BGF Ventures

Type

Venture Capital

Status

Active

Location

London, United Kingdom

Total investments

43

Average round size

15M

Portfolio companies

33

Lead investments

9

Follow on index

0.21

Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Areas of investment
BiotechnologyE-CommerceFood and BeverageHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsManufacturingMedical DeviceMedicalRenewable EnergyBiopharma

Summary

We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as E-Commerce, Subscription Service. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Gousto.

The high activity for fund was in 2019. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5 partakers. Despite the BGF Ventures, startups are often financed by MMC Ventures, Hargreave Hale, Business Growth Fund. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Unilever Ventures, Perwyn, MMC Ventures.

Besides them, we counted 1 critical employee of this fund in our database.

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Investor highlights

Industry generalist
Yes
Industry focus
GeneralistManufacturingAI/Big DataClimate techHealthcare Show 14 more
Stage focus
Series ASeries BSeries CSeries DSeries E
Geo focus
United Kingdom

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Investments analytics

Last fund

Fund size
GBP 80000000
Fund raised date
2022-11-24

Analytics

Total investments
43
Lead investments
9
Follow on index
0.21
Investments by industry
  • Biotechnology (9)
  • Health Care (9)
  • Medical (7)
  • Medical Device (6)
  • Manufacturing (6)
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Investments by region
  • United Kingdom (38)
  • United States (3)
  • Ireland (1)
Peak activity year
2022
Number of Unicorns
1
Number of Decacorns
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
9
Avg. valuation at time of investment
57M
Group Appearance index
0.72

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Echion Technologies 13 Jun 2024 Manufacturing, Renewable Energy Early Stage Venture 39M England, Cambridge, United Kingdom
THIS 07 Mar 2023 Food and Beverage Early Stage Venture 13M England, London, United Kingdom

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