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dotforge

Founders Lee Strafford

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Total investments 17
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$18K
Portfolio companies 17
Rounds per year 1.42
Lead investments 2
Exits 2
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Health Care
  • FinTech
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Machine Learning
Summary

dotforge appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 2012. The venture was found in Europe in United Kingdom. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Manchester.

The current fund was established by Lee Strafford. Besides them, we counted 2 critical employees of this fund in our database.

Deals in the range of 50-100 thousands dollars are the general things for fund. The important activity for fund was in 2015. Opposing the other organizations, this dotforge works on 22 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. The real fund results show that this Corporate Investor is 51 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The average startup value when the investment from dotforge is 100 thousands - 1 million dollars.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 participants. Despite the dotforge, startups are often financed by Startup Loans UK, SBRI Healthcare, Leon Doyle. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are TURN8, Seedrs, Ignite Accelerator. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Pitch@Palace, EASME - EU Executive Agency for SMEs, West Loop Ventures.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United Kingdom. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as FinTech, Machine Learning. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline WIFIPLUG

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Software
01 Jun 2018 Oslo, Norway

Torafugu Tech

Insurance
01 Jun 2016 Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Cupris Health

Developer Tools
Hardware
Health Care
Software
01 Jan 2016 United Kingdom, England

Zazu Africa

Banking
FinTech
$41K30 Nov 2015 Lusaka, Lusaka, Zambia

Cathartic.co

Darknet
Health Care
Non Profit
Social Entrepreneurship
$41K14 Sep 2015 Manchester, England, United Kingdom

MedicSen

Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
Virtual Reality
$30K01 Sep 2015 Community of Madrid

Twile

Family
Internet
Social Network
Video
$75K15 Mar 2015 United Kingdom, England, United Kingdom

E-Learning
Language Learning
01 Jan 2015 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Boutiny

Fashion
Women's
01 Jun 2014 -

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Total investments 17
Average round size 18K
Rounds per year 1.42
Peak activity year 2015
Lead investments 2
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.18

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Software
01 Jun 2018 Oslo, Norway

Torafugu Tech

Insurance
01 Jun 2016 Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Cupris Health

Developer Tools
Hardware
Health Care
Software
01 Jan 2016 United Kingdom, England

Zazu Africa

Banking
FinTech
$41K30 Nov 2015 Lusaka, Lusaka, Zambia

Cathartic.co

Darknet
Health Care
Non Profit
Social Entrepreneurship
$41K14 Sep 2015 Manchester, England, United Kingdom

MedicSen

Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
Virtual Reality
$30K01 Sep 2015 Community of Madrid

Twile

Family
Internet
Social Network
Video
$75K15 Mar 2015 United Kingdom, England, United Kingdom

E-Learning
Language Learning
01 Jan 2015 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Boutiny

Fashion
Women's
01 Jun 2014 -
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