Arete Corporation

Total investments

5

Average round size

9M

Portfolio companies

4

Rounds per year

0.13

Lead investments

1

Follow on index

0.20

Exits

3

Stages of investment
Seed
Areas of investment
Energy StorageSoftwareManufacturingHardwareElectronicsEnergyRenewable EnergyOil and GasNanotechnologyWater Purification

Summary

The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4 partakers. Despite the Arete Corporation, startups are often financed by Enron North America. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Enron North America, Wexford Capital, Perseus. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Wexford Capital, Perseus, PacifiCorp.

The high activity for fund was in 2001. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually.

Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. 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 most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Encorp. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Water Purification, Oil and Gas.

The current fund was established by Robert W. Shaw, Jr.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
5
Lead investments
1
Exits
3
Rounds per year
0.13
Follow on index
0.20
Investments by industry
  • Software (2)
  • Renewable Energy (2)
  • Hardware (2)
  • Energy Storage (2)
  • Water Purification (1)
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Investments by region
  • United States (4)
  • Canada (1)
Peak activity year
2001

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
21
Group Appearance index
1.00
Avg. company exit year
11

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Encorp 16 Mar 2000 Energy Storage, Software, Hardware, Renewable Energy Late Stage Venture 3M United States, Colorado, Fort Collins

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