Act Venture Capital

Type

Venture Capital

Status

Active

Location

Dublin, Ireland

Total investments

171

Average round size

6M

Portfolio companies

108

Rounds per year

5.70

Lead investments

57

Follow on index

0.37

Exits

49

Stages of investment
SeedEarly Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Areas of investment
E-CommerceInternetSoftwareAnalyticsInformation TechnologyMobileHealth CareSaaSManufacturingSemiconductor

Summary

Act Venture Capital appeared to be the VC, which was created in 1994. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Dublin. The fund was located in Europe if to be more exact in Ireland.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Act Venture Capital, startups are often financed by Wayra, NDRC, Apax Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are TTP Ventures, Intel Capital, Episode 1. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by TTP Ventures, Greylock Partners, Atlantic Bridge.

The overall number of key employees were 3.

The typical startup value when the investment from Act Venture Capital is 1-5 millions dollars. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2015. Deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars are the general things for fund. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 38 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. Comparing to the other companies, this Act Venture Capital performs on 12 percentage points more the average number of lead investments. The high activity for fund was in 2000. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity.

The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Manufacturing, Medical. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Ireland. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Intense, Arralis, Swrve.

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Investor highlights

Industry generalist
Yes
Industry focus
GeneralistClimate techAI/Big DataCommunity/Social networkIoT Show 13 more
Stage focus
Series ASeries BSeed
Geo focus
AlbaniaAustriaBelgiumBosnia and HerzegovinaBulgaria Show 37 more

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Investments analytics

Last fund

Fund size
EUR 140000000
Fund raised date
2022-06-14

Analytics

Total investments
171
Lead investments
57
Exits
49
Rounds per year
5.70
Follow on index
0.37
Investments by industry
  • Software (73)
  • Information Technology (25)
  • E-Commerce (22)
  • SaaS (22)
  • Internet (21)
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Investments by region
  • Ireland (121)
  • United Kingdom (17)
  • United States (31)
  • Germany (1)
Peak activity year
2020

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
14
Avg. valuation at time of investment
8M
Group Appearance index
0.74
Avg. company exit year
12
Avg. multiplicator
0.93

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Incereb 01 Mar 2018 Health Care, Medical Device, Medical, Business Development Seed 1M Ireland, County Dublin, Ireland
Spectrum Life 27 May 2024 Early Stage Venture 20M Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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