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Total investments 60
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$1M
Portfolio companies 6
Rounds per year 4.00
Lead investments 6
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.52
Key employees 3
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Mining
  • Software
  • Marketing
  • Mining Technology
  • Analytics
Summary

Aurus appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2008. The venture was found in South America in Chile. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Lo Barnechea.

The high activity for fund was in 2012. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2014. This Aurus works on 25 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. When the investment is from Aurus the average startup value is 1-5 millions dollars. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 7 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight MineSense Technologies, ClickMagic, Happyshop. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology. For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 participants. Despite the Aurus, startups are often financed by Chrysalix Venture Capital, Prelude Ventures, LLC, Export Development Canada. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Prelude Ventures, LLC, Cycle Capital, Chrysalix Venture Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Sand Hill Angels, Prelude Ventures, LLC, Mitsubishi Corporation.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Aguamarina Biomineria

Environmental Consulting
Environmental Engineering
GreenTech
Mining
$30M01 Jun 2023 Antofagasta, Antofagasta Region, Chile

Aguamarina Biomineria

Environmental Consulting
Environmental Engineering
GreenTech
Mining
$5M08 Aug 2019 Antofagasta, Antofagasta Region, Chile

Capitalizarme

Finance
Property Management
Real Estate
Real Estate Investment
Venture Capital
$3M01 Jun 2017 Chile, Chile

MineSense Technologies

Analytics
Marketing
Mining
Mining Technology
Software
$19M23 Feb 2017 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

MineSense Technologies

Analytics
Marketing
Mining
Mining Technology
Software
$12M01 Oct 2016 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Junar

Big Data
Blockchain
Database Software
Enterprise Software
Systems and Information Management
$550K23 Apr 2015 Palo Alto, California, United States

EchoPixel

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$1M13 Sep 2012 California, United States

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Total investments 60
Average round size 1M
Rounds per year 4.00
Peak activity year 2012
Lead investments 6
Follow on index 0.52
Group Appearance index 0.02

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Aguamarina Biomineria

Environmental Consulting
Environmental Engineering
GreenTech
Mining
$30M01 Jun 2023 Antofagasta, Antofagasta Region, Chile

Aguamarina Biomineria

Environmental Consulting
Environmental Engineering
GreenTech
Mining
$5M08 Aug 2019 Antofagasta, Antofagasta Region, Chile

Capitalizarme

Finance
Property Management
Real Estate
Real Estate Investment
Venture Capital
$3M01 Jun 2017 Chile, Chile

MineSense Technologies

Analytics
Marketing
Mining
Mining Technology
Software
$19M23 Feb 2017 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

MineSense Technologies

Analytics
Marketing
Mining
Mining Technology
Software
$12M01 Oct 2016 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Junar

Big Data
Blockchain
Database Software
Enterprise Software
Systems and Information Management
$550K23 Apr 2015 Palo Alto, California, United States

EchoPixel

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$1M13 Sep 2012 California, United States
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