Aqua Spark appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2013. The venture was found in Europe in The Netherlands. The main department of described VC is located in the Utrecht.
The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 participants. Despite the Aqua Spark, startups are often financed by Technology Development Fund, Pangaea Ventures, Walden Riverwood Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Walden Riverwood Ventures, Trendlines Group, Temasek Holdings. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by BP Ventures.
Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Farming, Food and Beverage. For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 2 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Protix Biosystems, eFishery, Cryoocyte
The current fund was established by Amy Novogratz, Mike Velings.
The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The real fund results show that this VC is 55 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The high activity for fund was in 2017.
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| Company | Industry | Round Size | Date | Investors | Location |
Kuehnle Agrosystems | $3M | 13 Mar 2024 | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States | ||
AquaRech | $2M | 22 Nov 2023 | Nyanza, Kisumu, Kenya | ||
Wanda Fish Technologies | $7M | 09 Oct 2023 | Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel | ||
Tepbac | $2M | 20 Apr 2023 | Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | ||
eniferBio | $12M | 18 Apr 2023 | Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland | ||
Sea6 Energy | $9M | 17 Aug 2022 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | ||
eFishery | $90M | 10 Jan 2022 | Bandung, West Java, Indonesia | ||
Ecto | $7M | 01 Oct 2021 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | ||
XpertSea | $20M | 10 Aug 2021 | Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
– XpertSea, a Canadian company transforming how seafood is farmed and traded, announced it has closed a $20M USD Series B funding round.
– The round was led by QED Investors and Atlantico with Investissement Quebec joining previous investors Obvious Ventures, Aqua-Spark, Tony Fadell’s Future Shape, Real Ventures and edō Capital.
– QED partner Lauren Morton will join XpertSea’s board, resulting in both an executive team and a board where women are in the majority.
– By 2050 our planet will need 70% more food production to feed 10 billion people. Aquaculture represents one of the most efficient and sustainable ways to supply that quality protein, but technology gaps and the lack of financial services to underbanked farmers are major barriers to growth.
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| Company | Industry | Round Size | Date | Investors | Location |
Kuehnle Agrosystems | $3M | 13 Mar 2024 | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States | ||
AquaRech | $2M | 22 Nov 2023 | Nyanza, Kisumu, Kenya | ||
Wanda Fish Technologies | $7M | 09 Oct 2023 | Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel | ||
Tepbac | $2M | 20 Apr 2023 | Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | ||
eniferBio | $12M | 18 Apr 2023 | Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland | ||
Sea6 Energy | $9M | 17 Aug 2022 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | ||
eFishery | $90M | 10 Jan 2022 | Bandung, West Java, Indonesia | ||
Ecto | $7M | 01 Oct 2021 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | ||
XpertSea | $20M | 10 Aug 2021 | Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
