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Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania

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Total investments 256
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$802K
Portfolio companies 159
Rounds per year 6.24
Lead investments 32
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.38
Exits 6
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
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Areas of investment

  • Manufacturing
  • Software
  • Health Care
  • Information Technology
  • Biotechnology
Summary

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 1983. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Bethlehem.

The average startup value when the investment from Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania is 1-5 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in 7-12 deals per year. The important activity for fund was in 2016. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2007. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 18 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Comparing to the other companies, this Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania performs on 27 percentage points less the average number of lead investments.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 participants. Despite the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania, startups are often financed by Kleiner Perkins, Benchmark, Venrock. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Mobius Venture Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Venrock. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Cayuga Venture Fund, Rockies Venture Club, Novitas Capital.

Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Service Industry, Manufacturing. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Infinera Corporation, Saladax Biomedical, Cernostics. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups.

The overall number of key employees were 2.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Tolerance Bio

Biotechnology
15 Oct 2024 -

Venseca

Compliance
Cyber Security
Information Technology
Risk Management
Software
$185K07 Dec 2022 Breinigsville, Pennsylvania, United States

Showcase Ventures, Inc.

Independent Music
Mobile Apps
Music
Music Streaming
$200K01 Dec 2022 Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States

UnityLab

Machinery Manufacturing
$4M27 Sep 2022 -

UnityLab

Machinery Manufacturing
$2M01 Apr 2022 -

The Pursuit By You

Mobile Apps
Software
Wellness
16 Mar 2022 -

studio BE

Consulting
Health Care
Wellness
$500K29 Jul 2021 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States

Lia

Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical Device
Personal Health
$2M09 Nov 2018 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Carenade

Health Care
Home Health Care
Medical
Personal Health
$100K21 Jun 2018 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States

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Total investments 256
Average round size 802K
Rounds per year 6.24
Peak activity year 2020
Lead investments 32
Follow on index 0.38
Exits 6
Group Appearance index 0.06

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Tolerance Bio

Biotechnology
15 Oct 2024 -

Venseca

Compliance
Cyber Security
Information Technology
Risk Management
Software
$185K07 Dec 2022 Breinigsville, Pennsylvania, United States

Showcase Ventures, Inc.

Independent Music
Mobile Apps
Music
Music Streaming
$200K01 Dec 2022 Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States

UnityLab

Machinery Manufacturing
$4M27 Sep 2022 -

UnityLab

Machinery Manufacturing
$2M01 Apr 2022 -

The Pursuit By You

Mobile Apps
Software
Wellness
16 Mar 2022 -

studio BE

Consulting
Health Care
Wellness
$500K29 Jul 2021 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States

Lia

Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical Device
Personal Health
$2M09 Nov 2018 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Carenade

Health Care
Home Health Care
Medical
Personal Health
$100K21 Jun 2018 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
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