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Ames Seed Capital

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Total investments 6
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$4M
Portfolio companies 5
Rounds per year 0.18
Lead investments 2
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.17
Exits 1
Key employees 1
Stages of investment
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Health Care
  • Software
  • Genetics
  • Therapeutics
  • Biotechnology
Summary

Ames Seed Capital is the famous VC, which was founded in 1987. The main department of described VC is located in the Ames. The venture was found in North America in United States.

Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2011. Comparing to the other companies, this Ames Seed Capital performs on 4 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The high activity for fund was in 2019. The real fund results show that this VC is 5 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The typical startup value when the investment from Ames Seed Capital is 5-10 millions dollars.

For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline NewLink Genetics Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Therapeutics, InsurTech. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund.

We also calculated 1 valuable employee in our database.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 participants. Despite the Ames Seed Capital, startups are often financed by Ag Startup Engine, Next Level Ventures, NLG Advisors. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are NLG Advisors, Midwest Oilseeds, Iowa Capital Management. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by NLG Advisors, Midwest Oilseeds, Iowa Dept of Economic Development.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

VetMeasure

Health Care
Pet
Veterinary
$100K12 Aug 2019 Ames, Iowa, United States

automed

AgTech
Livestock
Medical Device
Pharmaceutical
Software
$400K01 Aug 2018 Iowa, United States

FindBoB

Financial Services
InsurTech
$1M22 Dec 2017 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

NewLink Genetics

Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
Therapeutics
$17M31 Jan 2008 Ames, Iowa, United States

NewLink Genetics

Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
Therapeutics
$8M07 Sep 2007 Ames, Iowa, United States

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Total investments 6
Average round size 4M
Rounds per year 0.18
Peak activity year 2019
Lead investments 2
Follow on index 0.17
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.67

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

VetMeasure

Health Care
Pet
Veterinary
$100K12 Aug 2019 Ames, Iowa, United States

automed

AgTech
Livestock
Medical Device
Pharmaceutical
Software
$400K01 Aug 2018 Iowa, United States

FindBoB

Financial Services
InsurTech
$1M22 Dec 2017 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

NewLink Genetics

Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
Therapeutics
$17M31 Jan 2008 Ames, Iowa, United States

NewLink Genetics

Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
Therapeutics
$8M07 Sep 2007 Ames, Iowa, United States
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