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Optical Capital Group

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Total investments 18
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$26M
Portfolio companies 12
Lead investments 3
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.33
Exits 5
Key employees Soon

Areas of investment

  • Manufacturing
  • Optical Communication
  • Network Hardware
  • Telecommunications
  • Internet
Summary

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

The average startup value when the investment from Optical Capital Group is 100-500 millions dollars. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The real fund results show that this VC is 3 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other companies. Comparing to the other companies, this Optical Capital Group performs on 1 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2005. The high activity for fund was in 2001.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Internet, Service Industry. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Hyperchip, CODEON, YottaYotta.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 6-7 participants. Despite the Optical Capital Group, startups are often financed by TechnoCap, Next47, Vertex Ventures Israel. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are The Grosvenor Funds, TechnoCap, U.S. Venture Partners (USVP). In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by U.S. Venture Partners (USVP), The Vertical Group, Sofinnova Investments.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

COVEGA

Hardware
Infrastructure
$17M06 Mar 2003 Maryland, United States

RBN

Optical Communication
Product Design
Social Impact
Telecommunications
Transportation
$11M28 Jan 2003 San Francisco, California, United States

PhyFlex Networks

Communication Hardware
Network Hardware
Web Hosting
$16M15 Nov 2002 Westford, Massachusetts, United States

Lightconnect

Manufacturing
Optical Communication
Outsourcing
$9M09 Sep 2002 California, United States

iolon, inc.

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

CENiX

Manufacturing
Telecommunications
Wireless
$34M23 Oct 2001 Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States

Lightconnect

Manufacturing
Optical Communication
Outsourcing
$15M09 Jul 2001 California, United States

Lightconnect

Manufacturing
Optical Communication
Outsourcing
$8M01 Jun 2001 California, United States

iolon, inc.

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

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Total investments 18
Average round size 26M
Peak activity year 2001
Lead investments 3
Follow on index 0.33
Exits 5
Group Appearance index 1.00

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

COVEGA

Hardware
Infrastructure
$17M06 Mar 2003 Maryland, United States

RBN

Optical Communication
Product Design
Social Impact
Telecommunications
Transportation
$11M28 Jan 2003 San Francisco, California, United States

PhyFlex Networks

Communication Hardware
Network Hardware
Web Hosting
$16M15 Nov 2002 Westford, Massachusetts, United States

Lightconnect

Manufacturing
Optical Communication
Outsourcing
$9M09 Sep 2002 California, United States

iolon, inc.

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

CENiX

Manufacturing
Telecommunications
Wireless
$34M23 Oct 2001 Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States

Lightconnect

Manufacturing
Optical Communication
Outsourcing
$15M09 Jul 2001 California, United States

Lightconnect

Manufacturing
Optical Communication
Outsourcing
$8M01 Jun 2001 California, United States

iolon, inc.

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