcell. Besides them, we counted 1 critical employee of this fund in our database.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight CampusLogic, Winestyr. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Education, Internet. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 6-10 years to receive the investment from the fund.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 partakers. Despite the Continental Investors, startups are often financed by Philip Purcell, Accelerator Ventures, Walt Doyle. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Serengeti Asset Management, Philip Purcell, FirstMark. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by FirstMark, Accomplice, Revolution.

The top activity for fund was in 2014. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 20 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

TheDrop.com

Big Data
E-Commerce
Fashion
FinTech
Marketplace
Payments
$4M25 Aug 2021 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Gig Wage

Employee Benefits
Financial Services
FinTech
Human Resources
Payments
SaaS
$7M27 Oct 2020 Dallas, Texas, United States

AeroPay

Cannabis
E-Commerce
Financial Services
FinTech
Mobile Payments
Payments
29 Sep 2020 Chicago, Illinois, United States

CampusLogic

EdTech
Education
Finance
FinTech
$4M06 Jul 2015 Chandler, Arizona, United States

Aura Financial

Banking
Financial Services
FinTech
Lending
Software
$17M01 Jul 2014 San Francisco, California, United States

Drizly

E-Commerce
Food and Beverage
Marketplace
Wine And Spirits
$2M21 May 2014 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Aura Financial

Banking
Financial Services
FinTech
Lending
Software
$7M01 Dec 2013 San Francisco, California, United States
News
Gig Wage Raises Additional $3.25M in Venture Debt

– Gig Wage provides a FinTech payroll platform which enables employers to instantly pay 1099 workers while offering independent contractors an efficient way to receive payments.
– The company has raised $16.45m to-date from Green Dot Corporation (NYSE: GDOT), Silicon Valley Bank, Foundry Group, Continental Investors, Techstars, Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund and more.
– Gig Wage also announced the addition of Clarisa Lindenmeyer as Chief of Staff to the CEO and Chief Brand Officer.

Digital Payments Platform AeroPay Raises $5+ Million Venture Round Led by Chicago Ventures Amid Rapid Growth

– AeroPay, a digital payments platform, announced today the closing of a $5+ million Venture Round.
– The round was led by Chicago Ventures, a firm that leads investments in early-stage startups.
– The Chicago Ventures portfolio includes online financial services company M1 Finance, celebrity video-sharing website Cameo, digital parking marketplace SpotHero, and peer-to-peer review site G2.
– Other investors in the round include FinTech experts Continental Investors, who led AeroPay’s seed round, former Google executives, cannabis industry veterans, and seasoned enterprise retail professionals.
– The funding will support recruiting new talent, continued growth in the cannabis industry, and building out additional features of the product.

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Total investments 9
Average round size 6M
Rounds per year 0.56
Peak activity year 2014
Lead investments 2
Follow on index 0.11
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.78

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

TheDrop.com

Big Data
E-Commerce
Fashion
FinTech
Marketplace
Payments
$4M25 Aug 2021 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Gig Wage

Employee Benefits
Financial Services
FinTech
Human Resources
Payments
SaaS
$7M27 Oct 2020 Dallas, Texas, United States

AeroPay

Cannabis
E-Commerce
Financial Services
FinTech
Mobile Payments
Payments
29 Sep 2020 Chicago, Illinois, United States

CampusLogic

EdTech
Education
Finance
FinTech
$4M06 Jul 2015 Chandler, Arizona, United States

Aura Financial

Banking
Financial Services
FinTech
Lending
Software
$17M01 Jul 2014 San Francisco, California, United States

Drizly

E-Commerce
Food and Beverage
Marketplace
Wine And Spirits
$2M21 May 2014 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Aura Financial

Banking
Financial Services
FinTech
Lending
Software
$7M01 Dec 2013 San Francisco, California, United States
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