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J & W Seligman

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Total investments 78
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$40M
Portfolio companies 67
Rounds per year 0.49
Lead investments 10
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.14
Exits 33
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Internet
  • Software
  • E-Commerce
  • Information Technology
  • Enterprise Software
Summary

In 1864 was created J & W Seligman, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the New York.

Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Silver Peak, HomeGain.com, YOUcentric. The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 3 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. 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 successful fund investment fields, there are Web Hosting, E-Commerce.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. Opposing the other organizations, this J & W Seligman works on 13 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments. The typical startup value when the investment from J & W Seligman is 100-500 millions dollars. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2005. The real fund results show that this Corporate Investor is 2 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The important activity for fund was in 2000.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 6-7 partakers. Despite the J & W Seligman, startups are often financed by TCV, Star Ventures, Greylock Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Integral Capital Partners, Chase Capital Partners, BancBoston Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by TeleSoft Partners, Sofinnova Investments, Pamlico Capital.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Double-Take Software

Computer
Database
Enterprise Software
Software
$15M14 Jan 2003 Irvine, California, United States

iolon, inc.

Manufacturing
Optical Communication
Private Social Networking
$7M25 Apr 2002 San Jose, California, United States

ClearLogic

Semiconductor
Software
$10M20 Dec 2001 San Jose, California, United States

Internet
Marketing
Optical Communication
$54M10 Oct 2001 Santa Clara, California, United States

E-Commerce
Information Technology
Internet
$45M03 Apr 2001 Chicago, Illinois, United States

iolon, inc.

Manufacturing
Optical Communication
Private Social Networking
$53M01 Mar 2001 San Jose, California, United States

Achieva.com

Education
Internet
$22M06 Feb 2001 California, United States

Calient Technologies

Cloud Computing
Consumer Electronics
Data Center
Electronics
Manufacturing
Software
Telecommunications
$195M08 Jan 2001 California, United States

Baseline StudioSystems

Information Services
Internet
Media and Entertainment
Online Portals
$38M07 Aug 2000 Los Angeles, California, United States

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Total investments 78
Average round size 40M
Rounds per year 0.49
Peak activity year 2000
Lead investments 10
Follow on index 0.14
Exits 33
Group Appearance index 0.96

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Double-Take Software

Computer
Database
Enterprise Software
Software
$15M14 Jan 2003 Irvine, California, United States

iolon, inc.

Manufacturing
Optical Communication
Private Social Networking
$7M25 Apr 2002 San Jose, California, United States

ClearLogic

Semiconductor
Software
$10M20 Dec 2001 San Jose, California, United States

Internet
Marketing
Optical Communication
$54M10 Oct 2001 Santa Clara, California, United States

E-Commerce
Information Technology
Internet
$45M03 Apr 2001 Chicago, Illinois, United States

iolon, inc.

Manufacturing
Optical Communication
Private Social Networking
$53M01 Mar 2001 San Jose, California, United States

Achieva.com

Education
Internet
$22M06 Feb 2001 California, United States

Calient Technologies

Cloud Computing
Consumer Electronics
Data Center
Electronics
Manufacturing
Software
Telecommunications
$195M08 Jan 2001 California, United States

Baseline StudioSystems

Information Services
Internet
Media and Entertainment
Online Portals
$38M07 Aug 2000 Los Angeles, California, United States
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