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122WEST VENTURES

Founders Andrew Solimine Evan Tana

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Total investments 44
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$3M
Portfolio companies 38
Rounds per year 5.50
Lead investments 1
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.11
Exits 4
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Internet
  • Information Technology
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Productivity Tools
Summary

122WEST VENTURES is the famous VC, which was founded in 2017. The venture was found in North America in United States. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the San Francisco.

Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2019. This 122WEST VENTURES works on 12 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The high activity for fund was in 2018. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 participants. Despite the 122WEST VENTURES, startups are often financed by Y Combinator, Sazze, Primer. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are South Park Commons, Founders' Co-op, Y Combinator. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Y Combinator, Strong Ventures, ID Ventures.

The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 1 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Sheltr, Dark, Transcend. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get 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. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Information Technology, Blockchain.

The fund was created by Andrew Solimine, Evan Tana. We also calculated 2 valuable employees in our database.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Lago

Database
Information Technology
Software
$15M14 Mar 2024 New Castle, Delaware, United States

Defog

Artificial Intelligence
Developer Tools
Information Technology
Machine Learning
$2M22 Nov 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Helix

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Information Technology
$4M05 Sep 2023 Pleasanton, California, United States

Anytype

Blockchain
Operating Systems
Software
$14M23 Aug 2023 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Cycle App

Internet
Project Management
Software
$6M27 Feb 2023 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Frond

Communities
Social
Software
$3M07 Feb 2023 -

Tribes Protocol

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Ethereum
Messaging
$3M23 Jan 2023 -

Merlin

Analytics
Blockchain
Product Management
$400K15 Jul 2022 -

Doppel

Cloud Security
Cyber Security
Fraud Detection
$5M23 May 2022 San Carlos, California, United States

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Total investments 44
Average round size 3M
Rounds per year 5.50
Peak activity year 2020
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.11
Exits 4
Group Appearance index 0.95

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Lago

Database
Information Technology
Software
$15M14 Mar 2024 New Castle, Delaware, United States

Defog

Artificial Intelligence
Developer Tools
Information Technology
Machine Learning
$2M22 Nov 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Helix

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Information Technology
$4M05 Sep 2023 Pleasanton, California, United States

Anytype

Blockchain
Operating Systems
Software
$14M23 Aug 2023 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Cycle App

Internet
Project Management
Software
$6M27 Feb 2023 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Frond

Communities
Social
Software
$3M07 Feb 2023 -

Tribes Protocol

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Ethereum
Messaging
$3M23 Jan 2023 -

Merlin

Analytics
Blockchain
Product Management
$400K15 Jul 2022 -

Doppel

Cloud Security
Cyber Security
Fraud Detection
$5M23 May 2022 San Carlos, California, United States
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