Automattic

Type

Corporate investor

Status

Active

Location

United States

Total investments

20

Average round size

6M

Portfolio companies

16

Rounds per year

1.11

Lead investments

1

Follow on index

0.15

Areas of investment
CommercialSoftwareInformation TechnologySaaSAppsWeb HostingCommunications InfrastructureWeb DevelopmentBlogging PlatformsVoIP

Summary

Automattic appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 2005. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the San Francisco. The company was established in North America in United States.

The top activity for fund was in 2011. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 100 thousands - 1 million dollars. When the investment is from Automattic the average startup value is 1-5 millions dollars.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline OwnLocal, WP Engine Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Machine Learning, Digital Media.

The current fund was established by Matt Mullenweg.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 participants. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Silverton Partners, Rob Walling, Eric Ries. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Silverton Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners & Growth Equity.

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Investor highlights

Stage focus
Seed

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
20
Lead investments
1
Rounds per year
1.11
Follow on index
0.15
Investments by industry
  • Software (5)
  • Information Technology (4)
  • SaaS (3)
  • Web Hosting (3)
  • Web Development (3)
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Investments by region
  • United Kingdom (5)
  • India (1)
  • United States (9)
  • Israel (1)
  • Spain (1)
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Peak activity year
2021

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
7
Avg. valuation at time of investment
24M
Group Appearance index
0.65

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Latest deals

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