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Bestseller

Founders Troels Holch Povlsen

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Total investments 12
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$46M
Portfolio companies 8
Rounds per year 0.24
Lead investments 3
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.33
Exits 2
Key employees Soon

Areas of investment

  • E-Commerce
  • Fashion
  • Retail
  • Information Technology
  • Women's
Summary

Bestseller is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 1975. The venture was found in Europe in Norway. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Oslo.

The top activity for fund was in 2019. When the investment is from Bestseller the average startup value is 500 millions - 1 billion dollars. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 50 - 100 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2 partakers. Despite the Bestseller, startups are often financed by SevenVentures, German Media Pool, Dawn Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Burda Principal Investments, Zalando, SevenVentures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Burda Principal Investments.

The current fund was established by Troels Holch Povlsen.

For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Germany. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight About You, Miinto Holding, ABOUT YOU GmbH. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as E-Commerce, Retail.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Infinited Fiber Company

Biotechnology
$31M08 Mar 2024 Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland

Infinited Fiber Company

Biotechnology
$15M31 May 2023 Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland

Mr. Green Africa

Environmental Engineering
Recycling
Waste Management
13 Jan 2022 Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Evrnu

Innovation Management
Project Management
Textiles
$15M01 Nov 2021 Seattle, Washington, United States

Infinited Fiber Company

Biotechnology
$35M05 Jul 2021 Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland

Miinto

E-Commerce
Fashion
Information Technology
Retail
Women's
$11M11 Nov 2016 Capital Region of Denmark

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Total investments 12
Average round size 46M
Rounds per year 0.24
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 3
Follow on index 0.33
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.83

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Infinited Fiber Company

Biotechnology
$31M08 Mar 2024 Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland

Infinited Fiber Company

Biotechnology
$15M31 May 2023 Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland

Mr. Green Africa

Environmental Engineering
Recycling
Waste Management
13 Jan 2022 Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Evrnu

Innovation Management
Project Management
Textiles
$15M01 Nov 2021 Seattle, Washington, United States

Infinited Fiber Company

Biotechnology
$35M05 Jul 2021 Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland

Miinto

E-Commerce
Fashion
Information Technology
Retail
Women's
$11M11 Nov 2016 Capital Region of Denmark
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