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Stage 1 Ventures

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Total investments 90
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$6M
Portfolio companies 66
Rounds per year 4.09
Lead investments 12
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.27
Exits 11
Key employees 4
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
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Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Mobile
  • Automotive
  • Advertising
  • SaaS
Summary

Stage 1 Ventures appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2009. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Waltham.

The typical startup value when the investment from Stage 1 Ventures is 1-5 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The top activity for fund was in 2015. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The real fund results show that this VC is 7 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. Opposing the other organizations, this Stage 1 Ventures works on 18 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2016. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Stage 1 Ventures, startups are often financed by LaunchCapital, Sun Mountain Capital, Right Side Capital Management. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are LaunchCapital, Sun Mountain Capital, NXT Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Detroit Venture Partners, Sun Mountain Capital, S2G Ventures.

The overall number of key employees were 4.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Reticare, NestReady, Wiser Solutions. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Information Technology, Advertising Platforms. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States.

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Invaio Sciences Raises $88.9 Million to Accelerate the Transition to Biological Agriculture

– Invaio Sciences, Inc. announced the closing of a Series C financing round totaling $88.9 million.
– The round was led by Flagship Pioneering with Stage 1 Ventures, Bluwave Capital, Alexandria Venture Investments, and others joining as new investors.
– With this financing, Invaio has raised more than $142 million since its founding in 2018.
– Invaio is focused on unlocking the potential of the planet’s interdependent natural systems to solve pressing agriculture, nutrition and environmental challenges.

WiTricity Extends Recent Funding by $18M for a Total of $52M

– WiTricity announced an additional $18m to its previously announced October fund raise of $34m.
– The extension included investments from Tony Fadell’s Future Shape and other private investors. Fadell also joins WiTricity’s newly formed Board of Advisors.
Stage 1 Ventures led the first tranche of $34m with participation from Air Waves Wireless Electricity and a strategic investment by Mitsubishi Corporation through its U.S. subsidiary, Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas).
– As global automakers race to support both consumer and government-generated demand for zero-emissions vehicles, they are also developing wireless charging capabilities that will improve the owner experience.

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Total investments 90
Average round size 6M
Rounds per year 4.09
Peak activity year 2015
Lead investments 12
Follow on index 0.27
Exits 11
Group Appearance index 0.60

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

LandTrust

Marketplace
Outdoors
Sustainability
$6M15 Dec 2022 Bozeman, Montana, United States

Freight Farms

Agriculture
Farming
Food and Beverage
Internet of Things
Mobile
Organic Food
$17M15 Nov 2022 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

CloudTruth

Software
$2M10 Nov 2022 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Senda Biosciences

Biotechnology
Life Science
$123M16 Aug 2022 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Talkmap

Software
$8M01 Feb 2022 Concord, Massachusetts, United States

ThriveFantasy

Gaming
Sports
$1M20 Sep 2021 New York, New York, United States

CloudTruth

Software
$5M22 Jul 2021 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Aliaswire

Financial Services
Software
$6M30 Jun 2021 Burlington, Massachusetts, United States

Invaio Sciences

Agriculture
Biotechnology
Natural Resources
$88M25 May 2021 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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