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BayStar Capital

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Total investments 12
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$24M
Portfolio companies 12
Rounds per year 0.52
Lead investments 2
Exits 6
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Internet
  • Media and Entertainment
  • Health Care
  • E-Commerce
  • Digital Entertainment
Summary

BayStar Capital appeared to be the VC, which was created in 1998. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Larkspur.

This BayStar Capital works on 21 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 22 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2006. The important activity for fund was in 2000.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3 partakers. Despite the BayStar Capital, startups are often financed by Canaan Partners, Schroder Ventures, Foundation Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are WaterView Partners, The Hillman Company, Sycamore Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Polaris Partners, Stark Investments, Merrill Lynch Ventures.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Media and Entertainment, Internet. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight beenz.com, Commerce One, SageMetrics. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Heavy Inc.

Ad Network
Content
Digital Entertainment
Digital Media
Internet
Journalism
Media and Entertainment
News
Publishing
$3M01 Mar 2001 New York, New York, United States

Acorda Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Developer Platform
Health Care
$33M08 Jan 2001 New York, United States

CNX Media

Internet of Things
Media and Entertainment
TV
$12M07 Aug 2000 San Francisco, California, United States

Picis

Computer
Internet
Software
$34M18 Jul 2000 Massachusetts, United States

E-Commerce
Internet
Online Auctions
$39M07 Jun 2000 New York, New York, United States

Wireless
$10M09 May 2000 San Jose, California, United States

SageMetrics

Analytics
Business Intelligence
Infrastructure
$6M30 Mar 2000 Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

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Total investments 12
Average round size 24M
Rounds per year 0.52
Peak activity year 2000
Lead investments 2
Exits 6
Group Appearance index 0.75

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Heavy Inc.

Ad Network
Content
Digital Entertainment
Digital Media
Internet
Journalism
Media and Entertainment
News
Publishing
$3M01 Mar 2001 New York, New York, United States

Acorda Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Developer Platform
Health Care
$33M08 Jan 2001 New York, United States

CNX Media

Internet of Things
Media and Entertainment
TV
$12M07 Aug 2000 San Francisco, California, United States

Picis

Computer
Internet
Software
$34M18 Jul 2000 Massachusetts, United States

E-Commerce
Internet
Online Auctions
$39M07 Jun 2000 New York, New York, United States

Wireless
$10M09 May 2000 San Jose, California, United States

SageMetrics

Analytics
Business Intelligence
Infrastructure
$6M30 Mar 2000 Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria
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