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ACON Investment

Founders Bernard W. Aronson Jonathan J. Ginns Kenneth R. Brotman

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Total investments 28
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$12M
Portfolio companies 28
Rounds per year 0.17
Lead investments 1
Exits 7
Key employees 20
Stages of investment
Private Equity

Areas of investment

  • Energy
  • Retail
  • Renewable Energy
  • Manufacturing
  • Internet
Summary

In 1857 was created ACON Investment, which is appeared as VC. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Washington. The company was established in North America in United States.

Opposing the other organizations, this ACON Investment works on 8 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The top activity for fund was in 2012. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 55 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Deals in the range of 50 - 100 millions dollars are the general things for fund.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 participants. Despite the ACON Investment, startups are often financed by Worldview Technology Partners, Oak Investment Partners, Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP). The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Comdisco Ventures, Worldview Technology Partners, Washington Post. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Silverfern Group, Oak Investment Partners, Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP).

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Retail, Energy. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Sanrise, ZonaFinanciera, Credivalores-Crediservicios

This organization was formed by Bernard W. Aronson, Jonathan J. Ginns, Kenneth R. Brotman.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Sanrise

Data Storage
Network Hardware
Self-Storage
$115M02 May 2001 California, United States

Cogent Communications Group

Internet
Service Industry
Telecommunications
$90M18 Jul 2000 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Total investments 28
Average round size 12M
Rounds per year 0.17
Peak activity year 2012
Lead investments 1
Exits 7
Group Appearance index 0.36

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Sanrise

Data Storage
Network Hardware
Self-Storage
$115M02 May 2001 California, United States

Cogent Communications Group

Internet
Service Industry
Telecommunications
$90M18 Jul 2000 Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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