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The Yard Ventures

Founders Michael Madden

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Total investments 51
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$14M
Portfolio companies 39
Rounds per year 6.38
Lead investments 0
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.18
Exits 4
Key employees 1

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Machine Learning
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Education
  • Biotechnology
Summary

In 2016 was created The Yard Ventures, which is appeared as VC. The company was established in North America in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Waltham.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 8-9 participants. Despite the The Yard Ventures, startups are often financed by Manifest Investment Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Knight Enterprise Fund. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Green D Ventures, Blue Ivy Ventures, Purple Arch Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Alumni Ventures Group, University Ventures, Webb Investment Network.

This organization was formed by Michael Madden. We also calculated 1 valuable employee in our database.

The fund is constantly included in 7-12 investment rounds annually. The typical startup value when the investment from The Yard Ventures is more than 1 billion dollars. Opposing the other organizations, this The Yard Ventures works on 14 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2018. The high activity for fund was in 2018. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars.

The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 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 various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline NewLeaf Symbiotics, Lacework, RapidSOS Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Education, Financial Services.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

CHEQ

Information Technology
$8M21 Sep 2022 Bellevue, Washington, United States

Fido

Financial Services
$30M01 May 2022 Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana

Cyrus Biotechnology

Biotechnology
Nutrition
Software
$18M06 Dec 2021 Seattle, Washington, United States

Analytical Space

Aerospace
Aerospace and Defense
Hardware
Internet of Things
Media and Information Services (B2B)
Other Commercial Services
Other Communications and Networking
Satellite Communication
Space Travel
Telecommunications
$17M26 Oct 2021 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Vincere Health

Fitness
Health Care
Software
Wearables
Wellness
$3M17 Oct 2021 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Aprende Institute

EdTech
Education
$22M09 Oct 2021 Florida, United States

Formlogic

Artificial Intelligence
Industrial Automation
Industrial Engineering
Machine Learning
Manufacturing
Mechanical Engineering
$20M10 Jun 2021 Seattle, Washington, United States

AllHere Education

Artificial Intelligence
Education
Internet
$8M09 Jun 2021 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Knix Wear

Fashion
Lingerie
Women's
$53M18 May 2021 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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AllHere Raises $8M in Series A Funding

– AllHere, a Boston MA-based company which specializes in providing K-12 districts with technology solutions for student outcomes, raised $8M in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Spero Ventures with participation from Rethink Education, Gratitude Railroad, Potencia Ventures, and Boston Impact Initiative, as well as new investors Softbank’s Opportunity Fund, Operator Collective, and Yard Ventures.
– The investment round will be used to grow the capabilities of AllHere’s conversational artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, expand operations and business reach.

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Total investments 51
Average round size 14M
Rounds per year 6.38
Peak activity year 2018
Lead investments 0
Follow on index 0.18
Exits 4
Group Appearance index 1.00

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

CHEQ

Information Technology
$8M21 Sep 2022 Bellevue, Washington, United States

Fido

Financial Services
$30M01 May 2022 Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana

Cyrus Biotechnology

Biotechnology
Nutrition
Software
$18M06 Dec 2021 Seattle, Washington, United States

Analytical Space

Aerospace
Aerospace and Defense
Hardware
Internet of Things
Media and Information Services (B2B)
Other Commercial Services
Other Communications and Networking
Satellite Communication
Space Travel
Telecommunications
$17M26 Oct 2021 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Vincere Health

Fitness
Health Care
Software
Wearables
Wellness
$3M17 Oct 2021 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Aprende Institute

EdTech
Education
$22M09 Oct 2021 Florida, United States

Formlogic

Artificial Intelligence
Industrial Automation
Industrial Engineering
Machine Learning
Manufacturing
Mechanical Engineering
$20M10 Jun 2021 Seattle, Washington, United States

AllHere Education

Artificial Intelligence
Education
Internet
$8M09 Jun 2021 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Knix Wear

Fashion
Lingerie
Women's
$53M18 May 2021 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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