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Motivate Venture Capital

Founders David Wieland Lauren DeLuca

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Total investments 74
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$3M
Portfolio companies 47
Rounds per year 14.80
Lead investments 6
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.35
Exits 1
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Financial Services
  • FinTech
  • Information Technology
  • SaaS
Summary

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

Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Hospitality, Travel Accommodations. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive 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 - United States. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Frontdesk.

The typical startup value when the investment from Motivate Venture Capital is 100 thousands - 1 million dollars. Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The important activity for fund was in 2019.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Motivate Venture Capital, startups are often financed by Marc Lasry, Lancaster Investment Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Sand Hill Angels, Limited liability company, La Macchia Group.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Nmbr

Embedded Systems
Software
$6M24 Sep 2024 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

FeedbackNow

Consumer
Professional Services
Software
18 Sep 2024 Renens, Vaud, Switzerland

Aption

Business Development
Financial Services
Wealth Management
$2M10 Sep 2024 Illinois City, Illinois, United States

NetNow

Developer APIs
Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Payments
$1M09 Sep 2024 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Gig and Take

Information Technology
Logistics
Manufacturing
Software
$4M24 Jun 2024 Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, United States

Pest Share

Professional Services
Property Management
Software
$4M13 Jun 2024 Nampa, Idaho, United States

iAsk Ai

Information Technology
Search Engine
Software
28 Feb 2024 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Finofo

FinTech
Payments
Risk Management
$1M15 Aug 2023 Calgary, Canada

Fulcrum

Blockchain
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Enterprise Software
Logistics
Manufacturing
SaaS
Small and Medium Businesses
Software
$18M09 Aug 2023 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
News
Sweater Raises $2.3M Pre-Seed Funding Round

– Sweater is a mobile-first platform that allows users to directly access to venture capital.
– The company closed a $2.3m pre-seed financing.
– Backers included Motivate VC, MRTNZ Ventures, Bison Ventures, Spacestation Investments, and a group of angels.
– The new investment will be used to further develop the platform and accelerate their go-to-market strategy.

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Total investments 74
Average round size 3M
Rounds per year 14.80
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 6
Follow on index 0.35
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.89

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Nmbr

Embedded Systems
Software
$6M24 Sep 2024 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

FeedbackNow

Consumer
Professional Services
Software
18 Sep 2024 Renens, Vaud, Switzerland

Aption

Business Development
Financial Services
Wealth Management
$2M10 Sep 2024 Illinois City, Illinois, United States

NetNow

Developer APIs
Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Payments
$1M09 Sep 2024 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Gig and Take

Information Technology
Logistics
Manufacturing
Software
$4M24 Jun 2024 Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, United States

Pest Share

Professional Services
Property Management
Software
$4M13 Jun 2024 Nampa, Idaho, United States

iAsk Ai

Information Technology
Search Engine
Software
28 Feb 2024 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Finofo

FinTech
Payments
Risk Management
$1M15 Aug 2023 Calgary, Canada

Fulcrum

Blockchain
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Enterprise Software
Logistics
Manufacturing
SaaS
Small and Medium Businesses
Software
$18M09 Aug 2023 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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