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The Beacon Group

Founders Robert Semmens

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Total investments 5
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$18M
Portfolio companies 4
Rounds per year 0.25
Lead investments 1
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.20
Exits 2
Key employees Soon

Areas of investment

  • Energy
  • CleanTech
  • Fossil Fuels
  • B2B
  • E-Commerce
Summary

In 2001 was created The Beacon Group, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Portland. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3 partakers. Despite the The Beacon Group, startups are often financed by Zero Stage Capital, FirstEnergy Corp., Calvert Social Venture Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Zero Stage Capital, FirstEnergy Corp., Warburg Pincus. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by NGEN Partners, Perseus, OPG Ventures.

Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 0 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Comparing to the other companies, this The Beacon Group performs on 11 percentage points more the average number of lead investments. The important activity for fund was in 2000. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2012. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year.

This organization was formed by Robert Semmens.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Powerspan, SoftSwitching Technologies, FundsXpress. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Semiconductor, Banking. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 11-15 years to get the investment from the fund.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

SoftSwitching Technologies

Electronic Equipment and Instruments
Hardware
Other Energy Services
Other Equipment
Semiconductor
Software
$6M13 Jul 2000 Wisconsin, United States

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Total investments 5
Average round size 18M
Rounds per year 0.25
Peak activity year 2000
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.20
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.80

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

SoftSwitching Technologies

Electronic Equipment and Instruments
Hardware
Other Energy Services
Other Equipment
Semiconductor
Software
$6M13 Jul 2000 Wisconsin, United States
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