3M Ventures

Type

CVC

Status

Active

Location

Saint Paul, United States

Total investments

29

Average round size

10M

Portfolio companies

24

Rounds per year

1.61

Lead investments

3

Follow on index

0.17

Exits

5

Stages of investment
Private EquityEarly Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Areas of investment
SoftwareArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningHealth CareManufacturingMedical DeviceMedicalmHealthEnergyWireless

Summary

The venture was found in North America in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the Saint Paul.

Comparing to the other companies, this 3M New Ventures performs on 15 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The important activity for fund was in 2011. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2018. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 18 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the 3M New Ventures, startups are often financed by Social Capital, NYSERDA, Alliance of Angels. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Social Capital, SilverFish, Safeguard Scientifics. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by venBio Partners, Vivo Capital, NYSERDA.

We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Medical, Manufacturing. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 6-10 years to receive the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Impel NeuroPharma, Smart Energy Instruments, HydroNovation

Besides them, we counted 1 critical employee of this fund in our database.

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Investor highlights

Industry focus
MobilitySecurityProptech/Real EstateHardwareClimate tech Show 4 more
Stage focus
Series ASeries B

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
29
Lead investments
3
Exits
5
Rounds per year
1.61
Follow on index
0.17
Investments by industry
  • Medical Device (6)
  • Health Care (6)
  • Software (6)
  • Manufacturing (5)
  • Medical (5)
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Investments by region
  • United States (21)
  • Israel (3)
  • Finland (1)
  • Canada (1)
  • Germany (3)
Peak activity year
2012

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
12
Avg. valuation at time of investment
15M
Group Appearance index
0.66
Avg. company exit year
9
Avg. multiplicator
2.38

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
EvolOH 26 Mar 2024 Early Stage Venture 20M United States, California, San Carlos
Varentec 14 Nov 2015 Manufacturing, CleanTech, Electronics Late Stage Venture 13M United States, California, San Jose

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