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Stride.VC

Founders Fred Destin Harry Stebbings

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Total investments 61
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$12M
Portfolio companies 40
Rounds per year 10.17
Lead investments 14
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.34
Key employees 3
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • SaaS
  • FinTech
  • Payments
  • E-Commerce
Summary

In 2018 was created Stride.VC, which is appeared as VC. The fund was located in Europe if to be more exact in United Kingdom. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the London.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Stride.VC, startups are often financed by Kima Ventures, e.ventures, dmg ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are dmg ventures, Octopus Ventures, Entru00e9e Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by dmg ventures, Octopus Ventures, Entru00e9e Capital.

The high activity for fund was in 2019. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The real fund results show that this VC is 51 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies.

The current fund was established by Fred Destin, Harry Stebbings.

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Pharmaceutical, EdTech. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United Kingdom. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Cazoo, Strapi, Unibuddy. 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.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Hors Normes

Food Processing
$11M05 Mar 2024 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

DoorFeed

Asset Management
Financial Services
FinTech
Real Estate Investment
Residential
Wealth Management
$8M23 Nov 2023 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Kraaft

Apps
Messaging
Mobile Apps
$3M02 Oct 2023 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Conceivable Life Sciences

Biotechnology
Life Science
Medical
$20M01 Aug 2023 New York, New York, United States

Oliva Therapy

Health Care
mHealth
Personal Health
Therapeutics
Wellness
$5M22 Jun 2023 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Anotherblock

Blockchain
Intellectual Property
Music
$4M16 May 2023 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

Triver

Financial Services
FinTech
Information Technology
$9M19 Apr 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Orbit Fab

Aerospace
Fuel
Logistics
Space Travel
$28M18 Apr 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Knowunity

E-Learning
Education
$10M15 Feb 2023 Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
News
Unibuddy Raises $20M in Series B Funding

– Unibuddy is a New York-based university recruitment platform.
– Company raised $20m in Series B funding.
– The round was led by Highland Europe with participation from Stride.VC.
– The new investment will be aimed at expanding operations, accelerating growth and the company’s business reach.

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Total investments 61
Average round size 12M
Rounds per year 10.17
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 14
Follow on index 0.34
Group Appearance index 0.87

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Hors Normes

Food Processing
$11M05 Mar 2024 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

DoorFeed

Asset Management
Financial Services
FinTech
Real Estate Investment
Residential
Wealth Management
$8M23 Nov 2023 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Kraaft

Apps
Messaging
Mobile Apps
$3M02 Oct 2023 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Conceivable Life Sciences

Biotechnology
Life Science
Medical
$20M01 Aug 2023 New York, New York, United States

Oliva Therapy

Health Care
mHealth
Personal Health
Therapeutics
Wellness
$5M22 Jun 2023 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Anotherblock

Blockchain
Intellectual Property
Music
$4M16 May 2023 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

Triver

Financial Services
FinTech
Information Technology
$9M19 Apr 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Orbit Fab

Aerospace
Fuel
Logistics
Space Travel
$28M18 Apr 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Knowunity

E-Learning
Education
$10M15 Feb 2023 Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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