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BIRD Foundation

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Total investments 49
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$797K
Portfolio companies 46
Rounds per year 1.04
Lead investments 17
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.06
Exits 2
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Grant

Areas of investment

  • Manufacturing
  • Energy
  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Software
Summary

The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. 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 Leviticus Cardio, SP Nano. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management.

The high activity for fund was in 2019. Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The average startup value when the investment from BIRD Foundation is 5-10 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 30 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 partakers. Despite the BIRD Foundation, startups are often financed by Docor International Management, 83North, iVentures Asia Ltd. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Taavura Holdings, Royal Dutch Shell, Israel Innovation Authority. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by iVentures Asia Ltd, Toro Ventures, Musashi Seimitsu Industry.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Agriculture
AgTech
Information Technology
Machine Learning
$3M06 Apr 2020 Misgav Regional Council, North District, Israel

Shamaym

Artificial Intelligence
Software
$2M01 Jan 2020 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel

Big Data
Data Center Automation
Energy Management
Enterprise Software
Power Grid
SaaS
$500K03 Dec 2018 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel

Nostromo

Energy
Energy Storage
Power Grid
$6M01 Mar 2018 -

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Total investments 49
Average round size 797K
Rounds per year 1.04
Peak activity year 2023
Lead investments 17
Follow on index 0.06
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.16

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Agriculture
AgTech
Information Technology
Machine Learning
$3M06 Apr 2020 Misgav Regional Council, North District, Israel

Shamaym

Artificial Intelligence
Software
$2M01 Jan 2020 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel

Big Data
Data Center Automation
Energy Management
Enterprise Software
Power Grid
SaaS
$500K03 Dec 2018 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel

Nostromo

Energy
Energy Storage
Power Grid
$6M01 Mar 2018 -
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