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5square

Founders Mark Gitsels Remco van den Heuvel

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Total investments 19
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$2M
Portfolio companies 18
Rounds per year 1.12
Lead investments 3
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.05
Exits 1
Key employees 7

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Information Technology
  • Financial Services
  • Business Development
  • Finance
Summary

5square is the famous VC, which was founded in 2004. The fund was located in Europe if to be more exact in The Netherlands. The main department of described VC is located in the Laren.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 partakers. Despite the 5square, startups are often financed by Velocity Capital Private Equity, Finch Capital, Chemelot Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Velocity Capital Private Equity, Social Impact Ventures NL, Karmijn Kapitaal. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, btov Partners, Velocity Capital Private Equity.

The high activity for fund was in 2016. Deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 9 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Comparing to the other companies, this 5square performs on 23 percentage points less the average number of lead investments.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - The Netherlands. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Advertising, Travel. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline FiveDegrees, BUX Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund.

This organization was formed by Mark Gitsels, Remco van den Heuvel. We also calculated 7 valuable employees in our database.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Stock Exchanges
Trading Platform
$1M15 Sep 2015 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Consumer Electronics
Product Design
Security
Ticketing
Travel
01 May 2014 Almere, Flevoland, Netherlands

Mechanical Engineering
Professional Networking
Professional Services
Project Management
01 Jan 2013 Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Consumer
E-Learning
Education
Internet
Primary Education
Secondary Education
01 Oct 2012 Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

Information Services
Property Management
Real Estate
Rental
Rental Property
01 Jan 2006 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

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Total investments 19
Average round size 2M
Rounds per year 1.12
Peak activity year 2016
Lead investments 3
Follow on index 0.05
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.21

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Stock Exchanges
Trading Platform
$1M15 Sep 2015 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Consumer Electronics
Product Design
Security
Ticketing
Travel
01 May 2014 Almere, Flevoland, Netherlands

Mechanical Engineering
Professional Networking
Professional Services
Project Management
01 Jan 2013 Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Consumer
E-Learning
Education
Internet
Primary Education
Secondary Education
01 Oct 2012 Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

Information Services
Property Management
Real Estate
Rental
Rental Property
01 Jan 2006 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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