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Ludlow Ventures

Founders Jonathon Triest

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Total investments 159
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$5M
Portfolio companies 117
Rounds per year 11.36
Lead investments 7
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.26
Exits 24
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Mobile
  • E-Commerce
  • Mobile Apps
  • SaaS
Summary

Ludlow Ventures appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2010. The venture was found in North America in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Detroit.

The fund was created by Jonathon Triest. The overall number of key employees were 2.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Honey, Dwolla, Sprig. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Retail, FinTech.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 6-7 partakers. Despite the Ludlow Ventures, startups are often financed by Techstars, Right Side Capital Management, Detroit Venture Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Detroit Venture Partners, Y Combinator, Tuesday Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Upfront Ventures, FLOODGATE, Techstars.

Considering the real fund results, this VC is 19 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2018. This Ludlow Ventures works on 8 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The typical startup value when the investment from Ludlow Ventures is 10-50 millions dollars. The high activity for fund was in 2015. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The fund is generally included in 7-12 deals every year.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Workshop

Software
$12M16 Nov 2023 Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Mona Lee Solar

Consumer
Renewable Energy
Solar
$3M21 Sep 2023 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

PackageX

Delivery
Last Mile Transportation
Logistics
Property Management
Same Day Delivery
Smart Building
Software
Supply Chain Management
Warehousing
02 Jun 2023 New York, New York, United States

Wingspan

$14M16 Mar 2023 New York, New York, United States

Screenloop

Software
$7M28 Jun 2022 London, England, United Kingdom

CoverTree

Construction
Insurance
InsurTech
Property Insurance
Property Management
Smart Home
$8M18 May 2022 Detroit, Michigan, United States

Basis Theory

$17M21 Apr 2022 -

Captions

$11M08 Apr 2022 -

Codex

Developer Tools
Information Technology
Internet
Productivity Tools
$4M14 Dec 2021 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Headout raises $12M, plans to hire 150+ people as domestic travel rebounds

– Travel startup Headout raised $12m in funding.
– The round was led by Glade Brook Capital and included participation from returning investors Version One Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, FJ Labs, 500 Startups, Haystack and Ludlow Ventures, and new investors Espresso Capital and Practical VC.
– The company plans to expand into 300 cities, product development and its product, business, marketing and operations teams.
– It plans to hire more than 150 employees around the world and is also looking for opportunities to acqui-hire travel and entertainment startups.

Obé Fitness raises $15M for its personality-driven exercise platform

– Obé Fitness, a fitness platform, raised $15m in Series A funding.
– The round was led by CAVU Venture Partners and featured Athleta, Samsung Next, Wheelhouse Entertainment and WW International along with previous investors Cassius Ventures, Ludlow Ventures, Harris Blitzer Sports Entertainment and BDMI.
– It brings Obé to a valuation of $100m.
– The company plans to use the funding to expand its content library and grow its user base.

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Total investments 159
Average round size 5M
Rounds per year 11.36
Peak activity year 2020
Lead investments 7
Follow on index 0.26
Exits 24
Group Appearance index 0.97

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Workshop

Software
$12M16 Nov 2023 Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Mona Lee Solar

Consumer
Renewable Energy
Solar
$3M21 Sep 2023 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

PackageX

Delivery
Last Mile Transportation
Logistics
Property Management
Same Day Delivery
Smart Building
Software
Supply Chain Management
Warehousing
02 Jun 2023 New York, New York, United States

Wingspan

$14M16 Mar 2023 New York, New York, United States

Screenloop

Software
$7M28 Jun 2022 London, England, United Kingdom

CoverTree

Construction
Insurance
InsurTech
Property Insurance
Property Management
Smart Home
$8M18 May 2022 Detroit, Michigan, United States

Basis Theory

$17M21 Apr 2022 -

Captions

$11M08 Apr 2022 -

Codex

Developer Tools
Information Technology
Internet
Productivity Tools
$4M14 Dec 2021 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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