Aurus

Total investments

60

Average round size

1M

Portfolio companies

6

Rounds per year

4.00

Lead investments

6

Follow on index

0.52

Stages of investment
SeedEarly Stage Venture
Areas of investment
Venture CapitalSoftwareAnalyticsProperty ManagementMarketingGreenTechMining TechnologyEnvironmental ConsultingMiningEnvironmental Engineering

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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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
60
Lead investments
6
Rounds per year
4.00
Follow on index
0.52
Investments by industry
  • Mining (5)
  • Software (3)
  • Marketing (3)
  • Mining Technology (3)
  • Analytics (3)
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Investments by region
  • Canada (3)
  • Chile (3)
  • United Kingdom (1)
  • United States (2)
Peak activity year
2012

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
12
Avg. valuation at time of investment
750K
Group Appearance index
0.02

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Aguamarina Biomineria 01 Jun 2023 GreenTech, Environmental Consulting, Mining, Environmental Engineering Early Stage Venture 30M Antofagasta Region, Antofagasta, Chile
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