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Western Development Commission

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Total investments 37
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$3M
Portfolio companies 32
Rounds per year 1.42
Lead investments 3
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.14
Exits 4
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
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Areas of investment

  • Medical Device
  • Health Care
  • Biotechnology
  • Medical
  • Information Technology
Summary

Western Development Commission is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 1998. The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the Ballaghaderreen. The venture was found in Europe in Ireland.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2017. The important activity for fund was in 2018. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. This Western Development Commission works on 8 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 13 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Western Development Commission, startups are often financed by ic@3401, Fountain Healthcare Partners, Enterprise Ireland. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Enterprise Ireland, Enterprise Equity, Fountain Healthcare Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by IPF Partners, European Innovation Council, European Commission.

The fund has no specific favorite 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. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Ireland. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Medical, Health Care. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Embo Medical, Kelsius, Bluedrop Medical.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Amara Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$1M08 May 2023 Galway, Galway, Ireland

ByoWave

Console Games
Gaming
Video Games
$2M09 Mar 2023 Galway, Galway, Ireland

CitySwift

Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
SaaS
Transportation
$5M17 Oct 2022 Galway, Galway, Ireland

Hooke Bio

Biotechnology
$690K01 Jun 2022 The Metropolitan District of Limerick City, County Limerick, Ireland

FeelTect

Health Care
Medical Device
$1M01 Jan 2022 Galway, Galway, Ireland

Tympany Research Group

Health Care
Medical Device
$4M22 Nov 2021 Galway, Galway, Ireland

Content Llama

E-Commerce
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Retail
$2M11 Nov 2021 Donegal, Donegal, Ireland

Locker

Digital Media
Gambling
Media and Entertainment
Mobile Apps
News
Sports
$696K01 Jul 2021 Galway, Galway, Ireland

Palliare

$8M28 Jun 2021 Oceanside, California, United States
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Palliare Closes $8M Series A Funding Round

– Palliare is a Galway, Ireland-based safe operating room company.
– The company closed an $8m Series A funding round led by Seroba Life Sciences with participation from SCM AD Ventures, Western Development Commission, and several private investors.
– The company intends to use the funds to support US commercial launch activities related to its EVA15 insufflator and smoke evacuation system, as well as new Research & Development activities.

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Total investments 37
Average round size 3M
Rounds per year 1.42
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 3
Follow on index 0.14
Exits 4
Group Appearance index 0.97

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Amara Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$1M08 May 2023 Galway, Galway, Ireland

ByoWave

Console Games
Gaming
Video Games
$2M09 Mar 2023 Galway, Galway, Ireland

CitySwift

Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
SaaS
Transportation
$5M17 Oct 2022 Galway, Galway, Ireland

Hooke Bio

Biotechnology
$690K01 Jun 2022 The Metropolitan District of Limerick City, County Limerick, Ireland

FeelTect

Health Care
Medical Device
$1M01 Jan 2022 Galway, Galway, Ireland

Tympany Research Group

Health Care
Medical Device
$4M22 Nov 2021 Galway, Galway, Ireland

Content Llama

E-Commerce
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Retail
$2M11 Nov 2021 Donegal, Donegal, Ireland

Locker

Digital Media
Gambling
Media and Entertainment
Mobile Apps
News
Sports
$696K01 Jul 2021 Galway, Galway, Ireland

Palliare

$8M28 Jun 2021 Oceanside, California, United States
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