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Best Buy Capital

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Total investments 11
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$8M
Portfolio companies 9
Lead investments 2
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.18
Exits 6
Key employees 1
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Sensor
  • Medical
  • Fitness
  • Wearables
  • Software
Summary

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 Eden Prairie.

This Best Buy Capital works on 31 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. Deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars are the general things for fund. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 20 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The top activity for fund was in 2010. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2018.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Best Buy Capital, startups are often financed by Thomas Weisel Venture Partners, Foundation Capital, vSpring Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are True Ventures, vSpring Capital, iD Ventures America. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by TDF Ventures, WSJ Joshua Fund, Redpoint.

The overall number of key employees were 1.

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Fitness, Energy. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Brammo, Viewdle, Good Natured Products Inc.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Valencell

Fitness
Hardware
Health Care
Medical
Personal Health
Sensor
Software
Wearables
Wellness
$7M16 Jun 2014 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Valencell

Fitness
Hardware
Health Care
Medical
Personal Health
Sensor
Software
Wearables
Wellness
$5M20 Jun 2011 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Zeo

Analytics
Electronics
Manufacturing
$12M06 Jan 2011 Newton, Massachusetts, United States

Viewdle

Analytics
Augmented Reality
Computer Vision
Mobile
$10M05 Oct 2010 Palo Alto, California, United States

Brammo

Automotive
Electric Vehicle
Energy
$12M22 Sep 2010 Oregon, United States

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Total investments 11
Average round size 8M
Peak activity year 2010
Lead investments 2
Follow on index 0.18
Exits 6
Group Appearance index 0.91

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Valencell

Fitness
Hardware
Health Care
Medical
Personal Health
Sensor
Software
Wearables
Wellness
$7M16 Jun 2014 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Valencell

Fitness
Hardware
Health Care
Medical
Personal Health
Sensor
Software
Wearables
Wellness
$5M20 Jun 2011 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Zeo

Analytics
Electronics
Manufacturing
$12M06 Jan 2011 Newton, Massachusetts, United States

Viewdle

Analytics
Augmented Reality
Computer Vision
Mobile
$10M05 Oct 2010 Palo Alto, California, United States

Brammo

Automotive
Electric Vehicle
Energy
$12M22 Sep 2010 Oregon, United States
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