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Kepha Partners

Founders Ed Hamilton Jo Tango

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Total investments 56
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$3M
Portfolio companies 34
Rounds per year 3.50
Lead investments 8
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.39
Exits 17
Key employees 2
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Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Enterprise Software
  • Software
  • Advertising
  • Analytics
  • Big Data
Summary

The main office of represented VC is situated in the Waltham. The company was established in North America in United States.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight OwnerIQ, Triblio, ClearGov. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as SaaS, Service Industry. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 participants. Despite the Kepha Partners, startups are often financed by CVP, NextView Ventures, MassVentures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are CVP, NextView Ventures, Tom Burgess. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Sigma Partners, CVP, Trilogy Equity Partners.

This organization was formed by Jo Tango. The overall number of key employees were 2.

This Kepha Partners works on 10 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2019. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 10 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The important activity for fund was in 2012.

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1 Atlas Venture
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Typical Co-investors
Kepha Partners is more likely to invest in rounds together with the following funds:
1 Pluto Investments
2 Reading Capital
3 Safe x Connected Cities Accelerator
Funds investing in following rounds
These funds have a tendency to invest in the following rounds after Kepha Partners:
1 MForma Group

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Mavrck

Advertising
Advertising Platforms
Affiliate Marketing
Apps
Brand Marketing
Content Creators
Digital Media
Social Media Marketing
Social Network
$5M31 Oct 2018
Kepha Partners
GrandBanks Capital
 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

ClearGov

Data Visualization
Financial Software
Government
GovTech
Information Services (B2C)
SaaS
Software
$3M30 Apr 2018
Kepha Partners
RiverPark Ventures
MassVentures
LaunchCapital
Hub Angels Investment Group
 Massachusetts, United States

Kemvi

Machine Learning
Marketing Automation
Software
$1M12 May 2017
Kepha Partners
Seabed VC
Power Americas Minerals
Neotribe Ventures
 San Francisco, California, United States

ClearGov

Data Visualization
Financial Software
Government
GovTech
Information Services (B2C)
SaaS
Software
$1M29 Mar 2017
MassVentures
Public Investment Corporation
Kepha Partners
Bantam Group
 Massachusetts, United States

Apliant

Automation/Workflow Software
Business/Productivity Software
Information Technology
Insurance
InsurTech
Shopping
29 Jul 2016
Kepha Partners
MassMutual Ventures
 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Paradigm4, inc.

Analytics
Big Data
Bioinformatics
Predictive Analytics
30 Nov 2015
Golden Seeds
Sigma Prime Ventures
Kepha Partners
 Massachusetts, United States

Mavrck

Advertising
Advertising Platforms
Affiliate Marketing
Apps
Brand Marketing
Content Creators
Digital Media
Social Media Marketing
Social Network
$5M13 Nov 2015
Kepha Partners
GrandBanks Capital
 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Adored

Advertising
Apps
Brand Marketing
Loyalty Programs
$2M08 Jul 2015
Kepha Partners
Matrix Partners
Boston Seed Capital
Borealis Ventures
Bantam Group
 Manchester, New Hampshire, United States

Shareaholic

Advertising
Big Data
Content
Content Discovery
Content Marketing
Digital Marketing
Email Marketing
Social Media Marketing
$2M01 Oct 2014
General Catalyst
NextView Ventures
Kepha Partners
 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Total investments 56
Average round size 3M
Rounds per year 3.50
Peak activity year 2006
Lead investments 8
Follow on index 0.39
Exits 17
Group Appearance index 0.73

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Mavrck

Advertising
Advertising Platforms
Affiliate Marketing
Apps
Brand Marketing
Content Creators
Digital Media
Social Media Marketing
Social Network
$5M31 Oct 2018
Kepha Partners
GrandBanks Capital
 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

ClearGov

Data Visualization
Financial Software
Government
GovTech
Information Services (B2C)
SaaS
Software
$3M30 Apr 2018
Kepha Partners
RiverPark Ventures
MassVentures
LaunchCapital
Hub Angels Investment Group
 Massachusetts, United States

Kemvi

Machine Learning
Marketing Automation
Software
$1M12 May 2017
Kepha Partners
Seabed VC
Power Americas Minerals
Neotribe Ventures
 San Francisco, California, United States

ClearGov

Data Visualization
Financial Software
Government
GovTech
Information Services (B2C)
SaaS
Software
$1M29 Mar 2017
MassVentures
Public Investment Corporation
Kepha Partners
Bantam Group
 Massachusetts, United States

Apliant

Automation/Workflow Software
Business/Productivity Software
Information Technology
Insurance
InsurTech
Shopping
29 Jul 2016
Kepha Partners
MassMutual Ventures
 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Paradigm4, inc.

Analytics
Big Data
Bioinformatics
Predictive Analytics
30 Nov 2015
Golden Seeds
Sigma Prime Ventures
Kepha Partners
 Massachusetts, United States

Mavrck

Advertising
Advertising Platforms
Affiliate Marketing
Apps
Brand Marketing
Content Creators
Digital Media
Social Media Marketing
Social Network
$5M13 Nov 2015
Kepha Partners
GrandBanks Capital
 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Adored

Advertising
Apps
Brand Marketing
Loyalty Programs
$2M08 Jul 2015
Kepha Partners
Matrix Partners
Boston Seed Capital
Borealis Ventures
Bantam Group
 Manchester, New Hampshire, United States

Shareaholic

Advertising
Big Data
Content
Content Discovery
Content Marketing
Digital Marketing
Email Marketing
Social Media Marketing
$2M01 Oct 2014
General Catalyst
NextView Ventures
Kepha Partners
 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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