Abu Dhabi Investment Authority

Total investments

76

Average round size

534M

Portfolio companies

59

Rounds per year

1.58

Lead investments

14

Follow on index

0.21

Exits

23

Areas of investment
SoftwareFinancial ServicesRetailFinanceHealth CareManufacturingInsuranceEnergyClean EnergyWind Energy

Summary

In 1976 was created Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, which is appeared as VC. The main department of described VC is located in the Abu Dhabi. The venture was found in Asia in United Arab Emirates.

The overall number of key employees were 4.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, startups are often financed by GIC, Goldman Sachs, TPG Growth. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are GIC, Goldman Sachs, SBI Mutual Fund. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by GIC, Yes Bank, ValueAct Capital.

The top amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 22 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The high activity for fund was in 2018. The typical startup value when the investment from Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is more than 1 billion dollars. Opposing the other organizations, this Abu Dhabi Investment Authority works on 28 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of more than 100 millions dollars.

Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Moderna Therapeutics, Bandhan Bank, ReNew Power Ventures. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Health Care, Therapeutics. For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - India.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
76
Lead investments
14
Exits
23
Rounds per year
1.58
Follow on index
0.21
Investments by industry
  • Energy (11)
  • Health Care (10)
  • Wind Energy (10)
  • Clean Energy (10)
  • Financial Services (9)
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Investments by region
  • United States (19)
  • India (37)
  • United Kingdom (5)
  • Indonesia (2)
  • China (6)
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Peak activity year
2023
Number of Unicorns
17
Number of Decacorns
24
Number of Minotaurs
18

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
19
Avg. valuation at time of investment
6B
Group Appearance index
0.68
Avg. company exit year
24
Avg. multiplicator
0.69
Strategy success index
1.00

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Galaxy Jiutian 15 Dec 2023 Aerospace Early Stage Venture 100M Hong Kong, Kowloon City, China

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