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Babel Ventures

Founders Bu00e1rbara Kunde Minuzzi

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Total investments 16
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$4M
Portfolio companies 15
Rounds per year 2.67
Lead investments 1
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.06
Key employees 6
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Food and Beverage
  • Biotechnology
  • Cannabis
  • Food Processing
  • Consumer Goods
Summary

Babel Ventures appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2017. The main office of represented VC is situated in the San Francisco. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States.

This organization was formed by Bu00e1rbara Kunde Minuzzi. We also calculated 6 valuable employees in our database.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 participants. Despite the Babel Ventures, startups are often financed by Y Combinator, Vy Capital, Viking Global Investors. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Y Combinator, Paul Buchheit, M Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Techammer, Sustainable Ocean Alliance, StreetEdge Capital.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. The important activity for fund was in 2018. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Cue, ZBiotics, Forever Labs. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Biotechnology, E-Commerce. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Nabis

Cannabis
Logistics
Software
Supply Chain Management
$5M15 Oct 2020 San Francisco, California, United States

Mellows

Cannabis
Confectionery
Food and Beverage
$100K17 Sep 2019 San Francisco, California, United States

GALY

Biotechnology
$100K30 Apr 2019 San Francisco, California, United States

Vantage Point

Corporate Training
E-Learning
EdTech
Education
Enterprise Software
Human Resources
Training
Virtual Reality
$1M15 Aug 2018 Los Angeles, California, United States

Mission Barns

Food and Beverage
Food Processing
$250K06 Aug 2018 Berkeley, California, United States

Cue

Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Life Science
Medical
Medical Device
Wellness
$45M10 Jul 2018 San Diego, California, United States

Finless Foods

Biotechnology
Consumer Goods
Food and Beverage
Food Processing
$3M20 Jun 2018 Berkeley, California, United States

ZBiotics

Biotechnology
Food and Beverage
Nutraceutical
$2M20 Mar 2018 San Francisco, California, United States

California Dreamin

Cannabis
Food and Beverage
Food Processing
Manufacturing
Wine And Spirits
$2M19 Mar 2018 San Francisco, California, United States
News
Nabis Secures $23M in Series B Funding

– Nabis is a licensed cannabis wholesale marketplace platform.
– Company raised $23m in Series B funding.
– The round was led by FJ Labs, Artemis Growth Partners, Silverleaf Venture Partners, Liquid 2 Ventures and Stanley Tang (Co-Founder, DoorDash).
– Investors in the $5m Series A raise, which closed less than a year ago, included Y Combinator and Babel Ventures.

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Total investments 16
Average round size 4M
Rounds per year 2.67
Peak activity year 2018
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.06
Group Appearance index 0.62

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Nabis

Cannabis
Logistics
Software
Supply Chain Management
$5M15 Oct 2020 San Francisco, California, United States

Mellows

Cannabis
Confectionery
Food and Beverage
$100K17 Sep 2019 San Francisco, California, United States

GALY

Biotechnology
$100K30 Apr 2019 San Francisco, California, United States

Vantage Point

Corporate Training
E-Learning
EdTech
Education
Enterprise Software
Human Resources
Training
Virtual Reality
$1M15 Aug 2018 Los Angeles, California, United States

Mission Barns

Food and Beverage
Food Processing
$250K06 Aug 2018 Berkeley, California, United States

Cue

Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Life Science
Medical
Medical Device
Wellness
$45M10 Jul 2018 San Diego, California, United States

Finless Foods

Biotechnology
Consumer Goods
Food and Beverage
Food Processing
$3M20 Jun 2018 Berkeley, California, United States

ZBiotics

Biotechnology
Food and Beverage
Nutraceutical
$2M20 Mar 2018 San Francisco, California, United States

California Dreamin

Cannabis
Food and Beverage
Food Processing
Manufacturing
Wine And Spirits
$2M19 Mar 2018 San Francisco, California, United States
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