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Better Ventures

Founders Jacob Gibson Rick Moss Wes Selke

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Total investments 81
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$2M
Portfolio companies 56
Rounds per year 5.79
Lead investments 7
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.26
Exits 2
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
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Areas of investment

  • Health Care
  • Biotechnology
  • Software
  • Information Technology
  • Education
Summary

Better Ventures appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2010. The main department of described VC is located in the Oakland. The company was established in North America in United States.

Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 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. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Developer APIs, Internet. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight SunFunder, BookNook, Ride Report.

Opposing the other organizations, this Better Ventures works on 27 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 2 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. The top activity for fund was in 2017.

This organization was formed by Rick Moss, Wes Selke.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Better Ventures, startups are often financed by Stonehenge Growth Equity, Sierra Ventures, Intel Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Stonehenge Growth Equity, Sierra Ventures, Urban Innovation Fund. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Sierra Ventures, Stonehenge Growth Equity, Traverse Venture Partners.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Rock Rabbit

$3M22 Feb 2024 Palo Alto, California, United States

Rocket Tutor

$1M16 Oct 2023 -

Renoster Systems

Environmental Consulting
Environmental Engineering
Internet of Things
Sensor
$3M20 Jul 2023 Austin, Texas, United States

HILOS

E-Commerce
Manufacturing
$5M13 Mar 2023 Portland, Oregon, United States

Mimio Health

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Medical
Pharmaceutical
01 Mar 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Funga

Environmental Engineering
Forestry
$4M05 Jan 2023 Austin, Texas, United States

Beni

E-Commerce
Marketplace
Retail
Shopping
$4M12 Dec 2022 Santa Barbara, California, United States

Aja Labs

Biotechnology
Chemical
Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing
$2M30 Nov 2022 San Francisco, California, United States

Nourie Hair

Beauty
Personal Health
$2M01 Sep 2022 -

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Total investments 81
Average round size 2M
Rounds per year 5.79
Peak activity year 2017
Lead investments 7
Follow on index 0.26
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.88

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Rock Rabbit

$3M22 Feb 2024 Palo Alto, California, United States

Rocket Tutor

$1M16 Oct 2023 -

Renoster Systems

Environmental Consulting
Environmental Engineering
Internet of Things
Sensor
$3M20 Jul 2023 Austin, Texas, United States

HILOS

E-Commerce
Manufacturing
$5M13 Mar 2023 Portland, Oregon, United States

Mimio Health

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Medical
Pharmaceutical
01 Mar 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Funga

Environmental Engineering
Forestry
$4M05 Jan 2023 Austin, Texas, United States

Beni

E-Commerce
Marketplace
Retail
Shopping
$4M12 Dec 2022 Santa Barbara, California, United States

Aja Labs

Biotechnology
Chemical
Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing
$2M30 Nov 2022 San Francisco, California, United States

Nourie Hair

Beauty
Personal Health
$2M01 Sep 2022 -
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