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Bertelsmann

Founders Carl Bertelsmann

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Total investments 43
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$28M
Portfolio companies 36
Rounds per year 0.23
Lead investments 9
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.14
Exits 12
Key employees 7

Areas of investment

  • Internet
  • E-Commerce
  • Education
  • EdTech
  • Big Data
Summary

Bertelsmann appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 1835. The venture was found in Europe in Germany. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Gu00fctersloh.

The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2018. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. Opposing the other organizations, this Bertelsmann works on 5 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The average startup value when the investment from Bertelsmann is 500 millions - 1 billion dollars. The important activity for fund was in 2013. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 15 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Lexin, UCloud Information Technology, Udacity. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are E-Commerce, Training.

Besides them, we counted 6 critical employees of this fund in our database.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Bertelsmann, startups are often financed by ZhenFund, Mayfield Fund, CRV. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are monashees, Mayfield Fund, DCM Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Bertelsmann India Investments, Bertelsmann Asia Investments, Qiming Venture Partners.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

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Chemical
Chemical Engineering
Manufacturing
$9M01 Aug 2024 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Ada Health

Apps
Artificial Intelligence
Health Care
Medical
mHealth
$30M10 Feb 2022 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Bijak

Agriculture
AgTech
Apps
B2B
Financial Services
$18M20 Jan 2022 Gurugram, Haryana, India

Electives

EdTech
Information Technology
Marketplace
$2M13 Oct 2021 -

Babel Finance

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Finance
FinTech
$40M10 May 2021 Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China

Analytics
Internet
Software
$3M03 Jan 2019 San Francisco, California, United States

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Consumer Goods
Customer Service
News
Publishing
Social Media
$7M25 Oct 2018 New York, New York, United States

Licious

Delivery Service
E-Commerce
Food and Beverage
Food Delivery
$25M26 Sep 2018 Karnataka

Nico

Apps
Dating
Social Media
$618K01 Apr 2017 Hubei
News
Crypto Financial Service Provider Babel Finance Raises $40 Million

– Babel Finance is a leading global crypto financial service provider.
– The company raised $40m in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Zoo Capital, Sequoia Capital China, Dragonfly Capital, BAI Capital, Bertelsmann, and Tiger Global Management, with follow-on participation from existing investors.
– This funding demonstrates that Babel Finance is highly sought after by top global venture capital and private equity investors as well as family offices.

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Total investments 43
Average round size 28M
Rounds per year 0.23
Peak activity year 2015
Lead investments 9
Follow on index 0.14
Exits 12
Group Appearance index 0.93

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Scimplifi

Chemical
Chemical Engineering
Manufacturing
$9M01 Aug 2024 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Ada Health

Apps
Artificial Intelligence
Health Care
Medical
mHealth
$30M10 Feb 2022 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Bijak

Agriculture
AgTech
Apps
B2B
Financial Services
$18M20 Jan 2022 Gurugram, Haryana, India

Electives

EdTech
Information Technology
Marketplace
$2M13 Oct 2021 -

Babel Finance

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Finance
FinTech
$40M10 May 2021 Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China

Analytics
Internet
Software
$3M03 Jan 2019 San Francisco, California, United States

Scroll

Consumer Goods
Customer Service
News
Publishing
Social Media
$7M25 Oct 2018 New York, New York, United States

Licious

Delivery Service
E-Commerce
Food and Beverage
Food Delivery
$25M26 Sep 2018 Karnataka

Nico

Apps
Dating
Social Media
$618K01 Apr 2017 Hubei
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