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Advanced Equities

Founders Dwight Badger Keith Daubenspeck

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Total investments 46
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$47M
Portfolio companies 25
Rounds per year 2.09
Lead investments 3
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.46
Exits 15
Key employees 1
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Private Equity

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Semiconductor
  • Information Technology
  • Transportation
  • Mobile
Summary

Advanced Equities is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 1999. The venture was found in North America in United States. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Chicago.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Advanced Equities, startups are often financed by ComVentures, Worldview Technology Partners, U.S. Venture Partners (USVP). The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Sunbridge Partners, Apex Venture Partners, Warburg Pincus. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Kleiner Perkins, Sunbridge Partners, Apex Venture Partners.

The real fund results show that this Corporate Investor is 13 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The high activity for fund was in 2006. Comparing to the other companies, this Advanced Equities performs on 7 percentage points more the average number of lead investments. When the investment is from Advanced Equities the average startup value is more than 1 billion dollars. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2018. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year.

This organization was formed by Dwight Badger, Keith Daubenspeck. The overall number of key employees were 1.

Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Bloom Energy, Alien Technology, Motricity. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Semiconductor, Software. The fund has specific favorite 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.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Edeniq

Agriculture
Biotechnology
Fuel
$12M11 May 2010 Visalia, California, United States

Clean Energy
Energy
Energy Efficiency
Manufacturing
Renewable Energy
Solar
$75M27 Jul 2009 Georgia, United States

Sezmi Corporation

Broadcasting
Media and Entertainment
Video
$33M25 Nov 2008 California, United States

Quantia

Communities
Health Care
Medical
Social Media
$5M17 Sep 2008 Massachusetts, United States

Edeniq

Agriculture
Biotechnology
Fuel
$33M21 Apr 2008 Visalia, California, United States

Clean Energy
Energy
Energy Efficiency
Manufacturing
Renewable Energy
Solar
$50M01 Feb 2008 Georgia, United States

Agami System

Asset Management
Consulting Services (B2B)
Enterprise
Enterprise Software
Hardware
Internet
Investment Banks
$50M21 Nov 2007 Sunnyvale, California, United States

Ambric

Semiconductor
Software
Video
01 Nov 2007 Ohio, United States

Turin Networks

Connectivity Products
Fiberoptic Equipment
Internet
Telecommunications
Wireless
$52M11 May 2007 California, United States

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Total investments 46
Average round size 47M
Rounds per year 2.09
Peak activity year 2008
Lead investments 3
Follow on index 0.46
Exits 15
Group Appearance index 0.89

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Edeniq

Agriculture
Biotechnology
Fuel
$12M11 May 2010 Visalia, California, United States

Clean Energy
Energy
Energy Efficiency
Manufacturing
Renewable Energy
Solar
$75M27 Jul 2009 Georgia, United States

Sezmi Corporation

Broadcasting
Media and Entertainment
Video
$33M25 Nov 2008 California, United States

Quantia

Communities
Health Care
Medical
Social Media
$5M17 Sep 2008 Massachusetts, United States

Edeniq

Agriculture
Biotechnology
Fuel
$33M21 Apr 2008 Visalia, California, United States

Clean Energy
Energy
Energy Efficiency
Manufacturing
Renewable Energy
Solar
$50M01 Feb 2008 Georgia, United States

Agami System

Asset Management
Consulting Services (B2B)
Enterprise
Enterprise Software
Hardware
Internet
Investment Banks
$50M21 Nov 2007 Sunnyvale, California, United States

Ambric

Semiconductor
Software
Video
01 Nov 2007 Ohio, United States

Turin Networks

Connectivity Products
Fiberoptic Equipment
Internet
Telecommunications
Wireless
$52M11 May 2007 California, United States
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