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August One

Founders Sameer Narula

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Total investments 18
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$1M
Portfolio companies 14
Rounds per year 2.57
Lead investments 9
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.22
Exits 2
Key employees 4
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Private Equity
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Analytics
  • SaaS
  • E-Commerce
Summary

August One appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2015. The main department of described VC is located in the Singapore. The venture was found in Asia in Singapore.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3 partakers. Despite the August One, startups are often financed by Entrepreneur First, Y Combinator, India Quotient. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Spring SEEDS Capital, SGInnovate, Karl Ulrich. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Spring SEEDS Capital, Vivo Capital, InterWest Partners.

The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Latize, Shopmatic, Shopmatic. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Analytics, Internet. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Singapore.

Opposing the other organizations, this August One works on 15 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 16 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The important activity for fund was in 2019. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. When the investment is from August One the average startup value is 5-10 millions dollars. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars.

This organization was formed by Sameer Narula. Besides them, we counted 4 critical employees of this fund in our database.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

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Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
Energy
Energy Efficiency
Internet of Things
Machine Learning
Software
Sustainability
$700K06 Dec 2019 Singapore, Central, Singapore

Artificial Intelligence
$1M25 Sep 2019 Singapore, Central, Singapore

Interviewer.AI

Artificial Intelligence
Human Resources
SaaS
Software
$629K15 Aug 2019 Singapore, Central, Singapore

GoComet

Enterprise Software
Freight Service
Logistics
SaaS
Software
$2M03 Jul 2019 Central

Shopmatic

E-Commerce
Internet
$5M14 Jun 2017 Central

Apvera

Analytics
Big Data
Cyber Security
Machine Learning
Security
Software
$1M15 Nov 2016 Central

Teamie

Charter Schools
Collaboration
Education
Parenting
Social Media
$1M26 Jul 2016 Central

Bandar Foods

Consumer
Food Delivery
Food Processing
$2M01 Mar 2016 San Francisco, California, United States

Latize

Analytics
Information Services
Information Technology
Marketing
Software
$2M30 Jan 2015 Central

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Total investments 18
Average round size 1M
Rounds per year 2.57
Peak activity year 2019
Lead investments 9
Follow on index 0.22
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.78

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Resync

Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
Energy
Energy Efficiency
Internet of Things
Machine Learning
Software
Sustainability
$700K06 Dec 2019 Singapore, Central, Singapore

Artificial Intelligence
$1M25 Sep 2019 Singapore, Central, Singapore

Interviewer.AI

Artificial Intelligence
Human Resources
SaaS
Software
$629K15 Aug 2019 Singapore, Central, Singapore

GoComet

Enterprise Software
Freight Service
Logistics
SaaS
Software
$2M03 Jul 2019 Central

Shopmatic

E-Commerce
Internet
$5M14 Jun 2017 Central

Apvera

Analytics
Big Data
Cyber Security
Machine Learning
Security
Software
$1M15 Nov 2016 Central

Teamie

Charter Schools
Collaboration
Education
Parenting
Social Media
$1M26 Jul 2016 Central

Bandar Foods

Consumer
Food Delivery
Food Processing
$2M01 Mar 2016 San Francisco, California, United States

Latize

Analytics
Information Services
Information Technology
Marketing
Software
$2M30 Jan 2015 Central
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