180 Degree Capital

Total investments

107

Average round size

15M

Portfolio companies

54

Rounds per year

2.67

Lead investments

7

Follow on index

0.50

Exits

21

Stages of investment
SeedEarly Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Areas of investment
BiotechnologySoftwareHealth CareManufacturingMedicalHardwareSemiconductorElectronicsEnergyNanotechnology

Summary

180 Degree Capital is the famous VC, which was founded in 1983. The company was established in North America in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the New York.

Besides them, we counted 4 critical employees of this fund in our database.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 partakers. Despite the 180 Degree Capital, startups are often financed by DFJ, The Aurora Funds, VantagePoint Capital Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are VantagePoint Capital Partners, ATA Ventures, The Aurora Funds. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by VantagePoint Capital Partners, Sevin Rosen Funds, In-Q-Tel.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight BioVex, ORIG3N, Nanomix. 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 fund investment industries, there are Software, Medical. The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 4 of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund.

The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. Comparing to the other companies, this 180 Degree Capital performs on 11 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 14 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2011. The typical startup value when the investment from 180 Degree Capital is 10-50 millions dollars. The high activity for fund was in 2008.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
107
Lead investments
7
Exits
21
Rounds per year
2.67
Follow on index
0.50
Investments by industry
  • Manufacturing (52)
  • Biotechnology (39)
  • Nanotechnology (26)
  • Semiconductor (26)
  • Electronics (24)
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Investments by region
  • United States (102)
  • United Kingdom (2)
  • Canada (3)
Peak activity year
2008
Number of Unicorns
1
Number of Decacorns
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
18
Avg. valuation at time of investment
29M
Group Appearance index
0.91
Avg. company exit year
11
Avg. multiplicator
1.13
Strategy success index
0.30

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
ORIG3N 12 Jul 2018 Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical, Personal Health Early Stage Venture 14M United States, Massachusetts, Boston
PolyRemedy 11 Feb 2008 Information Technology, Health Care, Medical Device Early Stage Venture 25M United States, Massachusetts
02 Apr 2019 Financial Services, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain Venture - Series Unknown

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