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Calculus Capital

Founders John Glencross Susan McDonald

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Total investments 71
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$4M
Portfolio companies 49
Rounds per year 2.84
Lead investments 10
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.31
Exits 9
Key employees 5
Stages of investment
Late Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Medical
  • Software
  • Health Care
  • Life Science
Summary

Calculus Capital appeared to be the VC, which was created in 1999. The fund was located in Europe if to be more exact in United Kingdom. The main department of described VC is located in the London.

Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United Kingdom. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Financial Services, Education. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight IPV, Once Upon a Time, Jumptastic. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little.

The important activity for fund was in 2014. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2014. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. Comparing to the other companies, this Calculus Capital performs on 13 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 53 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 partakers. Despite the Calculus Capital, startups are often financed by Cambridge Angels group, Oxford Technology Management, SyndicateRoom. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Enterprise Investment Scheme, Venture Capital Trust, Scottish Investment Bank. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Scottish Investment Bank, ValueAct Capital, Upscale.

This organization was formed by John Glencross, Susan McDonald. The overall number of key employees were 5.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

WorkL

$2M11 Jun 2024 London, England, United Kingdom

Tagomics

$9M21 Feb 2024 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

MIP Discovery

Biotechnology
$9M19 Feb 2024 Bedford, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

Laverock Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Therapeutics
$18M28 Sep 2023 -

Arctic Shores

Artificial Intelligence
Gamification
Human Resources
Information Technology
Internet
Software
$7M16 Jan 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Wazoku

Internet
Management Consulting
Software
$11M28 Sep 2022 London, England, United Kingdom

Optalitix

Artificial Intelligence
Education
Insurance
Machine Learning
Venture Capital
$5M08 Sep 2022 London, England, United Kingdom

Hinterview

Apps
Information Technology
Software
$4M03 Dec 2021 London, England, United Kingdom

Invizius

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$7M06 May 2021 City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Total investments 71
Average round size 4M
Rounds per year 2.84
Peak activity year 2014
Lead investments 10
Follow on index 0.31
Exits 9
Group Appearance index 0.48

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

WorkL

$2M11 Jun 2024 London, England, United Kingdom

Tagomics

$9M21 Feb 2024 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

MIP Discovery

Biotechnology
$9M19 Feb 2024 Bedford, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

Laverock Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Therapeutics
$18M28 Sep 2023 -

Arctic Shores

Artificial Intelligence
Gamification
Human Resources
Information Technology
Internet
Software
$7M16 Jan 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Wazoku

Internet
Management Consulting
Software
$11M28 Sep 2022 London, England, United Kingdom

Optalitix

Artificial Intelligence
Education
Insurance
Machine Learning
Venture Capital
$5M08 Sep 2022 London, England, United Kingdom

Hinterview

Apps
Information Technology
Software
$4M03 Dec 2021 London, England, United Kingdom

Invizius

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$7M06 May 2021 City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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