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Total investments 23
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$2M
Portfolio companies 21
Rounds per year 1.35
Lead investments 10
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.09
Exits 3
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Manufacturing
  • Education
  • Medical Device
  • Industrial Engineering
Summary

Ask Capital is the famous VC, which was founded in 2006. The venture was found in Europe in Portugal. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Lisboa.

Opposing the other organizations, this Ask Capital works on 19 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 51 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The important activity for fund was in 2007.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 partakers. Despite the Ask Capital, startups are often financed by Portugal Ventures, ChangePartners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Portugal Ventures, ChangePartners, Critical SGPS. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Portugal Ventures, Turismo Capital, Explorer Investments.

For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Manufacturing, Market Research. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight GuestCentric Systems, Critical Links. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 1 and less years to receive the investment from the fund.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Dash

FinTech
$32M07 Mar 2022 New York, New York, United States

Autochek

Automotive
$13M26 Oct 2021 Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

PETAPILOT, S.A.

Analytics
Big Data
Financial Services
Software
01 Feb 2015 Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal

Golf
Machinery Manufacturing
Robotics
01 Dec 2014 Portugal, Santarém, Portugal

MyChild

Apps
Education
Health Care
iOS
Parenting
$784K10 Jan 2014 Portugal, Lisbon

GreenFiber Tech

Agriculture
Building Material
CleanTech
26 Mar 2013 Portugal, Centro, Portugal

Critical Links

Charter Schools
EdTech
Education
Enterprise Software
Software
$5M01 Sep 2008 New Jersey, United States

Critical Links

Charter Schools
EdTech
Education
Enterprise Software
Software
$5M30 Oct 2007 New Jersey, United States

GuestCentric Systems

Developer Platform
Travel
Web Design
$1M05 Jun 2007 Stamford, Connecticut, United States
News
TLcom and 4DX drive $13.1M seed round to scale Autochek’s platform across Africa

– Autochek, a pan-African automotive company, raised $13.1m in seed funding.
– The round was led by TLcom Capital and 4DX Ventures, and joined by existing investors Golden Palm Investments, Enza Capital, Lateral Capital, and others.
– First-time investors ASK Capital and Mobility 54 Investment SAS also participated.
– The company has raised $16.5m in two financing rounds.

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Total investments 23
Average round size 2M
Rounds per year 1.35
Peak activity year 2007
Lead investments 10
Follow on index 0.09
Exits 3
Group Appearance index 0.35

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Dash

FinTech
$32M07 Mar 2022 New York, New York, United States

Autochek

Automotive
$13M26 Oct 2021 Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

PETAPILOT, S.A.

Analytics
Big Data
Financial Services
Software
01 Feb 2015 Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal

Golf
Machinery Manufacturing
Robotics
01 Dec 2014 Portugal, Santarém, Portugal

MyChild

Apps
Education
Health Care
iOS
Parenting
$784K10 Jan 2014 Portugal, Lisbon

GreenFiber Tech

Agriculture
Building Material
CleanTech
26 Mar 2013 Portugal, Centro, Portugal

Critical Links

Charter Schools
EdTech
Education
Enterprise Software
Software
$5M01 Sep 2008 New Jersey, United States

Critical Links

Charter Schools
EdTech
Education
Enterprise Software
Software
$5M30 Oct 2007 New Jersey, United States

GuestCentric Systems

Developer Platform
Travel
Web Design
$1M05 Jun 2007 Stamford, Connecticut, United States
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