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Abu Dhabi Investment Authority

Founders H.H. Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan HH Shaikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahdha Bin Sultan bin Zayed bin Khalifa bin Shakhbut bin Dhiyab bin Issa Al Nahyan Al Falahi HH Shaikh Sultan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Sheikha Maryam Al Qasimi

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Total investments 84
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$520M
Portfolio companies 65
Rounds per year 1.75
Lead investments 17
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.21
Exits 27
Key employees 4

Areas of investment

  • Financial Services
  • Energy
  • Health Care
  • Wind Energy
  • Clean 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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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Galaxy Jiutian

Aerospace
$100M15 Dec 2023 Kowloon City, Hong Kong, China

Outrider

Artificial Intelligence
Autonomous Vehicles
Industrial Automation
Robotics
Software
$73M19 Jan 2023 Golden, Colorado, United States

Acrisure

Banking
Finance
Insurance
$725M31 May 2022 Caledonia, Michigan, United States

Generate Biomedicines

Biotechnology
$370M18 Nov 2021 Pennsylvania, United States

Okadoc

Fitness
Health Care
Information Technology
mHealth
Software
Wellness
$10M12 Feb 2020 Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Gossamer Bio

Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$230M23 Jul 2018 San Diego, California, United States

Kaleido BioSciences

Biotechnology
$101M26 Jun 2018 Massachusetts, United States

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Total investments 84
Average round size 520M
Rounds per year 1.75
Peak activity year 2023
Lead investments 17
Follow on index 0.21
Exits 27
Group Appearance index 0.69

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Galaxy Jiutian

Aerospace
$100M15 Dec 2023 Kowloon City, Hong Kong, China

Outrider

Artificial Intelligence
Autonomous Vehicles
Industrial Automation
Robotics
Software
$73M19 Jan 2023 Golden, Colorado, United States

Acrisure

Banking
Finance
Insurance
$725M31 May 2022 Caledonia, Michigan, United States

Generate Biomedicines

Biotechnology
$370M18 Nov 2021 Pennsylvania, United States

Okadoc

Fitness
Health Care
Information Technology
mHealth
Software
Wellness
$10M12 Feb 2020 Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Gossamer Bio

Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$230M23 Jul 2018 San Diego, California, United States

Kaleido BioSciences

Biotechnology
$101M26 Jun 2018 Massachusetts, United States
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