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Silicon Pastures

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Total investments 28
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$1M
Portfolio companies 24
Rounds per year 1.22
Lead investments 3
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.14
Exits 2
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Medical
  • Manufacturing
  • Software
Summary

In 2000 was created Silicon Pastures, which is appeared as VC. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the Milwaukee.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as SaaS, Biopharma. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Flex Biomedical, SOLOMO Technology, Biosystem Development. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund.

The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2018. The real fund results show that this VC is 5 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. Opposing the other organizations, this Silicon Pastures works on 16 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The high activity for fund was in 2012. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Silicon Pastures, startups are often financed by Wisconsin Investment Partners, Phenomenelle Angels, Marshfield Investment Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Wisconsin Investment Partners, Phenomenelle Angels, Marshfield Investment Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Wisconsin Investment Partners, Marshfield Investment Partners, Women Angels.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Frontdesk

Hospitality
Information Technology
Tourism
Travel Accommodations
Vacation Rental
$6M28 Apr 2020 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Blue Line Battery

Battery
Manufacturing
$500K22 Apr 2020 Wisconsin, United States

Sprecher Brewing

Brewing
Food and Beverage
05 Feb 2020 Greendale, Wisconsin, United States

Fiveable

EdTech
Secondary Education
$615K07 Jan 2020 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Verena Solutions

Dental
Medical
Online Portals
Software
01 Jan 2019 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Bright Cellars

Lifestyle
Service Industry
Wine And Spirits
$110K01 Jan 2017 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Eso Technologies

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
Monitoring Equipment
$600K10 Sep 2013 Wisconsin, United States

SOLOMO Technology

Cloud Computing
Internet
Location Based Services
Mobile
Software
$459K01 Jan 2012 Madison, Wisconsin, United States

HarQen

Audio
Big Data
Collaboration
Communication Software
Enterprise Software
Human Capital Services
Human Resources
SaaS
$4M13 Oct 2011 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

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Total investments 28
Average round size 1M
Rounds per year 1.22
Peak activity year 2020
Lead investments 3
Follow on index 0.14
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.71

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Frontdesk

Hospitality
Information Technology
Tourism
Travel Accommodations
Vacation Rental
$6M28 Apr 2020 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Blue Line Battery

Battery
Manufacturing
$500K22 Apr 2020 Wisconsin, United States

Sprecher Brewing

Brewing
Food and Beverage
05 Feb 2020 Greendale, Wisconsin, United States

Fiveable

EdTech
Secondary Education
$615K07 Jan 2020 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Verena Solutions

Dental
Medical
Online Portals
Software
01 Jan 2019 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Bright Cellars

Lifestyle
Service Industry
Wine And Spirits
$110K01 Jan 2017 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Eso Technologies

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
Monitoring Equipment
$600K10 Sep 2013 Wisconsin, United States

SOLOMO Technology

Cloud Computing
Internet
Location Based Services
Mobile
Software
$459K01 Jan 2012 Madison, Wisconsin, United States

HarQen

Audio
Big Data
Collaboration
Communication Software
Enterprise Software
Human Capital Services
Human Resources
SaaS
$4M13 Oct 2011 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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