The main department of described VC is located in the Vancouver. The venture was found in North America in Canada.
The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Ventures West, startups are often financed by GrowthWorks Capital, Perseus, Oregon Life Sciences. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Business Development Bank of Canada, H.I.G. Capital, Perseus. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by BDC Venture Capital, GrowthWorks Capital, Perseus.
Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2014. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. Comparing to the other companies, this Ventures West performs on 6 percentage points more the average number of lead investments. The real fund results show that this VC is 15 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The high activity for fund was in 2007. When the investment is from Ventures West the average startup value is more than 1 billion dollars.
Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 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 - Canada. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Internet, Pharmaceutical. The fund has 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. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Epic Games, Celator Pharmaceuticals, QuickPlay Media.
This organization was formed by Michael J. Brown.
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Notable deals
Company | Industry | Round Size | Date | Investors | Location |
Viigo | $5M | 18 Dec 2013 | Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||
Aquinox Pharmaceuticals | $18M | 03 Apr 2013 | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||
Aquinox Pharmaceuticals | $25M | 17 Jun 2010 | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||
SWITCH Materials | $7M | 15 Jan 2010 | Canada, British Columbia | ||
Zeugma Systems | $8M | 17 Mar 2009 | Canada, Ontario | ||
Celator Pharmaceuticals | $22M | 29 Jul 2008 | New Jersey, United States | ||
Fresco Microchip | $14M | 15 Jan 2008 | Markham, Ontario, Canada | ||
Zeugma Systems | $20M | 01 Dec 2007 | Canada, Ontario | ||
SiXtron Advanced Materials | $10M | 07 Nov 2007 | Canada, Quebec, Canada |
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Latest deals
Company | Industry | Round Size | Date | Investors | Location |
Viigo | $5M | 18 Dec 2013 | Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||
Aquinox Pharmaceuticals | $18M | 03 Apr 2013 | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||
Aquinox Pharmaceuticals | $25M | 17 Jun 2010 | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||
SWITCH Materials | $7M | 15 Jan 2010 | Canada, British Columbia | ||
Zeugma Systems | $8M | 17 Mar 2009 | Canada, Ontario | ||
Celator Pharmaceuticals | $22M | 29 Jul 2008 | New Jersey, United States | ||
Fresco Microchip | $14M | 15 Jan 2008 | Markham, Ontario, Canada | ||
Zeugma Systems | $20M | 01 Dec 2007 | Canada, Ontario | ||
SiXtron Advanced Materials | $10M | 07 Nov 2007 | Canada, Quebec, Canada |