Abell Foundation

Type

Venture Capital

Status

Active

Location

Baltimore, United States

Total investments

37

Average round size

2M

Portfolio companies

27

Rounds per year

0.52

Lead investments

6

Follow on index

0.27

Exits

2

Stages of investment
SeedPrivate Equity
Areas of investment
BiotechnologyInformation TechnologyMobileHealth CareRoboticsMedical DeviceMedicalAdvanced MaterialsNanotechnologyLighting

Summary

The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the Baltimore.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. This Abell Foundation works on 24 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 23 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The average startup value when the investment from Abell Foundation is 1-5 millions dollars. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2014. The top activity for fund was in 2018. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Abell Foundation, startups are often financed by US Department of Energy, TEDCO, Scott Garber. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are TEDCO, TCP Venture Capital, Jerry South. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by National Institutes of Health, US Department of Energy, TEDCO.

The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 3 or 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 most popular fund investment industries, there are Robotics, Software. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 6-10 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Pixelligent, Vixiar Medical, Snag-A-Slip.

Show more

Investor highlights

Industry focus
HealthcareCommunity/Social networkEdtechFoodtechFuture of Work Show 5 more
Stage focus
Seed
Geo focus
United States, Maryland, Baltimore
Check size
150K — 500K

Discover reliable insights

Find relevant VC investors, identify key contacts and secure funding opportunities.

Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
37
Lead investments
6
Exits
2
Rounds per year
0.52
Follow on index
0.27
Investments by industry
  • Health Care (15)
  • Medical (12)
  • Biotechnology (12)
  • Medical Device (7)
  • Robotics (5)
  • Show 48 more
Investments by region
  • United States (37)
Peak activity year
2020

Discover reliable insights

Leverage validated data, identify key contacts and secure funding opportunities for your business.

Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
15
Avg. valuation at time of investment
740K
Group Appearance index
0.73
Avg. company exit year
4

Need more data?

Get access to full data about investors, including their team, contact information, and historic data.

Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Sugar 01 Aug 2019 Real Estate, Mobile, Property Management, Consumer Software, Location Based Services, Consumer Applications Seed 950K United States, California, Los Angeles
Minnowtech 26 Feb 2024 Biotechnology, Aquaculture Early Stage Venture United States, Maryland, Baltimore

Similar funds

By same location

By same geo focus

By doing lead investments

How we get our data

At Unicorn Nest, we combine cutting-edge technology with human expertise to build one of the most reliable venture capital databases in the market. Our process begins with automated AI-enhanced data collection, leveraging the full potential of Large Language Models (LLMs).

Later, our team of analysts takes it further with manual verification, using proprietary tools for data cleaning and validation to ensure accuracy and reliability. We cross-check and enhance our findings through press and media monitoring, integrating information from trusted news outlets and venture capital aggregators. Finally, we stay ahead of the curve by monitoring social networks like LinkedIn and X.com.