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B. Riley Financial

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Total investments 24
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$69M
Portfolio companies 22
Rounds per year 0.48
Lead investments 6
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.08
Exits 9
Key employees 4

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Manufacturing
  • Information Technology
  • Retail
  • E-Commerce
Summary

B. Riley Financial appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 1973. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Woodland Hills. The company was established in North America in United States.

Besides them, we counted 3 critical employees of this fund in our database.

The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. This B. Riley Financial works on 21 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The important activity for fund was in 2017. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2019. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 55 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 participants. Despite the B. Riley Financial, startups are often financed by WGI Group, Kenny Dichter, Ken Austin. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Great American Capital Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Recharge Capital.

The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 11-15 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Eleven James, Sonim Technologies. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Subscription Service, Wireless. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Loop

Electric Vehicle
Information Technology
Renewable Energy
Software
$40M03 Oct 2022 El Segundo, California, United States

Kitopi

Cloud Infrastructure
Delivery
Food and Beverage
Food Delivery
Internet
Restaurants
SaaS
Software
$300M10 May 2022 Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Salted

Cooking
Food and Beverage
Grocery
$16M01 Oct 2021 Los Angeles, California, United States

Kitopi

Cloud Infrastructure
Delivery
Food and Beverage
Food Delivery
Internet
Restaurants
SaaS
Software
$415M01 Jul 2021 Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Liteboxer

Electronics
Fitness
Health Care
Wellness
$20M08 Jun 2021 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

BloomNation

E-Commerce
Flowers
Marketplace
Retail
$11M03 Feb 2021 Los Angeles, California, United States

Consumer Electronics
Electronics
Manufacturing
$1M11 Mar 2020 San Jose, California, United States

Boardroom Alpha

Analytics
Information Services
Information Technology
$7M23 Sep 2019 Connecticut, United States
News
Continuous Composites Closes $17m Series A Financing

– Continuous Composites Inc. announced the successful closing of its $17m Series A financing led by B. Riley Venture Capital, a subsidiary of B. Riley Financial, Inc.
– This latest investment follows prior funding rounds led by strategic partners Arkema S.A. and Saint-Gobain S.A.
– BRVC employs a strategy focused on investing in late-stage private growth companies with a path towards public markets. BRVC’s mission closely aligns with the company’s growth strategy, and access to B. Riley’s full suite of investment banking solutions makes BRVC an ideal partner for Continuous Composites.

Liteboxer, the Peloton of boxing, raises $20 million Series A

– Liteboxer, the Peloton for boxing, has announced the close of a $20m Series A funding round.
– The round was led by Nimble Ventures and joined by B. Riley Venture Capital, and existing investors Raptor Group and Will Ventures.
– Liteboxer launched publicly to the world in July of 2020, announcing an in-home device that brings gamification, hit music and a touch of entertainment to a boxing workout.
– Content is a big piece of the puzzle with Liteboxer. For $29/month, users get access to unlimited training sessions and workouts led by Liteboxer trainers.
– The Liteboxer also has a Quick Play option that forgoes the trainer content and lets users workout based on the song they choose.

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Total investments 24
Average round size 69M
Rounds per year 0.48
Peak activity year 2022
Lead investments 6
Follow on index 0.08
Exits 9
Group Appearance index 0.46

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Loop

Electric Vehicle
Information Technology
Renewable Energy
Software
$40M03 Oct 2022 El Segundo, California, United States

Kitopi

Cloud Infrastructure
Delivery
Food and Beverage
Food Delivery
Internet
Restaurants
SaaS
Software
$300M10 May 2022 Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Salted

Cooking
Food and Beverage
Grocery
$16M01 Oct 2021 Los Angeles, California, United States

Kitopi

Cloud Infrastructure
Delivery
Food and Beverage
Food Delivery
Internet
Restaurants
SaaS
Software
$415M01 Jul 2021 Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Liteboxer

Electronics
Fitness
Health Care
Wellness
$20M08 Jun 2021 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

BloomNation

E-Commerce
Flowers
Marketplace
Retail
$11M03 Feb 2021 Los Angeles, California, United States

Consumer Electronics
Electronics
Manufacturing
$1M11 Mar 2020 San Jose, California, United States

Boardroom Alpha

Analytics
Information Services
Information Technology
$7M23 Sep 2019 Connecticut, United States
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