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Manulife Financial

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Total investments 19
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$81M
Portfolio companies 15
Rounds per year 0.14
Lead investments 5
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.21
Exits 7
Key employees 26

Areas of investment

  • Finance
  • Energy
  • FinTech
  • Software
  • Renewable Energy
Summary

In 1887 was created Manulife Financial, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Toronto. The venture was found in North America in Canada.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 participants. Despite the Manulife Financial, startups are often financed by FinTech Collective, Nexus Venture Partners, Vertical Venture Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are TELUS Ventures, Kensington Capital Partners Limited, XL Innovate. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Vulcan Capital, Novo Holdings, HealthCap.

This Manulife Financial works on 15 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 13 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2013. The high activity for fund was in 2019.

The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 1 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight NextCapital, Element Fleet Management, MindBeacon Software. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Canada. 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 Health Care, Energy.

We also calculated 26 valuable employees in our database.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Vestwell

Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Retirement
Software
$70M20 Jul 2021 New York, New York, United States

MindBeacon Software

Information Technology
$14M05 Nov 2019 Ontario

Procurify

Cloud Computing
Enterprise Software
FinTech
Procurement
SaaS
Software
Supply Chain Management
$20M19 Jun 2019 British Columbia

Embroker

Enterprise Software
Insurance
Risk Management
Small and Medium Businesses
$28M01 Dec 2018 San Francisco, California, United States

MindBeacon Software

Information Technology
$20M25 Sep 2018 Ontario

NextCapital

Advice
Finance
FinTech
Retirement
Software
$30M04 Jan 2018 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Figure 1

Health Care
Medical
mHealth
$10M13 Jun 2017 Ontario

League

Fitness
Health Care
Information Services
Wellness
$25M14 Jun 2016 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

NextCapital

Advice
Finance
FinTech
Retirement
Software
$16M17 Dec 2015 Chicago, Illinois, United States
News
Vestwell Raises $70M in Series C Funding

– Vestwell, a NYC-based API technology platform for workplace savings and investing programs, raised $70m in Series C financing.
– The round was led by Wells Fargo Strategic Capital and Fin Venture Capital co-led by Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Manulife, Point72, Nationwide Ventures, Allianz Life Ventures, Northwestern Mutual, FinTech Collective, Greenspring Associates, Primary Venture Partners, Teamworthy Ventures, F-Prime Capital, Industry Ventures, and Commerce Ventures.
– The company intends to use the funds to further expand the team, platform functionality, and servicing for its thousands of partners and clients.

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Total investments 19
Average round size 81M
Rounds per year 0.14
Peak activity year 2018
Lead investments 5
Follow on index 0.21
Exits 7
Group Appearance index 0.74

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Vestwell

Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Retirement
Software
$70M20 Jul 2021 New York, New York, United States

MindBeacon Software

Information Technology
$14M05 Nov 2019 Ontario

Procurify

Cloud Computing
Enterprise Software
FinTech
Procurement
SaaS
Software
Supply Chain Management
$20M19 Jun 2019 British Columbia

Embroker

Enterprise Software
Insurance
Risk Management
Small and Medium Businesses
$28M01 Dec 2018 San Francisco, California, United States

MindBeacon Software

Information Technology
$20M25 Sep 2018 Ontario

NextCapital

Advice
Finance
FinTech
Retirement
Software
$30M04 Jan 2018 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Figure 1

Health Care
Medical
mHealth
$10M13 Jun 2017 Ontario

League

Fitness
Health Care
Information Services
Wellness
$25M14 Jun 2016 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

NextCapital

Advice
Finance
FinTech
Retirement
Software
$16M17 Dec 2015 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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