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Beta Fund

Founders Dan Von Kohorn

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Total investments 22
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$3M
Portfolio companies 14
Lead investments 0
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.36
Exits 3
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Medical Device
  • Health Care
  • Mobile
  • Software
Summary

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Beta Fund, startups are often financed by Oleg Uritsky, Maine Angels, Fort Point Angels. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Cherrystone Angel Group, Maine Angels, LaunchPad Venture Group. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Maine Angels, Tech Coast Angels, Golden Seeds.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight InfoBionic, Kalion, Content Raven. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Corporate Training, Biotechnology. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund.

Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 15 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2015. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. The important activity for fund was in 2013. Opposing the other organizations, this Beta Fund works on 20 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments.

The current fund was established by Dan Von Kohorn. Besides them, we counted 2 critical employees of this fund in our database.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

ViralGains

Advertising
Advertising Platforms
Enterprise Software
Mobile
Video
$12M06 Jan 2016 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Windgap Medical

Biotechnology
Health Care
Manufacturing
Medical
Medical Device
Pharmaceutical
$1M28 Apr 2014 Massachusetts, United States

InfoBionic

Biotechnology
Cloud Data Services
Health Care
Medical Device
$17M08 Apr 2014 Massachusetts, United States

Kalion

Biotechnology
Chemical
Industrial
$300K01 Jan 2014 Massachusetts, United States

LoopPay

FinTech
Mobile Payments
Retail
Service Industry
$10M13 Dec 2013 Woburn, Massachusetts, United States

Fetchnotes

Apps
Collaboration
Mobile
Productivity Tools
$425K13 Nov 2013 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Crowdly

Apps
Finance
Social Media
Social Media Marketing
Software
$1M23 Jul 2013 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Groupize.com

Hospitality
Software
Travel
Travel Accommodations
$2M10 Jul 2013 Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States

Avaxia Biologics

Biotechnology
Drug Delivery
Medical Device
Therapeutics
$11M07 Jun 2013 Massachusetts, United States

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Total investments 22
Average round size 3M
Peak activity year 2013
Lead investments 0
Follow on index 0.36
Exits 3
Group Appearance index 0.73

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

ViralGains

Advertising
Advertising Platforms
Enterprise Software
Mobile
Video
$12M06 Jan 2016 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Windgap Medical

Biotechnology
Health Care
Manufacturing
Medical
Medical Device
Pharmaceutical
$1M28 Apr 2014 Massachusetts, United States

InfoBionic

Biotechnology
Cloud Data Services
Health Care
Medical Device
$17M08 Apr 2014 Massachusetts, United States

Kalion

Biotechnology
Chemical
Industrial
$300K01 Jan 2014 Massachusetts, United States

LoopPay

FinTech
Mobile Payments
Retail
Service Industry
$10M13 Dec 2013 Woburn, Massachusetts, United States

Fetchnotes

Apps
Collaboration
Mobile
Productivity Tools
$425K13 Nov 2013 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Crowdly

Apps
Finance
Social Media
Social Media Marketing
Software
$1M23 Jul 2013 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Groupize.com

Hospitality
Software
Travel
Travel Accommodations
$2M10 Jul 2013 Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States

Avaxia Biologics

Biotechnology
Drug Delivery
Medical Device
Therapeutics
$11M07 Jun 2013 Massachusetts, United States
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