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McRock Capital

Founders Scott MacDonald Whitney Rockley

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Total investments 31
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$20M
Portfolio companies 18
Rounds per year 2.82
Lead investments 13
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.42
Exits 3
Key employees Soon

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Information Technology
  • Internet of Things
  • Artificial Intelligence
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Summary

McRock Capital is the famous VC, which was founded in 2012. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in Canada. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Toronto.

The important activity for fund was in 2017. Opposing the other organizations, this McRock Capital works on 23 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 61 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the McRock Capital, startups are often financed by Renewal Funds, EASME - EU Executive Agency for SMEs, White Star Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are White Star Capital, New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, Export Development Canada. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by White Star Capital, VentureClash, New Brunswick Innovation Foundation.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Canada. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Praemo, RtTech Software, Serious Integrated. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Transportation, Machine Learning.

This organization was formed by Scott MacDonald, Whitney Rockley.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

e2ip technologies

Electronics
Manufacturing
$120M26 Apr 2023 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Plus One Robotics

Industrial Automation
Robotics
Software
$59M07 Mar 2023 San Antonio, Texas, United States

Landing AI

Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Manufacturing
Software
$57M08 Nov 2021 Palo Alto, California, United States

SAM

Artificial Intelligence
Enterprise Software
Machine Learning
News
Security
Social Media
$10M29 Sep 2021 Edmonton, Canada

Triax Technologies

Construction
Energy
Industrial
Information Technology
Internet of Things
Manufacturing
Mining
Oil and Gas
Software
$12M17 Jun 2021 Norwalk, Connecticut, United States

Poka

Document Management
Industrial
Manufacturing
Skill Assessment
Training
$23M07 Jun 2021 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Plus One Robotics

Industrial Automation
Robotics
Software
$33M27 Apr 2021 San Antonio, Texas, United States

dott

Automotive
Last Mile Transportation
Mobile Apps
Ride Sharing
$100M20 Apr 2021 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Clearpath Robotics

Robotics
Simulation
Software
$5M22 Sep 2020 Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
News
Triax Technologies Raises $12.5 Million Series A Funding Round to Expand Team, Scale Globally

– Triax technologies raised a Series A funding round of $12.5m.
– The round was led by McRock Capital, an institutional investor focused on industrial IoT.
– Triax will use the funding to grow the team and scale its solutions globally.
– Triax will immediately begin to expand its talented team with openings in several areas across the company.
– It is seeking team members with domain-specific technical skills, who would work well in a community-minded, fair and transparent culture.

Poka Raises $25M in Series B Funding

– Poka, a Quebec City Canada-based connected worker platform built specifically for manufacturers, raised $25M in Series B funding.
– The round was led by 40 North Ventures with participation from McRock Capital and existing investors SE Ventures, CDPQ, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, and Leclerc.
– The new investment will be used to accelerate product development and scale its go-to-market teams.

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Total investments 31
Average round size 20M
Rounds per year 2.82
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 13
Follow on index 0.42
Exits 3
Group Appearance index 0.77

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

e2ip technologies

Electronics
Manufacturing
$120M26 Apr 2023 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Plus One Robotics

Industrial Automation
Robotics
Software
$59M07 Mar 2023 San Antonio, Texas, United States

Landing AI

Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Manufacturing
Software
$57M08 Nov 2021 Palo Alto, California, United States

SAM

Artificial Intelligence
Enterprise Software
Machine Learning
News
Security
Social Media
$10M29 Sep 2021 Edmonton, Canada

Triax Technologies

Construction
Energy
Industrial
Information Technology
Internet of Things
Manufacturing
Mining
Oil and Gas
Software
$12M17 Jun 2021 Norwalk, Connecticut, United States

Poka

Document Management
Industrial
Manufacturing
Skill Assessment
Training
$23M07 Jun 2021 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Plus One Robotics

Industrial Automation
Robotics
Software
$33M27 Apr 2021 San Antonio, Texas, United States

dott

Automotive
Last Mile Transportation
Mobile Apps
Ride Sharing
$100M20 Apr 2021 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Clearpath Robotics

Robotics
Simulation
Software
$5M22 Sep 2020 Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
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