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EDF Ventures

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Total investments 48
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$78M
Portfolio companies 28
Rounds per year 1.30
Lead investments 3
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.42
Exits 15
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Health Care
  • Biotechnology
  • Medical Device
  • Information Technology
  • Medical
Summary

The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Ann Arbor. The company was established in North America in United States.

Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 12 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. Opposing the other organizations, this EDF Ventures works on 1 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The important activity for fund was in 2007. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2015. When the investment is from EDF Ventures the average startup value is more than 1 billion dollars. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund.

Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Manufacturing, Messaging. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Direct Flow Medical, Alfalight, Sonoma Orthopedics. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 3 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund.

We also calculated 2 valuable employees in our database.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 participants. Despite the EDF Ventures, startups are often financed by The Vertical Group, Maryland Venture Fund, VantagePoint Capital Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are VantagePoint Capital Partners, The Vertical Group, The New Markets Growth Fund. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by VantagePoint Capital Partners, The Vertical Group, The New Markets Growth Fund.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

BeZero Carbon

Information Services
Information Technology
$50M14 Nov 2022 London, England, United Kingdom

TransCorp Spine

Biotechnology
Intrusion Detection
Life Science
Medical Device
mHealth
$755K12 May 2011 Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Abionyx Pharma

Biotechnology
Health Care
$59M25 Jul 2010 Balma, Midi-Pyrenees, France

Direct Flow Medical

Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
$40M05 Oct 2009 Santa Rosa, California, United States

ValenTx

Health Care
Medical Device
$22M08 Sep 2009 Minnesota, United States

Lycera

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Drug Discovery
Pharmaceutical
Pharmaceuticals
$36M05 May 2009 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Vontoo

Audio
Marketing
Messaging
$2M17 Feb 2009 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Eleme Medical

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$18M16 Jul 2008 Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States

Alure Medical

Cosmetic Surgery
Manufacturing
Medical Device
$4M01 Apr 2008 San Diego, California, United States

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Total investments 48
Average round size 78M
Rounds per year 1.30
Peak activity year 2007
Lead investments 3
Follow on index 0.42
Exits 15
Group Appearance index 0.94

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

BeZero Carbon

Information Services
Information Technology
$50M14 Nov 2022 London, England, United Kingdom

TransCorp Spine

Biotechnology
Intrusion Detection
Life Science
Medical Device
mHealth
$755K12 May 2011 Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Abionyx Pharma

Biotechnology
Health Care
$59M25 Jul 2010 Balma, Midi-Pyrenees, France

Direct Flow Medical

Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
$40M05 Oct 2009 Santa Rosa, California, United States

ValenTx

Health Care
Medical Device
$22M08 Sep 2009 Minnesota, United States

Lycera

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Drug Discovery
Pharmaceutical
Pharmaceuticals
$36M05 May 2009 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Vontoo

Audio
Marketing
Messaging
$2M17 Feb 2009 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Eleme Medical

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$18M16 Jul 2008 Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States

Alure Medical

Cosmetic Surgery
Manufacturing
Medical Device
$4M01 Apr 2008 San Diego, California, United States
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