Bestseller

Total investments

12

Average round size

46M

Portfolio companies

8

Rounds per year

0.24

Lead investments

3

Follow on index

0.33

Exits

2

Areas of investment
BiotechnologyWholesaleE-CommerceRetailInformation TechnologyMarketingFashionPersonalizationWomen'sShopping

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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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
12
Lead investments
3
Exits
2
Rounds per year
0.24
Follow on index
0.33
Investments by industry
  • E-Commerce (7)
  • Fashion (7)
  • Retail (6)
  • Information Technology (3)
  • Women's (3)
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Investments by region
  • Germany (1)
  • United Kingdom (1)
  • Finland (3)
  • Denmark (4)
  • United States (1)
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Peak activity year
2021

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
11
Avg. valuation at time of investment
87M
Group Appearance index
0.83
Avg. company exit year
8
Strategy success index
0.60

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Infinited Fiber Company 31 May 2023 Biotechnology Early Stage Venture 15M Uusimaa, Espoo, Finland
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