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Abell Foundation

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Total investments 37
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$2M
Portfolio companies 27
Rounds per year 0.52
Lead investments 6
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.27
Exits 2
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Private Equity
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Health Care
  • Medical
  • Biotechnology
  • Medical Device
  • Robotics
Summary

The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the Baltimore.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. This Abell Foundation works on 24 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 23 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The average startup value when the investment from Abell Foundation is 1-5 millions dollars. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2014. The top activity for fund was in 2018. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Abell Foundation, startups are often financed by US Department of Energy, TEDCO, Scott Garber. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are TEDCO, TCP Venture Capital, Jerry South. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by National Institutes of Health, US Department of Energy, TEDCO.

The fund has no 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 popular fund investment industries, there are Robotics, Software. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 6-10 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Pixelligent, Vixiar Medical, Snag-A-Slip.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Minnowtech

Aquaculture
Biotechnology
26 Feb 2024 Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Linshom Management, LLC

Health Care
Life Science
Medical Device
$650K15 Aug 2023 Maryland, United States

Marinalife

Leisure
Tourism
Travel
25 Jan 2023 Baltimore, Maryland, United States

North American Wave Engine Corporation (NAWEC)

Information Technology
Search Engine
Web Design
$3M18 Nov 2022 Massachusetts, United States

SIMPLi

Food and Beverage
24 Aug 2021 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

ReGelTec

Biotechnology
$4M14 Oct 2020 Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Spine Align

Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
$1M14 Sep 2020 Baltimore, Maryland, United States

BurnAlong

Employee Benefits
Fitness
Health Care
Personal Health
Wellness
$4M06 May 2020 Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Lifesprout

Biotechnology
Emergency Medicine
Health Care
Medical
$28M27 Apr 2020 Baltimore, Maryland, United States
News
SIMPLi Raises Seed Funding

– SIMPLi is a Baltimore-based ingredients brand delivering ethically-sourced food.
– The company secured an initial seed round of funding.
– The round was led by the Abell Foundation with additional backing from Seth Goldman, co-founder of Eat the Change and Honest Tea, and Chair of the Board of Beyond Meat.
– The new investment will be used to strengthen its national presence for B2B relations through additional organizational support and marketing initiatives, and recruit and scale their operations, sales, and marketing departments.

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Total investments 37
Average round size 2M
Rounds per year 0.52
Peak activity year 2020
Lead investments 6
Follow on index 0.27
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.73

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Minnowtech

Aquaculture
Biotechnology
26 Feb 2024 Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Linshom Management, LLC

Health Care
Life Science
Medical Device
$650K15 Aug 2023 Maryland, United States

Marinalife

Leisure
Tourism
Travel
25 Jan 2023 Baltimore, Maryland, United States

North American Wave Engine Corporation (NAWEC)

Information Technology
Search Engine
Web Design
$3M18 Nov 2022 Massachusetts, United States

SIMPLi

Food and Beverage
24 Aug 2021 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

ReGelTec

Biotechnology
$4M14 Oct 2020 Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Spine Align

Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
$1M14 Sep 2020 Baltimore, Maryland, United States

BurnAlong

Employee Benefits
Fitness
Health Care
Personal Health
Wellness
$4M06 May 2020 Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Lifesprout

Biotechnology
Emergency Medicine
Health Care
Medical
$28M27 Apr 2020 Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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