Active Partners

Type

Venture Capital

Status

Active

Location

London, United Kingdom

Total investments

30

Average round size

8M

Portfolio companies

24

Rounds per year

1.43

Lead investments

9

Follow on index

0.20

Areas of investment
E-CommerceInternetFinancial ServicesRetailFood and BeveragePersonal FinanceMarketplaceFashionTravelTourism

Summary

Active Partners appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2003. The venture was found in Europe in United Kingdom. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the London.

Considering the real fund results, this VC is 62 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The important activity for fund was in 2017. Deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars are the general things for fund.

For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United Kingdom. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are E-Commerce, Hospitality. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Context Travel, Who Can Fix My Car, TravelLocal

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 participants. Despite the Active Partners, startups are often financed by Reach plc. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Venrex Investment Management, Sir Trevor Chinn, Shell Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Permira Debt Managers, Venrex Investment Management, Sir Trevor Chinn.

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Investor highlights

Industry focus
Consumer/Retail
Stage focus
GeneralistPre-SeedSeedSeries ASeries B Show 1 more
Geo focus
Generalist
Check size
250K — 19M

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Investments analytics

Last fund

Fund size
GBP 100000000
Fund raised date
2020-01-23

Analytics

Total investments
30
Lead investments
9
Rounds per year
1.43
Follow on index
0.20
Investments by industry
  • E-Commerce (7)
  • Retail (6)
  • Marketplace (6)
  • Fashion (6)
  • Food and Beverage (4)
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Investments by region
  • United Kingdom (24)
  • Belgium (1)
  • United States (1)
  • Germany (1)
Peak activity year
2022
Number of Unicorns
1
Number of Decacorns
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
8
Avg. valuation at time of investment
84M
Group Appearance index
0.67

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